The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-29

Excavations nave DeSuu IoT Inc hS"
armory building.
Services at the Baptist church next
Sunday as usual.
If your eyes need fixing Vosle can do
the job in good style.
Call at the Exchange, Cor. Second and
Monroe and price the new Cottage Or
gans.
Uncle John Richard, pioneer of the
Long Tom neighberhood, bowed to us
recently while in town.
Mrs. A E Lyford and daughters
Aimee and Carrie go East to the old
home, Rock IslaHd, Ill.
Recorder Gellatly is hardening his
muscles in the harvest field on his ranch
near Philomath this week.
LA. Wood, of Blodsett station, the
Nasty of that locality, was in town re-
Gently Says business is good.
G. H. Warmsley of Blodgett is in tAe
Bohemia mines i'll Lane Co., p"tting MP a
.uartz mill for one of the mines.
On Sunday, Jnly 81, Rev. c. T. Crow
will preach both morning aud evening
at the United Eva%gelical church.
Billy Newman, a hardworking and
prosperous farmer of Wallamette, took
day off and came to town this week.
Prof Pernot and wife, accompanied by
Miss Lettie Wicks left tor the Bay yes
terday. They expect to be gone month.
IL. Read of Kings Valley has jast
completed lar"e barn for Tom Casey
on the old Miller place one mile west of
Wren.
Uncle Sam says, in speaking of the
battleship Oregon: eff any free-trade
country can beat this, Just show lille the
ship"
Charley Smiths new house and barn
are pearly completed on what is known
as the Beat Mulkey place, near Sol.
Kings.
The Baptist church returns hearty
thanks to all who contributed to the
making of their last Fridays social SO
great a success.
Doc. Jackson, a big rancher beyond
Cardwell hill, and Jack Hail, good
farmer frora Soap Creek were i'll town
early in the week. The former was pay
ing his taxes.
Sheasgreen g. Newhouse are everrun
with orders for mill work and trays for
fruit dryers. 1t is impossible for this en-
terprising firm to keep up with the de-
mands of the trade; yerJ healthy sign.
Miss frankie, the 6-year-old daughter
of c. E. Heut, has an Ideal wheel, IA
inch frame 2o-inch wheel. In week
she has learned to ride it and is as proud
of her possession as Lucifer and as gay
as hnmming bird.
The Baptist lawn social given at Mrs.
Pygall's recently was financial success.
The receipts of the occasion being $23. So
which was augmented by SIo-a contri-
button of member of the cAurch who
lives in tie country.
Fred Buchanan is building hne two
story dwelling OH his farm about 9 miles
southwest of the city. Heckard q HoH
man have the contract. The tounda-
ton will be of Oregon granite and TIE
house will cost $500.
Vim. Gird, the philosopher ef Long
Tom has just recovered from tussle
with measles-called to say that he had
the best crop he has raised i'll seventeen
wears, that the farmers i'll his neighbor-
hood are all busy with their harvest.
George Sebrell Of this city was married
to Miss Ella Pickett, late of Dakota, at
Alsea last Monday, Rev. B. J. Kelly
officiating. The happy pair are nicely
donliciled in Georges residence, that
has been without an occupant for two or
more years.
Several of our leading business hou:es
have their show windows tastefully dec
grated with bunting and flags grouped
about the nations war and naval heroes.
1t would indeed give Second street a
much finer appearance if every business
place would follow suit.
Rcv. Herbert johnson, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Pittsfeld, Mass,
who is coAsin of Mrs. J. R. Bryson, of
this city preached last Sunday morning
in the NJ E. church and i'll the evening
III the First Presbyterian church of this
place to large aad appreciative audiences.
District No. AZ. Alsea, was successful
in winning the banner of attendance for
the month just past. Its attendance was
perfect. This district has twice Won the
banner and like number of times has
tied for second place in the contest. Mr..
Lewis Cooper is the teacher in this dis
trict
Mrs. C. A. Selbrede, of Rossburg,
whose husband is in the employ of the
government at Alaska, and Mrs. Down
ing, of Salem, wife of the ex-superin-
tendent of the Oregon penitentiary are
spending couple of weeks with the
family of Hon. Thos. Cooper near Cor
wallis.
Mr.. A. NJ. Maxfeld who lives just
north of town has been suffering lately
with tar weed fever we are told. This
is new cognomen for fever to the GA.
zErrE. Very likely our scholarly med
ical fraternity alone will be able to un-
der,taud the effects of this disease and
the remedy for the malady.
A brand-n~w girl baby has made it:
appearance in the home of Professor