The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-07-25

sity, o. S. N. S., and o. A. G., at the Ho
tel Portland Monday night. The object o
meeting was to provide for more harmoni
GUS line of action in the management of stat
Institutions.
E. Skipton, long since reputed as th'
t'democratic Nestor" of Philomath precinct
was thrown off load of hay last Saturday
and, it is believed, sustained fracture O
the thigh. Last accounts are, that he vii
recover as rapidly as an affection of the kline
will permit.
Frank Conovsr a.d Rosce Bryson left
here Sunday morning at o'clock on thsll
wheels, for long trip over the Mckenzie
road for Prineville. They expect to be gone
about ten or twelve days, and will combine
business with pleasure. They will return
by way of the Santiam wagon road.
Friday last James Jacobs arrived hons
from trip to California. During his alb
sence h. mat with an accident at Sacramen
to, Cal, which cost him an arm. lie Is
only nineteen years old, and as he is com
pslled to earn a living by manual la bor the
loss OF. his arm is indeed great misfortune.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Ben Woldt no.
ticsd a box car on fire on the track opposite
her home. She notified her husband, who
carried a bucket of water to the scene and
extinguishsd the flames before serious dam
age had resulted. Mrs. Woldt thinks the
fire was caused by sparks from the water
works smoke stack.
Harry Samuels came up from Portland
last Monday to spend a week with his par
ents. He was accompanied by his friend,
Mr. Hubert Parsons, of that city, who is a
son of Mr. Parsons, the conductor of Parsons
Orchestra of Portland. Both young gentle
men are professional musicians of splendid
ability.
w. s. Gardiner is constructing q two
story 2Ox20 addition to his residence. Not
withstanding the recent business depres-
sion, the ''balance of trade" has always
been in favor of the credit side of Mr..
Gardeners bank account, and the improve
ments he is now making are partial result
of his thrift.
Norman Rowan, who left here about three
months ago ON "a tour of inspection through
Texas, returned home last Friday. While
absent, he spent most of his time in Shafser,
a small mining town near the Mexican line.
Although Mr.. Rowan considers Texas a
grand state, he ia glad to be back in Oregon,
and thinks her granduer is superlative.
Caleb Davis and Bruce Burnett now hold
the bicycle record for covering the distance
between this city and Newport. They left
here Sunday morning at o'clock and arriv.
trip in eight hours Their cyclomsters reg
istersd "a miles, but they carried their
wheels up hills and through sand couple of
miles, so the reading is hardly carrect.
T. M. Hamilton was victim of lead poi
soning one day this week. Tuesday morn.
ing he drank some water out at the college
from pump that had been repaired the pre-
vious day, and in the repairing of which
lead had been used. Although Mr.. Hamil-
ten felt unwell during the afternoon, it was
not until about midnight that the poison
took effect DIR. Pernot was called and soon
succeeded in giving the patisnt relief, and
is now around as usual. ~
Henry Bell, who formerly resided in Cor
wallis and who removed to Prineville ia 1882,
where he has since resided, arrived here
Thursday by private conveyance. Uutil
recently be has bson engaged in the harness
business, bat lately sold out to his son Hal.
His other son, Wells, is practicing law.
Mr.. Bell took in the excursion to Newport
Sunday, it being his first trip to that place
since the construction of the railroad. He
leaves for home this week
An exhibit of the college at the annual
Chautauqua assembly at Gladstone Park,
is thus spoken of by the Portland Sun
''The state agricultural college has one. o
the most interesting exhibits at their head
quarters on the grounds. The walls of the
tent are lined with specimens of free hand
and mechanical drawings made by the stud
ents The free hand work is very inc and
is of special interest to the teachers, as thi!
is the only college in the state that makes {
speciality of free hand work. Specimens ar,
on exhibition of wood work and of iron work
that speak we'll Of the application of the
the students in the mechanical depart
ment of the college"
1t is difficult to point out the biggest
the oldest, or the most remarkable thing
Whenever an ambitious individual present
his claims through the newspapers or in an,
other manuer, he can count on boing beaten
Our Alsea correspondents drum, whicl
has been in use since 1863. is
pretty old instrument, doubtless
but there was drum in this republican pa
rads here last spring which had been in us
since 1861. 1t was made by Mr.. w
Westfall, of this city, and he is the presen
owner. MIR. w. is also the pesssssor of
base drum, which has been handed dow
since 1912. This drum was used here b.
the plug -uglies on the 4th of July last.
Geo. w. Smith returned to Corvallis Tues
day after an absence OF six weeks in the east
He accompanied j.. L. Castle, the Portlan
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