Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-10
LOCAL NEWS.

| week from next crlQay.
Buy your mems and boys holiday
presents at Nolan & Callahan's.
! A. G. Bowersox was in the city Satur.
day and made us substantial call.
Send the UNION to some friend for q
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.
The city council met Monday evening
in special session, and adjourned to meet
again on the 18th.
The Young America Engine Co. No.
will give dance at the hall tonight. All
members are invited.
A new line of suitings and trouserings
opened this week at Nolan & Callahan's
tailoring department.
The Salvation Amy corps here are all
sick except the drummer and two other
boys, who still keep up the march.
OllG VI Gll0 TIduhllA DIOSs3 1IOlA bLC
Franklin foundry, now has charge of the
machinery at the electric light plant.
A storm of thunder, tightening, hail
and rain on Tuesday night last, made
people with the Klondike fever very
restless.
The family OF John R. Markley left
this place for Chicago on Monday last,
where Mr.. Markley intends to make his
future home.
Al. johnson has two Californians for
visitors this week, gentleman and his
wife, and they seemed to actually enjoy
the heavy rains.
The Greater New York Comedy Co.
are billed to appear here on the 18th and
14th of Dec. They give variety per-
formance that is highly spoken of.
Smith & Horning yesterday shipped q
carload of sheep to Portland. The 300
Christmas sheep are still on hand and
will be shipped before Christmas.
Jno. A. Shaw of Mill City near the o. P.
front was in town this week OH business
with the R. R. Co. Mr.. Shaw is opera
ting one of the largest saw mills in Ore
gon.
The river at this writing is booming
and rising fast, the heavy and continuous
rains of the last few days cannot fail to
send down plenty of water through the
rivers.
Jesse Porter, substantial farmer, who
lives eight miles south of town added his
name to our subscription list on Satur-
day last, and was the seventh one on
that day.
A squall from the coast struck the
town on Tuesday last, and the only dam
age so far reported, was the blowing
away the fans from the windmill on the
waterworks.
We are informed by the proper author
ity that large mirror is missing from
the city hall, and the party who borrow
ed it is requested to return it without
further notice.
Bob johnson is in command at the Cor
Wallis postofice still, and will be until
the first of January 1898, and then it will
be taken charge of by another party by
the name OF Johnson.
Frank Wyatt and Minnie B. Dittmar
were married at Philomath on Wednes
day evening, at the residence OF the
brides mother, Mrs. J. G. Beckel. Only
relatives were present.
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
if you have furniture that |
needs repairing call on him.
The skipton brothers, SO well known
in this town have purchased the Fashion
Livery Stable at Salem, and will perma-
nently locate there. The Skipton boys
are honorable men and Salem is gain
er by adding them to its population.
Our old friend James Plunkett of Kings
Valley, was in town for couple of days
last week. Mr.. Plunkett is an old sol
der, who has lived in this county since
the close of the war, and he is full of
"reminiscences of that stirring
lime.
Our old friend Sam Logan passed
through town with his 500 Allan this
week on his way to Dallas, in Polk
county, where the boy will stand his
rial for being present in row where
someone hit man with club from the
effects of which the man died. Judge
McFadden has also gone to Dallas to de-
END the boy.
In our last issue we announced the
leath of our old friend, Warren G. Cres-
,ey, and on Monday last were rejoiced to
get card from him saying that he was
lot dead. It was Willis E. Cressey
brother of his that died. and the mistake
vas easily made. Long life to you War
EN- we hope never to have that chore to
10 for you again.
Eastern Star lodge elected the follow
ng officers at their last regular meeting,
o serve for the ensuing year: Worthy
Matron, Carrie French; Associate Ma
ron, Bertha Davis; Sec'y, Clara Fisher;
Treasurer, Martha Burnett; Conductress,
Now u no,,;o. Aecociato GonduetrnsS