The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-19
BRIEF MENTION.

The 4th Of July is to be celebrated at Ca
talpha Grove.
Roads dusty, and no one complaining of
rain any more.
Morris Mathews left for San Francisco on
Thursday last.
The preparations for the 4th of July keep
moving forward
Next Sunday will have the most day light
of any during the year.
Mrs Frank Clark departed for her home
at Tacoma on Tuesday
The bears are getting away with some of
the sheep oil Mill Plain.
Mr.. N. Schofield has our thanks for sup
plies of early vegetables.
Mr.. VIM. Stevens is building new brick
oven at the bakery, big one.
The Concordia Club of Portland had an
excursion to Catalpha Grove on Sunday.
M. Winters new buildings are enclosed,
and will soon be ready for the pasterers.
The frame of the new Touring mill is
nearly enclosed, and loometh up sizeably.
The Portland printers will hold their an
nual picnic at Vancouver on the 10Th of July
The Royal Marionettes performed i'll Van
couver Monday and Tuesday evenings to
good houses.
G. w. Durgin, City Assessor, has nearly
completed the assessment of Vancouver for
city purposes.
Farmers of Clarke county complain of the
: depredations of bears, cougars and dogs
among their sheep.
Napoleon Davis came over from Forest
Grove last week to see the folks and get
some Strawberries.
Hon. w. H. Smallwood has accepted the
invitation to deliver the Grafton at Catal pha
Grove ON the 4th of July.
East Portland is doing her level best to
"bust" the Vancouver celebration of the 4th,
but she is not going to do it.
The river, after falling foot last week,
has again risen to the old point, but will
probably fall again tomorrow.
Momentous pauae-those of the bear
killed on Salmon creek last week. one OF
which was left at this Office by Mr. Groat.
A letter recently received from r. J. Goss,
at Bloomington, ILL.,. states that nc viii leave
for Vancouver with hIs family IN few days.
Several persons from the garrison Went
over to Portland on tuesday evening to at
tend the concert OF the Handel and Haydn
Society.
Owen Cox has resigned his captaincy of
the Emmett Guards. Portland. Last time he
was over here he ooNed as ,hodg. he was
tired out.
The excavation for the fire cistern at C.
H. Whltneys corner Is about completed,
and the material is on the ground Tor the
brick work.
There was picnic OF the married folks at
Salmon creek yesterday that WAS line al
fair, On which occasion over iorty persons
were present.
Henry Christ is building on his farm a
wagon shed and tool house Is by 30 feet,
containing also cellar for storing vegetables,
l6 by % feet
Cameron has healthy young California
lion, which he is going to dispose ot III "A
rattle on the 3D. OF July. The fellow who
wins gets big thing on wheels.
A ditch is being dug ON Sth street to lay
down a two-inch water main to the new res
ervor to be dug NJ Sen and T. streets, and
for better supply la tue clS paris.
A new safe WIS placed ia ne o.boe q 5a.
County Treasurer lest week. Wh,cu is tire
proof and burglar proof Ii weighs 1000
lbs, and costs the county about 500.
The people of Oregon City are going to
make big turnout on the 4th for the cele-
bration in this city and they do well, for
we are going to have big celebration.
A new paper comes to US from Cornelius,
Washington county, Oregon; Geo. X. f.
Swain, publisher. 1t Is a clean sheet, newsy
and deserving OF good support, which we
hope it will get
Edward McCarty, of Vancouver, has a
young bluejay that sleeps with litter of
kittens, and always feeds with them at the
meat plate. 1t is a gay bird, and knows
chips from chowder.
II you wish to enjoy life to the fullest ex-
tent this summer, call on Gridley & Whitney
aud get one of those Chinese Lounges. And
all those interested in Bicycles please call
and leave their orders immediately.
The young ladies of the ID. & {. Society
desire to return thanks to Mrs. Troup for
the free use of her house Oh the occasion of
the ice cream festival. Also to all those
who in any way contributed to make the af-
fair success.
Fred Ernst, the very gentlemanly steward
of the steamer Wide West, has our best
thanks for favors received on recent trip
up the river, with the hope that his atten
tiveness to the wants OF the q. ). n. Co. s
passengers may never reduce the elegant
lines Of his corporosity.
NARROW EsoAPE.-Yesterday while J. NJ.