The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-04

Drummer," to night, have
rendered their services gratis To
raise fund Ior the benefit of
Bert = Van Cleve. They all are
clever performers and most en-
joyable evening is promised.
The Northern Pacific railway
company has notified their agent,
/. ID. Burgh, of this city, that they
will take off the local passenger
train running from Portland to
Tacoma and Seattle and also
have changed the time of leaying
Portland for the east TO p. rn..
instead OF 5 p. m., rs at present,
the change TO take effect Sunday,
Nov. %.
| Intensely disagreeable weather.
prevented many people irour en-
Ijoylng the entertainment offered
by the 40. y. W. at the opera
house last Friday night. in,tstiluse
present were we'll repaid Iuf their
bravery i'm facing the colds>> The
exercises were excellent anth the
address by Grand Lecturer Herrin
very interesting. The lodge has
! twenty applicants knocking for
admissien.s -; III =
DeLos Knox, of Albanyxaged
! %, was drowned last Saturday
morning in Thornton Lake, a
small sheet of water, ne.mile
west of Albany, in Benton >eoun-
ty. He was skating with COM
panion, Glenn Jones, when the ice
broke and he fell through. Jones
nearly drowned in trying to rescue
him. The body was recovered
and The funeral occurred Mon
day.
Mr.. R. ]. Cockrell received
letter from his brother, West
ern Union operatorin Cleveland,
Ohio, giving some idea of Nc
Kinley's enormous amount OF
dispatches. Election night and
the next day. tried the temper of
the operators severely. Among
the dispatches Mr.. Cockrell
transferred were several arom
Oregon and one from President
Cleveland.
! Inc 4aoles' Coffee Club ex-
tends a cordial invitation to the
public for their party to be given
in Firemen's Hall on the .23d.
Dancing will be the chief tea
ture. but cards will be provided
for those. wishing to enjoy them
selves in that manner. Ladies
and gentlemen will be charged
the small sum. of IS cents, for
the purpose of lifting the bal
ance due soli the ;piano.
Artistic novelties are inf evi
dence Nor holiday presents A
,. happy hat in eartls IS the portrayal
of Oregon scenery, OF particular
local interest ARE cards sbearing
} pictures ~ of Cor alliS, the coult
, house, city hall, and college build
, ings. . They make an especially
appropriate gift ID distant friends
These beautiful cards are on exhl.
.. bition at Con Gerhard's. He ha:
an extensive assortment and
prices range from 5 cents 40 {!
tcents. ~. = i ss-sst
Lester NJ. Leland, heW having
l.sEtellarge, inS. cor,tseeap With Geo
sClarke, 81 zs4aepart
ment at the. Rrcgon, agric1ltura
J, college, teoa5 the civil service ex
j, animation for the U. S. postal ser
r vice i'm Portland some time ago
!. He recently received notice tina
, of the twenty-six applicants ex
amined IN Oregon at that time
9 he ranked highest, and would b
appointed to fill the first vacancy
a Mr.. Leland in every way deserve
his good fortune. -
The members of the Hook AM
. Ladder Company believe Corvalll
u should have chemical fire engine
The council thinks the presen
i financial condition of the city vii
J. not justify such an expenditure, S
the Hook and Ladder boys will en-
E deavor to raise funds for the pul
+. pose by series OF popular enttl
i tainments. All.tile net proceeds
e not necessary for the ordinary an
:. social expenses of the compan
will be set aside as a chemical Ell
gine fund. The grand Xmas ba
q will be the first of these entertain
It ments.
IL S.L. Kline is sending out to h
'o patrons this week several hundre
a very tastefully designed calendar
They are accompanied by a lett
e. thanking the recipients for the
as generous patronage and solicitil
st a continuance of same. M
RI Kline says his business Isl growl'
,e each year and as an.=evidence
: this has been eenapeaIed.., to pu
! ! chase a large firepsoof safe to tai
:. the place of the oIa Nsed by hi
.. 'e for many years, but which has nc
'e become too small. The new sa
8, 81 arrived Monday.
he Periodicals, rather than bool
are now the rage in the readi
world. This is pre- e-eminently
Ids .;.a rvho followi