The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17
BRIEF MENTION,

IoTtiauo ETlhtcTs P'chic Ill vancouver on
Saturday
Miss E. L. Nickels went to Olympia on
Monday, for visit to friends.
The hay crop now standing is immense,
but there must be better weather for saw.
ing it.
Vancouver has measles now, which are so
popular they can be found in every other
house.
Hon. Frank Clark has been appointed at
torney for the Northern Pacific at New
Tacoma.
Breeze enough last Friday to break off some
limbs from shade trees, and rattle off the sur
plus fruit.
Mrs. d. Ebert left for Lebanon, Oregon,
yesterday, to visit her son, DR.. r. g. Ebert,
and his wife.
There is joy in the house of Wse-Louis
has won bottle of Plumbers Blood Purifier
at foot race.
James Walker has received the castings,
and is putting new machinery into his saw
mill on Salmon creek.
j.. L. Stone, of Grant & Stones mill Ska
mania county, has been doing some land Of
flee business this week.
Sam Marsh is piling up $4,000 brick to line
his cellar, and is about to put an addition to
his house for kitchen.
The steamer City of Quincy, withdrawn
from the Lewis river route, is now running
on the upper Willamette.
One day last week Sim. Durgin cut three
fingers nearly off on scythe, and is laid up
for the balance of the haying.
All of our exchanges, from Astoria to Boise
City, speak of wet weather on the 4th, and
our misery had plenty OF company.
Mr.. A. 7. Hawley, special correspondent, is
in the city, looking after the interests of the
San Francisco Bulletin and the Call.
The County Superintendent of Schools has
completed the new charts of the districts,
and sent most of them to the district officers
j. J. Whittier will remove bis harness shop
into his new store this week. and will then
have the most comfortable quarters in town
w. B. Reynolds, the Oakland fashion maya.
zine swindler, arrested last week in Oregon
is said to have taken forty subscribers in Van
couver.
The season of canning Salmon has just
closed, and that of canning dogs Just com
menced. The boys hereabouts commence a,
the tail
The Vancouver boys have placed a number
OF small mountain trout in the park fountain.
which keeps the water free from insects, clear
and pure.
Among the notskles in town this week was
DIR. U. NJ. Dodsbn, Of Prairie City, Grant Co.
Ogn, who came ell the way to Vancouver IL
get married.
The wet season has nterfered very much
with working out road taxes in some local.
ties, but dry fall would enable the people
to make it up.
The printers Of Portland extend q genera
invitation to the craft throughout Oregon ant
Washington Territory to attend their ann Va
picnic to Vancouver on the 18th.
There is one place in Clarke county wher,
In hf. Ia,
to kill and eat the bear through which it wa,
run. The bears are awful thick up there.
The contract for digging DR., Wallis cella
was let to Mark Dillon for % cents per yard
including deposit of dirt where directed
Work was commenced Monday morning
The base ball contest for the silver medal.
to have came of on the 4th Of July. between
the Spartans of this city. and the Mutusls o.
Portland, will come of on Saturday, ut
O'Clock.
Judge A. j. Cain died at Watsburs. Jnl,
9Th. Judge Cain was well known in ihi.
place, having formerly been reside Mt of tn,
town, and many friends will miss his kind,
greetings.
X l.. Lane, who swndled Lieut. Farrow
was on Monday taken to Salem, 0gn to Sc ~,
a term of five years in the penitentinry. Ii il
stated that the parties robbed have all beer
reimbursed.
Patrick Buckley and family left Vancouver
this week for Puget Sound Mr.. Buckley find
ing change Of climate necessary for hi,
health. They viii! remain on the coast dur
ing the summer.
Owen Cox is full of misfortunes, for in adj
dition TO being compelled to resign from the
captaincy Of the Emmett Guards, while in
hospital for medical treatment he had AN at
tack Of the Jim jams. He surely has hard
luck.
The Hutchinsons sung at Victoria last
night. A few days ago Mrs. Patten, known
In former years MS Abbey Hutchinson. a sis
ter Of John and Jesse. sailed on the California
from Victoria to Sitka She is travelling with
her husband, a rich New York banker