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VOL. XXIX. COKVALLIS, BEATON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ! 6, 1892. NO. 31. 95 for Bnf ants "Caatoria Is so wen adapted to children that I recommend It aa superior to any prescription known to me." E. A. Abchkb, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. The use ot 'Castoria is so universal and Its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." Cablos Mautyw. D.D., New York City. Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church. Th Ciktaub HOME INDUSTRY! Fine Buggies and Carriages. will amply pay anyone for their lime to go to THE CORVALLIS CARRIAGE & WAGON CO.'S FACTORY And see their large and extensive factory at Cor VallU, Oregon, where vou can buy BITGG1KS, CAR RIAGES AND SPUING WAGONS which, with prcr Care, will last a life-time. They are made of the finest tecond-growth timber and the best of ether material by that factory, where each piece of material is taken from the rouifh and shaped in this factory by machin ery designed for the purpose. Kach vehicle is finely painted in the most elegant bt le. All Jobs abb Mads and Pit Tooetiikr is Dry St'M Iibr Weatiikr when the timber is thoroughly dry, which is not done with Eastern jobs, as most Eastern riira shipped to thi country arc built in winter ami early spring when tbe weather damj. The beauty of all these jobs is that they are all FTLLY WAR RANTED and sold at such REASONABLE PRICES that there is no excuse for anyone to buy anything but a home-made rig. Kg) REflDiHa) Roou-fl Main St., Op. Cameron's Store.. A qntet room. Good Books. Current Fa. ters and Periodicals. The public invited, traneers especially welcome. Per Order of W. O. T. D. 69Furnished rooms (up stairs) to rent. Fortune is Fickle-Death Sure ! CYRUS VV. FIELD, at one time worth twenty millions, died- a pauper, leaving his family nothing but his life insurance. The time to insure is now ! Massachusetts has the best insurance law. Every policy has a guarantee of cash or paid-up insurance each year after the firBt. The surest policy is' written by THE Massachusetts mutual life in- 6URANCE CO., Address H. O. COLTON, General Agent, 233 Stark St., Portland, Oreg., or M. S. Woodcock, First Nat'l Bank, Corvallis, Oregon. TRADE OR SALE Large two-story house, with well, cellar, etc., standing in un divided 2 acres of ground, all set with large variety ot bearing fruit In city of 13,000 people, in eastern Nebraska. Four rail roadsmany factories. Property would be cheap at $6,000. Will trade at great sacrifice for part cash--balance improved property in Corvallis, Albany, Salem or Portland. Responsible parties "desiring trade, write for map of the city, full description and pho tograph of the premises. E. W. HADLEY, Corvallis, Oregon, NOTICE. All persons indebted to the estate of Philip Weber, deceased, are requested to settle at earliest opportunit y. AH bills must be receipted by XV. E. Yates, attorney for estate, or by Mrs. Philip Weber.' NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. , . Iand Office at Oregon City, Or., ) Aug. 20, 1892 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the following-named settler has tiled notice of his intention to make final proof in sap port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the county clerk of Benton County as tiorvams, vreguu, vu wuwuer iu, 1892. viz : " Luke Thornton, hd. entry No. 7481. for the w of swj and sw of nw of sec 22, 1 10 s, r 7 w. - He names the . following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz: Joseph Skaggs, Frederick Hersig, Alex Patterson and Jesse Wood, all of Summit P. 0.. Ben tea Co., Oregon. J. T. Apperson, Register. and Children. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di gestion, Without injurious medication. For several years t have recommended your ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Edwin F. Pardks, M. " Tbe Winthrop," 125th Street and 7th Ave Njw York City, CoHPisr, 77 Mubray 8 tree, JSkw York. THE GREAT EXPOSITION OF 1892 -OPEXS AT- PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12 Continues one solid month. The fore-runner of the Chicago Exposition of 1892. MUSIC BY THE FAMOUS AMERICAN BAND OF PROVIDENCE, K. I. An Art Collection Surpassing all former Expositions and valued at ?300,C00, A MAGNIFICENT DOUBLE ELECTKICAL EXHIBIT Under the combined Thomson-Houston and Edison Companies, including the latest adaptations of electricity. AN IMMENSE Mineral Exhibit! U. F. MODELS OF BATTLE SHIPS From the Navy Yard at Wash ington. THE STOCK DEPARTMENT Exceeding all former years, with greatly Increased. Premiums! 80,000 spuare feet devoted to the finest. HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT Ever made on the PaciOc Coast. Agriculture to the front. Manufaturies in full operation. The wonderful Hall of Mystery. "The Little 'World." the result of tn cliauicHi genius. La ger number of exhibits ' -a- fv - before. The popular special days continued. Everything new; nothing dead. GREATLY REDUCED RATES ON ALL TRANSPORTATION LINES. H. a. rvis, Attorney and Counselor at Law, CORVALLIS, t : OREGON. Legal business promptly attended to In aoy part of the State. Office, la Postofflce Block, CORVALLIS ICE WORKS Corner A and Third Sts., JOHN ZEIS, Proprietor. ARTIFICIAL ICE Of thn best quality supplied in any quantity at rea tollable rates to any point in the valley. FREE DELIVERY To anypart ol the city. BO WEN LESTER DEXTTZST. Office upstairs in Fun's Brick. Strictly First-class work guaranteed. Corvallis, - - Oregon. O. W. RILEY, Sign & Ornamental Painting FIRST-CLASS WORK. Leave Orders Opposite B. M. Wade & Co.'s Store. An "Honest boy. On Tuesday Miss Laura Holmes, of near Corvallia, reported to the gate-keepers at the iair the losing of her pocketbook containing $14. These gen-e-ous hearted men, after a fruitless search, s-tar! el a"subsciiplion and got over nine di' lars, when the little 7 year:olJ son of C. A. Post, of Polk county, found the pocketbook and money, and so reported. Out of the amount raised two dollars aud fifty cents were given the little honest boy, and the balance to the young lady, who is an orphan and earns her living with the needle.- State. ' man. Tommy Jones, the popular clerk in T Graham's drng store, returned Monday from Port Orford, where lie has been in company with J. D. Howell and Chas. Per not looking after his mining interests there. He reports that the prospects are most fl.it' tering, the -D!y difficulty at present being a scarcity of water caused by the dry season. This however; will be all right when the fall rains come. Mr. Howell will re- turn in a few days, but Mr. Pernot will remain during the winter. D. J. Quimby, proprietor of the popular Quirnby hotel in Portland, has been in this city for several days past, He is taking a pleasure trio through the valley and decided to spend a few days with us. He is a large owner of stock in some of Baker county's mines, the same that Geo. Waggoner, of this city; is interested in. The present out put of these mines is good and the future propects are most flattering. Slab Wood. Please take notice that hereafter slab wood will bo sold by tickets at the office of the Corvallis saw mill, also tickets can be procured at Stock's Cash Store. Upon purchase of the same, prompt delivery will be guaranteed Max Friendly. Mr. T. A. Jones returned from his trip to Southern Oregon on Monday! lie reports having had a pleasant lime, and has sohie very good specimens of gold bearing quartz as evidence of hew he employed his lime, An Uncanny KEonster. The people residing along Palmetto creek, South Carolina, as well as those for miles back in the "slashes," are highly ercited over the appearance of a strange and uncouth creature in that vicinity. The beast is described as be ing a creature that far outdoes the night mare ideas of the mythologists. It is equally at home in the water, on the land or among the tall trees of the neighborhood, where it has been most frequently seen. The general contour f the head reminds one of some gigantic eerpent with this exception: The "snout'' terminates in a bulbus, monkey faced knot, which much resembles the physi ognomy of some gigantic ape. From the neck down, with the exception of some fin shaped nippers, which extend from the arms to the waist, the creature resembles a man, only that the toes and fingers are armed with claws from two to six inches long. Tracks made by the beast in the soft mud around Hennis lake have been taken to Donner's Grove, where they are kept on exhibition in a druggist's show case. Those who have seen the horrid thing face to face say that it is a full nine feet in height, which could Hardly be believed only for the fact that the tracks mentioned above are within a small fraction of fifteen inches in length. Fishermen who surprised the monster sitting silently on a mass of driftwood declared that its back looked like an al ligator's, and that it had a caudal ter mination a yard long, which forked like the tail of a fish. St. Louis Republic. Little Short of Murder. The neighbors around a certain corner of Ash street were alarmed on Monday night by low moans issuing from a close ly curtained carriage that stood on the corner. A driver sat upon the seat. One of the neighbors came out and ap proached the team to ask what was the matter. Before he reached the corner the driver caught sight of him, and whipping up the horses drove rapidly off. The folks Were doubly alarmed, and after a good deal of exciting talk asked a policeman to call at the house on the corner and ascertain who was hurt, or if any mystery was in the moans. He talked with an excited woman Who Came to the door, and also: with a man who wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, while the neighbors stood across the street in suspicious Bilence. The officer came over the street and told them that the old family dog, the hero of dozens and dozens of fights and of 28 years, had been carried off to die by a bullet. The dog evidently understood his fate, for he began to moan and moan as soon as they took him from the house. Lewis ton Jourrial. A feeling of dullness, languor, and depression means chat your liver isnt doing its part. That means impure blood, to begin with, cad all kinds of ail ments in the end. But vou can stop them in ad vance. Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery invigorates the liver, purines and enriches the blood, and rouses every organ into healthy action. It pre vents ana cures all diseases arising from a torpid liver or from impure blood. Dys pepsia, Indigestion, Biliousness, Scrofulous, Bkin and Scalp Diseases even Consumption (or Lung-scrofula), in its earlier stages, all yield to it The makers of the " Discovery claim for ft only what it will do. They guarantee that it vriu do it If it fails to benefit or Cure, in any case, they'll return the money. Nothing else that claims to purify the blood is sold in this way j which proves, no matter what dealers may offer, that nothing else can be "just as good." - Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria y v Ocr Watermelons. Last week this paper published a short item relative to the watermelons which are comsumed in this vicinity having to beimported from 'south' era Oregon and California and the question was asked "why cannot these melons be raised here instead of it being necessary to send elsewhere for them?" Mr. and Mrs. Creese say that it cau be done here just as well as it can anywhere else, and to prove it they brought us a melon raised on their farm which was by far much tbe superior in flavor of most of the foreign melons we have eaten, and it proves conclusively that the only reason why they are not raised here is that they are not planted. It seems tn take our agriculturalists a long time to realize that wheat is hot the only thing that will grow in this fair Willamette valley; hence, a large proportion of the fruit and vegetables consumed here must be impoited, while, if propferly managed, Oregon would be supplying the markets of other states in stead of depending on other states to sup ply her markets. Let's have more diversi fied farming. Our agricultural college is doing a good work incorrecting such falla cious beliefs and should have the hearty co operation of all who have any interests in agriculture. SAVED HIS CHILD'S LIFE. A. N. Dilferbough, York, Neb., says: The other day I came home and found my little boy down with cholera morbus, my wife scared, not knowing what to do. I went straightway and got a 25 cent bottle of Chamderlains Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy, and gave it according to di rections. Vou never saw such a change in a child. His limbs and body were cold-. I rubbed his limbs and body with my. hands, and after I had given him the second dose he went to sleep, and, as my wife says, "from a deathbed he was up playing in three hours." It saved me a doctor bill of about three dollars, and what is better, it saved my child. 1 can recommend it with a clear conscience." For sale by T. Gra ham. The exhibit of the Corvallis carraige and Wagon Company at the state fair is attract ing more attention and receiving more com plimentary notices than any other one on the grounds. They are all fully deserved, however, and Corvallis is justly proud of her young but flourishing industry. Wm. Creese has Charge of the exhibit and is dis playing it to the best advantage. The com pany was awarded fir3t premiums on one horse top buggies and Cpen express wagons. Cholera in New York. Asiatic cholera has at last made a la.. ding in New York and five deaths have resulted. The health officers have taken every possible precau tion to prevent any spread of the disease and but little apprehension is felt that it Will be' come epidemic. There may be a few iso lated cases for a short time, but the ap proach of cold weather-Vvil! have the effect of stamping it out entirely. In a Critical CoK'mTi.,N. Mrs. Ben jamin Harrson is lying at Lonn Lake honse, N. Y., in an exceedingly critical condition and a fatal result of h: r illness is not at all improbable; Her vitality is at a very low ebb and any coifilications will result in her death. The president is a constant attend ant at her bedside and, in reality, shares the nursing of the invalid with the profes sional attendant. Dressmaking. M. Angelo, a first-class dressmaker recently from California, invites the ladle's of Corvallis who desire sewing and dre3srnaki to call at. her parlor's on Third street; opposite Simon Kline's. She comes well recommended and guarantees satisfaction. MUSt BE CLOSED OUT. My entire line of carpets will be offered at and below coat for thirty days to make room for my new stock of furniture, wall paper, housejfurnishing goods, etc. S. N. WlL&iss, Successor to Philip Weber. BORN. WATTERS. In this city, on Saturday, Sept. 10th, to the wife of V, E. Waiters, a daugeterj weight 10 pounds. HARRIS. In San Francisco, Cal., last week, to the wife of Ala Harris, formerly of this city, a dautft er. RICKARD. To the wife of John Rick- aril, at their home north of this city last week, a daughter; MARRIED. MURPHY SIMMONS. At Salem, Sept. 13th, ('has. A. Murphy, of this city, and Miss Flora M. Simmons, of Salem, Rev. H. H. Brown officiating. . Mr. Murphy is one of our most popular young business merr, a member of the firm of Fish & Murphy. The happy couple ar rived in the city Tuesday and will make their future home here.- The many friends Mr. Murphy has made in the city all join In a hearty welcome to the bride. DIED. STRAHAN. At Atlanta, Ga., Monday night, Sept. 12th, 1892, Miss Fannie Hereford Strahan. The deceased was a daughter of Judge R. S. Strahan, of Albany, and was well known. in this city. About -five months ago she went to the south for the benefit of her health, but the effort seems to have been useless. The rcrflaios will probably be brought to Albany for interment. WILLIAMS.--In this city, on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 14th, the infant son of Mr. aud Mrs. T. Williams, aged two months. ' Children Cry forRtehw, Castoria. LOCAL NOTES. First National Bank of Corvallis, Oregon. The new shotguns and rifles are now ready at J. Wm. Will's. Go to A. F. Peterson, for Picture frames. Best of moulding constantly on hand. Mrs. C. Bell and Miss Welker, of this city, are attending the state fair at Salem. Mr. and Mrs. James Hayes, returned Sat urday from a fortnight's stay at Sodavillet Miss Abbie Wright, has resumed her position as teacher in tho Albany public schools. Incendiaries attempted to burn the South ern Pacific railway bridge neat fiarrisbuxg last week. Seventy-two citizens in the vicinity of J unction City publish a trespass notice in the Times, Agents, Agents, Agents Wanted for the best selling goods and good pay. Call on J. Wm. Wills, Corvallis, Oreg a. Dr. Bowen Lester is now indulging in a vacation at Yaqnina bay. During his ab sence his dental parlors Will be closed. Don't fail to give the Salem ste iin laundry a trial if yon want the best possible work done. Clothing called for and delivered- J. H. Harris returned Wednesday from San Francisco, where he has been looking after some of the details of his large busi ness. Miss Lena Briggs left for Portland Wed nesday for an extended visit with Mrs. Viola Crawford, wife of XV. C. Crawford, for merly of this city. If you need letter heads, statements cards or envelopes you can get just what you want at the Gazette office. Before giving your order call and see our stock and get prices. ' H. G. Colton, of Portland, general agent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., is in the city looking after his business interests here. ' Seasonable goods at Fish & Murphy's; Lightning ice cream freezers. Enterprise cherry stonefs, coal oil and gasoline stoves hose, lawn sprinklers. , Pheasants Wanted. A good price will be paid for live Mongolian pheasants on de livery to C. A. Loud, at the Wigwam bar ber shop. In Eastern Oregon they employ men to "straw" the roads to keep doVrn the dust. With plenty of sirav on it a road wdl re main in good condition two years. Mr i. Sol. GetZ and son went to Portland, Tuesday, where they will visit friends tor a few days, after which they will continue their journey to their home in Ca'ifornia. O- R. Addition, was in the city, the first of the week greeting old acquaintances. He is quite enthusiastic regarding the desira bility of real estate in the vicinity of Port land. Supt. Ei B. McKIroy, of Salem, accom panied by his wife and two children spent Sunday in this city. They took part in the dedication services of the Christain church. In a few days Wheeler & LinglCy expect t3 receive a large consignment of the most elegant luris, dishes and crockery ever brought to the city. They invite examina tion and comparison. John Buchanan has been lying danger oursly ill at his home in this city for several days past and his recovery was considered very doubtful for a vthile, but he has im proved and is now considered out of dan ger. Mr. Wadsworth, representing "Chigago" one of Portland's suburbs, was in the city the first of the week. According to the reading matter which he distributes, "Chi cago" must be very desirable property, in deed. Services at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath morning and evening, preaching by the pastor; habbath school at 10 A. m. ; Christian endeavor society meets at the parsonage at 6:30 p. m.; service of song at 730 p. m. A kind welcome to all. The little Misses Aloah and Vera Thomp son, who have been visiting their grand parents in this City for the past two months, returned to their hme in Seattle this week. They are a pair of very young travelers, their ages being only 11 and 9 years. The Ashland Record says: "The reported death of Luther Benson, the' temperance or ator, is evidently an error. The Record of Brownsburg, Indiana, says Luther is still alive has taken the Keely treatment but nevertheless he gets a 'jag' on occasionally." Wm. G. Obenauer who is engaged in pub lishing a directory of Lane county was in Corvalli?, tbe first of this week. According to his report for his directory, Eugene has a population of 3491, Springfield 389, Fair mount 154 and CobUrg 278. Albany claims a population of 4628. Preaching in the Congregational church on Sunday by the pastor at 11 a. tri. and 7:30 p. m. Subjects of special interest will be discussed. The Sunday school will meet at 10 a. m. A cordial invitation to all. Friends and strangers will find a hearty welcome to all of these services. Rev, D. V. Poling, formerly pastor of the Evangelical church of this city, with almost his entire church at Independence, united with the Congregational denomination. A council of organization and recognition met at Independence, last Thursday, in response to an invitation from the new church. Messrs. C, F. Colmer and G. W. Kropke, of Portland, and J. C. Isaacs of Walla Walla, are 'in the city spending - their vaca tion of a week or ten days with Zeph Job and C. A. Loud. They are enjoying the fu'n of their first experience shooting Mon golian pheasants. Wednesday evening they went out in company with Zeph and bagged fifteen of the birds.- -- SUICIDE BY POISON. THE DECOMPOSED fiODV OF OSCAR DAVIS FODNND NEAR TEE ALBANY BRIDGE-. Monday morning Mr. I. A. Davis, who resides near Sanderson's bridge, went to Albany in search ot his son, also a resident of that locality. He said that his Son Oscar Davis, left home about two weeks ago, with ' the intention of going to Portland, having in his posession several hundred dollars. The father learned that the missing man had been seen in. Albany on Wednesday of last week, but no further trace of him could be found, and he returned home. In the afternoon the decomposed remains of a man were found across the river about a quarter of a mile above the bridge, near the bushes, about 60 feet from the road. Mar shal Hoffman, of Albany, and several others : went over. The body had lain so long in the hot sun that it was a sickening sight, and almost unapproachable. An envelope was found beside the body upon which was written the following: "My dear loving wife. Please forgive me. Oh, you ae the one that I love, but I am a wreck. Take good care of the children; 1 love one as well as the other. I don't need to tell you what has caused me to do this; My friends aud you can guess the rest. 1 have got the consumption and could not live longer." There was no signature to the letter, but it seems to leave no doubt that it was a case of suicide. The deceased was addicted to gambling, arid it is said lost considerable money in Albany last week. The deceased told some of his acquaintauces there that the sum ho lost was about $400. He then went away and had not been seen since. The leceased leaves a wife ami three children-, two of them being hers by a for mer marriage. The authorities at this city were notified and the coroner summoned a jury aud went to the scene. The remains were taken in charge and the coroner's jury mturned a Verdict of suicide by taking strychniue. A half ounce vial of strychnine was found underneath the body. The evidence adduc ed at the1 coroner's inquest showed that it had been purchased at J. A. Cumming's drug store in Albany. College Matters. The sessions at the state agricultural college began Wednesday. This week will be occupied in classifying the students and assigning them to their various classes. Already over 100 students have registered, of which about 75 are new ones, besides which there are about 30 who have not yet matriculated. It is but a con servative estimate to sav that the attend ance this year will be almost double" tho at tendance of last year. Sixty places have been taken in the boys' dormitory and fif teen in the ladies' hall, making about 75 from abroad. Prof. Horner has just re turned from a trip in the southern portion of the state and one of the results of his la bors can be seen in the large attendance from the scene of his work. Douglas county has the largest representation of any except Benton, there having been twelve arrivals from there anil ten more are expected in a short time. Under Prof. Bloss' efficient management the college begins this year with the most flattering prospects, and he is ably seconded by his carps of assistants who have been laboring in the interests of the institution in all parts of the state, with the most satisfactory results. Injured by a Fall. "Billy" Menthrow, who lives about five miles south of Philo matn, sustained rfoinful injuries by a fall while attending a dance at Whitney's hall, in Philomath, last Tuesday evening. The entrance to the hall is by a stairway at the rear of the building to which there is no railing. Abdut 11 o'clock in the evening Billy went out of the hall and in the dark ness missed his footing and fell from the stairs the ground, a distance of about twelve feet, alighting on his head and shoulders. One side of his face was badly bruised and scratched and both arms were broken. Both bones of the right arm were broken just above the wrist; and one bone of the left arm was broken at the Same place. Dr. Farra, of this city, was called and reduced the fractures, and at last ac counts the patient was doing as well as could be expected under the eircumstauces, with the chances iu his favor for his cora lete recovery. Time Extended Again. la accordance with Judge Fullerton's decision on Sept. 2d, continuing the Oregon Pacific case until the 14th, court met in equity on last Wednes day morning at 9 o'clock. The different parties to the suit were represented by the following attorneys: Bronau'gh & Flinn for the Oregon Pacific railway company, L. Flinn for Z. Job, J. R. Bryson for the plaintiff, the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., S. P. Linthicum, of the firm of Williams & Wood for the National Park bank et al. ; the National Park bank represents a por tion of the receiver's certificates and peti tioned for a new sale or for additional secur ity. The petitions and numerous affidavits were presented and read, followed by long and intricate arguments. Judge Fullerton after listening to the pleas of the attorneys decided to extend the time for the final set tlement of the affairs of the road to Novem ber 1st without passing the on matter of se curity. Th'os. W. Harris, of Portland,- was in the city this week. He represents the Oregon ian edition of the Encyclopedia Frittanica, and has perfected arrangements with about a dozen ef our merchants to' handle the work. Canvassers will soon be in the field and the plan of purchase will Je fully ex plained in the near future CHURCH DEDICATION. The Christian churcli of this city dedica ted their new house of worship on last Sun day. This beautiful new structure, whic has a seating capacity of about four hua dred, was crowded to its utmost capacity" by an attentive and appreciative audiencev Elder Wm. F. Cowden, of Tacomai Waek. general evangelist for the northwest, had charge of the services, and preached an im pressive sermon on -Consecration" from Rom. 12, 1. A splendid musical prograni oy a select cUoir under the direction of Miss Lulu Burnett, contributed larcelv tA the enjoyment and success of the occasion. rres. uioss, of the state agricultural collero. read the scriptures; Rev. Kantuer, of thi Congregational church, offered the opening prayer; and Dr. Thompson of the Preshvtr. ian church, dedicatory prayer. At the close of the sermon a financial statement was made by Judge W. S. MuFa.l.lsn j the entire cost of the new edifice, with all usmrniture and equipments -to be about $2700, of which amount about $1250 rei mained unpaid. Of this deficit $500 had already been assurred. bv th h.iy. . tension board, leaving $750 to be provided . -an appeat was made by Mr. Cowden, assisted by State Sunt. R n -i halem, in response to which SoOO was soon pieagea. it sliould be stated that the brethren, specially interested in th had already made large donations, varyinfl ....... A number of liberal citizens, who had already promise .M tho enterprise were absent from the city; and it Is expected that the remaining $25d will soon be made up; thus leaving the church practically free from debt. At the close of tho services a hvmn sung by the great congregation; and Dr. xuompson, in a touching; impressive prayer, solemnly set apart and the beautiful temple to the worship and service ol Uod. The services from begining to end, werd solemn and impressive, and will t,j remembered, by all who participated therein, as a bright aud joyful day spent in thd uouse oi uod. Particularly was it a day1 of great gladness to the faithful little band who had struggled so long and earnestly for this delightful consummation. Nor should it be forgotten that tha of this enterprise is largely due to the wise aaa taitntul labors of their recent pastor Brother Mercer. We congratulate the citizens of Corvallia on this new and promising adjunct to the moral and religious forces of this city. The beautiful bible and hymn book which graced the desk, were the gift of" Mrs. E. B. McEIroy, of Salem, whose1 labors m years past toerether with thn ni the lamented Mrs. Judge McFadden had mucn to tto with the Success of the work. Malicious Tresspassing. A number of1 our citizens trj owners of young orchards' outside of the city and recently several of them hare suffered quite heavy losses through the sometimes thoughtless but in some cases malicious mischief done by1 tresspassers. A large amount of the dam age has been done by hunters, who have in jured a great many young trees by shot; wd have been shown some trees which were" nearly shot to pieces and totally ruined by this means. A great many people, too, when passing an orchard do not hesitate td enter it and help themselves to the fruit they are not always content with taking the fruit, either, but and there is absoi Iutely no excuse for this Vandalism in many cases they haye broken the trees and injured them otherwise. One gentleman; who is tbe owner of a fine young orchard in r Linn couuty, a short distance frorri thfsi city, discovered, on visiting his property few days ago; that sombody had entered itt with a wagon aud helped themselves to cut tings from the trees all over the place, without being at all careful about the oper ation, and consequently several of the trees! are likely to die. A person who would be4 guilty of such robbery would do worse if they had the opportunity, and if discovered they may expect little mercy from the" owner, who has already set inquiries ont foot and proposes to "fix" the perpetrators1 of the wrong if he can discover them. It seems strange to us that any rational being would willfully destroy property in this manner, when reason would tell them that it merely caused a loss to the owner with out a corresponding gain to anybody. All such parties should be made to suffer the heaviest legal penalties'. An organization1 is being effected among the fruit growers td prosecute persons guilty of malicious tres passing. A Social Athletic Association. About twenty of our young men met at Young America engine rooms last Wednesday evening for the purpose of organizing a so' cial atheletio association. Mr. Long wasr elected temporary chairman and after con siderable heated discussion and a number oi telling speeches a committee of five was ap' pointed to draft a constitution and by-laws I a committee of three was also appointed to secure a building and another committee oi three was appointed to ascertain the proba-f ble cost of a suitable outfit of gymnastic and other goods for the use ot the associations The meeting adjourned to meet Saturday evening at the same place. To manufacturers like the Royal Baking Powder Company, the public is under aC large debt of gratitude for the increased purity of articles of food sold at the presents day. The reports of the official govern ment investigations of baking powders show' the Royal to be stronger and purer than any other. It is quite evident that neither' ingenuity, seience nor expense can in an way improve noon the Royal Baking . PowV der as now before the ptrblrer