The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-22
BRIEF MENTION.

See notices OF property Tor sale IN another
column.
j. w. Cochran and wife arrived home on
Monday evening.
G. H. Steward has gone on a tour through
old Yamhill and the west side.
As far as heard from, Decoration Day will
not be formally celebrated in Vancouver.
The Red Mems picnic at Catalpha grove
on Saturday was attended by few people
from Vancouver
Vancouver is to have big celebration of
the 4th of July, and half of Oregon City will
Join in on the occasion.
And now the Vancouver urchin spends
all his spare time seeking and devouring the
red-ripe wild strawberry.
A salmon was taken last week at Huelett's
fishery, miles below Vancouver, which
weighed so pounds dressed.
For three or four days within week some
of the garrison boys have made the town
unusually lively, even for them.
Owing to a pressure of other work the
proceedings of the Board of County Com
missioners cannot be published until next
week.
O'Neil has been importing cherries from
California, early ones, just to say he has
cherries as early as last year, when the home
grown were ripe.
George Bratton, of Lewis river, went east
of the mountains on Thursday, looking for
something better than is to be found where
crops never fail
The steamer Vancouver took about thirty
persons to Portland Tuesday evening to wit
ness performance of Pinafore, but they
will never, hardly ever, so again.
The ships Alden Besse and Herbert Black,
commanded by Capt. Noyes and Capt Treat,
who have many friends in Vancouver, ar
rived from China at Portland this week.
The hoop-pole season is over, and the last
of the crop is being gathered in. b. l..
Morrison reports only 300, 900 out now, and
good roads coming will soon bunch them.
The Latona brought up about 10000 feet
of lumber frem st. Helens on Sunday, from
the mill of Muckle Bros, for Moore Il Ste
vens, to be used on the new Touring mill.
The river is rising steadily inches per
day, and the bottom farmers are all looking
for high ground for pasture. Nearly all
agree in the opinion that the water will be
high.
s. d. Maxon and G.. T. Mcconnell re-
turned home from Seattle on Friday, both
well satisfied that ''dull old Vancouver
was the liveliest place i'll Western Wash
ington.
Gridley 4 Whitney now have in stock a
large amount of undertaker's goods, collins,
cases, trimmings, etc. Also just received, a
lot of hanging flower baskets and other rus
tic pottery
Sergeant Kenkle came up from Fort
Candy on Monday, and yesterday started
for Fort Cpur d'Alene where he takes post
as Commissarys Sergeant. He took his
family along.
The many friends of John Whitehead
will be glad to learn that during the two
weeks he has been in the hospital his health
has commenced to improve, and he may
soon be out again.
10 Burke returned from Salmon creek
Saturday night with a pocket full of gold
dust, which did not cost more than two bits
a color. He will not 60 into mining for a
permanent occupation.
Yesterday, as 7. w. Padden was exercis.
ing his nag, the animal gave performance
that was not down in the bills, and Thomas
hauled the buggy to wagon shop, while the
animal was put in hospital
T. w. Padden, who is an experienced mi
ner, j. Z. Francis, Louis Meyer, and Others
will leave Vancouver to-day for the Lewis
river gold field, to thoroughly prospect the
district. They will be heard from soon.
On Sunday the base ball club of No.
Engine Company of Portland, came over to
Vancouver on the tug Commodore Perry,
and played the Sully club a game, getting
away with them to the tune of AZ against 8.
James Davidson returned on Monday from
his visit East, where he has been nearly q
year, and he talks and acts just like any ra-
tional being, notwithstanding the fact that
he was compelled to room with "Wahkeene
Miller" coming up on the Oregon.
A German woman from Portland, a regu.
lar professional beggar, made the rounds of
Vancouver Saturday and Sunday, picking
up the small coins Of the charitably dis
posed. She was ''fred out" from many
places where she was well known.
When o COW wearing a cracked bell is
constantly in the habit Of getting under your
bedroom window and shaking her head
from 2 to 8 A. NJ, patience ceases to be vir-
tue, and Job himself would become riled.
Two such cow-bells in this town are the
cause of numberless lost hours of sleep and
curses deep that follow.