The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-20
BRIEF MENTION.


Crop prospects at this time are good for
Clarke county.
Mrs A. L. Coffey came down from Lewis
ton on Saturday
Travel on the river to and from Vancou-
yer is increasing very much.
VIM. GoldbeclI has moved back to his old
stamping ground, Vancouver.
Thanks are due to Delegate o. Jacobs for
Public documents sent to this office.
H. A. Leavens and Andrew Laws of the
Cascades, were down here on Tuesday.
John H. Middleton made short visit
home on Friday, remaining over Sunday.
Vancouver has been overrun with Port
land beggars and tramps for week or more.
A week of fine weather demonstrates that
the winter and heavy spring rains are over.
Archbishop Seghers and Bishop Banchet
of Oregon, paid Vancouver visit Oh Friday
last.
For want of space our excellent Seattle
correspondence cannot appear until next
week.
Clarke county furnishes very little crmi-
nal business for the U. S. District Court this
session.
c. w. Moore, of Boise City, has been in
town this week, on business with the gov
eminent.
More building is going on in Vancouver
now than for any season past during the last
ten years.
The steamer Latona brought up 81 200
feet of lumber on Sunday for new buildings
in Vancouver.
Tom Wilson departed up the river last
Thursday on his way to his post OF duty at
Camp Harvey.
The shipment of fruit trees from the Van
couver nurseries are double this year over
any former year.
There will be no session of the Probate
court until after the adjournment of the U.
S. District Court.
II. p. Harte has already commenced en-
largng the Schmidt house, which he re-
Gently purchased.
Mayor Sohns went up to the Sound on
Monday, to look after business at the stave
factory at Puyallup.
The steamer John Gates, with JAS w.
Troup in command, is now making regular
trips from Cello to Lewiston.
1t is now pretty well settled that the
Clarke County Teachers Institute will be
held during the first week in May.
Patrick OLeary has given notice that there
will be an election for Road Supervisor in
this district on Monday, April 9Th.
Mr.. 7. c. Brown and his wife, residents
of Missouri, paid Vancouver visit on Tues
day They are making tour of the coast.
Thomas johnson, principal merchant in
Goldendale paid Vancouver a brief visit on
Monday, returning up the river next morn
ing.
in his garden the other day, but as the fair
owners name was in it he concluded it had
not been planted.
Charlie Troup came home on flying visit
last Friday. He is now purser Of the
steamer Bonanza, on the upper Willamette
and Portland route.
r. b. Kline, agent of the L. S. Land Of
flee for settlement of donation land claims,
went to Oregon City on Monday. He will
not return for several weeks.
The school books of nearly every district
in the county have been exchanged for the
new books. All exchanges will cease after
the 3lst day OF this month.
T. c. Stephens had bad fall last Satur-
day, and it was supposed he had broken his
knee again. He was taken to Portland and
came home all right on Monday morning.
Our readers will please have patience for
one week more, when our extra rush of ad-
vertising will be over, and then we can again
present the usual variety OF local and other
news.
The address of any relative of VIM. La
mar, who was killed by Indians in Umatlla
county last summer, is wanted by the East
Oregonian. The late Lamar was native of
London, England.
Several emigrants looking for homes ar
rived in Vancouver from Kansas on Satur-
day last One of them, Mr. Roberts, was
cleaned out by the Cheyenne Indians in their
raid last fall, and comes here from Russell,
Kansas.
Cheap fare on the steamers plying be-
tween San Francisco and Portland is having
the effect of stocking Oregon and our Terri
tory with hordes of roughs that for years
have been the terror of the good people Of
California The arrivals last week were
heavy, and there is big crop of burglaries
announced in Portland. Our people will do
we'll to be on their guard.