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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06
Western Washington.


The subject of spiritualism is being
agitated at Port Townsend.
The Tacoma Herald comes to hand
with a new head on it. Success to the
Herald
Col Black, Superintendent Of the
Pacific Division n. p. r. r., has gone
to San Francisco to meet his family.
The Snohomish County Fair will
be held at Snohomish City, beginning
October 4th, to continue three days.
Samuel Coulter, Esq, long resident
of Olympia, will shortly move to San
Francisco with his family to reside per
manently.
Maurice McMicken, second son of
Surveyor Gen. McMicken, of Olym-
pia, has entered the Freshman class
at the University of California.
The rates of passage by the Pacific
Mail Cos steamers between the Sound
and San Francisco, have been reduced
to $50 in the cabin and $40 in the
Storage
Pierce county school teachers pro-
pose to visit Olympia during the com
ing session of the Legislature and
lobby for the passage of the proposed
school law.
The total amount of scrip issued at
this term of the County Commission
ers is $l,2lS.63, about half of which
goes to the Sheriff, and still he isn't
happy.-EeNi"yham Bay Nail.
At Snohomish City they have meet
ings for literary culture and sociabil-
ity at private residences every two
weeks. This speaks we'll for the in
telligence of people at that place.
Immense deposits of lime have been
discovered in the Puyallup Valley,
one-half mile from the railroad, and
less than three miles from Alderton,
the new station on the Puyallup rail
road.
The farmers in and about La Con-
ner, w. T., would be pleased to have
a good practical blacksmith settle
among them. Such a man, we are
told, with reasonable outfit of tools
and material, could do well there
Nail
II. w. Fairweather, who has for a
long time been General Passenger
Agent for the n. p. r.. r. at Kalama
and Tacoma, has resigned his position
to accept a similar position under
General Sprague, in the employ of
the Q. S. n. Co.
A certain lady's saddle in the Puy-
allup Valley has become notorious in
days gone by. During the past few
years, it has carried the bride away
from her parents home in three run
away matches. 1t always looks sus-
plcious to see a young lady ride that
saddle any more.-7acoma Herald.
The Seattle Dispatch says: "Rev.
John Mckinny, who arrived here last
week intending to be in attendance
upon the approaching session of the
NJ. +. Conference, is something of
pioneer, having arrived in Oregon in
lS4s. He informed the writer that
when he first visited Portland. that
city contained two log cabins, and
that when he first preached there he
used for a desk the head of flour
barrel. This old pioneer, now in his
S0th year, informed us that he had
never until he started on his present
trip TO the Sound, travelled single
mile by either steamer or railroad
conveyance"
The County Commissioners of Pierce
county must have been dissatisfied
with the work of their Assessor, or
they needed more money in the treas
ury. At their meeting last month
they corrected the assessment roll by
raising the valuations of property; the
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06
The Independent.
LOCAL.

PLAT FILED.-The plat ofTownship North,
of Range Id East, embracing the Upper Klcki-
tat river country, was filed at the Land Office
TODAY
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06
CLARKE COUNTY SrATrsrIcs.-The

CLARKE COUNTY STATIsTICs.-The
assessment roll has been overhauled
somewhat since it was submitted by
the Assessor and now the following
items presented by the County Au-
ditor may be of interest:
Total valuation of all property In
the County 500, ioo w
The COUNTY .'. a. f.r. 456,s6o 90
Total valuation of Personal property
in the County $50. 100 90
The County tax including Poll taxis s,'iio oS
Territorial tax is 3i5i ~
School "...... 3.l53 81
Total amount Of taxes ..... slSa57 So
The Poll tax IL si.3f2.00
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-09-06
ReUI Estate Agency.

The undersigned having established a Real
Estate business in Vancouver, solicits farms,
city property and other real estate for sale. l
have superior facilities for carrying on the bus
mess, and parties having land for sale will find
it to their advantage to give me a call.
W. BYRON DANIELS,
INDEPENDENT Ollce, Vancouver W. 7.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
Justice TO DIR. UlrIch.

The attorneys who procured the d
vorce for DR.. Ulrich, of Covington, are
out in card, stating that his divorce
was legal and proper in allrespects, ant
that he had perfect right to MARI,
again unuer the laws of the State. The
cara concludes: "There was nothins
whatever illegal either in the Doctors
u!Vorce or subsequent remarriage, and
ms arrestand carrying-0ff TO Cleveland
without even hearing, was mos
ulsh'nanded outrage which our authorl.
Lles should not have permitted"
conversations With leading medical
trends and associates Of Dr.. Ulrich fully
oonnl III tne ABOVE statement, and these
gentlemen fully Justify the Doctor m
ooth the steps he took, aud say that ht
has al ways been a gentleman entit!e
70, and receiving the highest conf deuce
Oh the community in which he resided,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
AMUSEM ENTS.
Grand Onern.hOmsa.

WEAhu VVeTAsmOuSes
The little people and giant at thu
Grand Opera-house are busy to-day, hav
ing three performances on hand. They
appeared TO fine audience this morn
ing, and have another matinee at s
O'Clock, and close their engagement to-
night.
Matinee prices, % cents to all parts Of
the house.
Monday next, Berger Family and SOL
Smith Russell Combination.
Woods Theater.
Miss Kate Fisher, the dashing eques.
trienne, closes her engagement with
two performances to-day.
New Departure Matinee-The thrilling
three-act drama, "The French Spy," ad-
mission % cents to all parts Of the
house.
Tonight "Lady Godiva" and "The
French Spy"
Next week Callender's minstrels.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
Announcements. A


A free concert will be given at the
Lookout House tomorrow afternoon, by
the Reed Band OF the Cincinnati Orches.
ira.
There will be a special service fol
young men and young women held this
evening at 8 O'clock in the Vine-streei
Church.
Commencing February 20. the annual
reunion of the Ohio STATE Grange of the
Patrons of Husbandry, will be held in
this city, at Melodeon Hall.
MIR. j. II. Kline has arranged with the
Hon. Robert g. lngersolI, OF Illinois, the
greatest American orator, to deliver a
lecture in this city during the month Of
March.
Tonight the Rev. W. B. Taylor, OIL
Grace Methodist Church, will deliver
one of his characteristic talks at the
hall of the Young Mems Christian AssC.
citation.
Nathan and Esther Frame, the Evan
gelsts, OF Middletown, Ohic, will hold
religious service at McKenuree NJ. E
Church, Eastern avenue, to-morro "
morning and evening.
Miss Jennie Talbot, of the st. Paups
Nj. E. Sunday school, will lead the exer.
cises Of the Primary Class Sunday ool
Teachers Meeting, to be held this after
noon at O'Clock, in the Young Mems
Christian Association Hall.
The service oil song in the Tabernacle
Congregation, at R0binson's Opera-ho ouse
tomorrow, will be: Orchestral yolun
tary-"Prayer and Blessing" by Mer
candante. Offcrtory-"5weet Spirit heal
Our Prayer" The hymns to be sung are
sJoy to the World, The Lord is come ?
Nearer my God to Thee," and "Sweel
BY and By"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
Attempt at Suicide.

John S. Norton, an actor, who former
Iy was engaged in the Genevieve Rogers
Maud Muller Combination, attempted
suicide about hal!-past 10 last night in
Garrison's saloon, at No. 236 Main
street.
The man for some time has been out OF
employment, and having no money this
was probably the cause of the attempt.
He was quite drunk at the time. A lit
lie boy saw him taking poison from a
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
A Card,

70 the Editor Of the scar:
l notice in the columns OF the STAR
reference was made to testimony given
in the Police Court in the confidence
case as to a certain young barber, by
name VIM. Reed, "living in MIR. Menteps
property, siIua'ed corner OF Gest and
Freeman streets.". The testimony given,
TO the best OF my knowledge, must be
false; as there is not now, nor has there
beer, any party by that name living in
any OF Mr.. MentePs properly situate d
as described. Respectfully,
GEO. V. MENTEL.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03

The Endorsement OF chemists and ply
sIcians can sometimes be bought. But
simple truth finally prevails. There
fore b. Il. Babbitt's Toilet Soap fears no
rival. People are finding out that this
new toilet soap is absolutely the perfect
superlative in saponaceous comparison.
1t doesn't take long TO be convinced OF
This fact, as manufacturers of scented
soaps are discovering. It's purity and
excellence will be sure to win the day,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03

bottle, which proved to contain a mix
ture of chlorororm and soap liuiment.
Antidotes were Administered and DR..
Amery called in, who administered an
emetic. Norton was then removed to
the Gait House and put to bed. His life
is out of danger.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
Office.

We are requested to state for the ben.
eft OF the patrons, and the public at
large, that Mr.. John V. NichOli, dealer
in vllrltieG-s:one sewer-pipe and fire.
brick. has established a branch office at
No. 1872 Central avenue, between Court
an Ninth streets.
The business Office at the old stand,
corner OF Walnuy and Front streets,
near the Suspension Bridge.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
STOMACH BITTERS,
COAL DEALER. &c.
FRANK. LORENTX.

NOTARY PUBLIC and dealer in coal and
~ coke, flour, feed, wood, sand, lime. cement,
plaster, fire brick, clay, chimney tops. drain.
tile. &c, &c. Office 83l Central avenue;
Branch office, S96 and sos Central ave-
nue.; office and blacksmith shops, SJS
Central avenue; cigar store and office, 3i3 w.
second street and 833 Central avenue Agent
for the Piedmont, West Virginia, bituminous,
coal for blacksmIths: also Gofdon's horse.
cattle and hog food. Furniture ca s
omnibus S, bug lies and barouches ivr
hire. Expressing and all Kinds OF
light and heavy hauling done. Pleasure boat
FRANK. LORENTZ, for hire for picnics aud
excursions. n025-iy-S&W
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
A GOO0IY Sum,

The proportion ordinance for the ex-
penses OF the City Government for the
SIX months ending June 80, 1877, was
passed last evening by the Council
Board. Following are the totals in each
de Dartmnnt.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03

A word to the wise. Ii you are
troubled with cough or cold, procure
a bottle of DR.. BULBS Cough Syrup at
once. Its use may save you from Sc.
we're sickness. Your druggist keeps it,
Price 25c
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03

NOTICE .-CORNELIUS BURKHARF,
~ Mary A. Heinzen and Charles Hclnzcn
will take notice that a petition was filed
against them on the Gath day of January, 1877,
in the superior Court Of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dv
Nlcodemus Burkhart, and is now pending,
wherein said Nicodemus Burkhart demands
partition Of the following real estate, to- wit:
All that certain lot and improvements, situated
IN Cinsnhatl' onio' on pleasa4t street. being
al (Book Al, page 3l9, Ham. Records), begin
ming at point in the east line OF sail Peas
ant street, about fifty feet north OF Green
street; thence north on Pleasant street twenty
five feet; thence extending back eastwardly
same width in rear as in 'front.' eighty five feet,
and being same premises conveyed to Andreas
Burkhart (now deceased) by Herman Unkraut
by deed recorded in Book 322, page 375, of Ham
ilton County Records; and that at the next
term Of said Court sall Nicodemus Burkhart
will apply for an orde5 that partition may be
made Of such premises.
w. B. SHEPPARD,
Attorney for Petitioner
February 8, 1877. 3-6tS
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
BROKER.
R. Il. DUNLAP.

r ATE OF GILMORE, DUNLAP q CO.
IL Stocks. Bonds, Notes and Mortgage Pa,
per bought and sold; Money loaned on
hrst-class colla'erals. Special attention given
to negotiating loans. Little Miami and Gas
Stock for sale. No. So West Third street,
ial6-3mdM&S-jaIS-3mw
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
aps-s&Wtf
CRATES, 60.
Crates and Mantels.
C.. g. R A KIN & CO..
IS9 Pearl Street. East Of Plum

to" O'"H y W W.T. H'''V VI H"H'i
MANUFACTURER OF MARBLEIZED
lNl MANTELS & ENAMELED GRATES.
having increased facilities. are now well pre-
pared to supply the unprecedented demand
for their CRATES and MANTELS especially
the RANKIN'S PATENT SETTI VH
for which they are the exclusive agents for
this city. Owing to numerous frauds, pur-
plainly marked with the name and date Of
patent.
They also call the attention Of buyers to n
large stock Of MARBLE MANrELS lately
received, which will be disposed of at lox
prices. uo2-Tu&S,ly
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
ELEVATORS, &c,
EMPLOYMENT WANTED.
WORK WANTED

ENOR ABOUT 300 BOYS AT THE HOUSE
Il of Refuge, after February l, 1877, with
good shops, power, &c. Appl cations may be
made to Committee on Labor:
r. A. HOLDEN, OF Vine street;
JOHN d. MINOR, 81 Walnut street;
]. WEBB, JR., 1b4 West Fifth street;
II. A. M0NFORT, Superintendent, at the
Institution iS20-l9t
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-03
PIANOS, ORG ANS, &c.
PIANOS.

PIANOS.
d1HWd WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
ai6Sgt the best bargains ever offered in
p tithe trade. These Pianos are from
an old and reliable factory, are personally Sc
lected and bought with cash in hand, enabling
us to give our customers q REALLY GOOD
PIANO at a price that de1es competition.
ID. HI. BALDWIN & CO.,
1853 West Fourth Street.
We continue our sa o of secUnd- hand in tru-
ments at special prices. 1t
The daily gazette., 1877-11-10

The architect of the Stock Ex-
change in Pine street, San Francisco,
is not lover of fair play. On either
side of the alcove above the callers
rostrum is wooden image of bear.
"It gals me like thunder" remark
ed veteran financier, when Ophir
was going down in a run about fort
night ago, land there was collapse in
mining shares, ssto look up thar and
see them two fggers grinnin' down
into the centre. They look as if they
knew the hull thing was a-commin'
and were shakin' their sides a-laugh-
in to think they had things their own
way" This seems to be a real
grievance. One of the wooden bears
ought to come down and bull with
brass horns be set up in its place, so
that every stock-gambler can keep his
own idol under bis eye.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-10
A FIGHT ON TEXAS SOIL.

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 9.--lnform'
ton has been received here that on
the 18Th Of October d party of 81 men,
under the command Of Don Narcios
Anago, Of San Carlos, Mexico, had q
battle in Texas, near the Guadaloupe
Mountains, with q party of Indians
who had been depredating in Mexico
near Chihuahua, killing six bucks,
capturing six squaws and 6S head OF
stock stolen from people living near
San Diego, Mexico. These Indians
were from the Fort Stanton Reserva-
ton, in Now Mexico, on our side of
the Rio Grande. The Indians killed
were provided with reservation blank
cts and other articles from the Uni
ted States Government. The scalps
were taken to Del Norte in Mexico,
as was the stock which was identified
by the owners of the animals. Three
bucks and 9 squaws escaped. 1t will
thus be seen that our reservation In
dams have been doing exactly what
we complain the Mexican Indians
have been doing to us.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-10
THE CHINESE sECLUsIvENESS OF
MACMAHON.
London Times Correspondence.

London Times Correspondence.
Europe will hardly believe it, but at this
moment. when the welfare oi France an d
the repose Of Europe are at stake, and may
depend upon frank understanding be-
tween the headof the stale, who has ques-
TONED, and the country, which has replied
not one Of the 4,273,900 republicans who
voted eight days ago has approached or
can approach the President OF the French
republic. Marshal MacMahon, WAC occu-
pies the ysee palace, IN the centre OF
Parls, palace between court and garden,
as easily entered as the simplest private
mansion, lives i'll this dwelling as impene-
traole, as invisible, as remote from his fell
ow-countrymen as the Emperor of China
IN the most secluded of bis palaces, screen
ed by impasss bic walls ana shielded from
every prolans eye by Jealous aud incorrupt-
ibie sentlnels. Neither the Russian auto-
crat, the commander OF the faithful nor the
rope Is as far removed from any body taint-
ed with Liberalism as the President of the
French republic. His reading of the news
papers is limited to two or three con>
servative journals, the Figaro figuring
at their head. Ii extracts from other
papers are communicated to him, these
are carefully adapted to the. axigencies
OF the situation, and as he does not know
any foreign tongue, he has never read a
sincere and disinteFested opinion in a
non-French paper.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-10
RAILWAY BRIDGE
GIVES AWAY.

BRANTFoRD, Ont, November o.
The Branford, Norwich and Port
Burwell Railway bridge here gave
way this afternoon, precipitating the
engine, freight car and baggage car
of the express train into Grand River.
The passenger cars were left on the
centre span three feet from the break.
The driver, fireman, conductor and
express messenger were all all injured,
but not seriously. All of the passen-
gers are safe. The engine stands on
end in the river, with the cab and
tender smashed and the freight car
lying at its side. The baggage car
stands on end against the west abut-
ment.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-10

The PRICE OF BEEF.-On the beet
question, which has always been a
somewhat perplexing one to the gen.
eral public, correspondent, over
the signature of E'Household," as
sumes to give some facts and deduc-
tions in another column. As com
pared with the price paid for live
cattle and sheep at the stock-yai d,
he regards the retail prices in our
markets as showing too wide differ
erence and cites the report that
choice cuts of American beef can 5e
exported beyond the sea, laid down
in the London market, and sold
By retail at fifteen cents. 1t NAV be
difficult for one not acquainted with
the details of the business its ex-
penses etc. in our large cities to de-
termine the exact merits of the
points in issue, but it does seem a
curious anomaly that while good
American beef is sold abro,.d at the
price named the like article is hid
at figures at least one-fouth higher.
here. The trade in fresh meats how
ever must in the end be regulated
as is that in other articles, by fair
and open competition and the disposi-
ton of the public for ineurring out
lays in that regard determined them
according to their views of the reas-
onableness of prices-for it is cer-
tain that consumption can and will
be curtailed when prices are deemed
'exorbitant.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-10


Farms Sold-During the last ten days
the following farms have been sold in
Kent county: fsa. ,. sd y.af
William Surgen's farm, 9 miles from
SMYRNA, containing $50 acres, to James
L. Billing, for $4,000; Daniel Voshell's Is
place of 65, acres near Woodside,to Jno.
S. Davey, of Canada, for 81 900; Andrew
Holden's farm near FELTON,, 230, acres, for
So. 400. TO John Orchard of Canada; II.
C.Harvey's farm of so acres, II miles be-
yond Wyoming, on the Willow Grove
road, to Miles Crosier of Canada, for ST.
100: Zadock Postlos' farm on the Kits
Hammock road, containing 9D acres, to
Luke B, Jacobs of Canada, for $4,000
cash. 1rq
Badly Btt,ned.-Joseph q. Brown,
formerly Of Cherry Hill, but now teller
in Odessa Bank, was very badly burned
about the hands few days ago. He was
cleaning pair Of kid gloves, and put
ting them on his hands poured benzine
over them, and was rubbing his hands
together when the vapors arising ignited
from lamp on the stand, and before the
gloves could be torn of the hands were
huge blIsters. .r ... l,',
No Indictmeat.-The grand jury Of
Kent county, Nd, has refused to find an
Indictment against Captain Lemuel Nit
chell, of the State oyster police vessel
"Nannie Merryman," for shooting
"Brockey Bill" a dredger, who was en-
desvoring to escape arrest. .ss
LOST THEIR VorEs.-rh train of
the Kent Co. Railroad ran off the track
at Smyrna on Tuesday, causing ex-Sena-
tor Vickers and seven or eight others to
lose their votes. 1t reached this town
between nine and ten O'Clock 1T night
Kent Ne,os. Ia r. +.
Large Farm SOld.-Harry BHrgie of
Chicago, has bought WIN. Tatnall's large
farm of 208 acres, located on Long Lane,
in New Castle hundred, for $685. 900 or
$125 per acre, including all the crops of
the farm. --.-.--.--.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-10
FOURTH EDITION
tFrom the New York suu.lF r
GENERAE. ORDERS To CONGRESS


The military chiefs--at Washington
struct Congress In regard to the appro-
priations for the army. General Sher-
man said:
"What is wanted of Congress is an ap-
propriation in bulk. The Secretary of
War and the General of the army are the
best Judges of circumstances as they arise.
Thirty millions of dollars year net would
place the military establishment on a be-
coming basis. i.io f....i
Congress ought in my judgment to
pass the army bill at once without any
special legislation on it. The army needs
the money, and nothing should be added
to the Appropriation bill that can occa-
sion debate"
So it appears that the people who pay
the taxes and bear the burden of sup
porting a large standing army ought to
have no voice before Congress, because
"the Secretary of War and the General of
the Army are the best judges" of what
the legislation should be- They want
thirty millions year net, and In bulk,
without any question being asked, to
spend as they think best. A mere baga-
tslle of thirty millions a year Only the
interest on 5000 100000 of five per cent.
bonds, mere trifle in the estimation of
Gen. Sherman 'fHH-i '"..-
Then Congress is told that nothing
bill that can occasion debate, because de-
bate, perhaps, is not convenient, and lets
the cat out Of the bag too often for the
comfort of the military chiefs who lounge
about Washington, get up Presidential
cabals, and draw princely pay. We shall
soon see whether Congress will obey these
general orders.
The daily gazette., 1877-11-10
POLITICAL BRIBERY.

Paterson, N. j., Nov. o. Pat
rick H. Lynch, a prominent politi-
clan, was yesterday convicted Of bri-
berry in paying delegate 800 to Sc
cure nomination to a minor office.
The Court held it was bribery under
the common law. 1t is said to be
the first conviction for such an Of
fence in this State. The case will
doubtless be taken to the Court of
Errors.