Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-31
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Joe E. Adcox, the new jeweler, does a
kinds of jewellery repairing, neatly an
cheaply.
Ex-Attorney General Geo. E. Cham
berlain was in town yesterday on lega
business.
Jesse Spencer, the barber is maste
of his profession, SO say all those VIII
have tried him.
Mack Brunk returned from a trip t.
! Marion county, where he spent Christ
mas with his brother.
G. w. Stettler, who kept the mea
market opposite the postofice, left or
Wednesday for Kansas.
81. Heritage, son of the musician OF
that name is up from Salem spending the
holidays with friends in this city.
A social was given Christmas eve by
the Rebeckahs for the benefit OF the Ode
Fellows, which was highly enjoyable
affair.
The University Glee Club, of Eugene,
gave an entertainment at the Opera
house on Monday night, which was well
attended.
Oscar Tom, from Fall Creek in Lin
coin Co., and Dave Tom, his brother, from
Alsea, were in town on Tuesday doing
business.
John Buchanan, our county commiss-
ioner, is SO far recovered that he is up
and walking around the house. All who
know him are rejoiced at the news.
Mr.. E. FL. Connor has started writing
school and will open class in the public
school building on Monday, January 3rd.
His hours are from to and from z 80
to s 80 p. IN.
The friends Of Miss Mollie Bergin will
be glad to learn that she is rapidly re-
covering her health in the genial cli-
mate OF Santa Barbara. California. That
is what she writes to her brother here.
Ed Stanton, the postmaster at Toledo,
came over from the county seat of Lin
coin county Tuesday, to spend couple
of days. Ed makes frst-class post
master, and is giving general satisfac-
ton.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
give New Years dinner in the building
on the corner north of the Occidental
hotel on New Years day for the benefit
of the church. You will get good din
ner there, and will not be overcharged.
A union meet of the A. o. q. W. and
the Degree lodge was held last night for
social and business intercourse. 1t is in
progress as we go to press, and will no
doubt be grand success, as are all their
social gatherings.
Chas. P. Osborne, who has been at
tending the o. A. c., left for San Fran
cisco under the pretense of making prep
arations for his trip to Alaska. After an
absence of about three weeks he returned
to Corvallis, and spent a couple of weeks
for his departure. The day
before he left Corvallis it leaked out that
he was married during his stay in Frisco
to Miss Lizzie Hess, of Oakland, on Sun
day, Dec. 9th, 1897, at the First M. E.
Church in that city. His host of friends
extend congratulations and their best
wishes will follow him and his bride to
the frozen Klondike, where they will go
to win smiles from Fortune in the gold
fields.
Calvin Stuart and Henry Tesman, his
from Minnesota, arrived here
about a week ago to locate permanently.
They brought part of their stock with
them and have temporarily located here
until they can find farms to suit them.
They have become tired of the climate
in Minnesota where the thermometer re-
gisters 40 below zero, and they have to
feed stock six months in the year.
When they arrived they rented past
ure for their stock, between Christmas
and New Years, and this heats anything
they ever read of. They are friends of
w. ]. Powell, who keeps the Vincent
house.