COEVALLIS, OREGON, FEB, 6. 1S9G.
Over 200.
My dress goods stock has been care
fully gone through and all remnants put
on the table. There are over 200 rem
nants some from nearly every line of
dress goods I carry. All wool, mixed and
cotton. Black, solid colors and figured.
They will be sold cheap, too, to close
- them out
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Dr. Lowe, optician, coming soon.
You cannot afford to miss Mother
" Goose.
Mrs. Ed Cusick was the guest of Miss
Mattie Avery a few days last week.
August Fischer and wife are visiting
iriends in Portland.
Mrs. George Seibrel, who has been ill
"for the past few weeks, is gradually
improving.
Dan Cameroa and wife, after a two
"weeks' visit, left for Portland last Friday
Xhy the steamer Ruth.
Miss Lora Vance and Miss Emma
Pfeiffer of Albany were the guests of
Mrs. I. D. Burgb last Thursday and
-Friday.
iDon't fail to see "Uncle Josh' Patter
son as "Faggles" in American Born, Sat.
night
Rev. W. S. Gilbert, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Eugene, accom--panied
by his wife.'visited friends and
-relatives in this city during the past
-.week.
.The newspapers which rumor sa3-s are
eoon to be started here will no doubt sup
ply long felt wants, still, they will expe
dience some longer felt ones. "
The Uncle Josh Spruceby Co. will be
.-at the opera house Tuesday, Feb 11
-Seats now on sale at Conover's. Watch
.for the "Hayseed" baud.
When your hair is long and shaggy
and the wind through your whiskers
whistles it occurs to most people that
Ahere is no place like Spencer's. :.
W. W. Saunders has been appointed
-assistant district attorney of Spokane
and his marriage to Miss Minnie Allison
is reported to occur March 15th.
George U. Piper, of the Oregonian's
xeportorial staff, spent Sunday in Corval
lis, on his way home from a few weeks'
-visit in California. - : v , . . , -- - -
Having been advised .of her mother's
sickness, Mrs. R. J. Wilson left Tuesday
noon for Hackensack, N. J., her former
"home. She was accompanied as far as
"Portland by Ler husband.
Mrs. W. T. Hoffman, who has been
afflicted with an attack of lagrippe lately,
"is greatly improved. This is the ' fifth
.- successive winter that Blrs. Hoffman has
been confined to her bed from this same
ailment. -
The Corvallis Woodmen and the La
dies' Circle, connected with the order,
-entertained their sweethearts, wives and
husbands at the A. O. X7. W. hall last
Saturday evening. There were plenty
of good things to eat, and everyone
present had an enjoyable time.
The Monroe drugstore and contents,
Ihe property of Dr. Chapman, was bum
ped to the ground early last Friday morn
ing. It was insured with F. M. Johnson
ol this city, for ?5oo, in the Phoenix.
The fire is supposed to have been of in
cendiary origin.
Thomas Briggs, while on his way from
Newport to Foulweather,. last Saturday,
was struck by a breaker, at the month of
Big creek, and carried out to sea and
browned. He was about 60 years of age
.and had lived on the bay for over a quar
rter of a century.
The Farmers' Lunch Counter, which
.lias been conductechfor the past couple
of months in the building opposite the
-postoffice has been discontinued. The
proprietor, Mr. Courtney, has removed
.his effects into a dwelling near the depot
and intends keeping a private boarding
..house.
.At an adjourned term of the circuit
court held yesterday claimants against
the Oregon Pacific purchase money were
given until the 20th inst. to file objec-
"--tions to Referee Woodcock's report, and
"Wednesday the 25th was fixed as the
date for hearing objections to the con
"firmation of the report.
Thomas Samuels left for Portland Mon
day to.represent the Benton County Re--publican
Club at the aimual meeting of
the State League. Mr. Samuels took
with him the proxies of the other ten
-delegates so that the local organization
had its full representation although only
one delegate was present
B. F. Burch, of Independence, was
"in town Tuesday, making arrangements
for the production iu this ci'y Saturday
.night of the thrilling military drama,
''American Born." The play is to be
put on by members of the Independence
lAmateur Dramatic club, assisted by that
popular actor, Mr. Frank Readick, and
"his wife. The drama has five acts and
is intensely intere-Vtiiis throughout.
The bco'ie believe wiiii. thny read about
;Hood's Sar-anari'ila. T! y know that it is
:and honest medicine and that it cures disease.
"That is why you should get only Hood's. '
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills, relieves con
stipation and assist digestion. 25c.
After an absence of several years Mr.
Geo. W. Henkle has returned to Corval
lis and will hereafter be identified with
the business interests of this city, having
purchased the Z. H. Davis & Co. stock
of goods, which business Mr. Henkle
proposes to continue permanently. Pa
trons of the house will learn with pleas
uri that Z. H. and Caleb Davis, Jr., have
been retained by the new management
Royjunkin, son of the Linn county
horse man, who is traveling with a pho
nograph, has been heard from iu Lane
county. The Florence West has the
following: "Roy Juukin requested us to I
make a correction about the "phono
graph man" locally appearing last week.
Inquiry develops little or ns error.
Skunk songs are considered bordering
on coarseness even iu Florence.
At a meeting of the Benton County
Republican Club held last Friday eve
ning the following persons were elected
delegates to the state convention of
republican clubs, which met in Portland
Tuesday: W. E. Yates, W. S. Hufford,
G. A Waggoner, S. G McFadden, Sher
man Wade, Thomas Samuels, W. H.
Currin, Columbia Read, A. W. Bowersox,
Wm. Bogue, and Geo. XV. Denman. .
"American Born" is a new and popu
lar drama; a' play of wit and war, pith
and patriotism; five acts without a lag.
The Independence Amateur Dramatic
Club is made up of representative people
of that city. The names of Miss Cora
Snell, Hon. W. ' P. Cohnoway, W. H.
Patterson, J. B. Morin, H. Hoster, Frank
Burch and L.. A. Bailey, thoroughly
trained and assisted by the popular actor
Mr. Frank Readick, are a sufficient guar
antee of an excellent performance.
Dr. R. S. Shakelford, the erstwhile
veterinary surgeon, who several years
ago made Corvallis his headquarters, is
again doing time in the penitentiary.
He was taken to Salem last Friday from
Clackamas county to serve two years for
the larceny of a gold watch. The Salem
Statesman says of hitn: . "This -is old
"Doc's" second or third term in the pen
and he looks a sad wreck. His hair and
mustache are as white as snow and he
looked anything but comfortable or con
tented as he reached the neighborhood
of. his old quarters last night"
A C. Miller, of Kings Valley, was in
town yesterday on
business before the i
county court Mr. Miller is a strong ad
vocate of good roads and is not favor
ably impressed with the Oregon road
laws. He made the statement that one
cent on each bushel of wheat raised in
Kings valley for the past ten years would
have created a fund sufficient to build a
macadamized road from Hoskins to the
Willamette river. With such a road,
grain could be stored in private grainer-ies-and
marketed -during any month in
the year, thus saving the cost of storage.
He thinks if road taxes were paid in cash
and the highways improved under con
tracts let by the county court, the effect
would be beneficial. " .
The trial jn which the most interest
was taken, at the raceut term of circuit ;
court in Lincoln county was one in which
the stale of Oregon .was plaintiff and
William E. P-ich was defendant Rich
was charged with burglary and the case
was the result of the robbery of a safe in
the O. P. station at Toledo on Hie
of February 7, 1S95. . The defendant was
represented by J. R. Bryson and W. S.
McFadden of this city and J. K. Weath
erford, of Albany, and the state by Judge
Kelt ay, H. C. .Watson aud Fred Page
Tustin. A strong case was made out for
the state, but Rich succeeded iu convinc-
ing the juryman that the crime was com '
mitted bv some other oersou. for the i urv !
was out but a short time when a verdict
was returned of "not guilty."
Beit Eowersox is moiiuing the loss of
two pet ferrets, recently imported at con
siderable expense, for the purpose exter
minating: the horde of rats which have
made their headquarters at the Benton !
Flouring Mills. The little animals were
wont to wander away from Bert's tender
care, and one of the luckless little fel
lows was taken for a skuuk by a north
end resident this week and killed. The
other oue has been seen lately in the vi
cinily of the Occidental hotel. Bert
wishes it distinctly understood that this
ferret is perfectly harmless, that it is
neither a skunk, weasel nor anything of
that nature. . Any information that will
lead to the capture of the . pet will be
thankfully received by Mr. Bowersox at
the office of the Benton mill.
Populist HofFman and Republican Pe- , er, Dallas, Or., delegates to the National
terson have done fighting their pen duel i Editorial Association at St Augustine, Flor
in a democratic oaoer. The Times, after i ida hava traded Col. Bob Johnson's famous
favoring its readers with several effusions
o -
from each of these gentlemen;" devoted j
mainly to the elucidation of the animal
qualities of each other, ruthlessly "fired"
the combatants from the field, owing to
an accumulating fear that the increasing
heat of the discussion might vrarp the
cylinder press or cause a conflagration in
in the mailing department. It is now
reported on. excellent authority that,
being deprived of an outlet for their
literary aspirations, the two gentlemen
will soon begin bombarding each other
through papers of their own. Mr. Hoff
man, the poet laureate of populism, is to
be the intellectual partner in a populist
journal to be started shortly, and named
The Dynamiter. Brother Peterson, it is
said, will favor the people - of Benton
county with editorials through The
Torpedo. The latter , paper, so rumor
says, is to have anti Catholic tendencies.
Mr. Peterson achieved much fame a few
years since as a local theatrical manager,
and in this capacity was honored with
editorial mention in the Oregonian.
The latter's friends are willing to stake
his reputation in the amusement world
against that of Mr. Hoffman as a states
man. With such - destructive engines of
warfare as the brethren propose to man
ipulate, the struggle will doubtless be
brief, though sanguinary. If these ven
tures serve to satisfy the literary ambi
tion of our esteemed friends,, the result
! will prove very satisfactory to the public
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Lazarus Van Bebber, an Oregon Pioneer
of 1846, died( Tuesday morning at the
residence of his grandson, Sam King, in
Kings valley. Had the deceased Kved
until the 27th of the present month, he
would have reached the advanced age of
90 years. He was born , in Clayborn
county, Tenn. At the age of 21 years he
emigrated to Illinois, and there followed
farming until the spring of 1S46, when,
with his family, he started across the
plains for Oregon. Arriving in Benton
connty that fall he located a donation
j land claim in Kings valley where he has
lived for over fifty years. On the morn
ing of his death the deceased ate a
hearty breakfast and seemed as well as
usual, but about an hour thereafter he was
stricken with heart disease and survived
but a few minutes. . , J '
Barney Martin arrived in Corvallis
Tuesday on a sad mission. He brought
with him for interment the remains of
a younger brother recently found dead
near Myrtle Point, Coos county. Dar
ing a recent sleet and snow storm, the
deceased, who was about 26 years of age,
started on foot for his home some miles
distant from Myrtle Point It is sup
posed that enroute he became exhaust
ed and benumbed with cold and stopped
by the wayside, dying from exposure. The
body was found a few days later on tha
bank of a small stream, the feet and
legs under water to the knees. The
remains were brought by. a coasting
vessel from Coos Bay to Portland and
from the latter point to Corvallis by rail.
The deceased was the sou of Bobby
Martin, once a resident of Benton
couniv and well known throughout the
valley The remains are to be interred
at the Locke cemetery to day.
Loyd Montgomery, who murdered his
father aud mother aud Daniel McKer
cher, near Brownsville November 19th,
paid the penalty for his awful crime last
Friday morning. The execution occurred
at 7 o'clock and was decently and skill
fully managed. But 73 days elapsed
from the time the crime was committed
until the murderer was hanged. Before
his taking off Montgomery admitted his
guilt, claimed to be sorry for what he
had done and expressed the hope that
God would forgive him and take him as
he was. Relatives of the parenticide
refused to take charge of the remains
an(l tnev were buried in the Albany cein-
' 1 3 rt t
trial and execution reflects credit upon
the court, its officers and the people of.
Linn county. ' Were all such cases dealt
with in a similar manner the services of
Judge Lynch woul d never be thought of.
WANT AN INVESTIGATION.
Affairs in Lincoln county do not appear to
be running as smoothly as they might. It
is said that the county, now less than three
years old, is 30,000 in debt and according
to street rumors in Toledo some persons have
bee l before the grand jury and asked that an
expert be appointed to investigate the hooks
of the various county officers. Speaking of
the matter, thu Lincoln Leader siys:
If any person has sufficient evidence to
show that such an investigation is liable to
produce results that will be at all commen
surate with the expense that will be incurred,
then let the investigation come. But if we
must bo put to this expense let it be done in
a manner that will be beyond question, and
laf if n f. t Vic-rvl Ttt cnmA nnft ivlirt nmi tin
nl'ltiheld accountable in the futura should it be
barren of results." - And if we are to put this
expense 1st it start from thft first official act
of the county and coma down to the last
Let 113 have it straight and complete, no
shielding, no shamming, no buncombe, no
campaigning, no dodging, and let tha consii- j
quences of such an investigation, bo they!
good or bad, fall exactly where they belong.
-A-nd Uo lot e vor-v county office be suoject to i
the same rigid examination, f am coroner to !
clerk. Let U3 have no- one-sided
bu-iness. 1
And, further, if we have to have this added i
expense placed on tha taxpayers, lot it be
done by a totally disinterested and a wholly i
competent person from some place ouUideof
the county, so that no political cnargo or
charge of favoritism can be made.
A SPECIAL FROM CUBA.
Oregon's delegation of newspaper men
attending the annual meeting of the Nation
al Press Association at St Augustine, Flori
da, last week sent tho following special to
the Eugene Guard. On account of its local
application, the communication is reprinted
in the Gazkttk:
Havana, Cuba, Jan. 27. Hon. Ira
j L. Campbell, editor of the daily Guard, Eu
; gene, Or. , Hon. Chas. Nickell, editor of the
Times, Jacksonville, Or., Col. D. I. Ash
bury, editor of the News, Canyon City, Or.,
and Chas. C. Doughty, editor of the Observ-
Prune ranch near Corvallis, Or., for Spain's
interest in the island of Cuba, and will es
tablish a resort for Oregon bachelors. Being
leap year they proposed to go to Havana,
Cuba. Mr. Campbell, in an interview this
morning, intimated that- he would erect a
commodious theatre and had wired Edwin
C. Stone, manager of the O. C. & E. R. R.,
to either accept the management of this
house or name a suitable person. -
Mr. Campbell had about completed nego-
tiations for the island and was to give the
celebrated Campbell & Walker hopyard for
the same, but Col. Nickel!, who had come
here in the interest of Bob Johnson, after
having persuaded Campbell to . chaperon
him, drew from his inside pocket a bottle of
Florida water, in which he had put three
young alligators for safe keeping, and de
clared upon his honor as a democrat from
Jackson county, Oregon, that these creeping,
crawling alligators were hop lice taken from
the vines of Campbell's yards in Lane coun
ty. The sa'e was spoiled and Johnson & Co.
are now in possession temporarily of this
littla molehill.
Wanted.
Several trustworthy gentlemen or ladies
to travel in Oregon for established, reliable
house. Salary 780 and expenses. Steady
position. Enclose reference and self-addressed,
stamped envelope. The Dominion Com
pany, Third Floor, Omaha Bldg., Chicago,
II!. ' . -' " '
You will find it to your advantage to
call on Cecil the Tailor, Special prices
for the next 30 days. .
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
Mr. J. H. Wilson Describes His
Recent Trip to New York.
City. ..."
Last week J, H. Wilson returned from a
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weather, upon his arrival in the busy metrop -
olis, he found somewhat cool, but as sunny
and clear as an Oregon Juno day. From
what he learned of the climate there, it does
not compare with'tho mild and healthful
climate of Western Oregon. Mr. . Wilson
is a close observer and never fails to note
matters of general interest. , To a Gazette
representative who called upon him at his
office the other day, he conversed freely upon
the sights he saw and the impressions they
mid upon him.
Speaking of the wida stretch of country
fiat lias betwcei the fertile' slopes of the
Pacific c ast and the productive portion of
fie Mississippi valley, he said:
On the surface, one would be inclined to
think this intervening country is indeed bar
ren, and in truth ona great d.sert. Nature,
however, wiser than mankind, seems to have
given to the desert an equivalent in resources
which if not to bo taken from the products
of the soil, a,re stored in the underground re
cesses of which man U just obtaining first
glimpses. To supply the mining machinery
and railroad engines, and for tha consump
tion of the residents, coal iu-gviat quantities
is found at convenient ppinjs To supply
the human family with "its most precious
metal, as the race increa?03, gold is found
and in great and Increasing abundance. I
can imagine the astonishment depicted on
;tha
countenance of those old hunters and
trappers, who thought the country was
mined when the beaver and buffalo disap
peared, at the sight of great cities springing
linto exU'.anee around a lode of gold or silver
b taring oro,)r at the intersection of two or
more lines of railway transporting travelers
and freights in a few days to points which
it required months of hardship and great
personal jaopardy for thom-to reach, and
within the la:t generation. Truly this is a
progressive nation."-
Continuing, Mr. Wilson said:
"I noticed another evidence of progress
the other day. What I call progress, al
though I doubt if our populist prophet would
agree with me." Referring to his notebook
he quoted the following from a published
speech delivered, a few days since, by Mr.
Eugene V. D.-bj, who ha? lately bean re
leased from a prison to which ho was sent
for inciting a strike in Cliieago, and else
where, in 1S94:
"I don't telieve these proiilem3 can be
solved by fovea. : I want to" see the time
when the working man will make better uso
of his leisure hours. Cultivate the home
and fireside. Better buy books than beer.
I want to bo candid enough to Ta3" I have
tried both. (Laughter.) I want the work
ing man to mix some thought with his toil.
Cultivate seifreliance, and do himself what
he can do to solve the labor problem. Capi
tal is doing just the same as you would do if
you were in its place. . The workingman
should have home libraries. Five dollars
win bpy a good many good books these days
and fifty ponis will make a fah start. Got a
primer on economics, and learn about wages,
food, cloibing and'hoHer. - Eeeprpsthe
study for a year and see'if you' hatfo not
dono very much to belter yoi:r condition. If
J you want to bo right certain to have a great
many f-iends, he sure not to need one. Save
one dollar a week, or as many as you. can.
No man has so sure a situation as the man
who has something in bank. Ue is the last
man to be discharged. Everybody is your
fi iend then and ready to help you."
Commnting on the above remarks of
Deof,"Mr: WDson'sald:
"Coming as this docs from a great apostle
o" labo,-, and one who has tried both kinds
of treatment, the reasonable and the unrea
sonable, the above indicates that Mr. Deb3,
sa
0 1
is lasting credit, h3 returned to his
and is giving his labor friends good
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tno lu '-.a names 01 maustriai inquietude win
not accept Mr. Debs' m manifesto, but will
call him an apostate. It is a curious freak
of human nature, and not any too creditable
to our honesty, that we uniformly approve
of what we desire and cond mn what we do
not want. I cm hardly believe that any
man, who hates people who have gold or
properly, because they have it, will agree
kwith Mr. Debs that the right way to obtain
thc'&coveted possessions is the true solution
of the labor problem. No one will dispute
that most of the people who incite strikes
and keep up labor agitation, hate those peo
ple who have gold " and property, because
they have it. Our local prophet on populism
is likely to deny this generally, but say it is
tho wrongful use of their gold which the agi
tators hate. If this is all their grievance
they roally can have no legitimate place in
pol'tics for tho corrupt use of money is a sub
ject for criminal proceedure and not in any
manner necessarily an indication of a defec
tive system of government. If peop'e- are
making use of gold to corrupt legislatures
tho true mission of these labor' agitators
would be to find out who is doing so and
have them punished. This would stop a
large and profitable business to a numerous
band of human wolves who do this country
and its laboring classes and all indastry more
damage all the time than tbey can ever re
pay, but it seems to me that that is about
what they ought to do if they are sincere.
Mr. Debs seems upon six months meditation
to have .eacaed a very sensible conclusion.
It is sincerely to be nopal that his good ex
ample will be largely followed." c
Mr. Wilson took a walk through Wall
street one mornin , and claims to have seen
nothing to indicate any of the hideous things
so much spoken of regarding that street
"I suppose," he said, "that if I had want
ed to borrow some money from some of the
banking establishments, without being able
to furnish such security as the bank would
demand, I would then be able to see the edge
of some cloven hoof, or smell some of its
sulphur. I suppose that is about all there is
in the exista ce of the devils, said to inhabit
that street. Why should they lend me their
good money if I could not properly secure
them? They are keen after a bargain of
course. So is everyone in his own vocation
If a president, handicapped by the wide dif
fusion, of a belief that the government's
paper will not be paid at sight in a metal
commercially worth what it calls for, makes
an unwise or injudicious loan - to a greedy
syndicate of money sharpers, is that any rea
son why every man who has money to lend
is also a sharper? I hardly think .so. If
the people find their president makes such
blunders, either ignorantly or for a consider-
ation, they should gel a president who will
not do such things, and aflbrd him revenue
large enough to pay the government's cur
rent obligations, so that he will not be obliged
and cannot be tempted toUo such things.
In a word, get a republican president and
have another thirty years of peace, common
sense, and prosperity. .
"I attended Trinity church, Episcopalian.
I went there because I happened -at church
time to be near that church,
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The congrega
tion was quite large, about four hundred peo
ple. I thought I was in a Catholic church
until I heard the music, the lights.' and orna
ments, and so forth, were so similar. The.
music was dalightful , but Greek to a Prea-
bytenan. There were many furs and silks
and jewels present. In some contrast to the
mult'tudes of persons in this great city who
do not have such things. Another great in
congruity has occurred to me several times.
One's heart bleeds at the thought of to much
suffering as the city contains; but when one
sees the average poor man or poor woman
tho heart some how stops bleeding, so to
speak, as if it were the next one that would
be meritorious.' .The truth is the human
heart is a selfish bea t and needs chastening
all the time to be half-way decent and honest
with itself. Jesus laid: 'Como unto me,
all ye that are weary and heavy laiJen.'
How great a contrast between His derine ex
ample and the inevitable tendency of the
nineteenth century human heart, to follow
exactly this precept."'
The Secret of Good Crops.
The modern farmer is not content to me
the antiquated tools and methods of his
fathers. In this age of keen competition,
the farmer who wishes to prosper, needs and
gets the most improved fa: ming implements;
and by reading the be3t agricultural litera
ture, he keeps in touch with the spirit of
progress that porvades our farming commu
nities. He is particular, also, in regard to
the kind of seed ho plants and the manner
of planting it. The seeds must be of high
est fertility and grown from the highest cul
tivated and most profitable varieties of stock.
The great seed firm of D. M. Ferry & Co.,
Detroit, Mich., fully appreciate" this fact, as
U attested by their progressive business
methods and the quality of the seed which
supply farmers and gardeners through the
dealers al over the country. The reliability
and fertility of their seeds are proverbial
and the largest seed business in the world
has been created by their sale. In evidence
of this firm's knowledge of the wants and
requirements of planters, large and small,
is Fe. ry's isetd A.inual for 1S96. This book
is of the greatest value to formeas and gar
deners a veritable encyclopaedia of plant
ing and faiming knowledge. It contains
more useful and practical information than
many text books that are sold for a dollar
or more, yet it will be mailed free to any one
sending his name and address on a postal
card to the firm.
"Who Can Beat It?
Oscar Tom, a well-to-do stockraisor, liv
ing on Fall creek in the Alsea valley, writes
to the Gazette giving an account of his
experience in butter making, that is hard to
beat. He says he has an old scrub cow,
which jrave birth to i. calf, December 4th,
last. . Fire days later he. began saving the
milk, and on January 1st, twenty two days
later, lie had churned twenty pounds of but
ter. During this time tho calf was permit
ted to run with the cow and help itself to
whatever amount of milk it desired, Mr.
Tom thinks the calf sucked at least one-half
of tho cow' milk. Ho says ho fed her oats,
hay and about ten pounds of -potatoes at
night, and in the morning, nothing but cheat
hay. In closing hi? letter, Mr. Tom asks
"Who can beat it?" "
DIED.
At her residence in Prinoville, on Janu
ary 36th, ailer a lingering illness or several
months, Mrs. M. Holbcrt. oldest daughter
of Hon. B. F. Nichols, of (his city. Mrs.
Holbert was a resident of this place 16 or
17 years. She leaves a fathe1-, mother, two
sisters, and an only daughter, and a host
of friends to mourn her departure. The
cause of her death is said to have been a
cancer of. the stomach. Prinoville Review.
Bids for wood.
Sealed bids will be received at the office of
J. W. Crawford, purchasing agent, at the
State Agricultural College, until Saturday,
February J5th, 1S9P, at 2 o'clock p. m., to
furnish and deliver, at such place upon the
Agricultural College premises, as may be
designated, on or before tho 1st day of Sep
tember, 1896, wood described as follows:
Two hundred and fifty cords, oak grub wood,
all four feet in length and not less than three
nor more than seven inches in diameter; two
hundred and fifty cords of fir wood, all body,
old growth, four feet long not less than four
nor more than eight inches in diameter; filty
cords of body ash wood, all four feet long.
not less than four nor mote than eight inches
in diameter; all the wood to be sound and
free from knots, roots, etc., with no pay
ments thereon before September the. 1st,
1896. No bids will be considered for less
than twenty-five: cords, and the right to
reject any or all bids is reserved. Dated aj
Corvallis, Oregon, this January 27th,1896. ,
W.E.YATES,
Secretary of Board.
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Political Meeting.
A ineetiug of the- popuiist party is
hereby called to beheld in the court
house Saturday, Feb. 8th, for the pur
pose of arranging and organizing for
the coming campaign and any business
that may come before the. meeting. All
populists and others who are enjoying
the good times we are now having are
requested to attend. Mr. B. ' F. Ramp,
of Albany, and others will speak.
W. T. Hoffman,
Chairman of-. Central Committee.
Corvallis, Feb. 4th. " ; '
. tetter List.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the Corvallis postoffice, unclaimed
Feb. 6, 1S96. .
Miss Daisy Brown, I W Benson, Miss
Gertie Camp, Albert Gilbert, Wm Hard
teach, L Johnson, Prof. Lester, Mrs. E
R Rinker, Mr Stgurman, Thomas Smith,
Lnther Thomther.
Robt. Johnson, P. M.
Notice to Patrons of Husbandry.
Notice is hereby given that the annual
Grange convention will meet at Corvallis
Grange hall, Saturday, March 7th, 1896, at
1 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of electing
delegates to the Oregon State Grange,' and
to transact such other business as may come
before the meeting, each Grange being enti
tled to elect three delegates to said conven
tion. A. L- CtAKK,
' Dep. Master.
.
Teachers' Examination. .
Notice is hereby given that for '.he pur
pose of making an examination of all
persons who may offer themselves as ean
dates for teachers of the schools of this
county, the county superintendent there
of will hold a public examination at the
county court house, Corvallis, Oregon,
beginning at 1 o'clock, Wednesday, Feb
ruary 12, 1896.
Teachers eligible to state certificates,
state diplomas, or state life diplomas,
must present recommendations aud make
application at the same time! Applicants
not present ,at the opening will not be
permitted to take the examination.
R. F. HOLM,
County School Superintendent
Money to Loan.
I have money to loan on improved farm
lands in Benton and Linn counties, in any
sums of from $ 500 up to $10,000, on very fa
vorable terms. . For particulars and blank
applications write to . C. G. Burkhart,
Albany, Oregon.
Death to Fruit Pests.
To make the orchard pay you must
spray, winter and summer, with Prof.
Brown's Insect Exterminator. The only
insecticide known that will kill all insect
life without injury to tree, fruit or foliage.
. Endorsed by the State Board of Horti
culture of California, Oregon, and Wash
ington. Used by many nurserymen and
0 chardists. My winter wash is the only
solution that will kill the woolly aphis,
(use only while the foliage Is off). - My
summer wash is a sure destroyer of the
codling moth es, and all insects except
woolly aphis, (use just after the blossoms
fall off j. My hop house wash kills all
insects that infest vines, vegetables or
plants. -
The ingredients used in my formulas can
be found in any drug store, costs much
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Knowing I have a sure nmedy, some
unprincipled pa, ties are now selling imita
tions. Therefore, to discourage all parties
1 have concluded (for a short time only)
to reduce the p ice of tho three formulas
to 2..i0 by mail to any address. Formu
las copyrighted, January "14th, 1890, by
W. H. Beown, Entomologist,
P. O. Box, 2207, San Francisco, Calif.
Mention this paper, u
The Year 1896
Will be a memorable one on
account of the stirring ' political
events which will transpire, not
only at home, but, throughout
the world. The Gazette will
chronicle all the important oc
currences and discuss them edito
rially. Subscribe now.
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Bicycles and Dogs.
- Notice is hereby given to all persons)
having -in charge any dog or slut, either
as owner or otherwise, that, in compli
ance with the city council, the tax on the
same must be paid immediately, as" pro
vided by ordinance No. 30. Riding bi
cycles is prohibited on the sidewalks of
Second street between Washington and
Harrison streets; and on Adams, Jeffer
son, Monroe, Jackson and Van Buren
streets between First and Third streets.
All violations of this ordinance will be
prosecuted. C. B. Wri.i.s,
Chief of Police.
Notice of Final- Settlement.
In the matter of the Estate of John Camp
bell, deceased.
.. Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may concern that E. IT. Will has filed
with the County Court of Benton County,
Oregon, his final account as administrator
of said estate, and the Judge of said Court,
Hon. W. S. Hufford, has fixed the second
day of March, 1896, . at the hour of 10
o'clock, A. M., as the time, and the county
court room in court house in Corvallis,
Oregon, as the place for hearing objections
to said final account if any there be, and
for the settlement thereof.
This notice is published in the Corvallis
Gazette, a newspaper of general circulation,
by tho order of said Court.
E. U. WILL,
Administrator Estate of John
v Campbell, deceased.
Dated Corvallis, Or., January, 28, 1896.
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