The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-12-23
BRIEF MENTION.

No. 3s dance comes off next week
The schools in this city closed OH Tuesday
for the holiday vacation.
The crop of Christmas trees is ripe, and
harvesting is in progress.
Horace Daniels has so far recovered as to
walk out upon the street again.
Taxes to be paid to the County Treasurer
will be delinquent in week more.
The stages commenced running between
Vancouver and Portland again last Saturday
The children of St. Luke's Church Sunday
School are to have Christmas tree and lots
of fun.
The ferry returned to Vancouver on Fri
day last and resumed trips across the Co.
lumbia.
The Muckle Brothers have completed
their schooner at St. Helens, and named it
Garfield.
Miss Eunice Blackwood, teacher in the
public school, went home yesterday, to re-
main during vacation.
Capt. James 7. Gray will soon move his
family into the Leverich house, corner Of
18th and B streets, east.
The shortest day of the year was yester-
''the which we are glad of it"
At st. Luke's Church, Episcopal on
Christmas day there will be services and
communion at ii o'clock A. NJ.
Fears of another immediate freeze-up have
been expressed freely this week, but the
danger of it seems to be passing away.
Mr.. Smallwood's family have at Golden
dale all had diphtheria, and are now re-
covered Mrs. s. was very sick with it.
The building Of the P. I. Co.'S new boat
at Vancouver Is progressing right along, on
time, and the boat is rapidly assuming shape.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt in
this city Sunday evening, coming from the
north-supposed to be piece that Olympia
had rejected.
II. c. Blackwood, from Sunnyside, was in
town yesterday, and informed us there
would be a Christmas tree at the Sunnyside
school-house.
Salmon are to be found in market every
week in this city, Joe Burke is the man
that has the audacity to furnish them, at
the usual price.
The Ladies Guild of st. Lukes Church
has not dissolved, as we stated two weeks
age, our informant being mistaken in regard
to the facts III the case.
Mr.. Ii. c. Dannals. son-in-law of Edwin
Sparks, arrived home from Port Townsend
on Saturday, having been honorably dis
charged from the army.
In speaking of the purchase OF the steamer
1rdpeier last week we should have stated
the boat is now owned and run by Capt.
Bailey and Frank Dubeck.
The immigration for 1851 is already pre-.
pairing itself. We are constantly in receipt
of letters of inquiry from the East concern
ing Oregon and Washington Territory.
S. W. Browns lumber mill keeps up its
regular every day buzzing notwithstanding
the winter is upon us. improvements are
frequently made in the working OF the mill
Mr. J. G. Blake's family now lives in the
new house, and are enjoying period of put
ting things to rights while trying to find out
where they left various things when they
last moved.
A milling firm in the Palouse country
while advertising for wheat say, mo frosted
wheat will be received" That one sentence
commercially tells big story. Webfooters
better stay on their own lands.
Charlie Bird brought in four dressed hogs
last Saturday from Fourth Plain, and they
weighed exactly 200 pounds each only that
Joe Burke wouldn't lie for one pound OF
pork, and therefore set them down at 79g
pounds gross weight.