THE COHVALLlS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 18S9.
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The street railway will be built and
the cars will be running before Mav
1, '90.
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The Michigan Central railway pays
oat $18,000 a year for whislts. It
makes them whistle to run.
FiRE-proof ancj time-proof books,
with leaves and covers of sheets of
asbestos, and printing in gold or
silver letters, have been suggested.
William Bacon, a man ovei 90
vears of ase aud a resident of West
Charleston, Maine, cut and carried out
of the woods on his back, 700 hop
poles in one week.
Salem is getting in earnest about
railway connection with Astoria, and
alreadv a stock comimny has: been
formed. It is nip-and-tuck between
the capital city and Albany about this
matter.
A young lady on her way from
Ohio to Seattle, armed herself with a
revolver. It went off in the car and
shot her bustle off. Ixts of fools
think it necessary to arm when ever
they come west.
It is stated for a woodeu fact that
Orecron fir is one-tbird stronger than
eastern oak, and one half stronger than
eastern pine. This shows what we are
here fir. Altt. We o pine that the
foregoing is meant for a j-oak.
Remember the district teachers' in
stitute will hold a three days' session
here during holiday week beginning
on the 25th. Prepare yurselves to
receive the visitors in a royal manner.
It will be a good advertisement for
C'oivallis.
A bridge over the Willamette, a
water-ditch to furnish water for power
purposes, a railroad connection with
the east side S. P. line south, and a
railway from Brov nsville, Linn county,
are the much talked of movements
about Corvallis just now.
The Willamette Valley Tribune is
the name of the new weekly paper
started in Independence. J. H. Stine
is its editor, and E. O. Chair.ness,
formerly a merchant in Corvallis, is the
business manager. The first edition
was very neatly gotten up.
great
In order to keep pace with the.
growth of the city, the Presbyterians
are making some substantial im
provements in their church edifice
The building is now thirty one years
old and is deserving of a few extra
touches to its inner apartments.
A vegetable cartridge-shell, which
is entirely consumed in firing, has been
brought out in France. The cartridge
lias scarcely half the weight ot one
with a metal shell, the cost is con
siderably less, and the inconvenience
ot removing the shell after eaih shot
is avoided.
The ex-president of the southern
confederacy, Jefferson Davis, died in
New Orleans on Thursday, December
5th, at the age of 81 years. He was
native of Kentucky. He was a great
advocate of states' rights, and was
foremost in the cause of the civil war,
and now he is dead and it is another
plank in the bridge over the
chasm.
"I was in Montgomery, Ala, re
cently" said a commercial tourist,
"and I saw them putting in a new
block of stone on the state house steps.
'Do you see that' said a friend. 'That
block is being put in where Jefferson
Davis stood when he took the oath of
office as president of the confederacy.
His admirers chipped away the original
stone to carry off as mementoes. That
is why they had to put in a new
step. "
Some one estimates that getting
born costs the people of the United
States $225,000,000 annually; getting
married, $300,008,000; getting buried,
$75,00fl,00a It is in older now for
some other idiot to calculate how much
richer the woi Id would have been had
nobody ever been born at alk It
sometimes, happens that a man will
make a very abstruse calculation to
prove that he is an ass, when the fact is
patent without demonstration.
SCIENTIFIC FARMING.
The first agricultural experiment
station, according to .rrof. W. U.
Atwaterofthe United States depart
ment of agriculture, was established at
a little German village near Leipsic in
1851. In 1856 there were five, in
1861 fifteen, in 1866 thirty, and to-day
there are more than one hundred ex
periment stations and kindred insti
tutions in the countries of Europe.
The first agricultural experiment
station in America was established a..
Middletown, Ct., in 1875. There were
four in operation in 1880, and in 188
some seventeen in fourteen states. In
the latter year congress made the en
terprise national by an appropriation
of $15,000 per annum to each of the
states and territories having agricultu
ral colleges or departments of colleges.
This has led to increased activity, and
there are now forty-six, or, counting
branches, fifty-seven, agricultural ex
periment stations in the United States.
To support these forty-six stations,
the national and state appropriations
for the present year reach about $720,-
000, and over 370 trained nieu are
employed.
With the present session of congress
it is the ufcy-hrst one over wnicn tne
"Mr. Speaker" has held the gavel and
returned thanks for the honor con
ferred on him by being elected to such
a seat. 1 lie lust person to occupy ure
sieaker's place was Mr. Muhlenberg,
of Pennsylvania, and since that time
the office has been held by Connecticut,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, North
Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina,
New York, Virginia, Tennessee, In
diana, Georgia, Ohio, andltlaine, with
the present one from the latter state
also. Only one speaker ever became
president, that being James K. Polk.
Clay and Bell both ran but were de
feated.
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Situated in the very heart of the world-filmed Willamette valley, at the head of navigation on the
river of the same name, and at the junction of the Southern Pacific and Oregon Pacific railroads, within
seven tv-two miles of the Yaquina seaport, and ninety-seven miles of Oregon's metropolis, is located the
city which has been, for the past thirty-eight years, known as the
Here is located the most important educational institution in Oregon the State Agricultural College.
It is situated on a 35-acre tract of land, with an additional 100 acres upon which the Dormitory building.
Mechanical Shops, and Octagon barn, are standing. This institution has connected with it the U. S. experi
ment station with an annual appropriation of $15,000 under the Hatch bill; tin's school year finds it with
a roll of 150 students, with new names being added nearly every month.
A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Costing $25,000, has been built during 1S89 and was opened for the purpose for which it was designated
on Monday, December 2nd. There is a daily average of 250 scholars. There is a corps of five teachers.
The "Corvallis College," an institution connected with the M. Hi. Church, feouth, is established in Corval
lis and also has a boarding hall attached. There are about GO students attending.
Very few of the democratic papers
waste any words on the sensation in
congress the Silcott defalcation. C.
E. Silcott was from Ohio, and was the
cashier for the sergeant-at arms, having
been holding the position for six years.
He was a democrat. The amount of
his stealings is $75,000. Had he been
a republican the sheets conducted by
the democratic (and some independent)
papers would have material enough for
editorials for the next six months.
When Bishop Carroll was conse
crated in 1790, the entire population
of the U nited btates was a little more
than four millions. The Catholic
population was estimated at 40,000,
There is now a Catholic population of
9,000,000; 8,000 priests; 10,500
churches and chapels, twenty-seven
seminaries, 650 colleges and academies
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jjJ.OOO parish schools.
Wherever the name of Jefferson
Davis, as secretary of war, appeared
on public structures around Washing
ton, it has been chiseled out. Visitors
to Cabin John bridge, the great arch
over which the Washington aqueduct
passes, will remember the inscription
reads: "Franklin Pearce, President.
, Secretary of War." Alta.
MODEST BENEVOLEXCE.
The Head -
OF -NAVIGATION
on the Willamette River.
You should Locate in the
HEALTHIEST CITY
iu Oregon or the Northwest.
Site of the
AGRICULTURAL
College of Oregon.
CAPITALS BETO COUNTY"
One of the fiuest and
best flouring mills in
the state is located here,
and another one is in the
course of construction.
A street railway will
be constructed on the
principal streets and the
cars will be running by
April 1st, 1890.
Two very pretty girls in this
town recently attended services in
a church where they were strangers.
When the time came for taking up
the collection they found, to' their
dismay, that they had but 1 cent
between them. And there, com
ing up their side of the aisle with
the plate was a lovely young man
with whom'they were slightly ac
quainted. They simply couldu't
put that solitary cent in the plate,
and to put in nothing was not to
be thought of. Then one of the
girls bethought her that, she had a
small envelope in her pocket. She
pulled it out, dropped the coin in
it, sealed it, and when the lovely
young man came along she dropped
the envelope in with an air that
made the collector think it con
tained at the very least a 5
note.
Denmark has the largest per
centage of tilledjand of any coun
try in the world.
MOTHERS!
Castoria is recommended by. physicians
tor children teetbing. it is a purely vein
table preparations, its ingredients are pub
lished around each battle. It is pleasant to
tbe taste and absolutelv harmless. It re
lieves constipation, regulates the - boweis,
quiets pain, cures diarrhoea and wind colic.
allays - feverishness, destroys wormv and
prevents convulsions, soothes the child and
gives it refreshing and natuaal sleep. Cas-
toria is the children s panacea the mothers'
trieud. & doses, cents, 3J6-2y.
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An excellent electric
light plant is now in op
eration and another dy
namo is to be added, be
ing of the arc system.
A courthouse, costing
$68,000, was completed
in 1889, and it is the
handsomest ne in this
state of Oregon.
o-ond bote's, a sawmill, nlanins mill, two sash and door fac
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tories, two cigar factories, an excellent hay-press manufactory, a foundry, and other numerous estaDiisn
ments. There are three weekly newspapers which are just as well edited and present as good an appear
ance as any published elsewhere in Oregon. The head offices of the Oregon Pacific Railway Company are
located in Corvallis and furnish work tor thirty or more employees.
SIX OF GOD'S TEMPLES
Have their doors opened on the Sabbath days, and their , pulpits are Allied with reverend gentlemen of
hich education and cordial manners. The denominations represented are the Congregational, Evangel
ical. Episcopal,- Methodist Episcopal, Southern Methodist, and Tresby tenan. 1'rayer meetings are lieia on
Thursday evenings of each waek. .
PHYSICIANS-
J. M. Applewhite, M. D.,
PHTS1CUN and SURGEOX,
Corvallis, Oregon,
Office at R. Graham's drug store, on
Main street, opposiie, reading room.
. G. R. FARRA, M. D ,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON"
Special attention given to Obstetric
and diseases of Women and Children.
Office up stairs in Crawford & Farm's
brick. Office hours, 8 too a.m., and
i to 2 and 7 p. m. i:i3-yi.
AT COST,
And some below cost, for cash,
The following lines of goods
must go: Guns, pistols, butcher
knives, baby carriages, bird cages,
hammocks, croquet sets, second
hand sewing machines in good
working order, gloves, dog collars,
spy glasses, walking canes, and
ther things too numerous to men
tion in an advertisement.
is done for
smmi Pk!pds"E
St airs?! ?mah I B
of enlarging my
MUSIC
& Business.
The RESORT!
THOS. WHITEHOKN, Proprietor.
fSTTIie famous AV H. McBrciyer
liaivl niacin Sour Mash and Old Crow
Bonrlon Whiskies.
Weinhard's beer on tn. Kclilitze's
celebrated botiled beer. Knicker
bocker's Beer.
The gentlemen s favorite n-snrf.
Fancy mixnd drinks a sp'-iialty.
Kt-eps constantly on lumd all kinds of
imported liquors and cigsirs. Liquors
for medical purposes a specialty.
Main Strkkt, - - - Corvailis.
NOTICE TO CKKDITOliS.
In the County Court of lieutou County,
State of Oregon:
In the Matter of the Katate
of
Joseph Thompson, DeeM.
Notice in hereby given that the niuler
Mtied has been appointed .iliniiiitrat.rix of
the estate of Joseph Thompson, deceased,
bv said court. All persons hi'viug claim
against snirt estate are hereby notifiml to
present the same, with the proper voucher,
to iiih at mv residence in Wt-st Y.npiine,
Benton county, Oregon, within fix mouth
from the date of this notice. Dated No
vember 9, 18S).
M A IU A V. Til OM TSON,
Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph
Thompson, deceased. t
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WILKINS' ADITI0N to CORVALLIS
Is now on the market at prfees ranging from $50 to $125 per lot 50x100 feet. The best Suburban
property ever offered. ONLY six blocks from public school; eight blocks from court house; two blocks
from State Agricultural College. Street cars will be running by property on or about April 1st, 1890.
No other section of Oregon offers greater inducements to Capitalists, Investors, and Homeseekera. Sub
urban property is selling fast. Lots 50x100,' one-lialf mile from center of city, are being sold at from
$100 $125 and $250, according to location. Now is the time to invest. Over $60,000 worth of proper
ty changed ownership in November, 1889. For further information concerning CORVALLIS or Ben
ton county, or Wilkins' Addition, address . v 1 '
Or M. "W. WILKXCSTS, - " r - - Corvallis, Oregon.
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R. L. Taylor,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
Little Band Box Barber Shop,
Corvallis, Oregon.
grSbaving, hair cutting, dressing,
dying, anil shampooing.
CITY LAUNDRY !
Jm Sing and Doc You, Proprietors.
THavinj( lately made an entire , change
in tbe management ot the wah-hose, just
south of the Hemphill boose,- we are pre
pared to ive satisfaction in our line. He
also conduct an intelligeece office. . gptI3
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEKN.
I take this methotl of informing the public
that my wife Mrs. Julia Pittman luft my
bed and lodging on Sundav, Nov. 24th, 1889,
and that I will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by her after this date.
m. ' . L D. WTTMAN.