The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11

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ing for Cauthorn hall. Mr.. Martin
is also making large cabinet fol
the hall.
! Services at the Presbyterian
church next Sabbath as usual. In
the evening, DR.. Thompson will
speak on the subject of "Crlti
clsm and Christianity All are
invited to hear this sermon.
Herbert Kittridge goes to La
Grande next week, where he will
assume the principalship of the
public schools. Mr.. Kittridge is a
successful teacher and the people
of La Grande are to be congratu
lated.
The old soldiers will hold re-
union and campfire at Philomath
next Wednesday the 10th. The
program has not been fully ar
ranged, but the committee prom
ises good speakers and a general
good time.
/ The Hook & Ladder band is again
on deck and plays with its old
time artistic and pleasing effect
The boys furnished music last week
for the Mckinley and Bryan clubs,
and will be in demand during the
campaign.
Percival Nash was in Corvallis
Tuesday. Percy is securing exhi-
bits for the Portland exposition,
and ran up from Independence,
where he has been arran ging for
hop exhibit, to visit his many
Corvallis friends.
Wednesday Ralph Erwin, a
young boy, was thrown from a
horse at the intersection of Sd and
Adams streets. The horse fell on
him and bruised him up, but he
managed TO limp home leading
the animal.
G. E. Nicholson, chief engineer
of the Coos Bay, Roseburg and
Eastern, is i'll Corvallis. Mr..
Nicholson was formerly engineer
on the Oregon Pacific and resided
iH Corvallis, where he still has
property interests.
Next Thursday Senator Mitchell
will be in Corvallis and the whole
country will be in town. There
will be something goin on from
morning till night. There will be
speaking both afternoon and even
ing, and the eagle bird will scream.
S. G. McFadden returned Satur-
day from the Siletz, having COM
pleted the church building the
Catholics have been erecting there.
Julian McFadden, who has spent
his vacation carpentering with bis
uncle, came in on the same train.
Miss Louise Firsher met with
painful, though not serious, acci-
dent last week. n alighting from
buggy in front of the 1st Nation
al bank, her skirts caught iu the
the seat and she fell to the con-
crete walk on her face. Her face
was badly cat.
Fred Mulkey, son of AL Null
key, living west of town, was
kicked in the head by horse
Monday and a small portion of his
skull crushed in. He is able to be
around, but it may be necessary
later to perform surgical opera
ton and lift the sunken portion.
This issue of the GAZETTE sur
passes any issue of any paper ev-
er published in Benton county,
both in the amount of reading
matter and the number of its
readers. There are Sc columns,
including the supplement, and
over 1000 copies will be mailed.
Ed. Bryson will start east next
Monday. He intends entering
Columbia college this month and
will finish his literary course this
year. He will then take a. two
years course in law. Mr.. Bryson
has been student at the state
university for several years and
has won high honors in that insti-
tuition.
Chas. Chandler. of Baker City,
class of '94, o. A. c., and who has
been visiting in Corvallis for sew
eral days, left for Stanford univer-
sity, via Yaquina, Monday. Mr..
Chandler will take course in law
at Stanford. He is both bright
and studious and will be an orna-
ment to the profession he intends
to follow.
N. 2. Briggs has sold his two lots
on 4th and Madison streets, north
of the opera house, to the Metho-
dist church people. for $500. The
church edifce, if proposed plans
are carried out, will be a handsome
structure, covering so by 80 feet,
and costing $4,000. $2,S00 is al
ready on hand and $3.50 is expect