The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
BRIEF MENTION.
Masquerade ball tomorrow night.

"''h ,"S"'s NV P"Ilin'
Lots of Vancouver people VIII go to the
Portland Mechanics Fair.
Cook & Son are shipping fruit trees to
British Columbia from Vancouver.
Blurock is finishing the burning of another
kiln of brick at his yard west of this city
Thanks to Hon. &. II. Steward for copies
of Legislative bills are hereby rendered.
Foley of the Portland To01Gni is in town,
going about seeking whom he may devour
Gen. Howard will lecture in Vancouver
tomorrow evening, upon the baStle of Get
tysburg.
The finest beef roast that Jo Burke has
given us for long time was from that COW
of McCartys."
Scherif SchUster OF KIickitat county in
serted his jolly corp0rosity in5o tuo District
Court on Tuesday.
The San Francisco papers contain long ac-
counts OF Grant reception at Astoria, an
couvcr and Portland
L. $. Marshal G.. Hopkins, attending the
District Court, has been iii 10 help Us laugh
two or three times this week.
The Cascade mountain tops begin to show
patches OF snow, and Mount Hood has II
fresh coat of daz2ling Wilderness.
Han q N,lsr T. MILAN ,,1 - II
Stickles of Brookiield, were in town ycstcr-
dav. doinr land Office business.
Mr. Coor,.c r po,,o,. f,,,o,,,, oo,,o.+o1
with tbo o,7,r,or,,..to;.., pnna,4.nnn b,,r,
is visiting friends at the garrison.
Our base ballsts have retired into winter
halls aro bnsv tossinr codfsb bajls 7'''''''''
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will ch,n"n ,;mn ar, Ia,,.o por4IonI o,.o,,,
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large number OF snip spars are beng
u. ',.o '',e oI'';,'i' az 10, . 6, 1'',s
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Inc pies ior tie government WORK at Inc
mead OF the W Jeanette SloH9h arc beng
cut III iarN' county on the 'oluihoia apoVe
a,''a'e'
Inc iefFy poa' ! "o was engaged all sun
"ay hiSht II towing ran o. PIles. from
Pp,'V "noNe vancouver 10 'Ae neat Oh 'he
"liahe''e Si'u4A
Inc ola c!.'y coUncll Is 'T%'nE to square up
l'S I"o years accounts an" "oih5s' 10 ne
ready Tor turning tAe ciIy over III good shape
10 .'e lie" Se' o' men,
Several of the Vancouver boys have been
over to the East Portland races and as they
are all good hatured we Judge 'hey dld not
bet on the wrong morse.
The road between this point and Portland
is not improved by the late rains Ga The
Columbia bottom there Is no hottom' yet
the bottom Is painfully apparent
The wife of >ergean. James Oliver. who
is in the ordinance Department. died quite
suddenly last evening. OF aroplcNy. She
was well up to the time OF tae fatal attack
Mrs. VI. \. Gray. wife OF an employee at
the Standard Touring mills, milwaukee,,
Oregon committed suicide Monday nj ,ht 10y
drowning. Domestic trouble was the cause.
Reuben Brown. who lives oathe Laclamas
ten mile, from this place planted twenty
one Prince Albert potatoes from which he
dug eight bushels and a half. VI mo can beat
that?
Rev. \. ). Nicholson left or Tucsjov
morning for Wala Walla. to attend the a.i
nual convention of the Eps.op Church.
There will be no services in his church next
Sunday
Yesterday pers,n a~'.el at the most of.
ice for 4 letter and when informed there
was none for him inquired if there were any
NOR. most o,E,.s j., Vor,o,,,o. A.. !;
visitor from lamhiu
Two initiatives crown IN, tho Sis..rs' firm,
of I'm, Early Co9Jricb variety bav, L,.,
handed into thi, Office each ~ vhic, w,i,hs
over pound and a half This il a ver, nm.
usual WEIGHT for the Goolrirh
~,
its indiscrotons, sends out through the mails
hand bills folded into its paper. [. :. stat