The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04

The glory of the cherries hath departed.
New goods at Sohns q Schuee's this week.
Plenty of amusements on the Fourth ofJuly.
The frame of Matt. Browns new house is up.
Chinook salmon are getting scarce here
abouts.
Look out for the eclipse on the Doth inst.
tern.
January and June have become one in Bat
tie Ground.
Leotard is astonishing the Walla Wallaians
by his feats.
Farmers get only Sl.0O per bushel for new
potatoes now.
No rain in Junc-but July starts in with
showers every day.
The fire engines have been made bright and
beautiful for the 18th.
Commercial drummers have been thick as
blackbcrrics for week.
Dodd has gone up to Parkers Landing to
sell goodies at the picnic
Wild blackberries are said to be more pro
life this season than foryears.
A large number of the College students
went home last Friday, for the vacation.
Mr.. Charles Coombs and his mother will de
part for their home in Maine on Friday.
Mrs Frank Clark Miss Eva Clark and Miss
Katie Miller, will leave for the Sound on Fri
day.
Whittier has been short good clerk this
week, Trant being away attending to his sick
wife
John :. Alexander has moved from King
Valley in Oregon, to Buena Vista, Polk county,
Oregon.
Owing to the great reduction Of fare quite
number of settlers have business in San
Francisco.
The wheat harvest has commenced in the
upper country, but will not be on here for
some days yet
Slatcr's children on Fourth Plain, the re
naming four that were sick Of diphthera,
have recovered.
Wheat sowed last fax is turning out well,
but wheat sowed this spring looks best when
YOU don't look at it,.
McMullcn has his trees and fence SO much
whitewashed that he can easily tell where he
lives in the darkest night.
Six of Thomas Ncrton's children out at
Fourth Plain are sick with diphtheriI, three
of them already recovering.
Joe Burke has been practising every day
for the fat mems race, and is sure of winning
the second prize, il no other
Thrty-nihe young girl, will represent the
States and Washington Territory in the
triumphal car in the procession.
Only thirteen one -hundredths of an inch Of
rain fell during June IN Portland, according
to the Government observations.
The excursion to Catalph1 grove last sun
day, the first excursion that did not touch
here, was of the Jewish persuasion.
Joseph Brant is now employed as Mcsscn-
ger at the Chief Qnartcr'Adsters office.
DR.. Randolph Smith, II gentleman not I'M
known in Vancouver, has located here in his
profession. His card will be found in another
column.
The frcights an the O. 5. Y. Co. boats pass
ing here are now wool, hides, bacon and flour
coming down, and farm machinery going up
the river.
Blucrock has a field of ten acres of corn
that will at this date equal Illinois or Iowa
crops IN appearance. 1t stands chance To
make an excellent crop.
The body of one of the three soldiers
drowned in the Columbia river enroute TO
Vancouver from Fort Candy, was recovered
on Monday night near Astoria.
The steamer Vancouver made two trips
Monday between Vancouver and Portland
this week. to facilitate removal of head
quarters and other army business
The steamers Oregon and Great Republic.
arriving in Portland Tuesday, brought up
over 200 passengers, and Portland is 81 frlll
that already they have begun To slop over in
10 tnc Territory
Miss \. LOOMS, who has so acccptably filled
the position of teacher Of ST. Luke's parish
school in Vancouver, will depart on Friday,
for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ii l. much to be
regretted that she will no longer be among Us.
There is no mercy nor milk of human kind
ness in the man who keeps big bell on a
COW that runs the streets At all timcs-beside>
which, that bell will come up missing If she
does any more midnight grazing at our front
gate
The remans of Lieut.. 5. VI. Rains and ten
enlisted men Of the LIST Cavalry, killed July >,
1871, by the Nez Pcrccs near Cottonwood
House, Camas Prairie, wesc inferred on the
10th inst, at Fort Lapwai, with military
honors.
We missed wedding in Vancouver last
week, because the Portland team carrying the
hymenial pair ran away, driving the brides
head clear through the grooms shoulder,
necessitating extensive repairs before the
event could take place.
We notice that correspondents in two Ore
gon papers speak very highly of the progress
made by the new band, formed by the young
men attending the Holy Angels College, max
ing especial mention OF their performance at
the observance Of Corpus Christi.
The leader Of the 2lst Infantry band, Prof
liuebner, has been varying the dull routine
OF life by hcaving brick bats at the stately
drum major, L schiller, against the peace and
dignity of the L. :. army and the drum major
aforesaid. More trouble will come out Of it,