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Newspaper Page TextJ 1 Ilbfy BiCES GENUINE BARGAINS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE ONE PRICE THESE -ARE THE COUR -:- CLEARANCE -;- SALE. fc. must have room for our new J' first, K r . . s . w , r ' rm wr ... "Men's Furnishings Boots. Slices, Hats and Caps Trunks, Valises and 'Blankets. All at Iltduced Prices. OVER 1200 BICYCLES '-. : Kept in Stock by X W. GUMP $ CO. . ;:i . 115 East Third St, - ' DAYTON, OHIO. ' AGENTS FOR THE . ? " -. - - Celebrated American Ramblers, The " .mevican Lijjht Ramblers and -'-1- American Idenl Ramblers. . . - - - . - - Champions, Lijrlit Chamaions. : Oviir 400" Second Hand Macliines in f Stock. Send for Prices and .. - save .Money. : JJicycles, Guns,andTypeiiters taken , - CflJt Exchange. V MASTIFF ?L06tUT WILL & LINK, SOLE AGENTS FOR H. F. -ALSO- WEBER, Emerson, Vose & Son PIAHOS ESTEY, Newman Bros ORGANS ''WONDER" C. C. CONN Band Instruments. SHEET MUSIC. BOOKS AND ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTRTMENTS. We are thoroughly posted on SEWING MACHINES and keep tie eat family machines in the market Uee41ea for all Zinis of Itaehines. Writa far catalogue and prices for anything in our ine. Cor. Second and Ferry Streets. ALBANY, OREGON, t 1 " . .. 1 GhHdren'Cry for Pitcher's Castoria? ATTRACTIONS AT Spring Stock, to arrive March 1892. 0 O-RZEGi-OlNr- Benton County :b:sxr:a:ci c:o, Comple eetof bstrasts of Biaton County. Ccswancing I Perfectiag Titles a Spssialtj. Money to Loan on Improved City and Country Property. J.-L!LUBR.n., - Proprietors. MAIN ST., COHVALLIS. Portland, Oregon. A. P. Armstrong, 1'riD. Branch St-huol: Capital Bus. Collkge, Halem. Oregon. ame courses of study, same rates of tuition. Business. Shorthand, Typewriting, Penmanship, and English Departments jffjS"In session throughout the year. Students admit ted at any time. Catalogue from either school, free. J. M. APPLEWHITE, M. D., rjsidenue Nort b 9th Street. II. S. PER-NoT, M D., residence 4th street, two doors north of Opera House. - Applewhite fc Pernot, PHYSIGiS m SURGEONS, Corvallis, Oregon, Offices over J. D. Clark's hard ware store, and at 11. Graham's drugstore. Hours: 8 to 12 a. in , 1:30 to 5, and 7 to S:S0 p. m. Benton County PLANING JIILLS - AND - ASH m OOR pAGTOBY. W. P. W.ARTYN, Proprietor. Doors nnd Sash kept in stock or made to order. Mouldings of all kinds in jiiue or cedar. All orders will receive prompt at tention. I guarantee all my work to be first-class. . West of S. F. depot, Corvallis, Oregon. 8 8-tf. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given to all persons con cerned that we, the undersigned, executors of the last will and testament of Morgan Liliard, deceased, have filed our final settle ment as such executors in the county clerk's office for the comity of Benton, in the state of Oregon, on the 20th day of January, 1892, and the county judge, W. S. Hufford, has ordered that notice be giveo'in the Cor vallis Gazette of said settlement for four consecutive weeks prior to the 8th day of March, 1892; that the 8th day of March, 1892, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of said day is appointed by said judge for the hearing of said final settlement, and all per sons iuterested are hereby notified to at tend. Bv order of the county judge. CHAS. ALLEN, HAKLO LILLAKD, Dated January 21, 1892. . Executors. . SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the State of Ore gon, for the Coupty of Benton. Wm. W. tovall, plaintiff, vs. Lizzie S to vail, defendant. To Lizzie Stovall, the above-named de fendant: . - In the name of the State of Oregon, yon are hereby required - to appear and answer , to the complaint filed agrinat you in the above-entitled suit- in said court, on or before the 11 day of April, 1892; that being the first day of the regular term of the circuit court of the state of Ore gon, for the county of Betton, and if you fail to appear and answer the said complaint the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint, to-wit: That the bonds of matrimony now existing between you and plaintiff he dissolved, and for costs and disbursements of this suit. This summons is published in the Cor vallis Gazette by order of Hon. M. L. Pipes, jndge of the above entitled court, duly made at chambers on the 2Stu day of De cember 1S91. " ' - - ' F M. JOHNSON, Flaintift's Att'y. - Dated this 29th day of December, 1S91. Children Cry foLPitchers Castoria. RAW AS BEEF-STEAK Baby's Fearful Suffering from Skin Disease Covering Entire Body Cored by Cutlcnra. My baby was taken very sick when he was three months old, and in a few days began breaking out. We employed both of the home doctors, and they could do nothing for him. Then we sent for the best doctor In Katon Rapids, Mich., and he doc- lorea mm xur two weeks, and he got worse all the time; and then I took him to Jackson, to a doctor who attends especially to skin diseases, and then He got worse than ever. Then L told my husband we had better try the Cuticura Remedies any way; did not have any idea they would do any good, but in less than two months from the time we began giving them to him he was entirely well, and not a spot on him. His hair began growing light off, and we thought he would always be bald-headed. There was not a spot on his whole body, face, and head, only his nose and eyes, but what was as raw as beef-steak. 6o poor there was not anything but bones, and so weak he coald raise neither hand nor head. Mas. FRAKK BARRETT, Winfield, Mich. Cuticura Resolvent The new blood and Skin Purifier, and greatest of Humor Remedies, cleanses the blood of all impuri ties and poisonous elements, and thus removes the cause, while Cuticuka, the great skin cure, and Cuticura Soap, an exquisite skin beautifier, clear the skin and scalp, and restore the hair. Thus the Coticuba Remedies euro every species of itching, burning, scaly, pimply, and blotchy skin, scalp, and bloed diseases, from pimples to scrofula, from infancy to age, when the best physicians fail. Sold everywhere. Price, Cuttctra, 50c: Soap, 2",c; Resolveht, $1. Prepared by the Potteb Dbito and Chekicai. Coepouatiok, Boston. 3" Send for " How to Cure Blood Diseases." rj'IDY'C Skin and Scalp purified and beautified D'lDl O by Ccticuba Soap. Absolutely pure. RHEUMATIC PAINS In one minute the Cnticnra Art I Pain Plaster relieves rhenmatic sci atica, hip, kidney, chest, and muscular pains and weaknesses. Price, 23c. OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE ' WORLD'S FAIR AND CHiCAGO NOW READY. Nearly 400 paes, size 9x15 inches. Elegant'y printed. Handsomely bound in silk cloth, embossed in gold. Superbty illustrated with magnificent representations of all the mammoth World's Fair Buildings. Each building a full page colored plate, executed in eight oil colors at a cost of h ariy FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS Many photographic views of Chicago, including a su pjrb bird's-eye view of the entire city, size 15x25 inches. The crowning feature is a grand cyclorama picture, bird's eye View of the ExjKisitiori Grounds and buildings, in eight oil cilors, size flxlS inches, positively dazzling m magnificence, revualing what will cost oi er $20,000,000. The book is fur the millions who contemplate visit ing Chicago in 1803. H will be purchased by the millions who cannot go, hut who will desire to know just what their friends are seeing. The Chance of a Life-Time. 1 PMI1? f'f A Quick and you can make iijilila VVftiliiiy. hundreds ot dollars. We want an agent in eery town to circulate this hook. Exclusive territory given. I f SKLLS AT SIGHT. Agents are meeting with unparalleled success. One agent cleared S4.r0 in 9 days; another reports SiO orders the first week. Books on 30 days' credit. Liberal tarni3. Write for full part.icul&rs, or to secure the agency instantly, send only- 72 cunts for an elegant and complete can vassing outfit. Address the co!c general agents for this State- Pacific Publishing Co., 1830 Market St., San FraTicisco, Cal. WE TELL THE about Seeds. We wii send you Free our Seed Ar,.aal for 1892, which tells THE WHOLE We illustrate and give prices in this Catalogue, which is handsomer than ever. It tells NOTHING BUT THE Write for it to-day. " j j D.M.FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich. " NOTICE TP PAY TAXES. Notice is hereby given thai the common council has placed the tax roll in the hands of the city treasurer for the collection of taxes due the city of Corvallis for 1891. The tax roll is at Stock's store. All tax payers art requerted to call and pay their taxes at as early date as possible. Samuel Hitchens, Treasurer. ASSIGNEES' NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the nnder sigued has been duly appointed assignee of the estate of T. G. Read, an insolvent debtor, and all persons holding claims against the said T. G. Bead are hereby notified to present the same to the under signed at his olB'je in Corvallis, Oregon, duly verified within three months from the date hereof. ' XV. S. nUFFOED, Assignee. Dated December 30, 1891. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned that I, the undersigned, have been duly appointed executrix of the last will and testament of Philip Weber, deceased, by th3 county court of Benton county, Oregon; and all persons having claims against said estate arehereby required to present the same, duly verified, with the proper vouchers, to me at my home in Cor vallis, Benton county, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. MARY WEBER, Executrix of the last will and testament of Philip Weber, deceased. Dated January 13, 1892. . NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given to all persons con cerned that we, the undersigi.ed, have been duly appointed executors of the last .will and testament of James Cooper, deeeased, by the eounty court of Benton county, Oregon; and f' all persons bavine claims said estate are hereby re quired to present the same, duly verified, with the proper vouchers to us at the resi dence of Thomas II. Cooper, near Corvallis, in Benton county. Oregon-, r within six months from the date of this notice. Thos. H. Cooper, -' . W. Cooprr. -. Executors of the last will and teatmvent of James Cooper, deceased. Dated December 51, J891, ; ft Caeriace Factors" Notes. Operations will begin at the Corvallis wagon and car nage factory next week. The force of em ployes will be increased as rapidly as all the necessary appliances of machinery can be put into practical work, so that by another week or more a full force of hands will be engaged. Some skilled workmen from the east are arriving, but Corvallis will furnish all such employes as can be rnade service able to ihe factory. Mr. B. Puschinsky, from the eastern states, a gentleman who has had large practical experience in the carriage blacksmith department, is now at work fitting up the same department in this factory, of which he will have charge. Win. Baruhart, also from the east, has ar rived, and is putting the finishing work on the gearing department, which will be un der his supervision. These gentlemen have both beeu employed in factories in the east undt r Mr. Sticker, and he assures us that tbey are A 1 men, who thoroughly under stand their business. FRIGHTFUL SHIPWRECKS. Staunch ships strike and founder, the tierce winds and mountainous waves sweep noble mariners' "hearts of oak" to ship wreck and to death, yet that does not pre vent the lubberliest landsman from risking li is life on the stormy Atlantic iu the role of tourist or commercial traveler. But if lie shall reach his destination safely he will scarcely have escaped some of the qualms of sea sickness, unless he takes with him Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, that inimitable specific fur nausea. Bad water on " long trips are a threat to the voyager, but this may be deprived in a great measure of its disordering effects upon the stomach, bowels and liver by the Bitters. Against the prejudicial effects of malaria, bad diet, fatigue and exposure it is also efficacious. It averts, moreover, rheumatism aud kid ney, complaints. Don't travel on Bea or land without it. Early Spring. The ground has dried up rapidly since the rains ceased aud farmers are again plowing on the higher and dryer lands. An old settler says there will be no very cold weather nor much, snow this winter and that we will bave an early spring. He bases his predictions on the fact that every time we have had a storm it has turned off warm. The Srst half of January has passed and there is but little probability of any long spell of cold weather this winter. 100 REWARD $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there i3 at least one droaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Ca tarrh cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitntional disense, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Cat-irrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and muuiious surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation, of the disease, and giving tho patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith iu its curative powers, that they offer one hundTed dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for testimonials. Ad.(re.8, V. J.'ChexE' & Co , Toledo, O. 3Sold by Druggists, 75 cents. CORVALLIS CANNERY AND ICE CO. There will be a public meeting of the stockholders of the Corvallis Cannery and Ice Company at the court house on Toesdaj , February 2d, at the hour of 7 o'clock p. m. Business of importance will come before the meeting and all interested iu this enterprise are cordially iuvited to attend. O. G. Hopkins, Secretary. No liealthv tteraon need fear any danzer- ous consequences from an attack of la grippe if properly treated. Jt is much the same as a severe coltl ant requires precisely the same treatment. Remain quietly at home and take Chamberlain's Congh Remedy as directed for a severe cold and a prompt and complete recovery is sure to follow. This remedy also counteracts any tendency of la grippe to result in pueu mitiia. Anions the niauv thousacds who have used it during the epidemics of the past two years we havo yet to learn of a single case that has not recovered or that has resulted in pneumonia, oj ceus uotues for sale by T. Graham-druggist. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. In buying a congh medicine for children," says H. A. Walker, a prominent druggist of Ogden, Utah, "uever be afraid to buy Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it and relief is, always sure to follow. 1 particularly recommend Chamberlain's because I have found it to be safe and reliable. 50 cent bottles fpr sale by T. Graham Druggist. A banker at Independeuuce offered Geo. Strong, a baker, a $50 suit of clothes, if he would get married within a month. Strong immediately wrote to a young lady he had known in the east, proposing, aud enclosing a check for $150 for her expenses out here if she accepted him, which she did, arriving a day before the month was up, when the marriage was immediately ' consummated. There is a business ring to that. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. Notice is hereby given that for the pur Dose of making an examination of all per sons who may offer themselves as candidates fn g teachers of the schools 01 this -county, the county, school superintendent thereof will hold a public examination at the court bouse in Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, on Wednesday, February 10th, 1892, be ginning at the hour of 1 o'clock, p. m. . W. E. YATES. County School Superintendent, Benton County, Oregon. Dated this 29th day ot January. ioj. Examine the policy of any other company and notiee that if you don't surrender it in six months from .date of default it will be void Then look up the Massachusetts Mutual, and you will see it has a perpetual guarantee of cash and paid up insurance, without any act on your part LOCAL NOTES. Fruits of all kinds at Small k Son's. Fresh butter at Kline's, at 25 cents per pound. - , . A. F. Hershuer continues to lead in the grocery trade. C. C. McBridej of Eddyville, was in the city this week. . . A large stock of undertakers goods just seceived at L. Welker & Go's. See L. P. Miller & Co.'s advertisement in another columu. They-are reliable. Ex-Sheriff Hall, of Polk county, spent Tuesday and We lnesday in the cit3 A fresh lot of hand made candies at Small & Son's. It is absolutely pure. Miss Leila Purdy, weut to Salem Tuesday where she will spend the week visiting. . Meals served day and night at the Pu neer Restaurant. Eldon Irvin proprietor. Coffins, caskets and everything in the line of undertaking kept at L. Welker & Go's. Grand display of Salem blankets at Kline's. Patronize home industry and buy a pair. K. Woodward and family are all sick with the la grippe. The disease continues to in crease. State Superintendent McElroy was in the city the first of the week on a business errand. The largest stock of crockery, glassware and groceries iu Beaton county at A. F. Hershner's. Don't go hungry when you can get a first-class meal at the Pioneer Restaurant for 25 cents. Orders for coffins or caskets from a dis tance will be given prompt attention by L. Welker & Co. Wanted, to rent a small furnished house, or would rent house and buy furniture. Ad dress this office. Presiueut B. L. Arnold, of the state agricultural college, is suffering from a se vere attack of la grippe. - S. N. Wilkins is having the finishing touches put ou his new resideuue, prepara tory to moviug in soon. Iusuro your life iu the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. It has twelve million assets, aud is forty years old. If you want your watches aud jewelry repaired take them to L. Beltis, the old pioneer of Corvallis. . Good work done. - Fur beat assortment, lowest prices, best grades, and above all, prompt aud accom modating delivery; buy of A. F. Hershuer. To-day is the beginning of the. Chinese New Year. Firecrackers aud gtu will be in order among the Chinese "for the next few days. ' - Mrs. Robert Huston, of Albany, is in the city arranging for the removal of herself and husband to Corvallis during - the coming mouth. Go to Conn & Underwood's for photo graphs. First-class work at lowest prices. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Give us a call. Miss Effie Lcasnre, who has been visiting with her cousin, Miss Christine Lenger the past few months, returned to her home at Moscow, Idaho, last week.' T. T. Baruhart and family have moved to Elmira, Lane county, wherfe Mr. Baru hart has purchased an interest in a saw mill. Much good luck be their lot. Mr. Robt. Buchanan is quite sick at his home south of this city with acute bron chitis. The aibnent was probably caused by la grippe. Captain Symons is preparing over 100 large photographs of the government works at Yaquina, Coos bay aud elsewhere, to be ; placed ou exhibition at the world's fair in 1893. m The convention of Oregon republican clubs convened at Portlaud Wednesday, aud is harmonizing on preliminary prepara tion 1 for the next state and natioual cam paigns. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simpson have moved into the city from Albany, and per manently located in Corvallis. They oc cupy the residence Opposite the Congrega tional church. A typo, who appealed to us for a job one day this week, reports Portland as exceed ingly dull, and no work to be had. Per haps the dullness emanated from the typo who swerved work. The new dome for the state capitol is to be constructed of glass aud steel at a cost of not less than $50,000, according to the com missioners' advertisement for bids. It will present an imposing apperance. . Miss Lou Burnett went to Independence Wednesday to assist in taking testimony in a case of law, in place of J. Fred Yates, who was suddenly attacked with sickness. Miss Buvnett will do the work well. Mrs. M. Damewood arrived in this city from Sisson, California, last week, having been summoned to the bedside of . her daughter, Mrs. C. A. McCulIough, who has been seriously ill for some time. . Brenham Van Dusen, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Oregon A. F. & A. M., will yisit Corvallis Lodge in an official capacity, at the hall of Corvallis Lodge, Saturday evening, January 30th, at 7:30 p. m. J.": WrMatbena, general agent for the Connecticut Mutual, is again on our streets, and will perhaps remain with' us several days this trip. Mr. Mathena is a thorough business man and meets with success where ever he goes. z The semi-annual convention of the Benton county Snnday School . Association is an nounced to meet at Philomath, . Thursday evening, February 11, 1892,' beginning at 7 o'clock., A cordial invitation is extended $9 the public B. F. Jones,- the rustling real estate dealer at Toledo, was transacting business in the city during the week. - Coke Langhead, representing Jones & Barnard's wholesale and retail candy factory of Salem, was iu the city this week. This firm operates the largest, ' completest and most thoroughly equipped candy factory in the northwest, and they keep constantly on hand the finest qualities and grades of can dies to be obtained on the coast. Tolbert Norton's family are all bedfast, la grippe having paid its respeefs during the week. Not one. of them is able to be np. This is the first instance this season in Cor vallis in which an entire family have suc cumed to the dread disease at once. A sure sign of the approach of an early spring is the large' number of commercial travelers doing business in this city the past week. Judging from the extensive business transacted with them, our local" merchants anticipate an unusually large spring trade. The usual services at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath morning and evening; preaching by Dr. Thompson. Sabbath school and Bible classes at 10 a. m. r Chris tian Eudeavnr at 6:15 p. m. Service of praise at 7:15 p. in. A cordial welcome to all " One of our neatest and newsiest exchanges is the Newport Times. Its interests seem to be especially centered iu-the bay country, the development of which it earnestly urges; but it is also an injtrumeut'for the good of all Benton county. It deserves success and will not be disappointed. C. B. Horning's horse, while crossing the Southern Pacific railroad the other day, caught its foot between a rail, aud the plank ing, and in e'mleavoring to relieve the faot, pulled a portion of the hoof off. thus disabl ing the animal for life. It was an unfortun ate circumstance, and Charley sustains quite a loss. The Massachusetts insurance law is the best in the United States. Every company in that state is compelled to give you a guar antee against loss after two payments of cash or paid up insurance, without any condition and at any time. The Massachusetts Mu tual pays you annual cash dividends, or they will iticreaia the insurance. There will be services in the Evangelical church on Sunday evening, February 7th, conducted by the pastor, D. V. Poling; also ou February 14th. . Rev. C. C. Poling, P. E. of the district, will preach on the latter date, and hold quarterly services for the last timo iu this conference year. To these services all are welcome. Tuesday Minium Zerious, a gypsy woman, was arraigned in the police court for ped dling fancy articles in the citj limits with out license. On refusing to pay a fine of $10, she was lodged in the city jail, where she remained over night. On Wednesday she was given her liberty on a promise that she would leave the city at once. There are now at the reform school thirty one erring youths and the school has beeu opened less than three months, says the Statesman. As yet only a few counties have representation among the boys, and it is safe to say there are bad boys in every county of the state. This school will be a growing institution and the growth during the next few months cannot fail to be large. ' The Albany and Salem papers are having a dispute as to which place is the distribut ing center to various points in the state for all freights over the Oregon Pacific railroad by way of Yaquina. The Journal claims that Salem is the distributing point aud the Democrat makes the claim for Albany. The truth of the matter is that Corvallis is the distributing center for all freights over the Oregon Pacific except that waybilled for the southern part of the state. QrrrE Kosrect. All traveling men say that Corvallis has the brightest future and the best improvements of any town in the Willamette valley. Gazette. That's just the way they talk about Albany, aud we'll wager some of them even do it at Salem and Eugene when they are there. The truth is, Corvallis, Salem, Eugene and Albany are all in the swim, but keep your optica on the R. R. center. Democrat. True; but. don't neglect to recognize our wonderful manu facturing developments the past year, our unrivaled educational facilities and unques tioned commerical advantages, -besides a slow, steady and sure growth that leaves no doubt about the future greatness of Corval lis. Ye?, these upper Willamette valley towns are destined to rank uinong the cities of the Pacific coast. A Peculiar Case. A 'gentleman from Lost Valley called at the sheriffs office Monday to see about his taxes. ' He says he lias paid taxes on 320 acres of land for the past twenty-five years, supposing that he owned that amount, but reeeutly received an abstract of title to the land, -and fouud he had only 219 acres. ' He now wants the eounty to refund the amount of excess taxes he has paid for the past twenty-five years. There is a man west of Irving who has been paying taxes every year on 600 acres of land and recently discovered that he had only 480 acres. Guard. " DIED. MULKEY At Rosalie. Wash., January 13, 1892, Fanny, twelve-year-old dangh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Mulkey. ' The Borrowing parents are relatives of Mrs. Jas, A. Cauthorn, of Corvallis, and formerly resided in this city, where friends sympathize with them in their affliction. ELDER. On Tuesday night, Jan. 26th, 1892, at Oneatta, Benton county, Oregon, Mrs. Rowena Elder, daughter of Hon. Allen Parker, of consumption, aged about 28 years. She leaves one child and many relatives and friends to mouru her dealh. YAQUINA ITEMS. Mr. Editor: We feel, in thin cowbji uity, as if a cloud was lifted from ever oyr heads since tho railroad matters hava bquhi adjusted. We wish it success, for ep fa depends our own success the railrooA ing the great builder up of thi yartroff tlat? country. The Maggie Ross, under the efficient supervision of Capt. J. J. Wihant, begins tr look like anew ship. Her deck house nnJ bulwarks are up and her smoke stack reefeiL "fore and aft.'' This may not be a nautical term, but the crew on a canal boat on the Delaware and Rariton nlway need it when? passing under a bridge, when your corres pondent was bhief engineer on the tow path-, and hammered the mules on the sore apotsi to get up steam. I never met Garfield in those days, although he was in the same, scientific pursuit, moreover, I have never been elected president yet and have about concluded not to ruu, as he had such baV luck. The Kate & Ann did not get away last, week. There being two of her they might, have disagreed. The bay saw mills are not running any overtime at present, but they expect ten make the fir fly when spring comes,. Capt. Eunos, of the Algerin corsair Mascot, had a race with The Benton, Capt. Logan, and came out aheaiL By the way., "captains" are nearly as thick as clams here,, or as colonels in old Virginia. It's always? best for a stranger to salute a Bayite a captain, and if he happens to be an admiral or commodore they don't feel mucin hurt but lay it to one's ignorance. Capt. Eunos is fitting up the- Mascot for a cruise against Chile. He expects' to get. one of the large fifteen-inch smooth bores in, her forward turret and with a dovlble-bar-rcled buck gun aft, it wilt be "Bow are you, Santiago?" Mr. Coyiillo Bill has promised one of his open-faced canoes as a. troop ship. Jack K. goes as- chief of mar- -iners, but wishes to stop off at Los GaUn Calif.,' a week. Some of the old ganders hereabouts are disgusted with that feather-headed, owner of the San Francisco Examiner, as their flat jack traps have been on a stretch f jr three months for an orange orchard, andl they did not receive a scale. As Salins re marks, "Blessed are they who expect, nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.' They now say it is nothing but a confounded; democratic lottery and should be squelched. Two of our oystermen, Messrs. King and! Roddy, say that they have sold to Mi- Toner, of Wells Fargo, about thirty sacks;, of oysters per mouth since the season com menced, for points in the valley. I reckon, you folks like oysters. Oysters are also shipped to San Francisco every trip of the steamer. This shows how some of ns make, a living, and if all else fails we can keep fate, on oysters and clam chowder, and that m no slouch of a mess to tie to. If there is any smut on this paper, blarney my French chef, as he left for Vandetbiltsk this morning and I am forced to cook av canvas back while scribbling. Obediaii. PHILOMATH ITEMS. The farmers in the surrounding ceantrjr have begun putting in their spring grain. We notice that since the Oregon Pacific has changed hands it has made a change In, the depot here. We think they onght tu have a new one. On Sunday morning about 11 o'eloek r unusual amount of smoke was seen rising from the Keezel chapnl, and an examiaa tiou was made by some of the nearest resi dents and it was found that the bnildinir was on fire. They rang the bell in a man ner becoming the occasion, and it was but a. short time until all the people in town were there to see the building c tange into a vol time of smoke and fire, but too late to do. much good, as water was scarce and the fire had gained too much headway before it wa3 discovered. The furniture and most of the windows were saved. It seems 'bat the chapel has been quite unfortunate f ronk the beginning. Prof. Keezel, for whom it was named, lost his life by an injury which) he received while building it. It was valued at about $1,500 and was insnred fop $800. The school will continue its work iu Mrs. Keezel' residence until a new one i erected. The ladies of the W. C. T. U. gave an entertainment in the college chapel Snnday evening. The whooping cough is visiting this part ot the country again. It has been the guest of Mr. W. E. Allen's family for the past . week or two. CaELKB. Naptha Ladnch tor Yaquina. During a recent visit to the Sound Captaiu Symons; bought at Tacoma, a naptha launch, twenty feet in length, for the use of the assistant engineer at Yaquina bay, says the Albany Herald. Work is going on there on both, the north and south jetties, and the assist ant engineer is kept constantly on the move, aud will have plenty of use for such s launch. . It will be sent over by rail in s few days, aud will go through to Albany ou a Northern Pacific car, and tkepoe over the Oregon Pacific to Yaquina. Bentos's Tax-Roll. The following tax levy has been made on the Benton county assessment roll by the state board of equally zatiou: State purposes, 4 23 33 mills; uni versity, 1-7 mill) Oregon National Gmtrds, 1-5 mill; school purposes, 5 mills; indigent soldier and sailor tax, 1-10 mill; county purposes, 9 5-10 mills, making a total tt levy for all purposes of 19 0-10 mills. Tbi is a margin higher than last year's levy, which was placed at 18.84 mill?, but tb present "flush" of good times wiJl offset burden to the taxpayers.