The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-10
BRIEF MENTION.

The Pacific Motel nau elSnJ Doaruers from
Portland on Tuesday.
John Denny and wife arrived home from
San Francisco on the 4th.
Fred DENNIS family, from the Dalles, are
visiting friends in Vancouver.
The Hutchinson family are on the Sound,
and will return here next week.
Capt. W. H. Troup has. sold out his inter-
est in the foundry at Walla Walla.
The Lurl;ne is to take an excursion down
to-Ilwaco tomorrow, from Portland.
The veteran Gen. Babbitt, stricken with
paralysis few days ago, is recovering.
Hay making proceeds under difficulties,
the rain having damaged some last week.
Mrs. A. r. Middleton and Miss Alice
Middleton are in the city visiting friends
1t is reported that the potato blight is
prevailing to some extent, on bottom land.
Vancouver has not yet sent any seaside
visitors, as the air is cool and bracing enough
at home.
The picnic at Hexter's mill yesterday was
numerously attended, and passed off without
serious mishaps.
The steamer Larline has been chartered,
with barge, for the printers picnic of the
10Th of July.
The water in the Columbia river is stead
lily going down, and all danger of u food is
past for this year.
Monday evening, July DIST, is the date
set for reviewing the city assessment by
those who don't like it,
The Father Mathew T. A. B. Society of
Portland, announces an excursion to Van
cOuyer on the 18th of ,July
The fishing season on the Columbia river
will close about the 18th inst; then look out
for home run by the boys.
Mr.. J. T. Goss and his family came up on
the California, and may be expected in Van
couver to-day or tomorrow.
Pembroke Gault, Esq, of Multnomah
county, Ogn, came with his family and
stayed over the 4th in Vancouver.
10 Burke has something to say about his
meat market in another column, which is
well said, as he is an old hand at the bust
ness.
The steamship oregon took ., 900 bales Of
wool from Portland on Tuesday, the largest
wool shipment that ever went down the CO.
lumbia river.
Indian Leo, who was sent to the peniten
tiary from here some two years ago, died
last week and was buried with due pomp
and ceremony.
The steamer Lurl;ne will not take an ex-
curson party from Albany to Astoria on the
ODD Of July. as was appointed, for the upper
Willamette is too low.
Two soldiers had the wosS-most woeful
looking faces after the fiji gas over, and
the contentious were too m Rerous to men
tion-all because it raned on the 4th.
The Spartan base ball club is at Oregon
City this week, taking part in the great
tournament, but up to the time of going to
press has not become the champion club.
The Ladies' Guild of st. Lukcs Church
cleared about $50 on the refreshments pro-
vided for the 4th, notwithstanding the diff
cuties in the way OF success. Well done.
When we related the Salmon creek bear
story we should have said it was the young
est Groat boy, from Flatwoods that helped
shoot the bear with the youngest Walker
boy.
The Spartans played the Salem club on
Tuesday, and We're beaten by a score of Is
to Is. Yesterday they played the Owls
which resulted "a to 81, in favor of the
Owls.
The fire cistern at the north western cor
ner of the public park was finished last
week, and the last one, at Dr. Walls corner
on Main street, is receiving the attentions of
the contractor.
While working around the mill yesterday
A. 5. Moores team stepped over the bank
into the river. and We're rescued with diff
Guilty. One of the horses died last night
from the effects of the water
F. X. Hackman yesterday cleaned up a
revolver that is notorious Tor going off mis-
cellaneously several barrels at a time. Only
one of the balls hit him and that went
through the fleshy part of his right hand,
luckily missing all bones.
A young man in Vancouver who boasts of
his brains, advertiscs for some lady cores
pendent who will admire them. Ii is a
Portland girl he wants. but it is said Port
land girls banker after common sense more
than for that class of brains.
Numerous loud posters on buildings aud
fences announce that Everybody smokes
Gail 4 AXIS Little Joker" We denounce
the assertion as a no such thing, for most of
the old salts hang to black dhudeen, while
half the people don't smoke at all
The Oregonian says several hundred peo-
pie from Portland attended the celebration.
In another place in the same issue it SAYS
the two steamers Luriine and Tancourer
took over 1000 people from Portland to
Vancouver 1t is very awkward to have SO
many local editors.
FouND.-A very nice dog, with collar
numbered was nick ed nm nv Ceorya Toolax,