The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-01
BRIEF MENTION.

ing.
Dick Stegcrt's hand don't get much better
very fast.
The whack of the croquet mallet is heard
in the land.
4 Potatoes are coming up again, through the
ground, not in price.
The County Board of Commissioners will
meet on Monday next.
J. A. Dupuis will next week start a trad
ing wagon into the country.
The annual election of the Vancouver Fire
Department is close at hand
Prof. j. p Feaster is now over on the
Sound, teaching penmanship.
Bullerkst took in salmon on Sunday
night that weighed 45 pounds.
Rev. A. S. Nicholson held service in Trim
ity Church, Portland, last Sunday.
Sohns & Schuele's cooper is now engaged
in making up a lot of salmon kits.
Fosters ferry boat is expected to be COM
pleted to run here on the 18th of May.
Rev. Fredrcks, Luthern minister in East
Portland gave Vancouver a call yesterday.
John O'Keane left with his wife for his
residence on the Tulalip reservation last Fri
day.
Our merchants have received their spring
goods, all except those shipped on the Re-
public.
Salmon are running well now. Bu]ler-
kist took in 81 big fellows last Saturday
porning.
S. NJ. Smiley agent of Painter & Co.'S
San Francisco Type Foundry, was in town
Tuesday.
j. J. Whittier has removed bis harness
shop to the building opposite lirs. Scho-
fields store.
Matt. Browns new billiard table, which
he supposed lost on the Republic, came up
on the Idaho.
The examination of teachers, and the
Teachers Institute are to he held next weel,
in Vancouver.
Z. p. Hamilton and Major lIenslee have
their new houses entirely enclosed, and the
work still goes on.
Robt McIntire and others were over from
Sauvies Island last evening" having little
fun with the boys.
The weather for .he past two weeks fills
the hearts of onr farmers with joy; it por-
tends busy harvest
Nj. Wiutler this week comm 4nccd getting
the timberS on the ground ior the erection
OF two new stores.
The Ministries did not stop here again ON
Saturday as expected by the boys, and dis
appointed them greatly.
There is much inquiry in Vancouver for
houses to rent and none TO lie had oey-
cral new ones are icing huilt.
The country roads through the woods are
approaching 4 passable condition a. lin, but
they are nothing 70 boast OF yet.
Hines the printer, IS now an orphan, his
aged aud much respected father having dc
parted this life at Olympia last week
Assessor Sparks says all persons who have
not paid their poll tax shoH,d do $50 at once,
as they will save costs by So dong.
Mr.. A. Paifenharger, a Chicago lawyer,
who recently came west 10 grow up with
the country, gave us a call on Monday
Matt Browns new billiard table did not
get to San Francisco in ttIac for 5Ae Repub-
lie to take it on. and Is therefore saved
The steamer City OF Salem will 90 on an
excursion from Portland 40 the Cascades on
Saturday. 1t will stop here on the way up.
J. Z. Hcaley ia row very much Interested
in the query, what shall we do with our
daughters See notice under head Of bora.
The losses of the merchants of Vancouver
by goods on the Republic prove to be as
heavy. proportionally, as any other town on
the river.
The steamer Traveller made trip TO the
scene OF the wreck OF the iopubhc last sun
day. y few persons from Vancouver went
down on her.
j. w. Cochran has been appointed agent
for the Hutchinson family singers for Ore
gon and Washington, and viii make engage
ments for them
The Vancouver boys had some fun last
week with the last northward run of wild
geese, which resulted in a great many OF
them going to pot.
The gardens about our city are all looking
well. Corn, potatoes, peas, radishes, let
tuce onions and all other early vegetables
are up and growing
After long delay the Journal of the House
of the last session OF the Territorial legisla-
ture has been printed, a copy OF which has
been received at this office
Last Saturday three young men encum-
bered with guns, dogs and grub boxes, left
on the up river steamer for stay in the
Cascade mountains -hunting prospecting.
etc.
correspondent of the Catholic Sontine,
gives some description OF the Catholic insti-
tutions of this town, which is good but
does not give them all the credit they de-
serve.
Benz. Hancock, of Washougal. exhibited
his benign couptenance in ancouver yester.