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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-09

COMMISSIONERS COURT.-The
new Board of County Commissioners
composed of Lindley Meeker, Henry
Christ and Jas. A. Kerns, held their
first quarterly session at the Auditors
Office this week, beginning on Monday.
j. H. Fletcher, Sheriff, and Chas.
Brown, Auditor, in attendance. The
Board adjourned too late in the week
to allow us to publish the proceedings
in this issue of the INDEPENDENT.
They will appear next week.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-09
NOTICE.
l. s. LAND OFFICE.

February 9TH, 1877
Complaint having been entered AT this Once
by Frederick Gcislcr, against Hiram ID. Ger
hond, for abandoning his Homestead Entry
10 ilo9' daico June 18th, 1870, upon the \. +.
4 of Section >, Township No. q North of RANG.
No. West, in Cowlitz County w r., with a
view 10 the cancellation of said entry; the said
parties are hereby summoned 10 appear at this
Oilice, on the 9th day of March, ISL. ut two
O'Clock =. NJ, to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged abandonment.
W. ii. SMALLWOOD, Register.
:. w. Brown, Receiver.
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VindicatiOn.
VANCOUVER, w. IT,,
February Sth. 1877.


February Sth, 1877.
EDITOR INDEPENDENT:
Sometime during the latter part of
the summer, or fall of 1876, some uu-
mitigated scoundrels, with which every
community is more or less cursed) ha We
seen fit, in order to crafty their inor-
dinate thirst for mischief and strife. cir
culated, and caused to be circulated,
certain unfounded rumors; to the effect.
that certain very worthy citizen of
this county, had quarreled with his
son, and by force and arms had driven
him from home, and otherwise misused
and maltreated him.
In order to disprove the charges, and
expose the unworthy motives of those
liars, and scandal mongers, please
publish in connection here with. the fol-
lowing affidavit of Frank Dubach,
which will utterly refute the base SLAM
ders above referred to.
JACOB DUBACH.
STATE OF OREGON,
COUNTY OF CLATsoP.
/. Frank Dubach, being duly sworn accord.
ing To law, depose and say that have heard it
was reported at Vancouver, w. T., that my
father took a shot gun and threatened 10 shoot
me and drove me away from home aud that |
drew pistol on him. | make this affidavit
for the purpose of stating that such was not
the case; he did not take a shotgun or any
other weapon TO me, and that left home OF
my own free will, and that did not draw Il
pistol on him.
FRANK DUBACH
Dated at Astoria, Oregon, this 29th day Of
January, A. d., 1877.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this Goth
day Of January, A. d., 1877. p ii. FOX,
Justice Of the Peace.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-09
NOTICE.


L. 5. LAND OFFICE,
Vancouver, W. T.,
February Z, 1877.
Complaint having been entered ut this Office
by Royal II. Loomis, against John r. Vernon,
ior abandoning his Homestead Declaration
No "A, dated December 10th, 1915, upon the s.
" = OF the \. +. Il, n. II of the S. +. u and
5 r. a Of 5. +. !. of Section 81, Township No.
: North OF Range , East, in Skamania County.
W. l., with view 10 the cancellation Of said
declaration; the said parties are hereby sum
inoned To appear at this Office on the 9Th dav
of March, 1877, ut 10 O'clock A. NJ, Ia respond
ana furnish testimony concerning said alleged
abandonment.
W: III. SMALLWOOD, Register,
s. W. BROWN, Receiver
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-09
NOTICE.

There will be ball given at Lewis River
Grange Hall by J. s. Bozarth on the evening
of the 22d inst. The steamer HYDRA will leave
Columbia City at II O'Clock with passengers
for the ball, calling at St. Helens, Quigiey's
Landing, Pckin, La Centre, and return to the
Hall To the place of amusement. Fare on the
steamer % cents EACH to and from. Good mu.
sic in attendance Tickets, $500.
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Rural Notes.
EDITOR INDEPENDENT:

The roads in many places are as us
ual at this season of the year almost
impossible, and the people are contin-
ually asking the question show can we
best improve our roads?" This is a
problem that the people of Clarke
County must solve sooner or later, and
in my opinion the sooner it is done the
better. In our present condition we
will slowly improve, but with two good
roads leading from Vancouver to Lewis
River, Clarke County would receive an
impetus that in few years would more
than compensate for the cost of their
construction.
Another obstacle in the way of rapid
Improvement is the dense forests. Cap
ital and labor is needed to cut up the
timber and ship it where it is wanted.
The people of this county are not all
poor, and with a proper spirit of enter
prise among the citizens, at least fifty
thousand dollars could be raised to en-
gage in manufactures. Industries can
not be built up in day. but we should
begin to furnish such things as are
available as soon as possible. Every
thing taken into consideration we have
very good home market. Take for
Instance the article of lumber. Very
few, if any of the mills in the county
have large surplus on hand. Major
Kress informs me, that during the last
season he has sold over two hundred
thousand feet, and could have disposed
of much more but did not have it.
Messrs Sohns & Schuele are now ship
ping lumber from St. Helens. This
state of affairs is very suggestive and
comment is unnecessary.
The mild weather of the past two
months has been very encouraging to
farmers, who are busy improving their
farms and widening the area they have
in cultivation.
The fishermen throughout the county
are getting ready for the work of the
season. The nets that are used are
about forty fathoms in length, and cost
nearly $500 each. Many new can
neres are going up, and it is supposed
one thousand boats will be run this sea-
son on the lower Columbia.
A commodious school house has late
ly been erected near Marbles mill.
This should be done in many other dis
tricts in the county. Let the people
build school houses, then let the legis-
lature at its next session provide for
levying tax sufficiently large to enable
each district to have school six months
in the year, and every intelligent man
VIII say amen 10 1t.
A bridge is in process of erection just
north of II. y. Tenney's place. 1t is
about one hundred and twenty feet long,
and spans one of the many canons that
are crossed by that road.
Cattle are looking well throughout
the county, and farmers as yet have
fed but little hay. This mild winter is
certainly blessing to those living on
the bottoms.
Wolves are quite troublesome in the
northern part of the County. Major
Henslee has lost about sixty head of
sheep by these pests, and a short time
ago they attacked two-year old heifer
on Challachie prairie, and would have
killed it had they not been driven off.
That section appears to be a favorite
resort for wild animals at the present
time. RURAL.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-09

Capt. McMicken, Surveyor General
of Washington Territory, has gone to
Washington City to be absent about
two months.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-09

Rain and sunshine on alternate
days are filling up the measure of this
mild and beautiful winter. To-day
the spring fragrance is more than
ever perceptible.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-02-09

JOB PRINTER.
Vancouver. ". +.

.sg The National Gold Medal was awarded
TO Bradley u Rulofson for the best Photographs
in the United States, and the Vienna Medal for
the best in the world.
I'D Montgomery Street. San Francisco.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

A COUNTRY ediier having written 4
long article ON 4" Hog" rival paper
upbrai,led him for intruding his family
matters upon the public.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

HlsroKY says Caesar hal his
Brutus." But somehow or other va
always hal the Impression that Brutus
rather hsl Caesar.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

"DocTon. my daughter seems to ID
going blind. aud she's just getting rea'
dy for her wedding tco' oh. dear me.
what IL TO be done," Let hsr 80
on with tho wedding. madam. by all
means. II anything can open her eyes,
marriage will.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

$50 roc like your second wife better
than the drstl" Eyes" he said en-
Enthusiastically; "shs always pats enough
starch in my shirts 10 save ias the
trouble OF scratching my back"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

IS mos, places "a stones throw. "
Ave minutes walk. etc.. are used for
measures for short distances. In Du'
buque. however. they speak Of place
M being within the bawl OF mule.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

NsyrR set yourself up for a musician
Just because you have got drum in
your ear; nor because You have pupil
IN your eye.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

Two ostrichss. harnsssed to wagon.
can pull load OF a thousand pounds.
aud all tho care they need Is pail OF
water. two or three old bones AMI hod
Of brick. Send in your orders early.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

Mrs. vAS Corr says she wants TO
worry Satan about ten years more. and
then she'll Ls ready to let up. She u
b. amazed at the rapidity with which
he'll gsl on his pins again.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

TnE reason why the courts are always
full Of patsnt-rights cases is that. while
Necessity IL tho mother OF Invention.
II is q well.known axiom that Necessity
knows no law.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03
EARLN RISING.
ut JOIN q. sAxx.


81 saneto rams sAli. ana 80 s.y !.
And hless him. also. tbas ne aidh kcsp
His great discovery To himself. nor NY
To make it-as the luck fellow might
close monopop oyps'sht hsh''
Yea, bees the man Who ara, invented sleep
But blast tne msns WIN curses loua snu ussp'
Whsteer the rs.eA hAle. or ~; 'Aaio', s'Auoa'
Who urst invented AM vcht arvuha s1'".k'
That ARTIFICIAL cutSu-esfp rishs'
1.
kiss VAN the IMk sha ...,.ia-I. s.a w
Maxims like these are vsry shespy sAm
But, ere you make yoar.eu 10. y. u"''
Prav Just inquire sbout DIS nse sna 'n'
And whsthsf lafks have any beds o. Az
IL in the morning. u r.a.on aright
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

LoSpoSEk. seeing an advertisement
headed, american Steam Safe Compa-
n.y." remarked that he was glad the
Americans had made steam safe CON-
pany.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03
PHILIP RTnH

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRsr
L Jadiciai District of the Stats Of Neyada, In
and for the C,unts Of Siorvy.-0eorgo kmmett,
pisintin, vs. The saccor Mil and Mining Com.
pany. defendant "a hereby given that
the plaintiff has commenced an action In the
Abpve entitled Court asainst the defendant
above naped to foreclose . lien held and Owned
by plAintil akalnst defendant and the follow.
ing described lrIprty. to-vit: The mining
claim situated In the uold Hill Mining District.
County of Storey. stats Of Nevada, known -
and called the succoi Nine Alec tbs engines,
boilers. pumps. pumping machinery and pipes,
and all other machinery In the hoisting woiks
and new shaft OF said succor Mill and Milling
Company. together with the ground upon which
.aid holstips work.. new shaft and nschinery
are situated. the came being the mine Ard prem.
lees where said Company 10 now at vork the
same beins part of the road leading from Gold
Hill TO Silver City. and about quartsr OF
mile from raid road. Bald lisn 10 claimed and
this notice IL given under the provisions Of an
Act OF the Legislature of the State Of Nevada,
entitled. "An Act to secure liens 10 mechanics
and otherr. and 10 rrpeal all other Acts In rels-
ton thereto" approved March 2. 1875.
All persons having or cisimina liens upnn
said premises and property are hereby noined
to be and appear before aaid District Court. Of
the c,urt.ruom tber. of In the CITY Of Virginia.
o. SATURDAY. the 9Th day Of Septsmbsr, A.
d. ISL. at 10 O'Clock A. y Of said DAY. then
and there 70 make due proof or thstf hens:
LkWls = DEAL. Attys. for fAfntin:
August IS, 1871. suistd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

A B,LriaoRk belle. just FROM vassar
College. when told by the waiter that
they hsd no gooseberries, exclaimed
What has happened to the goose ?"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

Tar grea, Indiana senator is not
likely to die at pres-nt, hut Dsmocrrtie
papers continue to print anti-Morton
statements.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

Way should not ducks BE- allowed on
doctors premises Because they make
such personal remarks.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-12-29
Table Talk.

In all attempts nj refinement, one cardinal
point should be kept in view,-that manners
were made for men, and not men for manners
Nice customs, courtesy to great kings, and the
greatest of these is convenience Most rules
will be found to serve convenience, and there
is no good breeding where etiquette is not oh.
served for this end, the order and comfort OF
all concerned, not for the sake of defining ones
social position. When any one begins to study
manners as a set Of arbitrary rules, followed
because every other desirable acquaintance
does the same politeneSs breeds sort of phar
isaism that the best bred persons look down
on as supremacy vulgar. If any mistress of a
house looks here for rules that will aid her to
affect trihc more Of style than herneighbor's
she will only be disappointed. If any woman
wishes hints how to reduce her household to
regularity and make her children neat and
gentle IN habits, it may be that she will not
find this chapter in vain, "-Ertract from the
HomC Cook Book
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Miss Maggie Neary has returned from Chi
cago, where she has been visiting friends dur
ing the past three months,
The Legal Status of Advertising

/ Under the above head the Philadelphia Real
| Estats JopraG' says
\ curious and interesting case has been de,
cjded in the Superior Court, Involving new and
somewhat peculiar points of law, of interest to
all who advertise The facts are briefly rs fol
lows, emitting the names of the litgants In
! December 1876, \. doing business a whole
/ sale grocer, discharged i, who had been en-
ploycd rs head Of the tea department OF his
store. b sued A in the Superior Court ior
$3.50, one months salary. In circulars sent
out by \, was the statement that they had
the best tea buyer whose sole duty II was
| to watch the market for bargains. AS defense
was that spent too much time in the tea mar
! ket Chief Justice Curtis charged the jury on
the trial rs matter of law that when man
presents to the public in the form of circu.
| lar or advertisement statements, he Is bound
by those statements. 1t is not for him to say
that it is matter of business, or when bust
ness is dull a matter of course, to issue state
ments that are untrue If, after advertising
his wares, goods or medicines with statements
for the public to act upon, he comes into 4
court of justice, he is bound by those statements
The law knows indifference between pretenscs
that are false except in the degree of moral OF
criminal turptude, and in the punishment
that attaches to them. The man who seeks by
false statements in regard to his business
through an advertisement to delude the pub
lie, when he does it to reap profit for his owl
advantage is taking the first steps on that road
which terminates with false pretenses, witt
forgery. with crime and with those acts which
limperil the interests Of all of us and which
tend to destroy the property, and perhaps the
> reputation, of every citizen"
The jury gave verdict against A for $3.50
1t must be admitted that there is much SOUND
practical common sense in Judge Curtiss de
'cision. This is very different point from
that covered in the decision in the case of Hal
V. Hall, Kimbark d Co., which our readers
may remember In the case last named the
plaintiff took advantage of the defendants
circular, offering certain goods at very low
price to order large line on speculation
The order was not filled, but the court helC
that the defendants were bound by the Offer
made in their circular and the plaintiff rccov
cred large damages. Both cases are of impor
lance, however, as showing the practice of oul
courts in fixing the measure of legal response
} bility which they must assume who make posi-
tive statements in advertisements,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-12-29
From Utica.

UTICA, Dec 90, 1877.
Your correspondent visited most of the diff
ferent coal banks along the bluff north and
east of Utica and in substance the following
is the information cleaned:
The dealers have among them 2ij0 tons
prepared for salc-the largest amount that was
ever for sale since coal was first made traffic
along the northern belt of the Illinois Valley
between Ottawa and Utica
II is divided thus: Strawn has 900 tons,
Neary 800, Rogers 400, Condic $50 Rhodes
100, and Messrs. Duffy, Corners & Dickinson
have among them 400 tons. Calculating from
the sales that were made this time last year,
here are 2450 tons Of coal that should be did
the roads permit in the homes of the people
of Waltham, Wallace, Troy Grove, Ophir, Mis-
sion, Meriden, Freedom, Farm Ridge, Eden,
Earl and Dimmick. From the above we may
form some estimate of how badly in need of
coal are the generality of people in those towns
| We understand that some Of the people in
Farm Ridge, after having burned their cobs.
their cherry trees, and surplus wood about
their premises, 80 to the corn fields. cut down
the stalks, lug them in to the old woman and
shout, hurry up with that dinner, you lazy
thing"
/ Mr.. John Carey and Miss Mary Murphy,
both of Utica, threw their destiny together last
Sunday. Before the marriage the Rev Father
Flynn told them of the importance of the step
! they were about to take, and how sacred was
the ceremony in which they were to take part
John seemed ticklcd while Mary looked
/ abashed
] May each GROWING year as it rolls on
/ Bring home Mary or John.
! There will be another marriage at the Catho
| lie Church Christmas morning. Sorry TO say
Jacobus will have no part in the ceremony.
The Baptis, Church will also he fruitful in
marriages. 4 couple of rich farmers daugh-
tiers intend not to 90 it alone" after Christ,
mas DAY.
! MeSsrs. q. German i Sanders of Chicago
were visiting their frien,ls at this place during
the week Their visit was so short that We
hope il will no, I've long till they agreeably
lsurprise Us again.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-12-29
CHAPTER III.

All nature was astir long ere Clara awokC
from her slumberS the morning after the inter
view with her father All night long, though
wandering in dreamland, she struggled hard
with the long-dreadcd crisis, which, though
short in words, was long in meaning, and in
the end must make the author kiss the rod oi
Ichastisement, and repent too late o. his error
So pitiiul was her look rs she entered the din
ing hall, that the old domestic, who had watch
ed with tender care her childhood DAYS, said
in feeling accents: What ais my chile dis
mornin'g You looks as if you was gwinc in
to consumpsionS. Something is troubling
you of late; tell me what il is an m,bby can
comfort you"
''Ycs, Aunt Hannah. my trials seem NOR,
than can bear, but pray for strength. Al
times feel As if all alone in the world, and
thank you for your kindness. but ny trouble
is beyond your reach"
With this assurance the old servant wen
about her household duties with amoist eye
while Clara returned to her room to await tn,
reply her lover might make TO heI proposed
change of meeting But no answercame. A.
with HIM. 50 with her, day after d;y dngget
slowly on, during which she wros. repeate,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-12-29
THE MURPHY BAND.
Mrs. S. Rankin, in the Peoria Democrat tunes
hcr ,vrc and thus keeps step to the Murphy move

Mrs. S Rankin, in the Peoria Dtmoc'ot, 'uhes
hcr ,vrc and thus keeps step to the Murphy move
ment:
We come. A Macedonian band,--
AGAINST the evil Of the land.
Rcscuing women from despair
And snccoring children everywhere.
We come defiant of the crew.
Who yictimiZe our earnings too;
Our hard earned dollars make men rich,
Who leave us paupcrs in the ditch.
We come to staunch the tears that now
To mitigate each crue, blow,
To turn the curses into prayer,
Aud lift the drunkard everywhere
We come to the unsheltercd head,
Where every earthly hope is ncd,
To expel the brutal from the man,
And find the human if VIC can
We come, to rescue from the lock,
And bolt, the prisoner at The dock,
To save from blood the husband, when,
He's maddened by the Fiend of men.
We come to save from blood the son,
Who has been to demon won;
70 make his lips so purc-that then,
He'll love his mothers kiss again.
We come with mantle larger than
The sons of Noah brought the man,
The pledge has grown SO wcighty and grand,
IT'S borne by the Temperance band.
We come the mother to rejoice
With Temperance sweet and pleasant voice,
To lay each palm in Temperance hand,
And thus unite her sacred band
We come the sisters heart to bless,
That model of dcvotedness-
While Temperance with soothing lIand,
Knits up the torn and broken band
We come the bride to beautify,
With roses from her lovers eye
Temperance leads back with loving hand
Her twin heart to the household Dand
We come, we come, a mighty host,
Too long by the rum demon tossed,
Troubles, disgrace and shame have been
Our lot-but Temperance finds us men,
We come, at pleasures warm behcst
That Temperance be her welcome guest;
Temperance in all things is our gain
Let rum-te -totalism reign.
God, make our Temperance cause to stand;
God, give to Temperance hand!
Temperance our banner and our song.
God, mokc the Temperance soldier strong