The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-02-04

Services at the United Evangelical
church next Sunday as follows: Sunday
school at 10 a. M; preaching at II a. IN :,
subject Mature of the Spirit" junior
endeavor at 3 p. m; K. L. c. E. at $50
P. 1n., and preaching al 1880 p. H., sub
ject evidences Of Christian Charac.
ter"
1t is not in mortals to command great.
ness, but they can have it thrust upon
them. Ben Woldt left Corvallis Oh Sun.
day mornings boat for Portland, as plain
Citizen Woldt, and Mondays Tribune
heralded him to the world as delegate
from the Corvallis Mckinley club to the
republican league convention.
DIR. Thompson was called to Albany to
conduct the funeral service of Mr.. Houck,
father of Irs. Geo. Waggonsr, and Oh
Wednesday he conducted the iastalla-
ton services of Rev. Jas Thompson, as
pastor of the Brownsville Presbyterian
church. He will occupy his pulpit at
Corvallis next Sunday as usual.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Wadsmorth and Miss
Teresa Macksy were united i'll marriage
at Portland last Sunday. The groom is
a son of F. Nj. Wadnworth, agent at ST.
letz few years age, and the bride is the
daughter of VIM: Mackay, formerly sher-
iff of Benton. The young couple will
make their future home at Toledo.
The Gremen's band ha: fitted up nice
practice hall in the rooms over the Ca
zErTn Office, and are practleins ailigeat-
ly. AS the orga ,.zatioa is self-sustaining,
the boys have decided TO give series of
dances t, defray expenses. The first of
these will occur ia the opera house to-
III nd will be an invitatioual affair.
Judge Burnett has received a letter
from Brady, brought down by the steam
Alki, which transferred to the Oregon
the passengers rescued FROM the wreck ed
Corona. Thi; additional load tested the
full carrying capacity of the Oregon, aud
Brady expressed some apprehension as
to her ability to care for all the Fasssn-
gers.
Nr. Frank Maxson, who las been a
resident of this city for the pa>i two
years, left with his family, Monday, to
JON his mother and step-father, Mr.. w.
N. Parker, III Kingman, Ar'izonia, where
he has been offered position at night
work. During his short stay in Colval-
lis lie has made many friends, wEe regret
his depa' ture.
Mr.. Bookwalter,- of Nebraska, father
of Ed Bookwaltcr, was i'll the city this
week, visiting Mr.. E. Allen. MIR. B. is
of great tracts of fruit lands on
the Platte river, owned by himself and
brothers, and which has been divided in
to farms and let to renters. Their rent
for the past year was over 800. 900 bsShcls
of fruit, which realized 100000 i'll cash.
Mr.. Book,;.lter thinks the future for the
fruit grower is very bright. d. -.
Geo. r. Mckenzie has been exporting
the books of the various county officers
of Lincoln county aud has received S55S
for his work Now the circuit court.
county court aid county officers arc ask
ixg one another, "IV.o employed him?"
Comes Clerk B. i. Jones and says
there is not NOW, nor ever has been, any
record 10 indicate that Mckenzie, or any
other person, MS ev.r appointed to ex-
pert til: ooks Of Lincoln ceunt..
U. Il. Vosie returne,l Mon.lay from a
business trip 10 San Fr41ciseo. He rHet
,AaAy old Corsalll-ites while ,aere,
among them Gene Simpson AMI his
mother. Mr.. Vogle took in the jubilee
celebration, and saw a procession. ii at
was four hoars in passing given point.
"Times are booming ia California; said
Mr.. Vogle, with prospects of improve
ment if they get little rain il the near
future, for California, like Oregon, de-
psnds upon its crops fer its revenue, and
they are new badly in need Of ia oisture.p
The next republican state convention
will be held at Astoria ON Thursday, Ap-
ril Id. There will be 2S5 delegates, sew
en- coming from Benton county and four
from Lincoln. The first district cofgres-:
soinal convention will consist of I45 del
egates, and will be held at Eugene OH
April IL. ,Thes. Cooper is the present
state committeeman for Benton county
and S. L. Kline, congressional ,cemuit-
teemap. The state committee recoH,
nen as that primaries he held on Satur-
day, April and, and the county conven-.
tions ON Wednesday, April 9th.
John Long, who disappeared from this
city some two years ago in company with
a Mrs. Brown, and whose whereabouts
has been somewhat shrouded in mystery,
was seen in San Fraacisco lately by sew
eral Corvallisites. 1t is said, by those
who are in a position to know, that Long
and his wife have been in correspondence