The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-27

Cne aCCenua1lce Ill Une DlstrlcU court tnlS
week.
John Mclean the Umatila interpreter,
greeted many friends in Vancouver this
week.
Salmon eaters are longing for April to
come, as then they can once more freely in
dulge.
r. B. Hayes was in town Tuesday-the
gentleman from Washougal, not from Wash
ington.
+. r. Strong, Esq, of Portland has been
over, looking after his law business in Van
cOuver.
Judge Macarthur and Judge Brunough
were in attendance in the District Court on
Tuesday.
Prof. Robbs private school opened on
Monday with II pupils, and will double in
numbers soon.
The farmers of Clarke county are now
very busy, waiting for a dry spell to rush i'll
the spring crops.
Phil. Thornton is soiourning in Astoria,
having temporarily shaken the wet of Clarke
county from his feet.
The Portland colony located on Lewis
river by the well-known actor r. {. White,
is growing in numbers.
Dr. Thiesen and his brother, from Port
land, entered public lands in Clarke county
last week for homesteads
Vancouver duck hunters report poor sport
ing of late, and ducks hard to get. The
main crop has moved north
The mention of the Fourth Plain bible
class two weeks ago should have been al
members, not al converts"
Jack Bean had dozen head Of cattle for
beef purposes come down the river on the
Wide West one day last week.
A broken down wagon ornamented a mud
hole on Main street Saturday. It's fun for
the boys but death to the felloes.
II. H. Leonard has removed from the Wa
shougal country, to the regret of the printer
he forgot to call upon before going.
Capt S. p. Jocelyn, Dist Infantry, will
leave Port Townsend in about month for
New York, on years leave of absence.
Sheriff Schuster will take Cato, the Kick
itat abortionist, to the penitentiary to-mor-
row, he having been sentenced for year
and half
Dr. Watts, presidential elector, and who
lcctured in Vancouver last fall, has been
appointed and confirmed Receiver OF the L.
,.
Mr.. T. c. Stephens having again recovered
from injuries to his leg is at the old stand,
ready to repair watches, clocks, or jewelry,
with promptness and to perfection.
The Portland papers announced the ar
rival of the Umatilla chiefs in this place sat
urday No one else saw them but those ei-
terprising news gatherers, twenty miles
away.
Miss NJ. \. LOOMS is expected to return
to Vancouver soon after Easter, where she
will be welcomed by many warm friends.
She will resume her former position III st.
Lukes school.
The river has risen over six feet already
this week, and is now within two feet of
1878 high water mark, rising two feet per
day 1t is caused by very heavy rains east
of the mountains.
Old man Slderberg, "A years old, walked
to town. Il miles, in the rain on Monday.
told us all about his shaking hands with
General Jackson, and then had time to walk
all the way home again the same day
Clarke county farmers living on the Co
lumbia bottom are preparing for high water
in June. Many OF them have already en-
gagged pasture for stock on the high grounds
in case the flood should drive them out.
Several papers having stated that Smo-
holla accompanied Moses to Vancouver. We
take this occasion to correct them to the
contrary Smoholla is not Chief only a
hanger-on of the camp, and not wanted
John Riordan, who always spends his
winters in Vancouver, started on Monday
for Idaho City, to pursue his usual summer
avocation of mining. Riordan is one of the
good ones and deserves good luck and big
find
The noted chiefs of the Eastern country
attracted considerable attention as they trav-
ersed the streets OF Vancouver. The supe-
riority of physique and manner of Moses and
his friends over the Umatllas is very marked
in every way.
Mr.. A. j. Cain, formerly resident of
Vancouver, and always a shining light in
the Democratic camp, now resident of
Walla Walla, has been in Vancouver sew
eral day on business connected with the IT,
s. Land Office.
Rev. DIR. Lindsey did not lecture in Van
couvcr Tuesday evening the Oregonian to
the contrary notwithstanding. A large au-
dience at the open temperance meeting, who
had assembled to hear him, was very much
disappointed at his disappearance.
Last week we stated that Mr.. L. C.
Stephens had another fall. but not quite
correctly as to the result The surgeons
found his knee pan fractured again, but not
- badly as before. and after doing it up he
was again confined to his room, where he
remained most Of the time during the week,
and u now out again once more.