The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-02-05

Corvallis lodge had a special
meeting last night and the public
may expect announcements of an
''invitation to membership" social
soon.
George Payne, who for some
time was druggist in the store of
Graham & Wells, and who has a
number of warm friends in Cor
wallis, died in Salem last Friday.
Mr.. Payne was a bright and hon
orable young man and his demise
is deeply regretted.
A California letter states that
Robert Ray has been engaged by
Chicago house as travelling agent
for the Pacific coast. His terri
tory extends from Washington to
Mexico. Don has entered a law
Office and Will is helping with his
fathers hotel at Salinas.
Eight prominent Benton and
Lincoln county men were in AL
bany this noon on their way to
S.len. On their way down street
they organized lower house and
elected r. A. Bensell speaker, and
proceeded at once to business
when they reached their hotel
Albany Democrat.
The knights of the Maccabees
entertained the public at the op
era house Monday evening. The
program included we'll l.executed
piano solo ny Miss Mamie Cau-
thorn, Two mandolin selections by
Miss Gertrude Cauthorn, and ad-
dresses by the state commander, j.
w. Sherwood and DR.. j. Lamber-
son.
Salvation army two nights,
Friday and Saturday, Capt. Leyh,
with the famous "transo- kinto-
graph" a talking, laughing and
singing machine; no phonograph,
but the latest invention out; 1000
people can hear it at once. Come
one, come all. Special meetings
all day Sunday, conducted by
Capt. Leyh. ~
Ed Thayer and Jack Erwin in
dulged in a shooting scrape last
Friday at the Kiger ranch. Each
fired a number of shots, Erwin re.
ceivfhg a bullet in the calf of his
LETT leg that made a slight flesh
wound. Both were bound over
by Justice Car1ile in the sum of
$500, to await the action of the
grand jury.
Special services at the-old col
lege chapel next Sabbath. Ser
mon on ssHome Missions" at II a.
m. At 7:30 p. m. the w. P. and
Fl. M. society will hold their de-
cennial meeting. A special pro-
gram prepared, music, vocal and
instrumental, recitations and ad-
dresses. All are invited to attend.
p. A. Moses, pastor.
By the will OF the late VIM. r.
Galloway, Carol Galloway re-
ceives 800 acres of land, Laura
Rickard, 125 acres, Mrs. Lizzie
Ripply, 155 acres, and Mrs. Lille
Taylor, 40 acres. The rest of the
property is divided, share and
share alike, among the other heirs.
The estate is estimated in the will
to be worth $l2,500.
DIR. Thompson is better of the
lagrippe, from which he was SUI
fering last Sabbath. He will
preach as usual next Sunday
morning and evening. Morning
topic, s'The Lion and the Lamb"
evening topic. "That Which was
Lost" Sabbath school at 10 a. m.;
Endeavor societies at 4 and $50
p. m. A kind welcome to all.
The county court is still in ses
sion. Bills have been allowed
and road supervisors appointed.
The court Is now wrestling over
the new Wilhelm road question.
Adam Wilhelm, jr., is representing
the ssfors," and Guy Laws looks
out for the "againists." Guy says
one of his leading coadjutors is
Mrs. Eliza Sanders Holcomb, but,
unfortunately, she could not ap-
pear.
A "labor exchange" lecturer
addressed a small crowd at the
courthouse on Thursday evening
of last week. Any plan that will
give honorable and remunerative
employment to idle labor would
be welcome, but the lecturer did
not seem to impress his hearers
with the feasibility of his project.
1t is claimed, however, that it has
been tried successfully in Salem
and elsewhere.
Petitions to the Legislature EN-.
bracing all kinds of questions,
have been circulated freely this
week. People will sign almost
any kind of a petition without
thought. Two Mitchell-favoring
republicans complain that they
signed an anti Mitchell petition,
supposing it to be a demand that
Whitaker attend to business. They
were not deceived, but simply did