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Weekly Corvallis Gazette,
FRIDAY MORXIXG, JUNE 5, 1885.
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OFFICIAL PAPER FOR 3ENT0N COunlTY
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Portland. Oregon.
L P FISHElt, Advertising Agert,
San Fraoeiseo, California.
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Mo 10 Spruee Street, New York city.
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The Illinois senate lias passed a
pleuro pneumonia bill, giv ing $10,000
toward suppressing oontageous diseases.
The appointment of General lloxe
crans as collector of the port for Ban
Francisco is urged ly busineas men
( that city, representing an aggregate
-capital of from $25,000,000 to $30,
000.000.
The publishers of Grant's book say
they have arready received advanced
'orders for 150,000 copies.
Growing crops and vegetation of all
kinds never looked better than now.
It is '.he general expression that "we
we will have the best crop ever grown
in Oregon, and the surplus of grass
means that fat pork, mutton, beel and
veal will till the markets to overflow
ing. In short, it means that every
thing, including money, will be plenty
this fail Besides, the pool crops that
are promised elsewhere will give farm
ers a show to sell their products at
such prices that it will leave them a
large surplus ef profit. And for ail
r.hjs- blessing we will have to thank
t.Iie late rains, the warm weather and
the glorious climate of Oregon." It is
not in the. line of human nature for
our farmers and business men to feel
bad over the gloomy crop prospects
from abroad. They accept the situa
lion with the utmost complacency.
The men who are removed from of
fice under C'levelanjJ's administration
are mostly Union soldiers, indicating
the class of men appointed under R.
publican rule; the men appointed by
Mr. Cleveland are mostly men who
feught or voted against the Union
cause, which indicates something else.
Carl Schurz has been vriting to "a
prominent Milwaukee mugwump," ac
cording to the Sentinel, of that citv ,
and declares that he has no confidence
in any extension of civil-service reform
principles to include any offices not
embraced in the civil service rules.
He says that no persons who have not
entered the service by competitive ex
amination will be retained under
Cleveland.
There has been a heavy fall in the
grain freight from Camilla to Great
Britain. The price was three shillings
per quarter, hut it is now only nine
enen. The cause alleged is that rail
ways are carrying wheat from Chicago
to Boston and New York for merely
nominal rates, and the Erie canal
route, being without tolls, can main
tain its supremacy over the St. Lawrence.
Prolonged drouth in California has
markedly injured the prospects for
growing crops in that state. Edwin
F. Smith, secretary of the state agri
cultural society of California has com
puted the yield of that state for the
associated pi-ess at 25,000,000 bushels,
while Oregon and Washington territo
ry, u-.i.Ur improve. conditions, will
turn out 14,200,000 bushels an aggre
gate of 39,200,000 bushels, or a short
age of 26,500,000 bushels for the Pa
cific Coast regions.
Postmaster General Vilas has re
quested the resignation of J. L. Mea J,
who was recently appointed postmas
ter at Hazelhurst, Mississippi. The
explanation of the action of the post
master general is that since the ap
pointment of Mr. Mead it has come to
the knowledge of the department that
he presided over a meeting which was
held at Hazelhurst, just after the Nt -vember
elections in 18S3 and subse
quent to the killing of Mathews, re
publican postmaster, by a man named
! Wheeler, on election day, in which the
persons participating took sides, by
resolution, with Wheeler, and served
a notice on the friends of Matthews
thtt they intended to stand by Wheel
er, in case they sought revenge for the
killing of Matthews. It is understood
that this is in conformity with the
determination of the administration
not to allow itself to become involved
in any political quarrels which have oc
curred in the south.
Tin- announcement recently that the
director of the mint at Washington
had ordered a heavy reduction in the
force employed in the United States
branch mint at San Francisco is indi
cation of the policy by which the pres
ent administration intends to evade
the provisions cf the civil service laws.
The law requires the coinage of a fixed
amount of silver eveiy month, and it
may lie distributed among the various
mints in the United States at the ept
ion of the secretary of the treasury.
By ordering the suspension of silver
coinage in any particular mint, the
force employed in that department
would thus he thrown oat of employ
ment, and f'en he can at any future
time older it resumed, which will ne
cessitate the employment of a ne.v
force. It is evident that this is the
policy of the new administration, and
that is likely to be followed up till all
the mints are tilled vith new employes
The President is making inquiries
regarding Asa Ellis, who was appoint
ed Collector of Internal Revenue for
the first California district, a few days
ago, which may result in that gentle
mail's commission being with-held.
Since his appointment was announced
Pi isident has received such infor
it i.i i Ion regarding the lack of ability
or proper qualifications ot the new ap-pomt-oe
for the place as has led him to
believe that he may have been imposed
upon by Ellis' friends, and the inquir
im he is making are to satisfy himself
m to the fact.
As for grain crops, the Sacramento
Jlie has this to say: "It is too soon
to form any just estimate of the grain
crops, but, judging from all reports,
we infer that little more than half the
average crop can be hoped for. Many
estimates are lower, but it is the gen
eral tendency to put the yield too low
in bad years. There is a great deal of
grain on Summer-fallowed lands that
is likely to turn out well. In several
ef the southern counties, which have
been unusually favored this season in
the matter of rainfall, the crops are in
fine condition. And in some of the
northern counties, too, there is much
grain that is looking well. The fruit
crop, with some local exceptions, con
tinues most promising, and is expected
to be the largest in the history of the
Hate. So that horticulture this year
will make up for the short-comings of
agriculture. Short grain crops, and
low prices are, after all, not unmitigat
ed calamites for California. They are
the causes which have developed the
far more profitable industry of fruit
'0PFNSIVE PARTISANS.'
The public has became familiarized of
late with the ierm "offensive partisans,"
bat its meaning is not fully understood.
It is a coinage of the present democrat
ic administration, and, like the demo
cratic party, is susceptible of different
interpretations and promiscuons appli
cations, without the applications edify
ing us, says an exchange. At the first
glance, or on first thought, the proper
meaning of the term would be general
ly understood to refer to that class of
men who are virulent in their partisan
ship, unscrupulous in furthering the
pr vspects of their party, and active in
working to compass the defeat of their
opponents by any so-t of means, hon
e.tor dishonest, decent or int'.ecent
In fact, the common definition of an
offensive partisan is the sort of men
who manipulate the primaries, control
the caucuses, stand in with the boyf,
and do not scruple to handle the ballot-box
with a freedom wholly unwar
ranted in law. Joe Mackin, the dem
ocratic boss of Chicago, lately convict
el and sentenced to the penitentiary
far two years for stuffing in illegal
votes or altering the returns, or the
members of the national democratic
committ -..-, who prepetrateel the Morey
letter forgery, are examples of "offen
sive partisans. Bat alter coining the
term and leaving it without an au
thentic definition, as it were, the ad
ministration is applying it in a way to
confuse. Postmaster Palmer of Chica
go, for instance, and Nimmo of the na
tional bureau of statistics, and others
of a like character, have been removed
from office on the score of being"offen-
sive partisans," not for inefficiency, be
cause they have been faithful, atten-
growing, which is indefinitely lietter j tive, industrious, honest, painstaking
for the general and permanent, welfare j and valuable officers in their respective
ef the state. I offices. The suspicion, in view of the
fact of these removals, therefore, is
that the term "offensive partisan" has
been invented for the purpose of
getting all republicans out ef office to
whom the tenure of office act applies.
This must be it, for in the case of Pal
mer and othe's like him, who the pres
ident has removed, their partisan con
duct has not been conspicuous or offen
sive, beyond being republicans and
voting the republican ticket, or in in
teresting themselves as good citiz.ns
to obtain good government which they
believed would be attained by republi
can success and it has not yet come
to that state that when a citizen is in
ducted into office he is disqualified
from exercising the first lights of
American citizenship, having his own
mind and expressing it about things,
religion, politics or anythingelse. The
president has declared it to be his poli
cy to allow officials not "offensive par
tisans'' to serve out their terms, and
as we have said, this declaration
ought to be accompanied by a defini
tion, telling what constitutes an "offen
sive partisan," for the removal of effic
ient officials under such designation
thus far rather arouses the very strong
suspicion that republican and "offei -sive
partisan" are synonomons with the
present administration. If that Sus
picion be correct, Cleveland had better
oive himself up to some sound reflect
ion or thought which will in the end
be advantageous to him and his ad
ministration. The removals Cleveland
hai made and will make on the score
of offensive partisanship will come up
for the consideration of the jepiii licau
senate.
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SCIENTii lu MISO-iLL-iilY.
When coal-gas es japes from pipes
in a house its presence in the air is
quickly detected by its peculiar oder,
but when the leak is underground and
the gas filters into basements and eel
lars through the soil a'l ordor may be
lost. The air of c'osed houses may
thus become dangerously charged with
this product while the fact remains
unsuspected by tlie inmates of the
dwellings. Such cases have occurred,
and Prof. Pettenkofer, in a recent pop
ular lecture at Bvriin, expressed the
belief that they may La much more
frequent than is genera' ly supposed.
Coal-gas owes its positions property
to carbonic oxide, which forms ten per
cent, of its compos'i ion. Grube has
shown that air con .lining five pares of
carbonic , , oxide in 10,000 may be
breathed for days without injury to
health, while a proportion of seven or
eight parts in 10,01)0 csusej apprecia
ble discomfort; a proportion of twenty
parts in 10,000 produces difficulty of
j breathing, weakness and uncertainty
of gait; and twice the proportion leads
to stupefaction, followed by extreme
and fatal effects "as the carbonic oxide
increases. On the occurence of sylnp
touts of gas-poisoning, such as head
ache, Prof. Petvenkofer recomends the
opening of windows, and if the symp
toms reappear on closing the windows
he thinks that an escape of gas near
the house may well be suspected.
A paper by Gerlandt states that the
exact date of the discovery of the air
pump cannot be given, as all that can
be established w;th certainty in regard
to the time is that it was prior to the
middle of August, 1652.
Mons. Saugier reports favorably ef
the experiments during the last three
years with sulphuret of carbon and
sulphocsrbonate of potassium as ties
troyers of grape phy'loxera.
Observations taken at Colon by the
engineers engaged on the Panama in
teroceanic Caua' indicate that the
great eai thquake wave caused by the.
Java eruption made its way in about
thirty hours from Java round the
Cape ef Gaod Hope to the east coast
of Central America.
Dr. S.tch, of Buenos Ayres, furnish
es assurance that the world is not in
danger of having a quinine-famine.
The plantations established experimen
tally in Jav-a and theTslands of Reuu
ion have been very successful in pro
ducing this drug; while in Bolivia the
trees have been cultivated by the mil
lion for ten years. At tkres places m
the last name 1 country, taken in order,
the number of trees growing is given,
severally, at 70,000, 200,000 and
3,500,000.
A professor of the Faculty of Sci
ences of Marseilles is reported to have
examined a section of French railway
with the result of finding that all the
rails which had been in use for a con
siderable time had become converted
into magnets capable of strongly at
tracting pieces of iron. After lieing
taken up the rails gradually lost their
magnetism.
P. C. ROSE,
A. W. ROSE.
ROSE BRO'S.
Mamitictnivr of and Dealer in
Domestic Keywest and Havana
Cigars.
Wholesale and Retail.
Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos
and Smoker's articles generally.
Also just received a fine lot of
PO CK ET CUTLE R Y.
No Chinese labor employed.
OORVAIXIS, - OREO ON
Shaving Saloon.
-AND-
S. L. liENERSON, Prop.
(First dour south of Fishery block.)
Corvallis.
Oregon.
The Billiard Parlor, ' up in
first class sly le, and supplied with a No. 1
Table always iu good . i-.'u-r. Lovers of the
game will ever find a quiet a ul orderly
place to spend an hour ill tiiese parlors with
the assurance of oeing unhuerupted by
rowdyism.
The Shaving Sa!oon.-OM and
new Customers will find good accomoda
tions, sharp ra.ors, clean towels and an
oblijjins proprietor ever ready to attend to
your wants. 22-ll tf
If. HAS
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Clothing and Tailoring
Emt)ovium,
Yon can find the latest styles of ready made
clothing, also the finest
Pants Patterns ard Suitings
Ever brought to Corvallis.
READY MADE CLOTHING
PRESSED TO ORDER.
Constantly on hand a full line of
Furnishing Goods, Underwear,
Shirts, Neckties, &c, See
CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK
No trouble to show goods.
' Two doors South of Will Cro.'s
COLVALLIS, - . - . OREGOri
E HOLGATK.
KOTAUY l'UBUC.
jou: ki;!.say.
KELSAY L HOLSATE
A.ttorrievs - fit - Law.
Prompt attention given to bu iness intrusted to on.
earuin all tin- Courts of the Sclo. Demands collected
with or w.thout action anywhere in the U. S Wil
collect claim-) agtuitat the Governmental Washington.
E. EEotgafce, a notary pullic, will civo strict attentioi
to conveyancing, negotiating loans, buying, gelling
and leasing rea e state, and a ureueral agencv business.
Looal agente ior the Uregon Fire and Marine Insu
ranee Coirpany of Oregon, a reliable home company
backed by the heaviest capitalists of the .State.
OSmx in LJurneU's new brick, Iir.-t door at bead ot
stairs.
19 LXtf KELSAY & HOLGATE.
GREAT NORTHWESTS. N REMEDY.
Those who w rk e irly and late neel a wholesome
reliable Medicine like Vfiinder'i Oregon Blood
Purifier. As a remedy and I r veuta.ive of disease
t can not be beat. It ctcks Rheumatisni und Mala
ria, relieves Constipation, Dyspepsia and tiilliousness
and puts fresh energy into the system I y making'
NEW, KiCH BL 0 All Druggists and d;alei8
keoo it. 6X00 bottles, 0 for 5.00. S? 8m
New Jewelry Store.
C. W. Smith,
A practical Jeweler and Watch-maker has located
in Waggoner oc Buford's real estate office, Corvallis.
special utte.it it-ii given to repairing fine chronometer
watches. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices to suit
the times. A tine stock of watches, clocks and jewel
ry constantly on baud. 21-51tf
For Sale!
A Good Business Location,
With a number one Stove House
24x70 it., with house attached
suitable for a small family.
Situated in the center of the
City of Philomath.
Ami a good shipping point
ON THE O. P. E. K.
For further particulars enquire of 1. VV.
ALLEMi I'liilumatli Oregon.
Real Estate AgeneyJ
CORVALLIS OREGON
Kenl Estate Agents, will buy, sell, or
lease fr.rins or farm vropeftv ou
commission.
Having maile arrangements for co-opera-
ly acquainted with real property in Itenton
comity, we feel assured of giving entire sat-
lslaction to all wno may tavor us wiin nioir
pairouage. . A. Wauuokkk,
JO-oyl X. J. UUFORD,
SPFCIAL B. , KCVi . ,S ior JUNE.
300 Yds. New Brocade Dress Goods t 12 cts.
GOO Yds S.i'iues at 15 ';ts. worth 1-5 its.
450 Yds. Ginghams 14 yds. for $1.00.
365 Yds Dress Lawns 12 yds. for $1.00.
300 Yds. Tarlatans at 10 ct... cheap at 2-" cts.
200 Yd-. Twill Towlina 20 yds for 81.00.
200 Yds. Wide Etnhroi iery at 25 cts.
75 Yds. Summer Silks at 50 cts.
150 Yds. hiacU dress silk at 95 cts., worth $1.25.
i Yds Black Spanish Lace, wide, at 25 cts, worth 50 cts.
120 !iir chii. i mi's hose at 15 cts.. worth 25 cts.
2!- Ladies' Id: ck Jersey waists at !)0 cts., worth SI. 25.
: New ci'isets at 50 cts.. Worth 75 cts.
Ladies nsk to see r.nr new French Kid Shoes at $4.00; and onr ail wool black and
colored French Cislimen -f at 60 cts. . e will also offer during this month special in
lucemeiits in Parasols. Summer wraps, Infants' roots and dresses, Mohair and Linen
Dusters, Muslin underwear and fancy goods.
KPI-XIilIi IfOTltE: We will close our store at 8 o'clock every evening,
Saturdays excepted.
TO! -Sit
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Corvallis,
Oregon.
HMRY
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CHAMPION TWINE BINDERS, If
CHAMPION MOWERS and REAPERS
BUFFALO PITT'STHEESHEilS,
111 ACTION STEAM ENGINES,
iliAINES' HEADERS,
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HAY RAKES and FORKS,
Ibain wagons.
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A Nice Line ol
Spring Vvragons
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Mill Machinery.
Rubber and Leather
BELTING.
Correspondence Solicited.
Cata logu e s Fit rn i she ci on
Application.
Woodcock & giLDm)
Corvallis, Or.
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