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THE GAZETTE JOB BOOMS are headquarters (or U kinds of COMMERCIAL PRINTING-Utter-Suds, Seto-Heidt, BUl-Headi, SUUantt, XanlopM nl SocUty Printtsj ef An Kadi BT J. J. FLETT, OUR AKTISTJC PBINTER. UAZEITE.izT!nSi!J STOKE Is well stocked with a full line of Blank Books, Xregal Blanks, Inks, Plain and Fancy Box Papers, Pens, Pencils, Tablets, and All Kinds of Writing Materials. VOL XXX. I CORVALLIS BENTON BOUNTY, OBEGON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1893V NO. 29- mm OREGON m. FAIR. ' Under the management of the State Board of Agri culture, no the State Fair Grounds near Salem, commencing September 11th, 1S98, and continuing one week. , More than $15,000 in Cash Will be paid a Premiums for Slock. Poultry, Swine, Agricultural Products. Fruit, Native Woods, Miner als, Works of Art and Fancy Work, and for Trials of Speed. Reduced Rates of Fares and Freights on all Lines. " PAVILION open four evenings during the week. With vood music in attendai.ee ,. THE VEW ORAND STAND and the NEW RFOU DATION TRACK are conceded to be iraonj the most comfortable and the best on the Pacific coast. SPLENDID CONTKSTS OF 8PKKD each day. There U entered for these contests the bett field of :. hones this year that has been on the prounds for . Valuable anil handsome improvements have been wade on the grounds and buildings, t- ; T rrenuum j-ist Has been revised and improved to the benefit of ex hibitors. , . Entries for Premiums clow at 3 p tn. the flrst dav of the Fair, and Exhibits must be in plac3 by 10 p. n ... t.l Amu Prices of Admission Men's Season Tickets Women's Season Tickets M enVDay Tickets ' Wonen's Day T ickets Bace Track Tickets. Daily J2.50 1.10 .50 .25 .25 Women to the Race Course, Nree. ChlUlron under 12 years. Free to all. d to the Secretary at Portland for a Premium List. J. APPEItSON, President. J. T. GREGG, Secretary. THE PORTLAND SAVINGSBANK OF PORTLAND, OREGON. Paid p capital $200,000 Surplus aud pi ulits 60,000 Interest allowed on saving deposit as follows: - On onlbwrv wings nooks. . . i per ecnt per annum vo una savings iou ... . . On certificate rf ltf9it: For three imratiu Fornix meitths . . . cent per annum . . 4 per cm per annum ..6 ;w cent per annum . . . ivcr cent per annum fur twelve mouihi rtiA".K UKKUM. fresHlcnt. D. i: IMUFSDN, Vice President H. C. STKATION, CayHier. BARREL SS FACTORY. North end 3d St., west of Lumber YarJ, L. W. TAFT, PKorairroR. Pickle Tubs, Kraut Tubs, Pork Tubs and Barrels, fruit Boxes and Crates all sizes made to order. ClTKS 10 TO 100 BAKKKL CaPACITT TO ORDER. CAS KEY & OTTERSTEDT, Bbclsmitliing, Horse-Shoeing, And Wagon-Making, knight's old stand. fcORVALUS, - - OREGON. AH work in the liue done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. SECOND-HAND STORE. Stoves, Furniture, Household Goods of All Kinds BOUGHT AND SOLD. taia h All Lines of .sods. H. W. DUNN, CORVALLIS, OREGON. Sfain street, 2 doors north of Modes' Gun Store. FARRA & WILSON. Physicians, Surgeons and Ac coucheurs. gr OSiice up stairs in Farra and Allen's Brick. Othiee bourn from 8 to 9 A. M.. and from 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P. M. Calls promptly attended to at all hours; either day or night. DR. OU MONT8 FEMALE, , REGULATING PILL S are always safe and reliable. lii.OOO testi monials from all over the world. Beware of danger ous substitut s and imitations Price 2 00 per pack are. Sent by mad securely sealed from observation Address Dr. R. DuMont. . 96 S. Halsted St. , Chicago, 111. , U. 8. A LADIES TEA. Is a pleasant drink, which will be borne l.y the stomach without nausea or griping It acts thor oughly on the liver, kidneys and reproductive or gans. A gentle physic, efficient diuretic, and is -mast wseful in -scant, or painful mensuration. It aids afcestim, and reduces corpulency; clears the complexion, rendering it fair, and restoring the natural tone af the skin, for it removes the bile which, by acenmutation, produces the sallow, mud sly complexion, peculiar to the constipated state. Sold by all druggists- Fashionable Dress Making. CUTTING & FITTING A SPECIALTY. New York Styles. 'MRS. M. G. HUBBLE. 1st door east of Second-hand Store. 31 BO.WEN LESTER, DBRTIST.i -Office, upstairs over First National Bank - strictly first-class work guaranteed. ' Co rvalUe - Oregon. A Valuable Home Site. A GREAT BARGAIN. A tract of thirty-four acres of the finest frnit or or garden land iu the Willamette valley,-situated within a mile and a half of Corvallis, will be sold as a whole or in lots of five and ten acres, to suit purchaser. A splendid site for a home on an elevation affording a magnificent visw of the entire vatIey.,-A rare bargain ..which needs to be seen to be appreciated. We mean businasa aad will sell if the right parties call. For particulars enquire at the Gazette office. IIS in in i 1ii.fr P i'nneinFhl!aderpMS HIS PASS TAYjtst f9ft onr authorited agents. LADIES ONLY. SssrkBssSkBK9gsSr ERADICATES BLOOD POI SON AND BLOOD TAINT. Ckvbkal bottles of Swift's Specific (S.S. S.) 7 entirely cleansed my system of contagious blood poison of the very worst type. Wh. S. Loomis, Shreveport, La. J-n Kvnca abnuruLA fc.Vt.ra SaSsi IN ITS WORST FORMS. T Had scrofula In J884, and cleansed my system entirely from it by taking- seven bottles of S. S. S. I hare not had any symp toms since. C. W. Wilcox, Spartanburg, S. C HAS CURED HUNDREDS OP CASES OF SKIN CANCER. Treatise on Blood and BHn Diseases mailed ires. Swirr Specific Co, Atlanta, Ga. FOIl SALE. Maud Hoffman's piano for sale at a bargin. Call at her mothers residence in Hoffman's addition. FOR SALE. Ten acre orchard, including a variety of large and small fruit, but mostly prunes. Good 6 room house, barn, well, etc. on premises. For particulars, enquire at this office. CANVASSERS. . Cauvassers wanted to sell Nursery Stock. Corvallis Nursery Co. REDUCTION OF 50 PER. CENT! Realizing that times are not so good as when they were better, W. Taylor l.aa made a cut of 50 per. cent, in rates for blacking boots. Five cents is now the price. Stand near Moure and Taylor's Larber snop. HAVE IT. The public demand through service when traveling. It is old-fashioned, to change cars. On the through solid vestbuled trains of the Chicago, Uidou Pacific and North western line, from or to Chicago, Omaha and intermediate points, there is no ci.ange. I his the finest and fastest road. 825, OOO in Premiums;. Offered by Liggatt Sl Myers Tobacco Co., f St. lnui, AIo, I lie one guessing near est the numl.er of people who Till attend the VVorld's.fair eets. $5,000 00, the second $1,000.00, etc. Ten Starr tohncco tags en title yon to a guess. Ask your dealer for particulars or tend for circular. 40,000. 1 bave forty thousand three font boards for sale at $4.00 per thousand, also cedar posts at $4 00 per hundred. At Charles Smith's ranch on Beaver creek, near Philo math. Charles Smith. HOW TO CURE CHOLERA INFANTUM. PoiKTsvitxR, Rdkijkgtok Co., N. "J... July 17th, 1892. Our baby, now fourteen months old, was taken with every svmtom of cholera infantum. I commenced using Chamierlain'a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and after the first few doses he was relieved, and at this writing is as well as ever. I feel that I can not speak too highly iu its praise. Mr. Wm. E. Reed. For salo by T. Graham Druggist. CHICAGO AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. Send ton -nl3 rilverjor twelve cents in 6tamps for a Handy Pocket Ouido t he great exposition; gives information of value to every visitor. Street Guide, Hotel Prices Cab Fares. Restaurant Rates, etc. Discribes the hidden pitfalls for the unwary, and hints how tothii windy city will bo sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of ten cents silver, or tweve cents in stamps. Address H. STAFFORD. Pcbliphkr, P- O. Box. si64. New York, N. T. Please mention this paper. TO THE LADIES. The attention of the ladies is called to the fact that I am prepared to do thorough shampooing and stylish hair curling. Those troubled with dandruff, hair falling out, or hair not growing luxuriantly will please call on Friday and Saturday of each week and be benefited. Mrs M. G. Hubbell. Next door to Second Hand Store. 8 25 lm. AFTER BREAKFAST To purify, vitalize and enrich the Wood, and give nerve, Ixidily and digestive strength, take Hood's Sarsapanlla. Continue the medicine after every meal for a month or two. In the couuty court of the state of Ore gon, for Benton count). In the matter of the estate 1 Notjce t(J James H. Brown, deceased. j cre'tors Notice is hereby given that the under signed has been appointed administratrix ni the estate of James H. Brown, deceased, and all persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same with the proper vouchers, within six mouths from the data of this notice, tn the said ad. ministratrix, at the office of VV. E. Yates in Corvallis in said Bentop county, Oregon. Dated this 18th daylnf August. 1893. Mary E. Smith, Administratrix of the estate of James H. Brown, deceased. ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE?" NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the undersigned has been duly ap pointed as signee of the estate of J. C. Molir, an insolvent debtor, and all persons holding claims against the said J. C. Mohr, art hereby notified to present the same to the underaigned, at his office id Cm-vallis. Ore gon, duly verified, within three months from the date hereof. W. 8. Hdvfosd, July 19, 18S3. AssiKi.ee. j NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Rosebcrg, Oreoon. ) July 19th, 1893. f NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT tlirf following-named settler has tiled notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said oroof will b made before the judge or counry clerk of Bi-nton county. Oregon, at CWval li. Oreou, on Satnrday. September 2"d, lS9.'s viz: Ransom Oakes. on hoinete.nl entrv No. 4925, for the nj of nwj and lot No. 1, sec, 10, tp. 14 s. r. 6 w. Ale names the following witnesses to prove b continuous residence upon and cultiva tmn of, said land, viz: Daniel E Pegs, of lonroe, Bentou Co., Oregon; A. P. Starr, of Monroe. Benton Co., Oregon; Georue A. Waggoner, of Corvallis, Benton Co., Ore gon; George E. Waggoner, of Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon, John H. Shupe, - ' , v Register. CHANGE OF FIRM. With the current issue of this paper oc curs a change in the management of The Corvallis Gazette. Mr. E. Finley Kitson, of Lignnier, Indiana, having purchased a half interest in the same. Mr. Kitson is a practical priuter and a newspaper man of considerable experience, who comes with ample recommendations as a gentleman and republican. The Gazette will in future be published by the firm of Couover & Kitson. All accounts due this office for advertising and job work previous to this date are paya ble to the former publisher, and must be paid at once. Claims contracted prior to date will be paid by the undersigned; Frank Conover. LOCAL NOTES. . Hood's Pills cure constipatiou. 25c. Everything in the jewelry line at Vogle's. A first-class colored cook has been en gaged at Hotel Corvallis. Vogle has a fine liue of spectacles. As sorted frames fitted to suit. Mrs. Armstrong has a number one colored cook employed at Hotel Corvallis. Twelve-foot binder whips, 75 cents, at C. Hemphill's Corvallis harness factory. Wheat iu Salem, 45 cents per bushel; Albany, 45 cents; Corvallis, 50 cents. U. B. Vogle. the jeweler, has just placed a tine new safe in his store. Articles of value entrusted to his care will be perfectly safe. Call at Hotel Corvallis if you want to en joy a good meal prepared by a thoroughly qualified colored caterer. The engine building attached to H. F. Fischer's warehouse at Peoria burned on Wednesday night. The loss will amount to $500. Regular services at the Christian church next Sunday morning 11 o'clock; evening service at 7:30. Frank A. Powell, pastor. All invited. In Septc-iViber tile steamer Willamette Valley sails from Yaq'.iiria fur San Francisco on tha 3rd, 13tli and 23. d; from Sau Fran cisco 02 the 8th, 18th ami 27th. A lot of blank books, letter files, etc., which have been slightly damaged by water will be retailed at the Gazette stationery store at the purchaser's own price. Ladies, attention! VV. Taylor, house clean er, gardener and general joiiber, carpet lay ing and cleaning, whitewashing and window cleaning a specialty. Leave orders at Moore & Taylor's barber shop. "See here, landlord, somebody took my straw fiat while I was in to dinner." "Well, don't get excited; don't yon know you cau get a better one of Miller, the merchant, for 50 cents?" ' He bought one. Dr. Wilson and wife, Miss A. Williams and T. E. Wilson went to the summit of Mary's peak the first of the week. The view from the Summit was clouded by smoke, but the diversion of the trip was very much enjoyed. Hazlett, the pilgrim printer, is making his way northward from beyond the Siski yous. We shall welcome 'Haz ," but he may know in advance that, owins; to con ditions which it is hoped will be remedied by the Wilson bill, the Oregon printing of fices have been thoroughly pilgrimized -of late. A horse in charge of Mr. Kemp died in the street near E. H. Taylor's residence abou t 10 o'clock last night, while being brought to town for medical treatment. Resideuts in the neighborhood are inclined to the belief that the horse was paralyzed by the dis cords emanating from Zeis' ice house, whither, owdng to hard times and the con dition of the weather, the Marine band had resorted for practice. The marriage of VV. W. Redmau, of Portland, and Miss Mary Maokay, oldest daughter of Wm. Mackay, of this city, oc curred at the retidence of the bride's par ents Thursday morniug, Aug. 31, 1893. The bride and groom are deaf mutes, but they are educated, and the latter being a good mechanic, they are well equipped for the attainment of a livelihood. They took the noon traiu for Portland where they will make their home. Prof. Washburn and Frank Conover, who were fishing on the North Sautiam a few days ago enjoyed the trip very much. They succeeded in taking 263 trout of good aver age size. They wish to express their appre ciation of attention shown them by Mr. J. P. Case, postmaster of the Elkhorn office, at whose home the party was well enter tained. While Mr. Case does not knep a public house, the tourist may expect due consideration at his hands. F. M. Johnson, W. C. Kantner, A. F. Hershner and their families returned from the seaside this week, and have adjusted tnemselves to the usual routine of daily life. Mr Kantner had another encounter with his balky horse in endeavoring to start him from the bay, and the shafts of the buggy were broken. He then shipped the rig and came nut by train, in coming dowu Pioneer mountain with his team Mr. Johnson also had a smash up, but none of the occupants of the hack were injured. The entire 2.000,000 feet of halm and Cot tonwood logs from the upper Willamette river for the pulp mills at Oregon City, have now reached Ne berjj. As fast as the first of the logK commenced to reach Kew berg a large force 01 loggers went to work rafting them together. . They have about 600.000 feet rafted already and as the re mainder of the drive has reach -d Newherg the work of getting them prepared for tow age to Oregon City will proceed much more rapidly. About two weeks more will finish, np the entire contract, ' ' " DIED. BROWN. Near Suver, August 30, 1S93, of paralysis, George W. Browu, aged 76 years, 4 months, 2 days. Mr. Brown was born in Bourbon county, Ky., on the 2Sth day of Aoril, 1817. Early in life he removed with his parents to Mis souri, where in 1838 he married Martha E. Todd. With his wife and several children he crossed the plains rn Oregon in 1850, and iu October, 1853, he settled on a donation claim on Soap creek, this couuty, about four miles west of Wells Station, since which time he has owned the farm and made it his home, a period of forty years next month. Twelve children were born to Mr. ami Mrs. Browu, all of whom grew to mon hood and womanhood, but three are now buried. Oil April 16, 1870, the death of his wife occurred, since which Mr. Browu has spent much of his time with his child reu who are located 111 different parts of the county. About five years ago he was stricken by paralysis and has not been well since. A year ago he suffered a second stroke, from which he partially recovered, and oil Wednesday of last week while visit ing nis daughter. Mrs. Alfred Flickenger, near SuveJ, he was stricken the third time. He liugered until Wednesday, the 30th, when he expired without having regained conscion8iiess. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Burliugame, of the Evangelical chuich, and to the Locke ceme tery the remaius preceded a long traiu of bereaved relatives and friends. All who entertain auy knowledge of the conditions surrounding the early (settlement of Oregon, or who have any appreciation of the grandeur of this state; the stability jf its government; the advantages of its insti tutions, and all the other blessings of a Christian civilization, must bow with rever ence over the graves of the pioneers. Ore gou was especially blessed iu the intelli genes, honesty and industry possessed by her early immigrants. They seem to have been a class of people much superior to those who were the early settlers in other states To have been an early Oregon pio neer were sufficient to entitle auy citizen to u. cherished memory in the hearts of 6ao ceeding generations; but. witilai, .Mr. Brown was a devoted husband, and ever regarded the welfare of his children, his neigh hors aud frieiii.vs. He was honest in all his dtl nigj, and it is said of him that iu his long residence iu this couuty he has never been before the courts either as defendant or plaintiff. He was a man of rare business qualifications, and has always been able to assist his friends aud kindred in a financial way when circumstances seemed to justify. Mr. Browu retained his faculties unimpaired up to his last illness, and in him Benton connty losss one of its best citizens. " CIRCUIT COURT. Judge Fullerton arrived yesterday at noon and is holding an adjourned term of circuit court. The case of Lincoln county's school su perintendent agaiust the superintendent of Benton, which has been before the court in one form or another for some time was up for a hearing Thursday afternoon and even ing. This case involves the demand of Lincoln county for a pro rata apportion ment of Ban ton county's school fund ob tained by means of a tax on the property of this couuty, the justice of which has been discussed in these columns heretofore. . The attorneys argued the case and submitted briefs, but just when a decision will be ren dered is not known. This matter, we un derstand, also in some way affects the ap portionment of the funds, now in the hands of the treasurer, which were apportioned to this county from the school land fund, although in the latter instance as in the first, Lincoln county obtained her portion. The committee appointed by the depositors in the Job bank to assist in straightening out the affairs of the institution presented a petition, through Receiver Bryson, asking the court for an order granting them per mission to employ an expert to examine the books. Such order was mad on Thursday 1 evening, the salary of the expert to be paid from the assets of the bank. Attorney Weatherford asked for an order allowing a committee of Lincoln county depositors to examine the books. The court referred to make such an order a matter of record, but there was a sort of understanding that the; committee would be allowed access to the books. Today the case of Hufford against Lin coln county 'occupied the attention of the court, it involves title to the Lincoln county court house. The case was takan nuder advisement. Hood's Pills cures liver ills. 25c. OF INTEREST TO SPORTSMEN. Mr. W- H. Hurlburt. A. G. P. A., Ufiion Pacific system, Portland, Or., has ju-t received a supply of books called "Gun Club Rules and Revised Game Laws." This pablication contains a digest of the laws relating to game iu the Western states and territories. Mr. Hurlburt will be glad to mail you one of the books npon receipt of two stamps to cover postage. Purely vegetable Hood's Pills 23. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSGUlTEltf PURE BEAT THE BUNKOS! The Roseburg Review tells how our former townsman, A. Schloeman, got ahead of the cirens bunko men. That paper says: "One of the circus gang Thursday tried to work a 'Aim flam game on Schloeman, the city baker. A couple of them came in dur ing the evening and one of them bought ten cents worth of tobacco, tendering a ten dol lar gold piece in payment. Mr. Schloemau gave him back his change $5 iu gold and $4.90 in silver. Then the fellow's' pal re marked that the silver was a nuisance to carry and together they handed back $5 in silver to be changed for $5 in gold. All this time they were talking to confuse the bak r, and as he was about to hand back the $5 in gold they requested him to not forget to give back that $10' gold piece.. Mr. Schloeman did not know just 'where he was at,' but realized that a game was be ing worked on hiin, aud requested a gentle man who had just stepped in to go for the marshal. This alarmed the circus men and they went out of the shop and around the corner at a 2:40 pace, leaving Mr. Schloe man in possession of $5 of their money. They never came back and he is that much ahead. This was probably the toughest circus crowd that ever struck the state, and according to valley papers, had a regular organized confidence aud bunko depart ment." A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. E. Stanton, of Siletz, a son of the store keeper at the Indian agency, says a New port correspondent to the Oregonian of August 29, was driving through the old saw mill iu a wagon yesterday. He stooped to avoid a projecting timber, but it struck his back and, it is thought, broke it. He has been unconscious ever since, and is not ex pected to recover. While going from his ranch to Toledo yesterday, H. G. Butler began bleeding at the mouth, and before arsistauce arrived had died from loss of blood. It is sup posed he buret a blood vessel. Mr. Harman, iu company with his mother and sister, was driving from Toledo to New port yefct-jrdaj, when he met a team haul- j img wtlod near Depot slough. The road be- ing too narrow to pass, Hartnan backed his tsain, cousins the wagon aud occupants to go over an embankment and twenty feet below. Mrs. Harman received injuries which may prove fatal. A "PERMANENT FEATURE. Hereafter it is the purpose of the teach ers and school workers of the state to make the educational exhibit at the state fair a permanent feature. The furniture and fix tures now containing the Oregon educa tional exhibit at the world's fair having been donated to the state board of agricul ture, space will be provided for them in the pavilion, where they will attract much at tention when filled wit h exhibits from the schools of the state. It is probable that other departments of the world's fair commis sion will also make donation of furniture, etc., to the state fair. These fixtures are now at Chicago, but after the big lair, closes it is unlikely that anything approaching their worth conld be realized by sale. They are the property of the state and rather than sacrifice them the'eommissioners will probably tender thern to the board of agri culture. Salem Statesman. LEITER LI&T. Following is the lift of letters remaining in the Corvallis postoffice, unclaimed Aug, 30, 1893. When calling for same, please say "advertised." Miss Tillie Butscheck, F. M. Baker, H. D. Crickmore, J. M. Davis, R. Howard, V. Leneony, Thos, M'cDaniel, Mrs. Irene Nelson, Charles Phillips, James L. Plumlee, P. Taylor, J. E. Taylor, S. P. Williamson. C. E. Moor, P. M. A NOVELTY IN CORVALLIS. Mrs. M. M. Armstrong, of Hotel Corval lis, has secured the services of a first-class colored cook direct from Charleston, South Carolina. He prepared the noon -day meal today, which was pronounced A No. 1 by all who partook of it. The party of distinguished Gorman tourists who went to the bay and vicinity a short time ago returned yesterday. They report having had a pleasant trip. Miller, the merchant, is now selling $1.50 straw hats for $1.00; $1.25 hats for 75c; 75c hats for 50c; 50c hats for 25c; 30c hats for 20c, IT SAVES THE CHILDREN. During the epidemic in this county in August, 1888, my little boy. aged three years, was taken with blood flux in a severe form. When my wife commenced giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy the discharges were bloody and un natural. After the first dose was given he began tc get better and the stool became more natural. I cannot speak too highly of the medicine. Wm. Glenn, Otway, Scioto County, Ohio. For sale by T. Graham Druggist. Hood's Pills may be had by mail - for 25 cents of C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. ' 0 r PERSONAL. John Rowland will shortly join the "ex odusters" to the fair. N. P. Briggs returned the first of the week from a sojourn at the bay. Prof. Craig, of th? college, returned from the east on Wednesday of this week. Johu M. Osburn will shortly go east' to visit friends and attend the Columbian fair. Prof. J. B. Horner and wife returned from the Chicago show the first of the week. Harry Samuels is visiting in Corvallis this week. He returns to Portland Satur. day. Mrs. 3. N. Wilkins, daughter aud son are visiting in Eugene with relatives and friends. G. VV. Langley, of Wheeler & Langley, grocers, made a trip to the bay this week on business. Miss Bertha, daughter of Hon. L. T. Barin, Portland, is visiting Miss Annie Allen in this city. Attorneys C. H. Gest and John P. Fay are attending the adjourned term of circuit court in this city. E. Hoeffer, of the Salem Capital Journal, was iu Corvallis Thursday ou his way to the bay to recuperate.- Mrs. C. W. Thrarher returned home on Wednesday from an extended visit to her parents in Gilliam county. W. E. Dunn, of Portland, came up to Corvallis Wednesday, and was warmly greated by his acquaintances. Commissioner Stearus and Superintend, ent Booth, of Lincoln county, are in Cor vallis on business before the court. Mrs. G. A. Waggoner and the little ones go to Albany tomorrow for a week's visit with Mrs.VV.'s mother.Mrs. Houck. Hon. J. K. Weatherford was in Corvallis Thursday and Friday in attendance upon the adjourned sessiou of circuit court. County Superintendent f Bryan, accom panied by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Minnie Bryan, were early visitors to Corvallis this morning. Mrs. S. J. Campbell and family went to Elk Cit' on Wednesday fur a short stay and to escape the ut))!eastntnes.3 of the ap-proaclih:-; I'l.lian iu miner. Jesse W. Foster started for Chicago and the east on Thursday. He will remain away long enough to visit the principal cities in the eastern hrlf of the couotry. Prof. Berchtold and fa-nily leave Illinois to-day for this coast. TheyJ comeby one of the northern routes and will visit for a time the parents of Mrs. B. in Washington. G. A. Waggoner, Geo. Waggoner, P. Avery and Robert Johnson started j on Tuesday for the Yachuts, to hunt, fish, dig clams and whet their appetites on sand for a time. Miss Blanche Randolph, of Northrup street, Portland, a grand-daughter of Rev. Bennett, has been the guest of Miss Lottie Shipley and other friends iu this vicinity for the past few weeks. Ira Nelson again presides over a chair in the Occidental shaving parlors. He in forms us that during his absence from Cor vallis he visited the world's fair, Nestucca and other important points. Chas. M. Hudson passed through Corval lis on Thursday on his way from the bay to Portland. Mr. H. has forsaken the paths of the printer and sciibe for the more al luring occupation of teacher of music. J. Nunan and family returned from the bay the first of the week, and proceeded to their home at Grants Pass on Wednesday. Mr. Nnuan is the publisher of the Rogue River Courier, one of the leading papers of Southern Oregon. Eugene Simpson returned from a stay on his father's ranch on Big Elk last Monday, bringing with him 70 fine trout which he distributed among the employes of the GAk zette office. With these and a share of the fish taken by the Washburn party the prin ters we-e enabled to combine pleasure and business at meals the lirst of the week. Mies Minnie Monteith, who has for the past two months been engaged on the work of transcribing the Lincoln county records in Recorder Watters' office, re turned to her home in Albany yesterday. Miss Monteith's family are the founders of the village of Albany, having christened that place for their native town in New York. FROM THE WORLD'S FAIR. The following letter was received from one of the college professors now in Chicago: Leaving the agricultural building a con tinuous stream of hurrying people is seen rushing away from the modern wonders of architecture towards a structure that looks strange to the average American eye. In voluntary we seem to beeitate from enter ing the four walls. "What is it, a prison, a model of some reform school?" No, my dear friend, it is the convent La Rabida, the original of which may be fonud on the Pinto riverr not far from the city of Palos on the Spanish coast. Built by the ancient Romans under Emperor Hadrian, it was used in later times by the Knights Templar as a fort and later lemodeled into a convent by monks of the order of St. Francis who mmed it Santa Maria de La Rabida, mean ing "of the frontier." 5 Every room in this (structure in Jackson Park is given np exclusively to the memory of the "Great Discoverer of America." It was at this convent in Spain that Columbus in 1484 found shelter in time of trouble and begged a pittance for his child, Diego. The prior to whom be unfolded bis plans 'becoming interested in the man, gave hi in JetUra of . FecnmmeDdatioa to influential people at the Spanish court. Here also Columbus took up his abode while-hisu ciraveis were being fitted up for him in the neighboring port of Fahis, and here it was,, again, that the monks welcomed himwith a "Te Deum" on the return from his first voyage. The pope at Rome, the Spanish Govern1 ment, the British Museum in '.London, the. National Library of ..Paris all have sent their most precious, priceless' treasurest're .K . i i. i, i . gaining mib ureai uenoese ana nil QlS covery, and by their united efforts have sua ceeded in creating a Colambus museum, the line ot which, in point of completeness at? least, the world has never seen and probably nover will see again. The original docu ments, autograph letters, curious weapons are so valuable that United States troop are stationed in and around the building, guarding it and its contents night and day, T.Iftla ,1 .... 1.1 f . r . . . ..v.u ..uuud, meieiure, mat Lin xtatuda should be crowded with visitors "from early morn till dewy eve." For . the historian., visit to this spot alone is worth coming to the Fair even from far away Webfoot. What is there in this building to warrant the above assertion? I hear you ask. Enter with me through the humble gate into-the sanctum; a long, low, cold, whitewashed, room, in which there is an altar, an exact reproduction of the one before which Col- umuua amen, ami a split cross erected by him on Guanahai at his first landing. nr. fully arranged under glass, you will see documents and letters, once the Dronertv oF ColuinbuS. now ill nnueacinn r,t IU- Tl.,1 ' -wmw.. V. .IU ASU7 ot Veragua, who kindly loaned them to the managers ot the Fair. Here is the original of the contract with the sovereigns of":' Spain, the commission issued to him creat ing him "Admiral of the Onn "Gentlemen will remove their hats to show their reverence for the age of the document" may be read on a little piece of pnper pinned to the above document. The suggestion, 1st generally carried out. In another part of the ronm may be seeny". his letters to Isabella, before aud after thev discovery of America; there is a letter front' Francis Roldon that fatal document they accusations contained therein causing the arrest of Columbus and his forced return from San Diego to Spain in chains. There are numerous valuable paintings showing-' scones iron the life ot the discoverer front' his tirst embarkation to his obscure dying? place in a house of the city of Valladolid. K There are clay models and ' photographic views of all those places visited by C'olum' bus in his eventful career, his nautical! charts, his log-books, a rusty anchor and, s piece of cloth from one of the sails of hist' flag-ship Santa Maria, a time-worn wooden cross erected by him at his landing in the' new world, several canoes once the property" of Indiana nn thv 0.1 m f r mast, tin, -L - j . . . v. . 111 vuv mw sea. There is that priceless hell, brought by Columbus to America, the first bell ever' seen or heard on this continent, then there is a great number of tiny bells introduced into this country by Columbus for the pur-' pose of carrying on traffic in them with the Indians who prized these hells very highly' fastening them around their wrists' anil' finger joints. Touching one's profoundeat sympathies is a letter addressed by Colum bus to the Spanish government shortly be fore his death. With trembling hand, int' marked contrast with his steady hand ex hibited on other documents, he informs th authorities that he now begs his daily bread at street corners and had not where with to provide for even the most common' wants. Leaving the chapel the visitor stspstoutv into the inner court, where benches invite the weary pilgrim to a welcome rest, and.' palm trees and exotic flowers charm his imagination, transporting it to the shoies of lovely Spain. On all sides of this quad rangular court are located the calls for the monks, filled with an invaluable store of rare documents, paiutings, maps, curios and relics. Then you may see the nrn with the (supposed) ashes of the glorious discoverer, a doorsill of one of the houses once inhab ited by him, sections of window-blinds, doors, a bolt from the chain with which ha was fastened to his prison-cell; his will, document brown with the load of years. Then there are copies of the first books published about America, manuscripts, fac similes and' illustrations of endless varie ties. You may see books of rare value, costumes, armor, a model showing the course of the first voyage. Of singular n terest is a fac-simile of the globe" as con structed by Martin' Bohain, of Nuremberg, in the year 1492, likewise the charts illus trating the limited geographical knowledge' of the explorer. To all this has been added a collection that includes the original, or a copy, of every portrait of Columbus that was ever pair ted or engraven eighty inv all and a model or a photograph of every' monument or statne that was ever erected to that great man's memory. Indeed the' entire collection is a treasure 'incalculable. value and a pity it seems that all this, got--ten together with 'infinite pain and trouble' and at a sacrifice of vast sums of money -in a few months will be scattered again inv all directions of the compass never again in such barmouius union to delight the eye of 1 at least thW present gKiierationv- DOWN GO THE RATES! The Union Pasilic now leads with rednceit' rates to eastern point?, and their through, car arrangements, niaguitieently equipped. Pullman and Tourist sleepers, free reclininfC' chair car aud fust time, make it the bestv line to travel. Two trains leave from Port-, land daily at 8:45 a. in. and 7:30 p. n:. The rates are now within the reach of all,, and everybody should take advantage of- them to visit the world's fair and' tli -i-' friends in the East." Send for" rates until schedules- of trains, and do not' purchase.' tickets until after consulting Geo. F. Eglin, ageut, Corvallis. Oregon, or 1 W. Hj Hurl hurt, aas't gen'l passenger- agent,. TJ Portland, Oregon. -