The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-01-02

The regular seral-annual meeting of
the board of regaats of the Agricultural
College is to be held Wednesday, Janu-
ary Sth, at the soversor's Office in Sa1am.
Mattsxs Of considerable Importance will
be acted upon at that tina, and full
attendance of ths board is expected.
Jas. A. Sterling, present assessor of
Douglas county, is favorab1y spoken of
as candidate to represent this district
! on the state board Of equalization. Mr..
Sterling has giyen the matter of aasess-
ment and taxation deal of study, and
would doubtless make q good official.
F. B Sackett, who recently disposed of
his farm near Granger, and who is now
engaged in general merchandising at
Jefferson, Marion county, paid Corvallis
brief visit Monday of this week. hr.
Sackett's family are speudidg the winter
in Massachusetts,, and will not return to
Oregon for several months.
Tomorrow evening joint public install
lation ceremonies of Ellsworth Post and
Corps, and BENZ. Harrison Camp, S. of
W, will be held In 6. A. E. hall, begin
ming at 1890 number of invitations
have been issued to families and friends
of the members and a royal good time
may bs ezpsctsd for the post and corps
have no supsriprs as entertainers.
Miss Anna Denman concluded a sue
G,,l +e~r,, of aof,oa1 Il, hn Mourfo,r1
View district, last Thursday evening.
The closing exercises Included an address
by c; E. Moor, well-rendsred literary
aud musieal program and Christmas
tree.
Tomorrow Referee Woodcock holds
another session of his court, called for
the purpose of taking rebutta1 testimony
in reference to tns claims of Jshn P. Fay
and E. c. NJ Rand. This will probably
be his final setting for the purpose of tax
ing testimony in this case.
Prof. Joha Fulton aad Ed. Emmett
left Corvallis, about two weeks ago, for
San Francieco, via the steamer Farallon.
They claim to have ha1 sae-t enjoyable
trip, but whsa you ask either of thom
anything about the city, they act real
mad liks, and refuse to be interviewed.
According to report they spant the ten
days that they were abeent, in walking
on the beach and rolling down the sand
hills at Newport.
car load of hogs left Corvallis this
morning by the eouthsrn Pacific for the
Portland market They were shipped
jointly by Geo. w. Smith and George
Horning. The hogs averaged about $50
pounds, and the bulk Of them were fat
tened for market by the shippers In
order to fill car, Messrs. Smith and.
Horning were compelled to buy several
head, for which they paid at the rate of
ST. IS per hundred weight.
Married, at the Presbyterian parsonage
in Oakland, california. Dec. a1st, 1895,
by Rev. coyie, J. !. Patton, of Pasadena,
Cal, and Miss Alice D. Nulkey, of Cor
wallis, Or sIr. Patton is promirent
contractor and builder Of Pasadena, and
Mrs. Patton has long been a successful
teacher in the public schools of Benton
and Lincoln counties, and is a daughter
of A. 6. Mulkey. She is accompanied
to her new home by her sister, Miss An
ma Mulkey.
Notwithstanding the numerous recent
inventions in the way of horseless car
riages aaa other contrivances tending to
di1ni ninish the asefuin ass of horses, these
animals are still in demand at fair prices.
This week A. Il. Gray. Who resides ON
Greasy, disposed of five head to John
Stewart for $3.50, an average of $3.50
each. Two of them, however, brought
$I8o. Thsse horses we're purchased by
Mr.. Stewart to complete carload which
he intends shipping this week to Tacoma.
Clearance or annual sales with some
firms continue the year round, and cause
many people to regard them as advertis-
ing fakes. Occasionally, however, one
finds firm which makes its annual sale
after the holidays distinct and regular
feature of its business course. With
such frMs the clearance sale means
something; it is bona fde affair and
their customers, during such sales,
secures rare bargains. A firm of this
kind is Nolan & Callahan. Their annual
sale began last Saturday and will contin-
ue sixty days.
The o. c. & E. expects to have two
boats in operation on the Willamette
within few days. The VIM. M Hoag
was recently reftted in Portland, and
has been in active service for week past.
The steamer N. S. Bent1y is yet under
going repairs, but will be completed in a
few days. She has new hull and will
hereafter sail under new name, not yet
decided upon. The O. R. & N. Co. already
has several boats in service on the river,
among them being the Elwood, Eugene
and Gypsy, and for the next few months
there is likely to be very spirited con-
test for business.
The store of T. H. Davis & Co., which
has been in the hands of the sheriff fer
several weeks, is once more open for bus
iness. Mr.. Geo. w. Henkle, who is the
firms principal creditor, was in town
yesterday for few hours, making ar
rangemeuts for re-opening the store.
He has affected settlement with the
creditors by buying the Hamilton, Job &