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About The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1881)
Corvallis Gazette. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY YANTIS & WOODCOCK. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Payable in Advance.) Per Y tar 2 SO ill Months, 1 60 rare Muntht. i oo HlBffto Copies. 10c All notice and advertisement intended for pub lication snouui dc nanaea in oy noon on w eunesaay. CORVALLIS livery, Feed, -AMD- SALE STABLE. r iim t 73 Ifala St., Conalll, Oregon. SOL KING, - - Propr. OWNING BOTH BARNS I AM PREPARED TO offer superior accommodations in the Livery line. Always ready lor a drive, GOOD TEAMS At Low Rates. My stables are first-class In every respect, and com petent and obliging hostlers always ready to serve the public, REASONABLE CHARGES FOR HIRE. P rtfealar Attention Paid to Boarding Horses. ELEGANT HEARSE, CARRIAGES AND 'HACKS FOB FUN ERA ES. Ceryallls, June 24, 1881. 18:25U. WILLIAM MORRIS, (LATE FROM ENGLAND) TAILOR, FRONT STREET Two doors North ol the Vincent House, COUVALLIS, - OREGON. fhe ofnalli VOL. XVIII. CORVALLIS, OREGON, AUGUST 19, 1881. NO. 34. All Orders promptly Executed. Repairs and cleaning at moderatejpric-'s. 18:261y H. E. HARRIS, One Door South of Graham & Hamilton's. CORVALLIS, . . OREGON. Groceries, Provisions, -AWD- DRY GO Corvallis, June 24, 188L DS 18:28tf. Boarding and Lodging. GEORGE KISER, PHILOMATH, OREGON, BE8PECTFULLY INFORMS THE TRAVELING public that he is now prepared and in readiness tokeepsuch boarders a may choose to give him a SINGLE HEAL, DAY OR WEEK. Is also prepared to furnish horse feed. Liberal or ptikuc patronage solicited. Give me a call. i, June 24, 1881. 18:25tf. N. R AVEET, D. D. S DENTIST. Havin located permanent ly in Corvallis I desire to in form the public that I am ready to do all kind of dental wont, siy instruments are all new and of the latest Im proved style All work in sured and satisfaction guar anteed or the money refunded Office over Graham k Gold son's Drug store, Corvallis Oregon. 18:25tf. GEO. P. WRENN, Real Estate, Life and Insur ance Agent. Win attend to collecting of money on account or eyaote, Prompt attention given to all business en trusted to my care. Ban, Windows, Blinds and Mouldings Kept constantly on hand. 9p0ffice opposite King's Stables. 22tf. DE. F. A. VINCENT, D IE 2ST TIS T3 CMT1UIS, MECOI. OFFICE IN FISHER'S BRICK OVER MAX Max. Friendley -s New Store. All of the latest improvements. Everythinc new and complete. AU work warranted. Alease give me a caiL 18:26tf. G. R. FARRA, M. D. Physician & Surgeon. AFFICE OVER GRAHAM, HAMILTON It CO'S V Drag Store. Corral lis, Oregon. 18:25tf. J.R. BRYSON. Attorney at Law, i win receive prompt attention. Collections a Specialty- CerreJib, June 24. 18 ?Stf A. J. YOUNG J. R. BRYSON, Attorney-at-Law. BENTON COUNTY REAL ESTATE And Loan Agency. Money to Loan ! We have money to loan on good farms iu Benton County in sums to suit borrowers. LOW INTEREST AND LONG TIME. Interest and Principal can be paid in installments. FARMS FOR SALE ! We have a Liree list of Good Farms anil Ranches situated in various rjortiona of Benton County, for bale on easy terms. Parties wishing to buy or sell a Farm, Ranch or J.UWU xrropcrty, wiu save money oy caning on us. BRYSON & YOUNG. OFFICE: Up-stairs in Jacobs & Neucass' New Brick, ormosite Occidental Hotel. Corvallis, Oregon. 18n27tf. Genuine Buffalo Pitts CHALLENGER THRESHER! The Best is the Cheapest ! aislsssw'' ' Many valuable improvements, making it KING OF THE FIELD. Lightest Draft, Most Durable, Fastest, Best Cleaner and Grain Saver, Handsomest and Best Painted Machine in tbe World. Never taken out of the field for any other machine. Examine the Challenger before Ordering. For sale by WOODCOCK & BALDWIN. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, MRS. N. C. POLLY, Proprietress, I o f CO O i-3 2 i S3 O H OB PS c c s o S3 o SSifThe Occidental is a new build ins, newly furnished, and first class in every aii icular. Singes lea vUiiK Hotel daily for Albany, aud Yaquin Bay on Mondays, Tuet-day, Wednesdays and Fridays. is 26!? Chinese employed in this House. GRAHAM, HAMILTON & CO., Druggists and Apothecaries, -AND DEALERS I PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRCSHES, GIASS, POTTY, TRUSSES. SHOULDER BEACES, TOILET ABTICLES C. A full line ol B oks. Stationery and Wall Paper. Orr drugs are fresh am1 well selected. Paescriptions compounded at all hours. 18-26ly Wheat and other Grain Stored on the best of Terms by T- J". BLAIR, -AT- Corvallis and Boone ville. SACKS FURNISHED TO PATRONS. THE OWL ANP SPIDER. In an old belfry tower, A dry, cosy bower, Dozed an owl by the hour. Bat the bell's sly old chipper Was a mischiie vous rapper. And soon waked the napper. "Mr. Owl, don't yon mind him; With cobwebs I'll bind him, And round and round wind him" Thus up spoke a spider, Stripped like an outrider; -f The owl sharply eyed her. And said: "If he cheat yon, I'll not scold nor beat yon, I'll just merely eat yon." The owl saw her spin Her web, frail and thin, Round the bell, out and in. But, next Sunday morning, Without a word of warning, The bell went sv-storming. With a cling and a clang. With a boom and a bang. The old clapper rang! The owl didn't chide her, Rebuke nor deride her. But he ate up that spider. Here is a moral, dear children, for you: Never promise a thing you're not able to do. St. Nicholas for August. Farmers will do well to tall on me before making arrangements elsewhere I vltaSTyl. I A NEW LQDQER. He was jaded, and looked like he had been knocking sap out ot cross lies from Louisville to Biioxi. His eyes gave evidence of many nights of restlessness; you could gather a bucketful of wrinkles off of bis weary brow; and altogether he seemed like he had been sitting up at- night with his sick mother-in-law for three weeks. He walked up to the desk in the Bossel House, and ic a Pinafore voice asked for the clerk. ''You have the honor to be in his oily presence, sir," said the clerk' amusingly. "Eh?" inquired the queer man, somewhat perplexed at the Latin ot the clerk. "I am the juy," continued the man at tbe desk, in a joking way presuru ing that the queer man was au agent for tbe New Testament, or was try ing to borrow a dollar and a halt, "Don't understand the dialect, partner; never spoke tliat way," said the queer man. "I am the clerk," answered the quill driver. "Oh, hoi!'' exclaimed the queer fellow; and be continued, "Well, I want a nice, cool and quiet room." "Well, sir," said the clerk, as he shaped up for business, "1 have a few choice rooms left; something that will just suit you." "Any dogs about your house?" asked the qu er fellow. "AU killed," answered the clerk. "Ah, ha; got any babies; crying babies?" inquired Mr. Queerfellow. "All drowned, sir." replied the clerk. "Drowned!" cried the queer fellow. "Yes, sir," continued tbe clerk: "we drown them in this house tbe moment they begin to annoy our people." And with an air of satisfaction the queer fellow assured tbe clerk that drowning squalling babies was a good idea, and he would atop with him for -the season. "You see," commenced be, "I have been boarding with Mrs. . Her old man has only one eye, and is always repairing something about tbe place; and having orly one eye, and that ore only good to see an object as large as a circus bill, he goes around with a Christmas hammer driving nails; and of course hits all around the, nail and then swears loud enough to be beard in Mobile, He is also very tond of "Kioodles," and has about sixteen of them prowling about the house. So, between the howling ot ihe dogs, the swearing of the old gentleman,, and the croaking of tbe philosophical bullfrogs. I was unable to sleep for three weeks, when I attempted to sleep in the daytime, about 16,000 children would gather around my room and start a go-as- you-please school. They would sweetly warble B-a-k (bake) ory) ree) bakery, b-a-k (bake) e-r-y (ree) bakery, c-a-t cat, e-a-t cat, d-o-g dog. Well, air, I waa compelled to pack up my wardrobe and quit. So, Mr. Clark, just let roe sleep here three weeks. I don't want any dtn- ner." He is now snoring like a. citizen in good standing, and everybody is run" ning to the beach, thinking it w the Heroine coming in. N. O. City Item. TELEGRAMS, New York, Aug. 11. A telegram from president's bedside states that Dr. Bliss de clares that the president is better to-day than he has been since the shooting. The Times says: The condition of the president continues to excite uneasiness in spite of the declarations of attending phy sicians that the symptoms of his case are entirely satisfactory. There is much reason for the disquiet over the slow recovery of the president, that the copious discharge -from the wound, however salutary from the surgeons point of iew is nevertheless a con stant drain on the strength of the patient and that the waste of pus must be steadily repaired to afford any prospect of recovery, but no evidence whatever that either the discharge from the wound or incissions now which have been found necessary to facili tate that discharge, have made any fatal in roads on the president's strength. The Herald still finds fault with the man agement of the president's case. The very weak and debilitated condition of the presi dent is an unfavorable sign. The attending physicians predicted that such symptoms might be expected two or three days after the operation. Why not state that the last seven days have been as bad as the first or second weeks, and that three weeks in tervened before the unfavorable conditions were renewed and the president's improve ment was said to be as marked and as satis factory as it had been at any time since he was wounded? The Herald's Washington special says: Dr. Agnew says the president is not out of danger but says: "I believe he will recover." Hamilton says: "I shall continue to have faith in his recovery until all the evidence is against hope." Bliss says: "I have never doubted for a moment that he would get well. That con fidence increases every day." Doctors Reyburn, Barnes and Woodward concur with Bliss. The secretary of the navy said to-day: "I believe, and so do all the members of the cabinet, with implicit trust, that the presi dent will recover, not tomorrow or next week, bnt in nature's own time." Lynchburg, Aug. 11. The coalitionists adjourned at 2 a. m sine die, having endors ed the regular readjuaters platform. The straight out convention assembled at nine o'clock to-day. The platform was read and after much discussion of the debt plank, was adopted, 56 to 32. The platform reaffirms adherence to re publican principles, than which none is more sacred than the meeting of contracts. The republican party of Virginia should therefore especially protect the state credit, which has been besmirched with repudiation by the gross mismanagement of the democ racy. The republican party pledge them selves to redeem the state from the cloud hanging over her on account of monies loan ed and misapplied, and most solemnly pledge payment of the whole state debt save one third which justly falls on West Virginia. There is a strong protective plank and a strong elective trancnise plank, demanding manhood as the only qualification,- and op posing the prepayment of capitation tax as requisite to voting, but demand a cavitation tax for the support of schools without its de franchising effects.. It opposes the whip ping law. Chicago. Aug. 11. The Times' Niagara Falls special says: Geo. S. Coe will read a paper before the banker's convention to morrow declaring that state bank notes based on commercial assets will be the mon ey of the future. The reduction in volume of the public debt and the increased price of bonds have already destroyed the profits to be derived from the issue of the note cur rency, and must soon put an end to the whole national bank system. Chicago, Aug. 11. Another case of trip lets has occurred at Decatur. 111. The hap py father this time is a newspaper man. Galveston. Aug. 11. A reunion of ex- liuinrv in T.Ani.tAnjt Arkansas. Missouri and Texas is being held in Dallas. . . . 1 , , ill. At A procession neaaea oy local military, nre department and brass bands took place yes terday. Saratoga, Aug. 11. The cattle com mis -inn ilvntAil fa-dav'a session to discussing and preparing quarantine regulation for cat tle imported from Europe; also to preparing regulations for disinfection of cars to be used in export cattle traffic, and to devising means of definitely ascertaining the extent of infected districts in the United States. The unwarranted discrimination on the part 2 u m...AM.mMf. men. in at. nattl. waa also VI mo ft- - considered, and Dr. Thayer's report upon . . ..I. nMVullnff ID flVa c4 ,. Thflv decided to make a UWHV VWBM. - w J searching investigation at the great western centers of cattle trade to ascertain to a cer tainty that those points are tree trom in fection. Washington, Aug 11. The treasury de partment to-day purchased 560,000 ounces f hnllion (rtr Hli vfirv at the Philadel- Ot " J , nhia. San Francisco and New Orleans mints. - . . I . "1 J - This is the largest purcnase oi sura uiauc by the department for some weeks owing to the high prices asked. San Francisco, Aug. 11. Charles Crocker president of the Southern Pacific railroad, was interviewed by a Bulletin reporter to day. He said the company waa laying a mile of track every day beyond El Paso; Texas. They are grading from the other end of the road, and have the road graded 125 miles, and 60 miles of track laid west from San Antonia, and will have the entire line completed by July 1882. When this work is finished it will give the Southern Pacific a line through to within a few miles of Galveston, Texas, and 100 miles of New Orleans, where connection with the Morgan road will probably be made. Crocker thought the plan of consolidation between the Union Pacific, Atchison and Topeka and Texas Pacific, recently telegraphed, was possible, bnt said it was improbable. : ,. Visalia,CaL, Aug. 11. Yesterday Miss Maggie BUin, a young lady of 16, attempt ed to start a fire in a store with coal oil ween the can exploded. She waa immedi ately enveloped in flames. No one was at home and she ran out screaming with pain and terror. C. Kraden, a neighbor who saw Iter shouted to her to lie down in the grass. She obeyed and tbe lady brought a quilt and threw over her smothering the flames. The ghi was taken into the house, her clothes failing off and the flesh peeling in strips. At 11:30 this morning she died. Los while a es. Ana. 11, Tins le girl named Cohen evening i trying to light a fire with keronene the fluid ignited asm snowing tne cam irom act mt uw mother sitting near and set her clothes on fere, burning Iwrr so badly that her life is despaired of! Washington, Aug. 12. Secretary Hunt and Harry Garfield went to Norfolk to-day. The Talapoosa has been repaired and a suite of rooms arranged for the president if it is practicable to take him by water from the executive mansion. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 12. Gov. Black burn believes that the president's wound will prove mortal without a doubt He discusses the wound from a professional standpoint, and says nothing but injury to the great nerve of the spinal column could produce the pains he had in his feet. Buffalo, Aug. 12. Mrs. Fillmore died to day. New York, Aug. 12. The Tribune hav ing interviewed John Roach, the latter said he estimated that the total amount paid annually to foreign ship owners for carrying American products abroad is 9150,000,000. The amount paid for passenger fares added to that, spent by Americans travelling in Europe, he thinks more than equal the sur plus in trade in our favor. Hartford, Aug. 12. Ex-Congressman Origen Seymour, formerly chief judge of the supreme court of this state-, died at Litch field this morning. Detroit, Aug. 12. Albert Pulsipher, cashier of a private bank, died to-day of what is pronounced cholera, Omaha, Aug. 12. The supreme court at Lincoln to-day decided that the high license liquor law is constitutional in every partic ular. It compels saloon keepers to pay $1000 license and give bonds in the sum of 95000 in lities of over 10,000 people, and in cities under 10,000 the license is 9500.' San Francisco, Aug. 12. In consequence of the quarrel between the Ypsemite and Manhattan wings of the city democrats, the state central committee on Wednesday night last ordered both conventions- to adjourn. They partially oomplied. To-day the state central and county committee met and pass ed a resolution to meet again to-morrow for the purpose of appointing a new nominating convention from which all members of state and county committees and of both of the present conventions are to be excluded. This resolution was sent in to the Yosemite and Manhattan conventions, which met this evening, 'and by both it was promptly tabled. The Yosemites then sent a compromise proposition to the Manhattans, offering to give them half the members of the new con vention, but recognizing the bargain of the Yosemites with the Workingmens' wings to give the latter the sheriff, and auditor, tax collector, two supervisors and two school directors. The proposition was accepted by a large majority. In view of this compro mise it is expected that more of the state and county commissioners will come to grief. maims Havanna, Aug- 11. During July 98 deaths from Yellow fever occurred, and du ring the week ending Aug. 5, 36, with 200 ca es in the city. During June 235 deaths j n yellow lever at bantaUruz. Paris, Aug. 11. In the international electrical exhibition, a machine will in a few days be in operation in the Edison show, and manipulated by four clerks, who will telegraph twelve hundred words per minute. Panama, Aug. 2. There is much sickness among the men employed on the canal and the Herald suggests improved hospital ser vice. ' There has been many deaths from yellow fever in the past fortnight in Colom bia, as many as five a day. Geneva, Aug. 11. Switzerland is begin ning to suffer seriously from a drougth which except a few showers has lasted two months. Grass is burned and there is no chance of making the usual second hay crop. There is a great scarcity of water in most parts of the country. In mountain pastures in sev eral cantons and Savoy, beasts are perishing for lack of water and from the heat. St Johns, Aug. 12. A bottle picked up says the little schooner Morning Star foun dered off Bird rocks with a crew of four. London, Aug. 12. In the commons a di vision was taken en the question in the house to disagree with the amendment to clause 19 of the land bill introduced in the house of lords striking out the words granting power to the land court to render void any lease obtained by a landlord by the threat of eviction or undue influences, and the motion to disagree was carried, 47 to 113. The amendment of the house of lords to strike out the house proviso that the land court may stay proceedings for debt when the tenant has applied for the fixing of judicial rent was rejected, 227 to 113. The land bill was sent to- the house of lords, where it was received and ordered for consideration to-day. Dublin, Aug. 12. Parnel, writing to the editor of the United Ireland newspaper, in the interest of the land league, Bays: 1 am much pleased that you intend to make the development of the industrial recourses of the country and the encouragement of native manufactures a leading feature of your pa per. I think the time fast anroaching when Jrou might do much to assist in the re-estab-ishment of Irish manufactures by encourag ing our people to use home made in pref erence to English made goods. I am dis posed to believe in regard to articles not at present manufactured to the extent at home we might use the products of Americau fac tories. This would tend to act as direct protection to Irish manufactures as it would encourage the origination of works for tbe purpose of manufacturing such articles at Lome. Honkong, July 18 A severe typhoon has raged in mid China sea and touched Shan cahL Much damage was done to shipping. At the beginning of next year a new code of criminal laws will come into foree. The most important changes are the concession to prisoners of counsel for defence aud an increase in cases of weight of the number of judges to five. Trial by jury is not granted. Boise Republican: Rich mines are re ported on the Middle Salmon. Four veins have been discovered by parties who left Boise for that purpose this season, It has long been known that this was a mineral region, but the difficulty of reaching this al most inaccessible country, inhabited by sav ages and bears, has heretofore prevented prospecting, but now J he Indians are gone and rich mines have been discovered. There will be a rush to that country. Water and timber are abundant the climate is mild and in summer delightful, although on ac count of the high elevation deep snow falls during the winter months,; Corvallis Gazette. BATES OF ADVERTISING. STACI. 1 W 1 M SH II 1 Tr 1 Inch.... $ 1 00 3 00 $ 6 00 $ 8 00 S It W 2 Inch .... t 00 S 00 8 00 II 00 18 0 3 Inch.... S 00 C 00 10 00 IS 00 0 4 Inch .... 400 700 12 00 18 CO 8009 i Column 600 800 14 00 2000 IS 00 I Column I 6 25 10 00 17 SO S5 00 42 00 I Column 900 14 00 2400 SS 00 S60 1 Column 15 00 25 00 40 MM SO 00 100 0 Notices in Local Column, not less) than SS cants far each notice. Exceeding this amount 10 cents per line for each insertion Transient and Legal Advertisements 2.00 per square for first and 81.00 for each subsequent Inser tion. No charge for affidavit of publication. Transient advertisements to be paid In ADVANCE. Professional or business cards (l square) 812 par annum. No deviation in the above rates will be mads ist favor of any advertiser. BRAIN CENTER. The erection of the mills by tbe newly organized Salem Mills Compa ny, indicates thet this city will con tinue to be the grain center of Ore gon, says the Weekly Talk. For several years our business men have chartered more sea going vessels than Portland and alt other towns h the state together, and now doubling four times our milling capacity, can not but result in a corresponding in crease of our control of -Oregon com merce. Both mill companies during the coming year will have their own steamboats on the river and meet their chartered vessels at Astoria thereby saving heavy expenses of pilotage and towage, besides tbe for mer charges of warehousemen in Portland. This saving will of cours be paid to the farmer in the way of an increase on tbe price of grain. It is also understood in addition to riv er facilities for shipping between Ss lem and tbe sea-board, there will, at no distant day, be a railroad built to Astoria, independent ot Portland, and a distinct line between Salem and tbe Yaquina Bay. Thus will the capitol city gradually take wind out of tbe sails of its principal rival. G. W. Settfemicr. formerly of Al bany, writes from Cheney, VV. T., to the "State Rights Democrat," among other things tbe following: Dayton is the first town that I have seen that in any way attracted my atten tion as having any great future pros pects. It is now the terminus of the Dayton branch of the O. R. fc N. Co's 1?. R. No place that I have ever seen can surpass the country around Dayton except it might be . this place of Cheney. Finer grain fields I never saw; some almost ripe, others green, yet all looking well and indicating ft very good yield. Gardens look ex ceedingly well, while berries and fruits, peaches, etc., seem especially adapted to this climate. Perhaps the next noted new town of this territory is Cheney. It is named after one of the stock holders of the N. P. R. R. and is on the line of that road, about 130 miles from Ainsworth. The growth of this place has been very rapid. Scarcely 9 months ago, there was nothing in this pine forest but a solitary bat, while now we have a town with streets over a quarter of a mile long t has tbe following business houses; Three large dry good stores, 5 hotels and restau rants, 2 hardware stores, 1 harness shop, 2 drug stores, 2 blacksmith shops, 1 carriage shop, 2 livery sta bles, 1 bakery, 1 grocery store. 1 fruit stand, 2 butchers!) ops, i barber shop, 1 grist mill (being constructed) and one school house. A fine church is being constructed hy tbe Congre- gationa lists while two more will soon be built by other denominations. The railroad company is finishing a very fine depot building that will nrobably cost $4,000. We also bave 8 saloons. There is no less than a dozen new buildings in course of con struction now. Cheney claims to be- a center for a large farming country,. including the Spangle Four Lakes,. Deep creek and Rock creek and White Bluft' country. Crops look very well, hat are a little late. I have never anywbare seen more thrifty looking gardens and grain so far as I have seen, it surpasses any portion of W. T. T. M. Callaway has 8o acres of very fine land just at tbe edge ot town. Cheney seems destined to be quite a town at no dixtant day. For my part I think enough of it, without any desire to see further. The country offices are now located in Cheny in stead of Spokane Falls, which will have a tendency to make this a more central point, though the falls will always be a town of considerable note. Journeymen tailors at work; on cus tom trowsers are like jilted W4mer--sewing breeches of promise. A Long Branch letter say the Grant cottaee is sadly in need of re pair. It looks rooty and dilapidated. A strange astronomical phenome non is seen in the tact that when the irate father takes down hi gun strap, there are liable to be snots on the sou.