The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Miss Clara Fisher is FlSllinS ieia.i'S'
in Oregon City.
Miss Amy Plummer is visiting friends
in Eugene this week.
Isaac Norton, a prominent Blodgett
valley farmer, was i'll town yesterday.
The first seaside excursion of the sea-
son over the o. c. &. E., occurs next
Sunday.
Mrs. E. P. Greffoz and children are Wis
iting OIL Big Elk and will be absent sew
eral weeks.
Mrs. l.. E. Beach, and daughter, LETT
this week for Portland where her hus-
band is employed.
Mrs. Norris H. Humphrey, of Eugene,
is visiting in Corvallis this week the
guest of Mrs. John H. Simpson.
&c. Mayo and family moved yester-
d, day into the residence OH Third street re-
- Gently occupied by A. R. Chapman.
D. A. Osburn and R E. Gibson are III
Eugene this week attending the grand
lodge of the Woodmen of the World.
Mrs. Alonzo Allen and child are in Cor
wallis. and until after commencement
will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. AL
; len.
Yaquina people are expecting to have
a salmon cannery erected on the bay this
season by prominent Columbia river
packer.
Rev. Hil1 of Portland. will be guest
.-of DR. and Mrs. Thompson while In our
: city attending the baccalaureate services
of the college.
w. w. Holgate leaves this week for
Baker City where he will locate. Mrs.
Holeate and children preceded him
about month ago.
One hundred and twenty-five novels
:by popular and standard authors for sale
at Gerhard's at ten cents per copy. Reg
,ular price, rs cents.
N. R. Barber has left Colorado Springs,
Colo, and is now located at Eureka,
where he is employed in the construc-
ton of large stamp mill.
John Gellatly, recorder elect, moved to
town this week with his family and will
occupy the family residence, corner OF
5th and Harrison streets.
A. E. Holgate and wife, after several
days visit with relatives in this city, re-
turned to their Portland home on the
steamer Albany, Monday morning.
We. Waters has purchased the resi-
.-dence property of Mrs. Ben Job, on the
corner of Third and Madison Streets and
intends occupying it shortly as. his fami-
1y residence.
At the grand army encampmeut held
at Independence last week, o. l. Clark,
of this city, was elected senior vicecom'
mander of the sons of veterans, for the
department of Oregon.
A. R. Chapman, who has been con
nected with the o. c. & E. for several
months, left last week for Ravelstoke
B. c., where he has a position with the
Canadian Pacific R. R. Co.
John Applewhite arrived home thi:
week after years absence at Stanford
university, having completed the Law
course at that institution. Mr.. Apple
white expects to locate in San Francisco
A number of Corvallis Woodmen wen
ITO Peoria, Sunday last, to take part in the
unwilling ceremonies of a monunlen
recently erected by the order to the mem
-ory of their deceased brother, M. P Tay
1or
Chas. L. Daley, commissioner of thi
horticultural district, has been in towl
the past two days attending the sessions
of state horticultural society, and will
spend the balance of this week i'll tlli
vicinity inspecting orchards.
Misses Erma Lawrence and Ora Span
Pler were reelected last week to thei
positions as teachers in the Oregon Cit
schools Both young ladies are gradr
ates of the o. A. c. and have met wit
splendid success with their school wor
in Oregon City.
A delegation of the Y. S. c. of til
Oak Ridge Presbyterian church ne,
Sabbath afternoon to organize there 81
ciety of christian en1eavorers. D
Thompson will accompany the delegat'
and assist in this service.
Visitors galore have been in eviden'
at the Agricultural College of lat
Among the number were the members
the horticultural society and several 70
mer students and professors. Prof Was
burn and Prof Bristow looked in amor
the boys and girls again, and the latt
was given an ovation by the student
and was forced to make a few general r
marks. The horticultural gentleme
expressed themselves as highly please
with the college and its work.