The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-11-07
BRIEF MENTION,
Nice weather for ducks.
Is your shot gun loaded.

Thos r. Tusten, the well known pump man,
is in the city.
DO. Burke's family removed 10 East Port
land yesterday.
Clarke county ranks fourth in population
in this Territory.
Who are the parties, and when does the
next wedding come Off?
Dick Everding of Portland swung around
the circle here yesterday.
John Skaters lost memorandum book can
be recovered at this Office
"Do you know of house to rcnt?" Seems
to be the standing question.
c. w. Moore, the banker at Boise City, has
been IN Vancouver this week.
Only three weeks left in which you can nav
taxes and save the percentages.
Thanksgiving day is announced for Thurs
day, the 2Sth day of November.
Rainy weather brings one comfort to web.
foot'-it makes pcddfars scarce.
The water is still low in the Columbia, and
many of the ponds and lakes are dry.
Judge Dennison was here on Tuesday, ad.
vocating the proposed State constitution.
Vancouver is bound to grow and increase
in wealth and estate. 1t is slow, perhaps. but
very sure.
Francis " Proehstcl starts Tor Seattle next
Monday, to attend school AT the Territorial
University.
Another fourth rate show visited vancouver
last Friday and drew Il house of as many as
thirty persons.
Fred. Dchm, We ancient Vancouver icwcler,
won $3.50 at pigeon shooting match at The
DalleS last weck.
About the 18th the boat to take the place
of the Vancouver will be in service on the
routp ia Portland
The Rev. 4. 5. Nicholson is absent at Port
land, attending the annual convection Of the
Episcopal Ministry.
Some men waste fifty fines more time
reading their ncjThhor,' papers than would
pay for one OF their own.
f. f. Fddings had fan down the Odd Eel.
lows building stairway Monday night, which
has partially disabled him.
Gillihan shot another hg wildcat near hi,
house on TupSdnV for which thai d0u of his
was primarily responsible
The County Commissioners have been in
session all the week, and maynot get through
their lobnrs until SATURDAY..
If one will take the trouble 10 look over
our town thew will see that Il urcnl many i'm
provcmcnts are being made
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The new steamboat hulldthG for the Van
couVer Trans portation Co. Is SAD 10 be better
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Capt Fairchild, down on the PruulN farm,
lost valuable cow III, week, which he thinks
was worried Ia It's death ny the dogs OF hunt-
ers.
There will BE no service in the Episcopal
church next SundlH' on account ct iht cN-
pcct'd absence ui the pastor, the ley. y. >.
Nicholson.
The Weekly Oregonan has commenced
its 10Th year Of existence. and it Is just about
~ times better than any other paper published
IN Portland
John Messenger. Of Brush Prairie. sent in
some stalks Of oats few DAYS ago, the head,
measuring Two leet long IN one mead he
counted "f' grams.
Plenty Of nice fish in this market; salmon
trout from the Wu>houynl. mountain trout
and salmon from the Cascades. They were
caught by the Indians
Walla Wdlla dcnizruS pay s. to s. per cord
for soft wood warning To Clarke county
farmers to stay where lire wood is worth To
them only lis cuttln%.
Through unintentional NEGLECT we failed to