Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
LOCAL NEWS.

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Buy your mems and boys holiday
presents at Nolan & Galatians.
| Remember that an anchor can be oi
no service that does not touch bottom u
Send the UNION to some friend for a
Xmas present, it only costs $1.00 for one
year.
An elegant line of mems SIN oking and
lounging jackets just received at Nolan
& Callahan's.
Doc Blodgett, of Blodgetts Valley, was
in town yesterday, and reports the roads
in bad condition.
Judges Hufford and McFadden went
to Salem on Monday to argue case in
the supreme court.
A new line of suitings and trouserings
opened this week at Nolan & Callahan's
! tailoring department.
The courthouse is as dull as an empty
schoolhouse these days, and fellow
hunting for news is out Of luck.
GA good character, good habits, and
an iron industry are impregnable to all
the i'll luck that fools ever dreamed of. T"
Reports from Yaqulna bay are all
agreed about the fearful wind storms
they have been having there this winter.
The country all around US is under
water, and no one is coming to town
unless they have to, and then they come
on horseback.
Dilly got tangled up in wire fence
the other night while he was searching
for house where they wanted lock
fixed. He fixed the lock and cursed the
the fence,
A marriage license was issued to
Frank Tharp and Addie Flock this week,
and an action for divorce, to equalize
things, was commenced by Nellie A.
Maybee against J. E. Maybee.
Victor Hurt. and family, made trip
to Portland on the steamer Albany,
Tuesday last. Mr.. Hurt has quite re-
covered from his serious attack after
eating the poisonous head-cheese.
Chas. Meserve of the Oregon City En-
terprise was in Corvallis last Saturday
in the interest OF new morning daily
that he is about to start at the metropolis
in the interests of ex-senator Mitchell.
D. W. Counsil has moved his boot and
shoe store and repair shop across the
street from where he was. He is now
located directly opposite the library, and
will be glad to see you if you want work
in his line.
G. E. Collins makes and repairs all
kinds of cabinet ware and desks at the
Corvallis Furnature Co.'S. shop. He does
excellent work and his charges are very
reasonable, if you have furniture that
needs repairing call on him.
Lila L. Howell, the girl for whom the
county judge has been seeking guar
dian, has at last found a good home.
Mrs. M. E. O'Kelly, wife of the pastor
of the Evangelical Church, has been ap-
pointed her guardian by the court.
The Salvation Army will hold what
they call pound meeting at their hall
on Saturday night. These meetings are
for the purpose OF receiving donations
from charitable people, and anything
useful will be gladly received, but they
draw the line at head-cheese.
S. L. Kline has exhibited in his north
window one of the largest candles ever
shown in Corvallis. He offers cash
prize of $40 to the person that will guess
how long the candle will burn. Call at
the store for particulars. Special at
tention will be given to holiday goods
during this month.
VIM. Mcmahon, farmer living at
Halsey, came over with his team on
Saturday last, and as he couldn't cross
the river he left it on the other side, and
when ready to go home was obliged to
take the train. Mr.. Mcmahon has
purchased from Mrs. Beach the house oc-
cupied by Mrs. Samuels, and will move
here in the spring.
John Withycombe, the state veterinary
stock inspector, was in Corvallis on
Saturday and called at the UNION Office.
Speaking OF the Ptomain poisoning cases
here, Mr.. Withycomb says that the
meat Of the. head of a hog is peculiarly
liable to produce that result, and he has
n o doubt but the poisoning was as
DIR. Farra pronounced it.
Allan Logan was acquitted by the
jury in his trial for killing the man Syl-
vester. It is not at all probable that the
blow he is said to have received from the
boy killed him. He was in a regular
fight, giving and receiving blows, and in
some manner he got blow that killed
him. Allan is a peaceful, we'll behaved
boy, and we are glad to learn of this
result of his trouble.
The program is out for a farmers in
stitute to be held under the auspices of
the o. A. G. at Howell, in Marion county.
Every place where these institutes have
been held the farmers speak in the
strongest terms in praise of them. They
are doing great good; subjects of vital
interest to the farm and home are dis
cussed in a scholarly way, by men who
know what they are talking about, and
the results must be education along the
proper lines.
The warehouses at the o. G. & E.
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