Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-27
LOCAL NEWS.
w. S. Gardner. Pho tographe

A full line of German, American
and French china, either decorated
or plain at Zierolf's.
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Coffee Club will be held next Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mud guards put on your wheel
at the Bicycle Hospital. The best
and cheapest that can he had.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Avery and
child, of Portland, are visiting rela-
tives in this city during the holi-
days.
The river has raised trife dur
ing the past day or two and this
adds to the magnitude of the task
of raising the steamer Ruth.
The Corvallis Improvement Soci-
ETY. will meet Tuesday evening, Dec
ember 31st at 8 o'clock, at the home
OF Judge and Mrs. Woodward.
The wind was quite strong for
Corvallis Christmas night, and
caused some of the church bells
about town to ring out slightly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Trask, of
Tangent, attended the reunion of
the Moses family Christmas. Three
generations were represented at this
gathering.
Barrett Lyceum-Opening ser
vices will be held at the Lyceum on
next Sunday at 2:30 p. m. All
spiritualists and their friends cor
daily invited.
One of the features of Christmas
was the attractive display at the
meat market of Taylor & Smith.
The fancy work was nearly all done
by Oliver Wicks, and it was really
very fine.
Prof. E. J. Lea expects to leave
today for Cottage Grove, where he
will visit relatives for a few days
before starting for Honolulu, where
he will hold a government position
as chemist.
Miss Mary Smith Philbrick, d.
rec,or of music at the Oregon Agri-
cultural College, will give a song
recital at the chapel next anu
ary. 9th. The public is cordially
invited to be present.
It is commonly believed that
Postmaster johnson handed out
about as many Christmas presents
as anybody in Corvallis during the
past few days. Mr.. Johnson him
self is Of this opinion.
The reports comes home that
Frank Groves, who left this city a
short time ago to take charge of the
quartermaster's store, at Bremerton,
Washington, is getting along nicely
in the new position. We all knew
he would.
Christmas has passed along once
more. We have no. hing to com
plain of regarding the passing of the
day. On the other hand we owe
much 10 our friends for many tri-
butes of remembrance. We extend
our thanks and good wishes to all
of them.
The entertainment to be given al
the Opera House this evening by
the Schubert Symphony Club and
Ladies Quartette, promises to be the
musical treat Of the season. The
proceeds go to the public school lib
rary fund. Seats are now on sale
at Gerhard's book store.
The marriage records at the court
house show that on December 24tl
a license to wed was issued to A. L
Henkle, of this city, and Miss Char
lotte Spencer, of Blodgett. Thu
marriage ceremony is supposed to
have been performed at the hom,
of the brides parents, in Blodgett
on Christmas day.
Jack Wade and William Dalton
the parties who took the life o
young Morrow, in Portland, a shor
time ago, have been sentenced t.
he hanged, in Portland, on January
31st, 1902. Each of the condemnet
men declare that the other is guilty
of firing the shot that did th
killing.
G. W. Henkle, of this city, receiv
ed letter few days ago from hi
son, Raymond, who is in San Fran
cisco at the Berkley college of phar
macy Raymond says that botl
himself and Harry Withycombe ar
in the best of health and are pro
crossing nicely with their studies
They expect to. take the state ex
animation in pharmacy sometim
next month. Their college will nc
close until about May 1st.