The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-30
LOCAL.
BRIEF MENTION,

Cherry birds are working great injury to
cherries this year.
Empty dwelling houses are becoming a
rarity in Vancouver.
Another sale of Government property by the
Quartcrmaster to-day
Matt Brown is building new sidewalk in
front of the Orc Elmo Hall building.
Sohns & Schuele yesterday made a ship
ment of 10000 shingles to parties at the Dallcs.
A new walk is being put down by Mrs
Wcisc on the side of her Main street building
The steamer Gazellc took over to Portland
last evening full load of balcd hay from this
city.
The river is still rising very slowly, having
now attained the greatest height of the year
so far
Most any person can tell where John
Jaggys store is, now thai he has new sign
hung up.
Mrs. Brodeck has been removed to st. Jo-
seph's hospital, and is now recovering from
her injuries.
Henry Whittier, Esq, is going over to
Olympia to attend the session of the Masonic
Grand Lodge.
The rains Of this week have proved to be
one more link in the tale of 'crops never
fail in Oregon"
Mrs. Schotcld has received large amount
of new goods recently, something of interest
to her numerous patrons.
The happy days Of strawberry short cake
and cherry pies are at hand, and blessed is the
man whose wife is good cook.
The Portland h. Street VI. +. Sunday
School is coming I, Vancouver on picnic
excursion, on Stature Y, june 18th.
The sale of Hcwe =, lands was made last
Saturday, as advertised Mr.. Walker pur-
chasing the bulk of the property.
Jos. Lancaster started for Goldcndalc last
Monday, but we have not heard what kind Of
a reception he had on arriving there.
Hon. K. 5. Greene has been rc-appointcd
and confirmed as Associate Justice of the
Washington Territory Supreme Court
The Lewiston volunteers under Col. Ne
Convillr, are to have guns after all, as 30
were recently sent from Vancouver.
The 80 stand of arms for Idaho Territory
shipped from the Vancouver Arsenal on the
10th of May, have arrived AT their dcs tination.
1t has been decided by the Portland printers
that they will hold their picnic in the Nancou-
yer public park, ON Saturday the 18th day OF
June.
Next Monday will end the fun in Oregon
over election. After that We may reasonably
look for items Of news in our Oregon cN-
changes.
On Monday morning the Wide West took
up to the Cascades II new ferryboat, ~ feet
long, to be placed on the Columbia just below
the Cascades.
A fishing excursion party on the City Of
Salem will pass here on saturday, bound to
the middle Cascades. 1t will he way up af-
fair" - tickets
Sheriff Wykoff, of Seattle, paid Vancouver
visit last Friday, while looking for some of
his escaped prisoners, but found no trace of
them in this locality.
There are still on hand in this Office Il few
copies of the pamphlet giving the advantages
of Clarke County for new corners, which can
be had free for distribution.
The water works ditch has progressed SO
far that only little over POO rods remains 10
be dug Of the 80 rod, required. The ditch
ing will be finished in about two weeks.
Gridley N Whitney are already illlng their
warehouse with rcapcrs aud mowers. They
have a sample machine of Walter II Woods
reaper with Lockes sclf-bindcr attached
man in Boise City found five dollar
gold piece while cleaning the ditch in front
OF his store. Perhaps there are gold pieces
in Nancouycr-we know there are CUTTERS.
Through the kindness of Mr.. WIN. Dillon,
we have been enabled to test the quality of
his small fruits and We never had nicer
Strawberries than he brought us a few days
ago.
ne county 'blli I'l'tNN illNIi
labors for the May session late on Saturday,
and adjourned the session. The work to be
done on the assessment and jury lists was
considerable.
j. A. Dupuis has been engaged this week in
cleaning up, painting and white washing the
store in the odd Fellows building, aud will
open out in a few days with full stock OF
groceries and produce.
The o. S. y. Company are now running
thrr,. houfS ON the lower tplum hla--tlc
Dixie Thompson, Bonita and Welcome. The
Welcome makes daily trips To kalama. The
other boats run 10 Astoria.
When the steamer Church landed Sunday
afternoon AT hetiovernneni dock she backed
into the steamer Vancouver, damaging her
wheel frame slightly, and smashing some
wood work on her own sides.
The daughter of Henry Christ, who has
been i'll some time, was yesterday brought 10
St Joseph's Hospital, and placed under the
care of Surgeon Mcclellan. 1t is hoped that
A few weeks rest under his care will entirely
restore her health.
The excursion of the Ancient Order of Hi
beixi ms to Catapha Grove yesterday was a
great success About twenty persons from
Vancouver Joined the party, among them
Joseph Heaiy, Thos Padden, Geo. Brant, Pat
rick O'Keane, j Kelly, Henry Winter, and
Martin Kane.
After the decoration ceremonies were over
the Oregon City people scattered out over the
city converting Vancouver into one grand
general picnic. nicer, more well-bebarcd
crowd than these people We have never seen
on an excursion, and they will always be wei
coined heartily by our citizens.
Some of the Portland cxcursionsts were
left behind by the steamer Church last sun
day evening, and about ten o'clock one of
them WAS found near the brewery, lying dead
in the street-dead drunk. lie was gone in