The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-08-26
LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.

Social Gossip, Personal Men
ton and Other Items of
Public Interest.
Mrs. Isbell returned Wednes-
day from six weeks sojouln in
Washington.
Mrs. Lille King returned
Wednesday from a few days trip to
Portland.
Mrs. S. N. Wilkins returned
Wednes lay from a weeks visit at
the Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Wilkins
returned Thursday from weeks
fishing trip at Elk City.
H. S. Pruner. the Nashville
merchant, was a Corvallis on busi-
ness, Thursday.
Mrs J Mason returned Thurs
day from two weeks business WIS.,
it in Portland.
r. c. and H. c. Heron of
Irish Bend were Corvallis visitors
Thursday.
William Baker and family left
Thursday for Brownsville to resida,
Mr.. Baker having bought black
smith shop in that place.
Mrs. Sarah Pugh of Oakville,
was found in her bed, unconscious
Tuesday morning. and it was later
found that she had suffered severe
stroke of paralysis.
Miss Alice Jones left Wednes-
day for Philomath for a visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bay Rick
ard.
of hunters licenses in Benton,
$50 have been issued, so of them
since the 9th of August. Forty
Ere permits have also been issued
by Clerk Moses.
Lee Wigle left Monday for his
home at Prineville. Mrs. Wigle
and the children remain until the
first of next week, when they go to
Hood River for a visit, enroute
home.
Miss Jennie Brown returned to
Corvallis Wednesday from Wells,
where she was cook during har.
vest with A. A. Williamson's ma
chimes.
Judge Durroch, a boyhood
friend and old peighbor of P. A.
Kline has arrived for an extended
visit His home is at Kentland,
Indiana.
The free reading room that is
being fitted up by the w. c. 7. u,
is now newly papered and presents
au attractive interior. New walks
have also been made about the
premises, and othet Improvements
made.
Numerous repairs are to be
made to the Howard house, just
south of the Rosendorf home.
This is the house that was damag-
ed on July 4th, when the Greer
bouse burned. Adams Bros are
engaged to do the work.
Corvallis has a certain citizen
who is passing swift as money
maker. He goes down to the club
of an evening with half dollar in
his pocket and after taking two or
three ten cent drinks comes out
worth a million
Peter Mangas, of Defiance.
Ohio, has arrived and is a guest at
the home Of his son, Henry Man.
gas. He is well remembered bv
old Corvallisites who met him when
he visited here six years ago.
Adams Bros. have secured the
contract for a handsome new resi-.
dence that N. Wilkinson, cashier
of the Willamette Valley bank, i:
to build. The structure will oc
cupy the lots recently purchased by
Mr.. Wilkinson of Abe Locke, jus
east of Asa Alexander.
Man slaughter is the charg'
brought against the wife of {
wealthy Cleveland manufacture
who drove her auto into passerb,
and killed him on the spot. Per
haps the court will let her off witt
small fine because she only killed
one man during her reckless ride
or on that better grounds that II
bhe swiftness OF her pace she mis-
took the man she annihilated to
her own husband.
Philip Krigh, known as'In
diana's 700 pound man. is dead E
his home in Stilesville, Ind. H
had been i'll for several month
with dropsy. and suffered great
during the hot weather. For sev
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