Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-02-07

lh6 Ladies COU36 SluU ouG3I-
tanned a number of friends Thurs
day evening. A general good time
resulted.
From the cool weather last week
it is safe to guess that the tail of
The cod snap recently experienced
in the East touched US lightly.
Geo. A. Robinson has had az.
apartment on the Hen phil corner
remodeed and suita lv arranged
as a reai estate office r himself.
This is good location f>r him and
his business.
Rev. H. A Deck and wife are
soon to start Eas, with their little
son, who is afflicted with tuber-
culosis of the spine. Pennsylvania
is their destination, and they are
seeking treatment foi the child
The health of Miss Emma B.
Thompson, who las been confined
to her bed for some time, is some
what improved, but she is yet far
from well. She is now out of bed
Hereafter the O. G. T. Co.'S boats
will leave Corvallis for Portland on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday Of
each week. At present the Ore
gonia makes the trip up only as
tar as Albany.
N. F. Gillespie, until r gently at
Kline's, is at present In lndepend-
: ence, where he has in view splen-
? did position. If every thing is t"
!, his satisfaction he will take up his
2 residence in that city.
General 7. J. Thorp returned
Friday, from business trip East.
0 While in the East he visited in
: Baltimore and at the nationai
: capital. He has been absent for 8
matter of six weeks. Mrs. Thorp
who has been visiting in Portland
. for several weeks, returned home
with the General
), The vocal recital given at the
n College Chapel, Friday evening, by
pupils Of Mrs. Green was well at
tended. In fact, from accounts i
" appears there was nc room to spare
= Quite an extended program wa
. re. dered by the pupils in an &C
:. ceptable manner and the efforts 0
- the various singers were we'll re
l. ceived. Mrs. Green was accompan
ist.
y Friday evening the followin
: Corvallisites went over to Alban,
o. to be present at the initiation c
W some recruits into the order> {
y Woodmep: G. A. Gerhard, Jas
lg Githins, Jas. Waggoner, Carl POI
e ter, Floyd Lane and Frank Fran
cisco. They did not arrive hom
until about $3.50 Saturday morning
n but report that they got thei
,e moneys worth.
IL Isaac Harris came up from Port
!. ie land, Friday for a visit with old
i, time friends in his boyhood home
u =, With the exception of passin
: through Corvallis on one or two ez
u cursions from Portland, this is MI
Harris first visit here in abou
h. fifteen years. He is a son of H
r E. Harris, at one time a wei
as known business man of this cit,
tv but who at present has his res
ne dence in Portland.
= The chicken pie dinner given j
u Marshal Miller's hall last Saturada
10 evening, by the Ladies Aid Societ
- of the M. e. church, was a gre,
"' success in every way. The ladi'
realized about $67 on their dinr e
a. $50 of which sum they intend
er expend in improvement on Il
Id church parsonage. There WI
te very large crowd for dinner {
r this occasion-all told, somewbe
at, In the neighborhood of 26O or g.
n persons ate chicken. The ladi
en- feel grateful for the patronage th'
received.
cd There is rumor in circulate
of to the effect that Edwin Ston,
,1v death was not occasioned by
no murderous assault. This theory
,a- that in retiring Mr.. Stone hu,
m his coat in such a manner at t
m head of the bed that it caught f
gre after he had fallen asleep. TIL
10 the bed clothes were ignited al
2 Mr.. Stone was burned quite bad
,le before he awakened. Strugglil
MS and half suffocated, he fell out
E y bed, injuring himself still furth
! and overturning the burning lam
TT This may be true, but it scarce
ca explains some rambling talk tt