The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-11
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

LUOAL 1IENlNUO.
Ed. Stock, of Salem, spent Sunday
with friends in this city.
John Farquah, of Roseburg, was i'll
; town this week.
Miss Olive Hamilton, who has been
spending the winter in California, is ex
pected home in about ten days.
Asa Tunnicliffe returned Tuesday
from few months absence in San Fran
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A grand school picnic is billed for
Saturday at McCoy's bridge, three miles
.~east of Corvallis, in Linn county.
M S. Woodcock and NJ NJ Davis are
: attending the masonic grand lodge in
Portland this week.
T. S. Minot, of Marshfeld. member
i. of the law class recently admitted By the
supreme court, was in town Monday.
S. L Pratt left Corvallis Monday for a
few months visit among relatives in
Southern Michigan.
Mrs. F. A. Helm and Mrs. M. S. Wood
cock are attending the grand lodge of
Eastern Star at Portland this week.
Mrs. E. E. Paddock, of Salem, visited
in Corvallis several days last week, the
guest of the Misses Jacobs.
Percival Nash, connected with the gov
ernment weather bureau at Portland,
spent Monday in Corvallis.
N. B. Avery and family, who have been
spending the winter in California, return
ed to Corvallis last week, and are occu-
pying the residence of Mrs. F. A. Helm.
A. E. Ho1gate and wife, of Portland,
came up on the steamer Albany Tuesday
night and will remain several days, visit
ing relatives.
Last week Thomas Sanuels and fafni-
iy, who have occupied the Chenoweth
residence for years, moved into the Beach
cottage near the O. c. & E. depot
Mrs. w. T. Peet is visiting in Salem
this week. She expects to leave next
Monday for California, where she will
visit for time before starting for Iowa,
her future home.
c. E. Nicholson, formerly in the en-
ploy of the engineer department of the
Oregon Pacific, is now engaged in max
ing preliminary survey for railroad
from Marshfeld to Empire City.
DR.. Lowe, the opticiau, will arrive soon.
He intended to return here sooner, but is
now and has been for some time, in
Yreka, Cal, giving instructions to DIR.
c. L. Gregory in fitting glasses. If you
need glasses, wait for him.
The body of James Beard, who was
: drowned a couple of weeks ago near
, Monroe, was found last Friday about
mile below the point where the accident
occurred. The funeral took place Sun
: day at Monroe, and was largely attended.
Mrs. NJ. Nj. Davis, Mrs. J. M Bloss,
Mrs. J. B. Horner and Mildred johnson,
delegates from the Presbyterian Sunday
school, are in Portland this week attend
ing the annual state Sunday school con-
vvention.
Spencer wanted US to give him and his
business half dollars worth of adver-
.tising this week, but so much has al
ready been said regarding the excel
1ence of his shaves, baths and haircuts,
that we are at loss to know just what
we will say in order to earn that half
dollar
The annual commencement exercises
Nof Philomath college will occur We'd
,nesday, June 18th at 10 o'clock a. M If
the weather is fine the exercises will be
held in the old camp ground short dis
ytance west of Phi1on1ath. The followed
five pupils compose the graduating class:
G. M. Brown, P. w. Davis, w. w. Deyoe,
E. H. Sneak and W. L. Woods.
Corvallis has walking club 1t was
organized Wednesday morning and has
one member, Jack Mayo, who, until
about II o'clock the night before, when
his bicycle was stolen, always rode a
wheel in getting about. The stolen
wheel is Stearns, model 1895. and pos.
sibly may be recovered, i'll which event
the walking club will likely disband.
Much interest is being taken by local
fruit men in the meeting of the State
Horticultural Society which is to be held
here next Tuesday and Wednesday. Prof
Lake who has charge of the arrange
ments, has been very busy man during
the past ten days looking after the details
of the affair The evening sessions will
be held at the opera house to which the
public is cordially invited. The pro
gram for these meetings will be inter
spersed with choice music, and with the
interesting papers by prominent citizens
of the state. those who attend are assured
that the sessions will be both enjoyable
and profitable. Those who are in an,
way interested in horticultural pursuit
should by all means attend these meet
ings.