The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
LOCAL HAPPENINGS. I:
ST Perkins is coming.

Eugene Simpson paid Salem ;
flying business visit this week.
Best meals in town f.r:t5 cents
at the Little Gem Restaurant. i
The board of regents 81 tfe7O
A. c. meets next, W edne<'lay.
Miss 0llie Thompson is home
from Portland on IA brief visit.
J. NJ. Cameron returned yesfer.
dly from Portland, having been
abs-nt on business.
Mr.. Sol Stock, one of Salem's
leading business men. is in Cor
wallis. =
The GAZETTE Office had neigh
borS this. week. Several men oc-
cupied the city jail
Prof. J. b. Horner was elected
secretary of the State Teachers
Institute held in Salem this week.
Judge. Hufford, who has been
attending circuit court in Dallas
this week, returned yesterday.
Mrs. r. White, of Portland, is
visiting the family of Judge Hol-
gate.
Arthur Holgate returned to
Portland Tuesday. His wife will
remain for several weeks.
J. A. Finch, editor of the Al
bany Imprint, was in town We'd
nesday afternoon.
F. p. Sheasgreen is confined to
his home this week with a severe
cold and is threatened with pneu-
mcnia. --e-.=.~-'1 :
@George" seems to be the popu-
lar name i'm Corvallis. Monday
night, out of II men gathered at
Zeis' Z were named George.
Rev. n. ;Shupp, presiding elder
of the Evangelical Association,
preached an eloquent sermon In
this city Tuesday night.
The Q. r. & N. steamer Ruth
arrived last night and will make
regular trips to Portland, leaving
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
at z a. m.
w S. Gillespie is now employ
ed in the big stare of S. L. Kline,
taking the place of J. F.. Buchan-
an, who returns to his fathers
farm.
Hon. w. P. Ready and son Will
came up from Portland Tuesday.
The former returned next day, but
the young man remained for a
few days visit among friends.
A. w. Giesy, special agent of
the Norwich Union Insurance Co.,
was in Corvallis Monday. Mr..
Giesy is a former o. A. G. student
and is one of the most popular
insurance men in the northwest.
The Weber Comedy came over
from Albany yesterday in its
special car. Miss Matte Kisor is
one Of the leading ladies. If the
opera house can be engaged the
company will play tonight.
The infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Horning died Tuesday
night after an illness of several
weeks. The funeral occurred
Wednesday and all that was NOR
tai of the little one was laid to
rest in Crystal Lake cemetery.
Judge Bryson left for Portland
Wednesday, where he will under
go a difficult surgical operation.
His many friends in this city will
hope for his speedy recovery.
Mrs. Bryson and Rock aecompk-
MED him.
Jesse Spencer starts info the
New Year with firm gasp on
Times forelock. From today on,
he will shave for 10 cents, cut hair
for Is cents and charge only Is
cents for baths. A regular New
Years present to the public
Dick Kiger rendered Brady
Burnett a supper last night at
Hodes & Halls parlors. Fifteen
guests discussed the elaborate
menu and toasted the genial host
and the guest of honor, who
shortly leaves for Stanford Uni
versiiy.
The city hall was not built as a
play ground for boys. Several
acts of vandalism have been com.
mitted about the premises and the
officers are going to enforce the
rules regarding trespassers. The
boys will save trouble by finding
other loafing places.
Prof. Pratt, Supt. Denman, Miss
Denman and several other teach
ers of the public schools, took
Tuesdays boat for Salem, where
the state teachers institute is held
this week. Prof. Berchtold read
a valuable paper Oh emusic in the
Schools"