The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-12
BRIEF MENTION.

u |s SNS vi tio
u. S. river survey.
Do not forget Gen. Allen Engine Co.'S
social dance tomorrow night.
The terror of a newspaper Office is the
man with a private grievance.
Printers picnic one week from next Sat
urday, to be a grand event.
The work of raising Capt. Loves dilapila.
dated buildings has been commenced.
The County Commissioners completed
their labors on Friday and adjourned.
The Republican County Convention will
be held on Saturday, at the court house.
Thanks to Wills. G. Knight for n fine lot
of Royal Ann cherries late in the season.
The A. o. U. w. picnic from Portland to
this city on Tuesday was a grand success.
VIM. Goodwin came down last week and
closed out all his hotel furniture in this
city.
Hastings, the restaurant man, has closed
out and departed for fields and pastures
new.
Miss Clara Rennicks did not read last
Friday evening, as the audience failed to
appear.
Several newcomers have gone into the
COuutty HIS Wceh, dlIlcu WIFI SittClclS anu
rolls of blankets.
Providence Academy, in this city, under
charge of the Sisters of Charity, will reopen
on the Both inst.
Bishop Junger is about to take a tour
along the Sound for his health, which needs
change of air.
The plasterers now have possession of the
interior of NJ. Winters new house, and are
spreading it on thick.
Doc. Adams, who formerly was connected
with Il newspaper in this city, is about to
start a paper at st. Helens.
Leverich has moved into his new house,
and his former residence is now occupied by
Capt. Thomas f. Riley.
The water is now down so far that the
lower government dock is available, much to
the relief of all concerned.
Capt. Noyes and family, of the bark
CoioHli, left on the steamship for San Fran
cisco Wednesday morning.
The boys and girls will please excuse us
for reminding them that school will begin
again in two or three weeks.
One of the boys on the plain shot
n stuffed wildcat the other day-the cat had
stuffed himself in the hen house.
Bert and Charlie Bowles have been APP
pointed from Multnomah county to scholar
ships in the Oregon State University.
Mrs. Chas. w. Slocum, accompanied by
Mrs. Logan of BOISE City, lett On yester-
days steamer for San Francisco, on a visit.
The city assessor is now busy making the
city assessment for 1850 which will stand il
the malcontents do not find any more legal
flaws.
Let there be light" was once the supreme
command, and to assist the steamer Yruceie,
brought over yesterday 100 cases OF coal oil.
Selah.
Justice s. d.. Maxon last week reversed
one OF Judge Bellinger's court decisions, a
will be seen by reference to the marriage
notices.
The piles for Mrs. Turnbull's dock are
nearly all driven, and the pile driver was
yesterday engaged i'll driving those for the
ferry landing.
J.. II. Alexander, who was hurt a weeks
ago by his horse, can now get about comfort
ably with his crutches and will he on his
pins again in a short time.
Three big slashings, those of farmers Nor
gan, Reynolds and Brooks, were fired at
battle-ground Tuesday, and 80 men were on
hand TO prevent the fire spreading.
}. n. Armstrong last week closed his
photograph gallery and departed for the up
per country, to find a place where the folks
have never had their pictures taken yet.
The county court of Multnomah has
granted n license to the Vancouver Ferry
Co. to run a boat from the Oregon shore of
the Columbia to Vancouver for five years.
The Vancouver ferry-boat is under con
tract to be put to carrying passengers on
the 18th OF September, or the contractors
are to pay $40 a day for all delays to Foster
& Co.
Mr.. VIM. Dillon is one of the men who
remembers the printers every year, and we
again have occasion to thank him for a lib
eral donation OF fruit left at this office q few
days ago.
A correspondent at S%toughton says 'Van-
couver politicians are thicker out there than
grasshoppers i'll Kansas, and Major Hen
sley's COW, like all the rest, has come out
for better fodder.
Sister Bernard, recently Superioress of st.
Joseph's hospital, Vancouver, has been
transferred to Walla Walla. Her place
will be filled by Sister John, her assistant
during the past three years.
Inc sJeaui yacHt OOm DWW WitnureW
from its opposition to the Vdncoarer last
week. The latter boat continues to make
two trips per day. The fare is again placed
at 30 cts. each way.
Gov. rhayer Of Oregon has refused to
commute the sentence of death passed on
Henry Wintzingerode. and the reprieve is
up on the 10th of August, when he must be
hanged unless the supreme court of Oregon
interferes.
Mr.. c. T. Stiles, OF Pataha City, re-
manned over Sunday in Vancouver with
some Of the old time friends. His appear.