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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
The County will Sue.

= The outcome of the investiga.
ton OF ex-Sheriff Osburn's books
is law suit. Several mouths
ago the county court employed j /.
III. Wilson4to expert the books of
the retiring sheriff and, after. a
couple of months work, Mr.. Will
son reported that an apparent
shortage of $s,6Os.7s was found
in Mr.. Osburn's accounts. Not
being satisfied with the experts
findings, Mr.. NOsburn employed
County Clerk Waters and j. l..
Ripley to check over Mr.. Wilson's
report, and the result Of their
work has not yet been made pub
lie. 1t has been currently report
ed, however, that Mr.. Waters
report did not differ materially
from that of Mr.. Wilson, although
Mr.. Osburn claims that whatever
discrepancies there may be be-
tween the-two reports, is a matter
to be settled by the courts and
seems certain that a suit will re-
sult in his favor.
From member of the COUNTY
court, it is learned that at one
time a. plan of settlement was
practically agreed upon, whereby
the court was to appoint an expert
and Mr.. Osburn to select another,
and together they were to go over
the books and their findings were
to be the basis of an amicable ad-
justment OF the matter. In this
way expensive litigation would
have been avoided but for some
reason or other, their plan was not
perfected.
Mr.. Wilson made, his report
some three months ago and the
court has been expecting for some
time to affect settlement with
Mr.. Osburn,, but he finally con.
cluded that a law suit was the
only proper course to pursue in
the premises and, as result, the
court at its last meeting made The
following order:
ssIn the matter of claims due
Benton county from d. A. Osburn
!. it is ordered ny the court that lie
gal proceedings be commenced
against D. A. Osburn and hi
bondsmen, as sheriff and tax col
lector, to recover whatever amoun
there is due the said county from
D. A. Osburn and w. S. Huford
county judge, IS authorized ant
s.}.instructed to4efnploy counsel ant
,,fproceed at once. and ,cause's;lega
proceedings to be brought agains
D. A. Osburn and his bondsmen
as sheriff and tax. coilectorsto re
cover whatever amount there ]
due the said county from d. A
Osburn."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

The above table would show the county m
assumed basis of outstanding warrants july
considered and warrants
paid But here only for the purpose
plainly showing the differences between the
exhibit and my findings AS will be the pr1nc
outstanding given and when
reality they and respectively by my
findings referring exhibits Of those will note
credit for cash hand OF
respectively thereby reducing the outstanding
corresponding make it cted1t taken Tor
hand which time paid out by the
were then turned over to the
again The difference
July 1896 where there of $2 in SUBJ
The other by incorrectly entering warrants on
register ETC., etc. . :
July 1886 January 1897 and corrected the
thereof then took all OF the warrants that
paid said day. July 1885, and that the
them with the register and that they
properly checked thereon.
hereby debt of Benton county IN outstanding
rants, January 1897, to be as follows:
Warrants prior July 1885, still outstanding GIGS
" July 1886, and still outstanding o8, ,6s4. IS
Total outstanding 1897 $685. 74ooo
Less supposed burned in Clark fire 1,542 70
Total debt per Clerks JAM 1897 $751; 2o38 81
had hand 1897 cash to the
called thereby
cay reducing the above $6 of which $93945 in
still in the hands the clerk uncaed for leaving an inter
est-bearng debt JAM 1897, OF $o3, 2o8 &c.
had sufficient time the warrants the
with the paid the easurers book but
as could above deemed this time
In the the
drawn of said No. 663 paid June 1884, but the
ty will nothing it has indemnity bond against it
4 Very Respectfully,
i VIRGIL E. WATERS
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Philomath Items.

j. A. Hawkins has his sawmill
lin running order. -. -
Miss Elma Bethers went to
Newport Tuesday.
Our schools opened with in
creased attendance.
Amos Kisor, of Corvallis, was
in the city Monday.
Will Buoy returned from va
quina City Monday.
DR.. J. L. Akin, of Kings VAL
ley, was in the city Saturday.
A protracted meeting is in
progress at the college chapel this
week.
Rev. J. r. Parker is at Hood
River in the interest of Philomath
college,. ..=
A. J. Williams, after an extend
ed tour through Lincoln county, is
at home.
AT the Henkle logging camp
last week, two valuable oxen were
killed while hauling logs.
Mrs. Laura Froman. of Albany
is here visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. N. w. Allen.
Revs. FL. L. Barkley and Rev
P. G. Wyatt were elected dele.
gates to the U. B. general confer
ence, which meets in Dublin, In
diana, in May.
(9)
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Flying Clouds Whistle.

Corvallisites were considerably
startled Monday evening by noise
that for a time they were unable
to account for. Later, the fact
was developed that the noise came
from the river andswas made by a
steam whistle oF- Chas. McCul-
lough's pile driver scow, the Fly
ing Cloud. The incident recaHs@ a
story told by Charley Fulton din
ing the late campaign to illustrate
the windy pyocl'vities of free sill
ver's candidate for president.
According TO Chas, who is royal.
good fellow, and whose varacity,
can not be called into question,
"a gentleman living at Astoria.
built small steam launch to ply
the waters OF he lower Columbia.
The craft was exquisilely fitted $up
and was designed 10 be a world
.beater for speed. Ehe owner took
great pride in her building, and
when about completed conceived
the idea OF fitting her with "a m1on,
ster steam whistle, expecting to
put TO shame every vessel Oh ahe
river The boat was small and
only had IA thre.. or four horse.
power; boiler while. the whistle
would have done service Tor slhe
Great Eastern. Ready for sller
trial trip, the pilot blew several
blasts.sand soon the. banks Of ahe
river were crowded with interest
ed spectators to watch the boat
make her first trip across the bay.
While lying at tie dock the wllis-
tie worked splendidiy and with
pardenable pride the owner ofsthe
craft waved acknowledgements to
friends ON shore as the beautiful
little steamer drifted away from
the dock. But his chagrin and
modification can be- well. imagiai;
ed when the boat returned under
full head Of steam, one blast from
her monster whistle exhausted the
supply of steam, zlier propeller
stopped and soon she was drifting
helplessly down with the tide. +
The Flying Cloud doesn't draw
much water for speed or beauty
but when it comes ITO whistling,
she's a re sular mocking bird. . h.,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Proposals for Wood.

Notice is hereby given that the clerk
of School District No. 9, Benton county,
Oregon, will receive sealed bids to fur
nish the said district in wood for the
coming year, to-wit: Twenty. cords OF
oak-grub wood, and 60 cords of split
body red fir wood told growth) not less
than. four feet in length and not less than
3 inches nor more than inches in diane
ter or thickness, to be delivered at the
school building in said district on or be-
fore August 1st, 1897. The board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids, and
no bids will be received after January 20,
1897. =.
w. A. BUCHANAN.
-. Clerk.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

TIE future success of the re-
publican party in Oregon depends
largely upon the course its men,
bers pursue during the present
session of the legislature. If
they act wisely the party may
hope to continue. in control OF
the state; otherwise. we may ex-
pect to see populism i'll charge oil
every department.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
SummonS.


In the circuit court of the state of Oregon
for Benton county, Seth w. Taylor, plaintiff,
VS.. Sarah A. Taylor, defendant, suit for di-
70 Sarah A. Taylor, defendant. in the
above entitled suit:
In the name of the State of Oregon you
are hereby required to appear and answer
the complaint filed against you in the above
entitled suit on or before the first day Of the
next regular term Of said court which will
be held on the twelfth day of April A. D..
thereof the plaintiff will apply to said court
for the relief demanded in said complaint
which is for a decree dissolving the marriage
contract existing between the plaintiff and
the defendant, and for costs and disburse-
ments Of this suit. This summons is served
by publication in the Corvallis GAZETTE.
By order Of j. C. Fullerton. judge of said
court, bearing date the 10th day Of Novem-
Der A. D., 1896.
JOHN KELsAY,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

IT is not often that Tom. Wat
son, late brevet candidate for vice
president, says something worth
considering; but millions of peo-
pie will endorse his statement
that the public is weary of being
"bombarded with books ano
speeches and pamphlets about
silver. "-Ex.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Sealed Bids Wanted.

II. S; Engineer Office, Portland.
Greg, Dec. %, 1896: Sealed pro:
posals for removing obstructions
from Alsea. river, Oregon, will be
received here until 3 p: M, Jan. o.
1897, and then publicly opened
Information furnished on applica.
ton.
w. L. FISK,
Capt. Engrs.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Wells Items.

Everybody is busy blowing
since the long-looked-for good
weather has come.
Fall-sown grain is beginning
to grow nicely, since the sun
has once more begun to shine.
Quite number of our young
folks attended the dance at O. A.
Wo1verton's on the, 9th. All re-
port, having had nice time.
David Vanderpool, jr.s. has
sold his potato crop to E. Wills,
of Blackdog, the price paid. be.
ing 40 cents aboard the boat.
]. J. Hecker was visiting
friends in Independence last
Sunday. Jake says that he is
not going to see her anymore un.
til the roads get better.
81 WELLS.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Assignee's. Notice of Final Settle
rIrenrt,: ; - : = - -:

In the Circuit Court Of the State of Ore
ssh, for Benton County. In the Matter. Of
the Assignment OF Zephin Job and B. X.
Job, partners doing business under the firm
name Of Hamilton, job & Co., for the bene-
fs of Creditors, -.
+ Notice is hereby gives oall persons con-
eesned that the undersigned. j. Z. Bryson,
as Assignee Of Hamiltuss, Job & Co., above
nsmed,. bas fled with the Clerk OF the above
entitled Court his final aecount as such As
,sienee in the above entitled matter, and the
said Court has fixed Friday, the 22nd day Of
january. 1897, Mt the hssur OF two O'Clock,
in the afternoon Of said day as the time for
bearing any and all objections to the said
final account, and for final settlement there
Of; and has ordered that NIL objections there-
to, if any ther- be. rr.u.t be filed with the
Clerk Of the said Court by the tenth day OF
january 1897. and that notice thereof be
/ published in the Corvallis GAZETTE for
/ four weeks prior to the said tenth day Ol
| January. 1897. And AL persons ars, hereby
notified that the Assignee. will On the raid
| 23nd day of January 1857 move the Court
| to approve his said final account and
to finally settle the same and that he may b.
discharged and bis bnrd>n,iI rxh"nerateo
and for such other order as t' the Court may
seem proper. -
| AS Assignee OF. Hsniilton, Job y Co.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

THE Oregonian has changed its
headlines. Instead of Mitchell
wanting Bourne for speaker, it
is Simon and the populists.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

McGRAWIsM turned Washing
ton to popu1ism: Sirnonism may
have the same effect in Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

Best meals in town for Is cents
at tho Little Gem Restaurant.
College students who desire
copies of Martins ssHuman Bodyn
can find the book at Con Ger
hard's.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15
Wanted Idea !s:s $as !: :.ssss; :sss:; sa!s

Protect your IDEAS; tk9T may bffng You WeaItn.
Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO. Potent At:c--
and list of two hundred inventions wanted.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-15

40 Shown BY Clerk's Exhibit,
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-24
GLEANINGS FROM SCIENCE.

Disagreeable moisture of the hands
may be overcome by rubbing them
several times day with the follow
ing mixture: Tincture of beladonna,
half an ounce; eau-de-C Cologne, four
ounces.
French physicians report great sue
cess with the internal use of antiseptics
in typhoid fever. According to this
method of dlsinfecting the internal
organization the disease runs a shorter
course.
A retired plumber says that clogged
water-pipes can be cleaned by pouring
night and not allowing any water to
run till the next morning. During the
night the I've will convert all the offal
into soft soap, and the first current
of water in the morning will wash it
away.
The supposed remedial agency of the
cdor of cows and constable in cases
of consumption is to be tried at Rein
iCkendorf, near Berlin, on unique
scale A vast circular building has
been erected, in the basement of which
several hundred COWS will be kept, and
the odor of the stables be conducted
to the rooms in the upper stories. In
the centre of the building is a large
yard, for which a whey-cure bathing
rooms, etc, are planned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-24

ments has a marked tendency to aegra-
vate all eye troubles. Though more
than half the blind population of Eu-
rope is to be found in Russia there are
only twenty-five asylums for the blind
in that empire, one-tenth of the total
number in Europe. Though the num-
Der of blind persons in the United
States is less than one-third as large
as the number in Russia, the number
of inmates of blind asylums in the
United States is larger than in any
other country of the world. BY the
last reports the total number of pupils
in institutions for the blind in the
United States was 3,4S9 and the
grounds and buildings devoted to
their use were valued at $4,000, 000.-
New York Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-24
ELEPHANT FIGHT IN INDIA.
Sport Which Can Only be Seen in
Native States.

When an East Indian prince is en-
the amusement of himself and friends
This is sport not permitted in Eng
lish territory and can only be wit
messed in the native states; then only
by invitation from the rajah, a favor
rarely procured by a white man with
out the exercise of considerable in
fluence. A fight took place a short
time ago near Jeypore. in stone
walled Enclosure around Nj Tsam's
elephant stables. The monsters had
been starved for some days before the
encounter. and were goaded to mad
ness by their daring riders. There is
always a stone wall between the COM
batants, to give the riders a chance for
their lives, for they are the only ones
in any real danger, and are often killed
by being hurled from the necks Of the
Infatuated beasts and dashed to death
against the stone wall, or trodden to
pulp under their massive feet.
Elephants are worth from 1000 t
10000 sicca rupees, and care is taken
to have them too well matched for
the contest to result fatally for either.
1t is a case of endurance, the one who
weakens first being declared vanquish-
ed. The majority Of the spectators
preferred to see the battle from the
fiat roof of the stable. we'll out of
harms way, but Nj Tsam, in Euro
pean frock coat and jeweled turban,
locked on from the stable-yard, in dan
gerous proximity to the trampling feet
of the beast inside the wall.
No gore was spilled, but the wicked
little eyes of the elephants were like
blood, and the fierce grinding of flesh
as the muscular trunks knotted over
and under each other with terrific
force was intensely disagreeable and
like no other sound on earth. The in
tervals were filled with angry trumpet
ings as the elephants SPARED with
their swaying trunks for an opening,
like a pair of prize-fighters. Many
rupees changed hands when the fight
was over. Nj Tsam is a very wealthy
rajah, and has fifty or more elephants
moored by chains around his palace.
--Leslie's Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-24
HUMOROUS SIDE OF THINGS.

Art is long and time is tieeting,
remarked the young portrait painter,
as he introduced his watch to the
pawnbroker.
Scion compared the people to the
sea and the lawyers to the wind. The
sea-" he said, will be calm and quiet
if the wind does not trouble it..
Did you know" said cunning Cen
tile to a Jew, that they hang Jews
and donkeys together in Portland?
Indeed" retorted Solomon, den 1t
ish veil dot you and ish not dere."
In a ballroom assembly soft young
man said to a sweet girl-"May | sit
on your right hand?" Her quick an
swer was-"Why. of course not! You'd
better take a chair
Can I see the mayor" inquired
member Of the City Council of the
formers servant Not at present; he
is at dinner" But my business is
important" 81 can't help 1t, sir; his
honour is at steak"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-24
WORLDS BLIND PEOPLE.
Facts About the Sightless and the
Care Taken Of Them.

A paragraph is travelling about to
the effect that the worlds blind are
computed to number LOCO, 000,--about
one sightless person to every 1,50o IN
habitants. If the proportion of sight
less persons were the same In every
country, or substantially so, it would
be easier to conclude that blindness is
due to causes which neither skill nor
foresight can prevent. But the truth of
the matter, as has been pointed out by
{. distinguished German oculist, Is that
the great majority of cases of blind
ness are due to fever and the same
authorities declare that Is Ter cent. of
the afflicted persons could have re-
tanned their sight had they been prop
edly treated. Some figures in corrob-
Grafton of this are supplied by
official statistics of both England and
and France BY the last reports there
were $4,000 sightlnss persons in Eng
land, the average being $40 for each
million inhabitants. The percentage
OF blinu persons among infants Of less
than 5 years was l66 for each million,
between to Is 1t rose to 2SS; between
| Is to % to 422; between As and 60 to
| ,G25, and above Go years of age 1000
for each million inhabitants Similar
~ in France the official figures show
that only one sixth of the sightless
we've born blind and five-sixth, became
blind through illness or accident. The
French official figures further show
that of those born blind IS per cent.
we're male and only SO per cent. female
children. Another curious result
shown by the figures is founc in the
fact that while the number of blind
male and blind female adults was sub
stantially the same the number OF
sjghtless married men in France is
double the number of sightless mar
ried women. Less than 10 per cent, OF
the total number of sightless persons
in Frapce by the last report were
under age of 81.
Russia and Egypt arr the two
countries in which blind persons con-
stitute the largest proportionate mum
Der of the total population; in Russia
on account of the lack of experienced
medical attention, and in Egypt on ae-
count of ophthalmia due to the move
ment of the sand by the wind, or, more
properly, to the irritation caused oY
this unusual local condition. which has
made ophthalmia general There we're
at last accounts nearly 100000 BIND
narsons in European Russia, the pro-
portion being highest in the northern
provinces and conspicuously so n
Finland. where the prevalence OF
blindness, four times greater than the
general average in Europe, is ascrioee
ia the fiatness of the country ana the
imperfect ventilation of the huts USED
by the peasantry. Many OF these
huts are either without chimneys or
are supplied with primitive chimneys'
which do not draw, and the escape
of the smoke into the living apart
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-24

promptly and delightedly. II am sure
we shall be able to amuse you, Miss
Gulcmar."
"Oh,-for that she replied, with a
little shrug that had something French
about 1t. Il amuse myself always! /
am amused now,-you must not
trouble yourselves!"
AS she was introduced to Duprez and
Macfarlane, she gave them each a
quaint, sw eeping curtsy, which had the
effect of making them feel the most
III calmly cumbersome fellows on the
secretly enraged at the length of his
legs, while Pierre Duprez, though
lis bow was entirely Partisan, de-
cided in his own mind that 1t was jerly
and lot good style. She was perfectly
uEem barrassed with al the young
men; she laughed at their jokes and
turned her glorious eyes full on them
with the unabashed sweetness of in
nCceLce; she listened to the accounts
! they gave her of their fishing and
climbing excursions with the most
eager interest, and in her turn, she
told them of fresh hooks and streams
and waterfalls, of which they had
never even heard the names. Not only
we're they enchanted with her, but they
were thoroughly delighted with her
father, Olaf Guldmar. The sturdy old
pagan was in the best of humors,-
ond caamod 6atarpipad RI ha p1aa sod
with everything told good stories,
and laughed that rollicking, jovial
laueh of his with su h enforced hearth
ness that it was impossible to be dull
In his company,-and not one Of
Elrir gton's companions gave Il
thought to the reports concerning him
and his daughter which had been SO
glstuitously related by Mr. Dyce-
worthy.
They had had glorious days sail,
piloted by Valdemar Svensen, whose
establishment at seeing the Guldmars
on board the Eulalie was depicted in
lis face, but who prudently forebore
from making any remarks thereon.
The bonde hailed him good-humoredly
as an old acquaintance,-mu in the
tone of a master addressing a servant
and Thelma smiled kindly at him.
but the boundary line between su-
perior and Inferior was in this case
very strongly marked, and neither
side showed any intention of overstep-
ping it. In the course Of the day.
Duprez had accidentally lapsed into
French, whereupon to his surprise
Thelma had answered him in the same
tongue, though with different and
much softer pronunciation. Her
"bien zcli!" had the mellif1uous sweet
pess of the Provencal dialect. and on
his eagerly questioning her, he learned
that she had received her education in
a large convent at Aries, where she
had learned French from the nuns.
Her father overheard her talking of
her school-days, and he added
TO be continued.