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Weekly Corvallis Gazette. FRIDAY .MORNING, MAY 9, 1884. Entered at th Postoflice at Corvallis. Oregon, as secoud-class matter OFFICIAL PAPER FOR BENTON COuNTY News Summary. Thirty applicants for farms were in the Lind Office at Union, one day last week. Franklin Post No. 26, G. A. It. has re cently been organized at Sheridan, Yamhill county. The graduating classes of the Oregon state normal school at Monmoth this year, will consist of nine in the normal class, five in the commercial and three in the colle giate. Commencement day is June 11. The amount of land sales of the N. P. It. R. Co., at Portland for the month of April in round numbers is as follows: Pen d' Oriel division, S2:2,000. Pacific division $20,000, Total $42,000. The Oregon City Enterprise is authority for the statement that there is "a gentleman in this county by the name of Franklin, who has great-great-grandchildren and will be a hundred years old in a few months. He is as anxious to vote as ever." The County Treasurer of Multnomah county, during the month of April past handled 8213,255.03. He paid out on county warrants alone $!)2,497.5G. The remainder of the money has been nearly all disposed of, a balance of only $39, 1S3.03 remaining in hand. A tough element infests Spokane Falls. Recently, one mrn was g.irroted and robbed of 35, and another was coaxed into a den and swindled out of 250. The authorities have commenced a cleaning out of the toughs. We understand, says the Plaindealer that definite arrangements have been made for the development of an important and rich coal mine in this county. We are not at liberty to state the mine, or its location, but work is to commence at an early day, and it is probable a large sum of money will be ex pended in the community. Stoppage of work on the railroad above Redding will cause Siskiyou county to ship via Poitland for San Francisco and the east as the cheapest route. Teaming is only forty-nine miles from Yreka to thp Oregon railroad terminus at Ashland, and 115 miles from Redding, and .will be only forty-five miles nearer about mid-summer. Writing from Woodburn, Oregon, to the Salem Statesman, a correspondent says, This place was visited last evening, about 7 o'clock, by a severe hailstorm, which lasted about fifteen minutes, doing considerable damage to gardens. We feared it would injure fruit, but on inquiry we iind that fruit was not injured to any extent. Some farmers have had to quit seeding on occouut of the ground being too wet. Alfred Cowles, the business manager of the Chicago Tribune, assures the man of gossip on the Washington Capital staff that the Tribune annually pays 50 per cent dividends on an investment of 8500,000. The stock, of which Mr. Medill owns a con trolling interest, is valued at 81,000,000 and the profits are 25 per cent on that. A distressing and fatal accident occurred Tuesday at Clifton, resulting in the deatli of Johnny McLane, infant son of J. W. McLane an employee in Cook's cannery. The little fellow, who'is only eight months aid, when his mother's attention was attracked else where in the house, managed to pull over a kettle of boiling water on himself, sustain ing injuries which all the parent's care could not prevent from proving fatal. Mr. Frank Cooper laid on our table last week a peculiar plant, which he requested us to name, says the Salem Statesman. We gave it up, and he proceeded to inform us that the plant was "teasel, and that a Mr. Cotteral, who resides near Soda Springs, Clackamas county, had 100 acres planted with this.weed, and from which he ex pected to ,make o2,000 trom tins year s crop alone. i he plant produces a very large bur similar to the cockle which used in . ressing woolen cloths. The last issue of the Democrat says: The following, clipped from an old Albany Democrat of April 9, 1SG1, will be of great interest, as showing the earlier history of the Bay, and what people thought of it, "Mr. L. A. Davis informs the Corvallis Union, that the view of the road from Cor vallis to tide water on the Y'aquina river has been completed. The whole distance is 44j miles. The roughest part of the route is embraced in the tirst 15 miles. Should the bay prove to be sufficiently capacious, and it is thought it unquestinn ably will, for commercial purposes, with a convenient and safe entrance, much benefit will be gained by the central portion of Oregon, by the development of the facts." The Pacific Journal of the 2Gth ult. says: For the benefit of the incredulous and skep tic iu the matter of building the railroad from Ilwaco to Oysterville, we would say that the road is assured. The Journal is informed this week that the amount neces sary to accomplish the work $(0,000 has been subscribed. With this road built on the peninsula and the connection made be tween Gray's Harbor and Shoal water Ba', the garden of Washington Territory will be opened and our country will receive the rec ognition she so richly deserves, after lying dormant these many years. It is expected that a directors' meeting will be held very shortly, at which an assessment will be made for the purposes of conducting a per manent survey, and also to call for bids for cutting ties and grading. It is the iuten tion of the company to commence work dur ing the summer, but will not complete it and have the road running before next May. Stage travel has been much increased this season by reason of the shortening of the gap between the railroads. Grain was never so vigorous, rank and far advanced in the valley at this time of the year. Already the barley is heading out in some places. So says the Ashland "Tidings." The deepest water in the Willamette at Oregon City is at the rear of the bank build ing, where it is 132 feet by actual measure ment. Those who have the best means of know ing estimate fiat legitimate immigration will increase the population of Washington territory 30,000 during the present year. James Keene, the great stock gambler, has failed. It is believed, however, that he will be able to pay his contracts in full. He was a big Bear, and his financial collapse causes universal comment. The area planted in corn in Jackson coun ty this spring will be more than twice as large as at any previous year. Corn does well here, and will no doubt prove a profit able crop. Some of the farmers in the val ley will plant about 100 acres each this year. Lewiston regards as a favorable omen the possession of a railroad tie which floated down Snake river from the scene of opera tions up the river and was secured as a memento and a harbinger of the f final com pletion down to that expectant city of the O. S. L. railroad. Eleven or twelve schooners are engaged n seal fishing in the vicinity of Barclay sound, anil are all meeting with good suc cess. The provincial schooner uraee nau already secured 530 skins and the schooner Mary Ellen, manned entirely by Americans, had secured over S00. The high license element of Olympia wins. The City Council, by a recent ordinance, has declared that from and after July 1, 1884, it shall cost 8300 a year to secure a license to sell beer at retail; 8300 a year to sell liquor at wholesale; and 81500 a year for a license to sell liquors at retail. The bonds to be given are 82000 for the retail liquor license, and 81000 for each of the others. The wool growers of Whitman county met at Colfax, W, T., and decided that hereafter they would bale their wool before shipping, as by so doing they will save on freight to the East 8400 per car load, to Portland 40 cents on a hundred pounds, and to San Francisco 78 cents on a hundred pounds, besides having a big advantage in selling. There are to be five pressing and baling points in the country, viz, Pena wawa, Olds, Copley's, Kiidicott and Pampa. Since the first part of January Seattle has received for licenses of all kinds the sum of 8SS97.78. Of this amount, 82209.35 were received during the month of April, which was an unusually heavy month in that line. There were issued during the mouth 3 wholesale liquor licenses, 2G retail, 5 grocery, 4 billiard table, 2 pigeon-hole table, 40 vehicle, 6 exhibition, 2 peddler's, 1 run ner's, and 4 auctioneer's, the total number of liceuses issued being 90. The largest revenue was derived from the issuance of retail liquor liceuses, which yielded 81950. The Masonic fraternity of Vancouver have decided to put np a fine brick building at the corner of Eighth and Main streets. It will be fifty feet front, eighty feet deep, two stories and basement. The upper story will be used for lodge rooms. The ground floor will be fitted up as a public "hall, with stage and all necesssary appurtenances. The basement will be finished up and used for supper rooms, etc. Work on the exca vation has already commenced, and the buildinr will be completed at as early a date as possible. The other night, says a Walla Walla ex change, about twenty-five soldiers imbibed too much beer, and while under the influ eucc of hop juice attempted to run the town. When the fire alarm was sounded the soldiers broke for the engine houses, grabbed the trumpets and assumed the management of the department until Chief Crane knock eil one of the fellows in the head with his horn. The mob then attempted to rob Wolff & Clapp's till, but were checked by the police and a few resolute men. The soldiers said they would run the town from now on, but upon the fact being made known to General Grover, that officer made up his mind that he would have to be con sulted in the matter. A wild boy was recently caught in the , Santa Rosa mountains, in the vicinity of Tancanhuitz, Mexico. He was carried to the latter place and put in a well fenced garden, where he greedily consumed fruit, lettuce, roses and the roots of several plants. He never spoke and never appeard to no. tice the people who went to see him. He appeared perfectly harmless, but one day he seized a little child three years of age and commenced to eat it. Its cries attracked attention, but before assistance reached the spot the young savage h id devoured the flesh of the right arm, and had also eaten part of the face. On seeing that the child was about to be taken away, he squeezed it to death in his arms. An old Indian who said he was cam pin on the outskirts of the city, went into Holme's drug store yesterday to ascertain the nature of the contents of a bottle which he had in his possession, says the Walla Walla Union. He was informed that the bottle contained or did contain carbolic acid. The old Siwash then explained that his seven-year-old son had found the bottle in a pile of rubbish, and taking it to be "fire-water," he imbibed a liberal supply, resulting in the young brave becoming a "good Iniun" within fifteen minutes of the "absorption act." The old Indian seemed to think that it was rough to die by the effects of carbolic acid, when strychnine whisky would do as well With a shrug of his shoulders and giving vent to a vigorons "Ugh!" the Indian left the drug store medi tating upon the fact that everything bottled was not whisky. A Woman's Christian Temperance Union Was organized in Dallas a few days ago, efficiently officered, and they propose to do some real good work. Their meetings take place every two weeks. The first "exclusively ( .'entile grand jury now in session at Salt Lake, hus indicted one of the famous Clawson family for bigamy, and his various "wives" were com pelled to testify against him. Some quartz veins which prospect well, and have assayed as high as $100 per ton in gold, sitver and copper, have recently been discovered on the mountain near Woodvillo, Jackson county. Dr. Stanley and (ieorge W. Colvig are interested iu the claims. The Prineville News says: Ike Nickelson is now given up by his friends as lost and undoubtedly dead, the last searching party having discovered no new traces of him. As soon as it is practicable another party will go in search of the lost man. Chinese laundries are springing up with wonderful rapidity in all the southern cities, and the democrats are in alarm. Down there they call a man who wears a clean shirt a republican dude. So poor John Chinaman and his "washee shop" are mobbed. Nothing has yet been heard from J. E. Granger, who disappeared from near Saddle Butte, Linn county, about three weeks ago Several hunting parties have made diligent searches, but no clues have been found of his whereabouts. A train came over from Kalama the other night consisting of six passenger coaches, in which were 227 passengers, says the Seattle Post. The greater number were for this city and beyond, the steamer Olympian bringing 200 of these down the same night. The travel by rail direct from the East is immense and would be the means of filling up this country in short order if everybody who came stayed. C. Mayer, of Molalla Creek, Oregon, writes this: I have in alcohol a curiosity iu the shape of a fairly developed chicken with two bodies joined as one, four legs and twa wings. Two necks diverging from either body and converging and terminating with one head. The Walla Walla Journal is reliably in formed that the agents of the O. R. & N. Co. are urging persons who contemplate making shipments east to hold on until the O. R. & N. junction with the Short Line is made, when rates can be obtained over that route cheaper than those of the Northern Pacific. . The main line of the Oregon Short Line has reached the fourth crossing of Snake river, and is within two miles of Hunting ton, where a connection is to be made with the Oregon Navigation and Railway Com pany's road. When such connection will be made is yet unknown. Men are engaged putting the Suake river bridge in position. It will lie a very large and tine structure. A daily stage will soon be put on to run from Shoshone to the falls on Snake river, for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and the traveling public. A syndicate of Eastern men have purchased the property and will soon begin the erection of a $10, 000 hotel, build roads, beautify the grounds and make all the improvements necessary to the pleasure of sight seers to the great Niagara of the West. A. F. Parker, Postmaster of Eagle City, Cojur d'Alene, received his commission, mailtey, stamps and other paraphernalia necessary to establish the ,Eagle City post office on Monday last. The petition for the establishment of the new office was for warded to the department October 27, 1883, so that it has only (?) taken five months during which time that community has been subjected to a 50 cent tax for each letter received. Wednesday afternoon at Walla Walla a lad about 7 years of age came near meeting with a serious if not fatal injury. It ap pears that the boy, who was standing by the side of the track, noticed a light con struction hand car coming toward him at full speed. The lad waited until the car was within a few yards, when suddenly he threw himself between the rails. The men on the hand car tried to stop the pumps, but before they could thoroughly realize the situation the car hail passed over the boy. The little fellow remained immovable where he had thrown himself until the men, who had succeeded in stopping the car, came up to him, when the boy attempted to stand up but could not do so, having been struck in the back bv the working gear of the car. He was carried to his home, which is close to the depot, and turned over to the care of his parents. ff J CELEBRATED MiS 1 STOMACH rrrEs Regeneration for Unfeebled Systems, Suffering from a general want of tone, and its usual concomitants, dyspepsia and nervousness, is seldom derivable from the use of a nourishing diet and stimuli of appetite, unaided. A medicine that will effect a removal of the specific obstacle to renewed health and vigor, that is a genuine corrective, is the real need. It is the possession of this grand requir ement which n'.akes Hostetter'8 Stomach Bitters so effective as an invurorant. For Sale br all llru'-rists and Dealers generally. J. U. SCRAFFOKD. J. R. SCRAFFORD J. B. Scrafford & Bro., PROPRIETORS OF ccmv.A.Tivis MARBLE WORKS, AND DKALERS IN ALL KINDS PLAIN, FANCY AND OR A j ENTAL Marble Granite. MAIN STREET Corvallis, 21-:ily Oregon. WANTED ! lOOO Men andBpys AT J. W. HANSON'S. CLQTMN3 A'D TM13RIM3 EMrOr.iUM To fit them out in the latest style of ready made Clothing. Also the finest lot of Pairfs Patterns and Suitings Ever brought to Corvallis. Call and. Examine Goods. No trouble to show goods. Two doors South of Tost Office, CORVALLIS, - . - . OREGON. SAW MILL FOR SALE. Situated 12 Miles Southwest of Corvallis, Oregon, With 160 acres of good timbered land. Almost new, steam, 25 horse powjr, good engine and boiler, double circular saws. Mill all in tirst class order and situated in the iniust of a good market for luiu ber. The mill originally cost about $5000. Owner wishes to retire from the business and will sell mill and land for 3200. Easy terms. 14in3 ISAAC NEWHOUSE. EL. E. HAKKIS. One Door South of Graham & Hamilton's, CORVALLIS, . . OREGON. Groceries, Provisions, DRY GOODS, Cora His. June 24, 1882. 19-19 Real Estate AgencyJ CORVALLIS OREGON Heal Estate Agents, will buy, sell, or lease farms or farm property ou commission. Having made arrangements for co-operation with agents in Portland, and being ful ly acquainted with real property in Benton county, we feel assured of giving entire sat isfaction to all who may favor us with their patronage. G. A. Wa goner, 20-tiyl T. J. Buford, DILLON BKO.'S, WITH THEIR Will saw all kinds of Firo Wood, 10168 for Fencing, on Reasonable Terms. Call at A Cauthorn's for Information. 2183m OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. Corvallis, Oregon. CANAN & GIBLIN. PROPRIETORS. THE OCCIDENTAL is a new building, newly famished, and is first class in all its appointments. RATES LIBERAL. Stages leave the hotel for Albany and Yaquina Bay Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Large Sample Room on First Floor for Commercial Sen. 1935 ly PORTLAND -EBUSINESS COLLEGE, N. E. Cor. Second and Yamhill Sts.f PORTLAND. - - OREGON. A. P. Armstrong, J. A. Wtsco, Principal. Penman and Secretary Designed for the Business Education of Both Sexes. si Admitted on any week day of the year. -PEHfW"0RKN- " Of all kinds executed to order at reasonable rates. Satisfaction guaranteed. The College "Journal," containing information of the course of Study, rates of tuition, time to enter, etc., and cuts of plain and ornamental pen manship, tree. Vill be mailed CDCC to atl applicants and to customers of last year without ordering it. It contains illustrations, prices, descriptions and directions for planting all Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants, etc Invaluable to mil. D. M. FERRY & C0.S5Sl TRAVELS IN MEXICO AND LIFE AMONG THE Mexicans" bv Frederick A. Ober.. The most fully illustrated and the largest popular work ever published. A stirring narrative of a most interesting journey from the Yucatan to the Rio Grande, in one lartre octavo volume of nearly 700 pages. Agents wanted. Apply to J. DEWING Co., 420 B-ish St. San FraOcisoo, I l 13m3 FENCING! FARMERS, ATTENTION. Horn's Improved Wire Fence Lock. To Fanners and those who have been annoyed by having fences blown down, floating away, or throwt. over by breachy stock. A Fence has been secured which puts an end to ill such trouble. A wire lock has been invented - hicb when attached to a fence, secures it against the most breachy animals, EXPLANATION: When a rail fence is properly built , laying the worm 3 1-2 feet wide, and taking pains to lay the rails up firm and square, then attach the lock and you have a fence that will turn the breachiest animals. As to its merits, it is strong and durable a single rail cannot be moved out of place. It requires no stakes, Mjsts or riders, and in addition to this it is the cheapest, fence that can be built with rails' it saves from So to 10 on a hundred panels of fence, and you have a stronger and better fence. The same rails required to build 100 pamis of stake and rider fence will build 125 panels of this fence by u-ing HOKN'S WIRE LOCK. No stakes are in the way of moving fence corners, heaving out by frost, or rotting off, thereby letting fence down or stock in your fields to destroy the crop. This fence is braeeu in every direction, whether up hill, down hill or side hill, and locked with a lever so strong that nothing short of a tornado will move a rail. Stock on either side can not possibly move the top rail . ThiB .-ire lock was patented April 11, 1882 - numbered 258,433. . G. A. HORN, Patentee. ISsiT banners, vour leiieing costs more than all other improvements o. viur farm combined. Look to thisimKrtant interest. vSJl For further information, enquire ofwner of State Right, 13tf W. F. Cauthom. Corvallis, Oregon. THOMAS GRAHAM, Druggist and Apothcary, -AND DEALER IN- PAINTS, OIIS, MUSHES, BRUSHES, MASS, PEW, ItP) SHOULDER BRACES, TOILET ARTICLES AC. A full line of LVoks, Stationery and Wall Paper. Ot r drugs are fresh ami well selected. Paesciiptions compounded at all hours. 19-27yl Wheat and other Grain Stored on the best of Terms by 3". BLAIR. -AT COR VAL LIS SACKS PURNISHED"tO PATRONS. Farmers will do well to call on me before making arrangements elsewhere 18-27-yl WILLIAM MORRIS, TAILOR, Front Street, Twodoors nortli of tlie Vincent House, CORVALLIS, OR ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. Binding and Cleaning i moderate Prices. !)2Gyl City Stables iDaily Stage Line FROM ALBANY TO C0RALTJS. TriOS. E1GL1N , On the Corner West of the Engine House CORVALLIS, - - OREGON. HAVING COMPLETED MY new ami commodious BARN, I am better than ever prepared to Keep the BEST CF TEAMS BUSSES. CARRIAGES AND SADDLE HORSES TO HIRE. At Reasonable Rates. &T Particular attention given to Hoarding Horses Horses Bought and Sold or Exchanged. PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. Proprietor Having secured the contract to carrying th United States Mull FROM Corvallis to JVIba ny For the ensuing four years will leave CorvalUi each morning m 8 o clock, arrivimr in Albany about o'clock, and will start from Albany at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, returning to Corvallis about S 0'eluck This line will be prepared with good team and care lui drivers and nice comfortable and EASY RIDING VEHICLES For the accommodation of the TRAVELING TDBtlC. JOB PRINTING DEPAETM E T BEING SUPPLIED WITH LATEST STYLES, AND DESIGNS OF Type and all Printing Material IS PREPARED TO DO FINE BOOK AND FANCY JOB PRINTING. In the latest styles and at pliers hut little mors than cost of labor and material, on short notice. We are constantly turning ont at prices which dely com petition, the nicest designs of Letter heads, Bill heads, Envelopes, Visitiug cards, Business cards, Programs, Ball tickets, Note books, Order books, Beceipt books, Posters, Druggists labels, Gummed or Ungummed, Legal blanks, Send, lor Samples and Prices to the G-a zette Of fice ii you want the Best work at Lowest Pric - s. V J OB OThe Birrfnts' Guide is is sued March and Sept., each year: 216 pages, 8ixllJ inches, with over 3,SOO illustrations a whole pic ture gallery. Gives whole sale prices direct to consumers on all goods for personal or family use. Tolls how to order, and gives exact cost of every thing you use, eat, drink, wear, or have fun with. These invaluable books con-, tain information gleaned from thgiap kcts of the world. We will mail a copy Free to any address upon receipt of the postage 7 cents. Let us hear from you. Respectfully, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO- 27 Jk SCS9 Wabash Avenue, Chlcaco. XU. Job Printing Office for Sale. We have at this office in the job depart ment sufficient good material to make up two good job offices. To any one wanting to purchase we will therefore sell a job office complete, including one press, and every thing else necessary. We have a new half medium Gordon, and an eighth medium Liberty press, as good as new. Of these two presses the purchaser ean take hi choice.