The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25
BRIEF MENTION.
grain harvest is finished.

The grain harvest is finished.
Gen. Grant is coming to Vancouver.
The Pacific hotel has been full of travellers
this week.
Two weddings and christening in town
last Sunday.
The Vancouver Touring mill commenced
grinding on TucSlay.
Many emigrant teams have passed through
the city within week,
There was the usual number of Portland
visitors in town last Sunday
The next San Francisco steamer leaves
Portland tomorrow morning
DR.. Sarepta Smith will be at the Paciii,
hotel on Friday and Saturday.
James MuclSle of st. IIclens male the
rounds of the city Oh Saturday.
Gay Hayden, ir has gone to Philomath,
Oregon, to attend the college there.
w. B. Daniels new house is nearly fin
ished, and is fine looking building.
Robert Hall on Lewis River, killed six
cougars in one week, not long since.
James NJ. Ward and his troupe have been
playing at the Dalles and Goldonlale, to
good houses.
c. NJ. Wibers and family of Portland
made the rounds Of Vancouver in th1ir car
riagc last Sunday.
J.F. w. Babies of San Francisco, owner
of the Kress farm on Nill Plain, has been in
the city this week;
Thanks are due from this Office to L. II.
Waite, Secretary for the OreSol state Fair,
for favors rendered.
Harvesting and threshine on Min Plain
is finished. The wheat on the plain averaged
20 bushels to the acre.
Cyrus Brinn, living on Salmon creek, a
young man about - years os age, died o.
typhoid fever on Monday.
Work was to have been commenced yes
terday on the road Improvements on the Co.
lumbia bottoms opposite Vancouver.
A portion of the firm Of Caples & Stiles, at
Pataha, is disabled. ii. l.. Caples and Mrs
G. T. Stiles being reported on the sick list.
The flames of the fire in Portland Were
distinctly visible in this city on Monday
evening, and attracted much attention. Fite
was the unanimous conclusion.
Mr.. A. II. Boomer. Superintendent Of the
Idaho, Utah and Oregon stage co., aud
Agent for Wells, Fargo x Co. at Boise City,
was in town this week Oh business.
Mrs. and Mr.. Phil Buchanan, oi Co,yille
Valley, W. r., who have been Wishing IN
Vancouver, stopping with Charles %locum,
Esd, returned home las! Saturday
Ansl Marble has returned from his visit
to Illinois, aud says his vacation gave him
sufficient grit to grind all the wheat the
farmers can bring TO him for the season.
Prosecuting Attorney John Y. Caples, it
is said, has positive proof that young Her-
nard is one Of the murlcrers OF Mrs. Hasar.
Trial is going on at Oregon City this week.
Gen. Morrow, of the Dist Infantry, is
writing history of the MeNicau var, and
in order to CLEAN facts for his work he's M
vited Gen. Joe Lane to visit him tor while.
Capt. c. II. Armstrong, 4 former resident
of Vancouver, paid his quondam home visit
this week on bis roturn from Arizona, here
he had been in the employ oi tie ttaarter-
master Dept.
1t is reported that county and state fairs
on this coast were instituted for the purpose
of starting the fall rains, and the success OF
the scheme for three years has been un-
equaled anywhere else.
Sergeant John L. Nee, L. 5. A. was
brought to Portland GA Saturday, Ia custo "
of the United states marshal, charged with
selling gools, the property OF the govern
mcnt, at Camp Harvey.