The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-23
Brief Me ltiOn.

B. L. Morrison arrived yesterday.
Salmon trout are running in the Columbia
pearance.
A moonlight excursion to Oregon City is
on the taps.
Mrs. L. A. Ingram has returned from a
visit to Lewis River
Capt. j. w. Troup paid Vancouver fly
ing visit on Tuesday.
Jackson Davis is building new dwelling
house at Fern Prairie
Miss Dena Whittier returned last Saturday
from visit to Astoria.
The steamer Gazelle made an excursion to
the Cascades last Sunday.
Farmers are busy threshing on Mill Plain
The crop is turning out splendidly.
After three weeks visit at Astoria, Miss
Mollie Troup returned home yesterday.
A new sidewalk has been put down in
front of the Occidental and Gem saloons.
A new coat of paint has improved the APP
pearance of the New York Livery Stable.
The residence of John D. Biles, of Port
land, was burglarized one evening last week.
Mr.. NJ H. Hobart has been quite sick for
the past two or three days, but is improving.
Mr.. Hubbard, of Portland, brother of Mrs
Mcconnell paid Vancouver a visit last Sun
day.
The sidewalk near the store formerly occu-
pied by Joseph Wise, is in dangerous con-
dition.
A. T. Weston has purchased 800 acres of
land in Fern Prairie, where he will shortly
go to reside.
For the past week Lowell Hidden has
been burning kiln of brick. He will have
near 800, 600.
Dr. Goddard has our thanks for dozen
ears of sugar corn. He has plenty of the
same kind for sale.
We understand that Capt. Love, of the
steamer Callipe, intends building new boat
for the Washougal route.
Miss Minnie Cochran, of Oregon City, re-
turned home last Tuesday, alter three
weeks visit in Vancouver.
The thistle crop on the river bank below
Vancouver is ripe; ''the harvest truly is
great, but the laborers are few.
The annual regetta of the Shoalwater Bay
Yacht Club takes place at Oysterville to-day.
The leading prize is q magnificent silver cup.
Mr. Addison informs us that he is making
arrangements with the farmers to grind sew
eral thousand bushels of grain ut Love S Mill.
If you want to read good story, a good
history, or some other good book, call at the
Vancouver public library and see what can
be done for you.
The Spartan Base Ball Club having re-
ceved no definite answer from the Athletics
of Portland no time has been fixed for the
proposed match game.
Mrs. Al Thornton got silver in her foot
seven weeks ago, which troubled her serious
~. This morning DR. Finn extracted it,
and the foot Is convalesclng.
Crops on the j. S. Hathaway place, four
miles below Vancouver, look well and are
ripe for the harvest. The yield VIII be above
the average of other years.
Mrs. L. Gibson is looking around town for
locatan to rent or build house. She is
tired of farm labor and wants to get some
where to send her son and daughter to school.
A recent letter from Mr.. II. c. Lesser in
forms us that he and family are rusticating
up in classical Yamhill. He says he Will be
on hand when the fall term OF school begins.
-Four large peaches grown on the farm of
w. X Lee 10 miles above Nancou\ ar. and
brought to this office by Phil. Thornton, at
test the fruit growing capacity OF this county.
c. II. Whitney returned from a trip to
Steilacoom on Saturday, where he has been
attending a session OF the Board of Trustees
of the Hospital for Insane. He reports 10
patients now under care in that institution.
BY authority of the City Council, vested
in NJ Whittier, that gentleman has been en-
gagged during the week increasing the supply
OF water to the several csterns on Main
street. The old and small pipes have been
replaced with new and larger ones.
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