The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-03-06
BRIEF MENTION.

There is no doubt about spring coming.
It's on the road.
The Schmidt house and lot was sold to II.
P. Harte for $500.
Major Nickerson and wife sailed on the
Oregon last Saturday.
The Bolan land case has been on trial at
the land Office to-day.
Two communications are laid over to next
week for want of space.
High water on the Columbia bottom in.
terferes with land travel
j. II. Leybold has bought out Charlie
Hagues interest in the market.
The new bell on Gen Allen Engine house
made itself heard Tuesday evening.
John Middleton sent up lot of Smelt from
Clifton this week of which we had our share
Short ofspace for reading matter this week,
but it will not happen so much so again this
year.
Fresh roll butter is getting scarce in
town, and last years stock is nearly ex-
hausted.
Several passengers and some soldiers were
transferred from the Elder to the Vancouver
on Tuesday
Rev. A. S. Coats, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Portland, visited Nancou-
yer last week.
The young ladies of st. Luke's Church
have formed Sewing Society, having sew
enteen members.
The happiest daddy on Puget Sound is
j. w. Cochran, and it happened on the 2lnd
Feb, and is Il girl.
No Salmon i'll market now, as the Oregon
law prohibits their being caught or sold dur
ing the month of March.
March came in roaring like a lion. What
is the reason the wind always blows SO hard
on the first day OF March:
Miss Hayden went up the river on Mon
day to JOIN her sister, the wife of Lieut..
Boutelle, at Walla Walla.
The first boquet of the season came to us
on the last day of February, refreshing and
elegant after winter rest
a large raft of logs at the mouth OF Lewis
river was scattered to the woods last week
by q sudden rise OF that stream.
NJ. Stetian's boy, who was run over by 4
load of wood some weeks ago, has recovered,
but carries limp with him yet.
Stones mill at the Cascades started up on
Saturday, and is now engaged upon the sea-
sons work Oh getting out lumber.
Capt l.. s. Scott, OF Salem, recently APP
pointed postmaster in that city, was IN Van
couver couple OF days last week.
President Hayes and u Chinaman were
burned in eiiiyy at Portland Monday night.
How the boys Ill that town do act.
NJ. S. Black ofNancouver and Levi Brooks
of Flatwoods were discharged from tine Stella
COON insane asylum on the 18th Feb.
John O'Keane was on Friday last con-
frmed by the U. S. Senate in bis appoint
ment to the Indian Agency at Tulalip.
Mr.. Il. Z. White the actor has turned
granger and made his future home near the
banks of tine stream in the Lewis river coun-
try.
The teachers of Clarke county viii hold
an institute in May, in Vancouver. Terri
toral Superintendent }. p. Judson viii be
present.
James n. Sutton has a position in the Q.
S. n. Co. s telegraph office at Cello. He
went up the river on saturday to take his
Position
That the first day of May comes too late
in this country is evinced by the fact that
removals and house cleaning have already
commenced.
We this week publish the lands to he sold
for taxes. The amounts of taxes appear
little higher than usual, as the road taxes are
included, this year.
a wildcat came inside the city limits and
visited henroost Monday night He was
shot at, but as usual his legs being under
motion carried him off
The steamer Gazelle,, towing a barge
loaded with sand, was on Monday evening
compelled by bad weather to tie up at Van
CONVEX, remaining over night.
The Proebstei Bros. having bought the
controlling interest i'll the Weston Touring
mills, are going to quit merchandising and
devote themselves to milling.
The IT, s. District Court will meet on the
third Monday of this month, the 18th. Sew
eral interested parties are just now anxiously
wondering ''what shall the harvest be.
Portland was never before so full of
thieves, burglars, thugs and hoodlums rs
since cheap fares from San Francisco We're
again inaugurated. 1t is getting to be
fast town.
Henry Hunter, Young man who was en-
ployed to collect aud boom scattered logs ON
Tide creek, opposite kalama, on the Oregon
shore, slipped from one of the logs and was
drowned last Friday. His body was re-
covered next uay.
Mrs. c. II. Whitney received ON Satur
day Il small chest OF tea tina, has been on its
travels. 1t was started from China TO her
address, going first to Boston, then around
Cape Horn to Victoria, from thence by ex-
press to this city.
The champion snorer of the Pacific coast
is in Washington Territory, but with an APP
precative sense rare in such peculiarly con-
stituted men he has gone way up into the