The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-12
BRIEF IENTION,

Common council meeting on Monday even.
ing next.
County politics are coming to The surface
these days.
Miss Kate Steward is visiting friends at
Washougal.
Miss Ella Stoughton returned home from
Steilacoom lastwcck.
Thanks to II. &. Daniels and his bride for
wedding compliments.
1t. G. NJ. Bailey took his departure from
Vancouver on Tuesday.
Indian summer has already lasted six
weeks, and more to come.
Clarke county is represented by three in.
mates at the lunatic asylum.
There is Il big brass key at Sohns and
Schucle's store awaiting an owner
Louis Bur@y poisoned one of his hands last
week, and is having a serious time with it,
The public schoolopcned this week with $50
scholars, an increase of Fl in one week.
Thomas Nye purchased last week 80 head
of fat bunch grass cattle from Sloan Il Co.
Ed. Eddingsis off to Fern Prairie fora weeks
vacation. He promised to bring us Il bear.
Some of the best farming land in Clarke
county is offered for sale in another column.
There will be n sociabe entertainment at
the City hall on Friday evening of next week.
Two emigrant teams from the east bound
for Puget Sound came into town yesterday.
The dense smoke in the air these days puts
the sun into an eclipse of respectable magni-
tude.
Portland has subscribed very crcdtable
sum, Sl,5O0, for the relief of the yellow fever
sufferers.
Mr.. 5. b. Curtis of this county is honored
with position in the Democratic Territorial
committee.
Mrs c. p. McColl went up the river vcstcr-
day, to join her husband at Weston, Umatilla
Co, Oregon.
NJ V. Harper of Goldcndalc, delegate TO the
Democratic convention, last week gave Us
pleasant call
Harrison lIedrick left Vancouver last week
for Astoria, at which place he will remain
permanently.
On sunday the Vancouver made IN extra
trip to SauvieS Island with thrc>hcrS, and for
wheat loading.
The steamer Rescue came UP FROM ST.
Helen, on Sunday, With 3O,UJU icyt of iUI',,a.
forSohns " S,huclc.
The Steamer Vancouver took 500 SACKS Of
wheat to Portland on Monday for ". il. liaZ-
ard and Col. Shaw.
Any person wishing copy Of tn" proposed
CONSTITUTION can uotdlh IL 81 Juu-t u. IA.
Steward, IN Vancouver.
The performance OF Wards theatre ut
Brants Hal saturday niyht wa, to i rood
house, and was well received.
The forest fires make business for !. y.
Sutton along the telegraph line, which often
goes down with falling timber.
Prof j. F. Fcastcr. the well known dancing
master, last week cut one Of hi, feet terribly
with an AK. He may lose hi, foot
Th, Wil, West wen. vrr, I,t. an N,rd,v
evening, caused by all hand, being required
to frht lire On the Cascade, railroad
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All are invited tuai.cnd. NJ. Judy. pastor.
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All communities are interested IN k,rHnG
Il sharp lookout i"t if"mp>, aud curr'lNt
measures sho"ld ec adopted Ia lu' sJrP 10
lhelr operations
On Friday morning 40 . o'clock the resi-
dencc of j. W BraErr at ihr Cascade. va, de-