The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-11-28
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Chas. w. Young, of Big Elk, is ii
town.
Chester Mason returned yesterday from
San Francisco.
The Smith-Lieb Company at the Opera
House tonight.
Miss frankie Dupuy, of Lafayette, is
visiting Miss Lilly Kerr.
Mrs. Emma Walker and Miss Ollie
Skipton visited i'll Salem last week.
VIM. Mackay did business in Toledo,
Lincoln county, last week, returning Sat
urday.
A typewriter in frst-class condition,
will sell for half price. Apply. at this
Office.
If you want good fitting pair OF
trousers, suit or overcoat, go to Cecil the
Tailor.
The football teams will attend the
entertainment at the opera house tonight
in body.
]. H Harris leaves Corvallis tomorrow
for San Francisco. He goes by the way
of Portland and will be absent about ten
days.
T. ]. Singleton, retired farmer, and
pioneer of Douglas county, is visiting
relatives and old time acquaintances in
this vicinity.
The Baptist congregation and the M.
E. congregation will worship with the
M. E. church (south) congregation Sum
day night. Rev. H. Oberg will preach.
''Mose" Simpson returned Tuesday
from Portland, having during his absence
purchased new pool table for use in
the billiard and whist parlors of Zeis s.
Simpson.
Judge Duncan, of Albany, was in town
Monday and appeared before Referee
Woodcock in the interests of Linn coun-
ty's claim for delinquent taxes assessed
against the Oregon Pacific.
DR.. Bowen Lester takes the steamer
State of California sailing tomorrow
night from Portland for San Francisco.
He expects to be absent until the 9TH
prox., and during his absence his dental
parlors will be closed.
Miss Lillian Hamilton leaves today for
Eugene on brief visit with Ler friend
and former schoolmate, Miss Lulu Mat
lock, who is very low with consumption
and not expected to long survive the
ravages of that dread disease.
Last evening members of the Agassiz
Scientific Society and invited guests
listened to an interesting paper by Prof.
G. A. Covell, the subject of which was
"Dynanos, Electrical Machincs-Their
History, and Principles of Operation"
The growing business of Mr. Cecil,
the tailor, has made it necessary for him
to seek more conmodious quarters and
after Monday next his tailoring estab-
lishment will be located in the room i'll
the Henderson building adjoining the
barbershop of T. c. Case.
Joe Bergin returned Monday from a
trip to Vancouver, B. c. In Seattle he
found Joe Alexander in the employ of a
large wholesale drug firm and doing we'll.
He also saw Leo Stock i'll Seattle With
partner he is engaged i'll the real estate
and insurance business and claims to be
mees.us with success,
w. 7. Hoffman, who has perhaps
accomplished more toward building up
Corvallis than any other resident of this
community, is now engaged in the cree.
ton of two-story double dwelling house
on the lot Immediately south of the
Evangelical parsonage. Tho building
will be hard-fnished throughout and will
contain fourteen rooms.
The annual meeting of the Northwes
Fruitgrowers association will be held a
Walla Walla, commencing December Ic
and continuing in session four days.
rate of one and one-third fare for the
!. round trip has been made by the differ
ent railroad lines and all person inter
ested in horticultural pursuits ART
earnestly requested to attend the Walls
Walla meeting.
Forty thousand pounds of dried prune
loaded in two Southern Pacific cars lef
Corvallis last Thursday for Portland
They were shipped by H. M. Stone ant
were grown principally by Hugh Finley
The prunes left here in sacks, but on al
irving in Portland it is the custom t
grade and box them before reshipping Il
the East. The price obtained has nc
been made public.
Louis Southworth, of Lower Alsea
has been doing business in Corvallis du1
the past few days. Mr.. Southwort
came to Oregon from the South in 1S5
and during the Rogue River Indian wa
he served the state with considerab1
distinction. For many years past he ha
resided on the Lower Alsea, where he
held in high esteem by his neighbors
Mr.. Southworth, much against hi
wishes, is resident of Lincoln county