The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-18

and also Sunday morning ana evening
All cordially invited.
Philomath elected II delegates to the
democratic county convention, viz: E
Dixon, E. L. Bryan, D. Hood, E. Skip
ton; Ed Allen, Ban Ellsworth, Johr
Spaulding, Wil:en Scott, ]. A. Watkins,
A. NJ. Austin, L. w. Hill and G. Long
SaEs Case, whose scrap with China
lnen at Eugene was noted some time ago
was indicted by the Lane county Crane
jury upon charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon. He was allowed tc
enter plea of guilty to simple assault
and will be fined today.
. The city council met Monday night
allowed to the amount of $s2o on the
general fund and $50 on the street fund.
First street between Adams and Jefferson
is to be improved with crushed rock, the
city aSd the c. & E. R. r. dividing the
/ expense.
! Stephen Sampsea has returned from a
visit of year and half i'll Kansas.
He intended to stay longer but could not
stand another Kansas summer. Mr.
Sampson says business is booming in the
Mississippi valley states and he thinks
Kansas will swing back into the republi-
can circle.
w. Fl. Kay, the Dusty merchant, was
at the county seat during the week on
business. He has purchased his father
int rest in the store and is now sole
ewner. Mr.. Kay finds that business has
improved greatly since the Mckinley
administration has assumed the reiEs OF
government.
wilkins, the railroad man, is rapidly
pushins the work OIL his railroad be-
tween here and Waterloo. We under
stand that TIE grading is now complete
and about oEe-fourth of the ties are out
We may yet be able 10 run all excursion
to Waterloo tie Fourth of July. y.-Lebar-
on Criterion.
The Eugene papers complain that the
state university is behind other irstitu-
tions of Oregon in football, baseball,
field sports, oratory, debating and every
thing else, and hint that President
Chapman is to blame. The o. A. c.
boy: thought that they were somewhat
responsible in the matter of football.
Albany college won first honors in the
intercollegiate or&terical contest neld i'll
Albany Fri.ay evening. Albert Wight
was the orator and his subject was "The
Danger of Oserconfldence" Sherman
Wallace, of McMinnville ,l!ese, won
second place. Oaer a hundred eopl9
from Corvallis attended the exercises.
George Smith saw Gene Williams, cf
Newport, i'll nePortland last week. Mr..
Williams had Just returned from Alaska,
and was disgusted with conditions there.
He said he would rather have a friend of
his sentenced to death than to Alaska
for any time. At Juneau he saw Nick
Baeson, who looked we'll, WAS we'll
dressed and too busy 10 do much talking
Tonight F. o. Krause. pastor of ti:e
Con .rcgational church, will describe Il e
beauties and woHaers of Ike famous
Yellowstone Park. The startling and
unparalleled scenery is fruitful theme
for entertaining discour:e, and MIR.
Krause has visited this land of gSysers
and peculiar formations, so that his adj
dress will be based on personal observa
tions. The lecture will be illustrated by
lantern views.
Police Judge Greffoz has received
letter from Ralph Daniels, better known
a, TEX Daniels, jr-," announcing the
marriage of that worthy to Portland
daasel. The wife is now i'll California
to which state Tex expects to follow as
soon as cash enough is raised by the FAM
lily. Tex will be remembered as the man
who stumPed around town for a year
with an apparently crooked leg, claim
ing that he broke it calling out of
we'll" There was really nething Tic
matter with him. He played the cripple
fer some purpose, and played it artisti-
cally. When the fake hail servel his
ends he upbent his knee and proclaimed
that he was Suddenly cured.
R. c. Kiger, one of Benton county's
substantial citizens was very badly imjur-
ed Monday He WIS helping tn men i'll
pulling stumps OIL his faznI :. Few miles
below town, using machine operated by
a horse--what is known IS weep aud
An overstrainin.: ef the ma
chine suddenly released the sweep and it
few around with grear force, striking Mr..
Kiger in the siaall of the back, and
kim down. He was insensitlc
when the men reached him, and was
conveyed TO the house. DIR. Farra was
Immediately summeuei and found that
twa ribs were broken at the spine and
other serious injuries inflicted. The III
juries are too severe to allow hope for
speedy recovery, but it is thought he will
eventually regain his strength. Mr..
Kiger and family have the sympathy of
everyone.