The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-10-21
BRIEF MENTION.

Have you paid your city taxes:
The County Treasurer has commenced re-
ceiving taxes.
U. S. Circuit Court convenes in Vancou-
yer next week.
N. H. Bloomfield has been up country to
do some speaking
= The Portland Mechanics Fair will con-
tinue until Saturday night.
w. NJ. Graham reached Vancouver again
last week, after an absence of many months.
Saturday is the day appointed for Chas.
IL. Larrabee to speak his mind in Vancou-
yer.
The hacks are now running to Portland
regularly, overland, and the roads are said
to be fine
The first frost of the season to cut down
tomato vines visited Vancouver on the 18th
of October.
Flowing and sowing of fall grain has COM
menced, though the ground is rather dry for
it at present -.l-
MIR. j. X. Gill of Portland, made a bust
ness visit this way on Monday, and saw
many friends as we'll
Monday morning showed us the boss fog
OF the season, so heavy that boys cut off
pieces to save as relies.
Mr.. Tyszkiewicz, the lord of Bachelors
Island, made Vancouver one of his occa-
sional visits on Monday.
Messrs. La Du and Catlin, of Cowlitz
county, came up here on Saturday on a po-
litical mission of harmony.
Our thanks are due to Charles Whitney for
fine lot of apples, and to r. Wolf for lib
eral samples OF good grapes.
The new wharf is progressing favorably
towards completion, but the boats are not
yet permitted to land there.
Several hundred Vancouver people at
tended the grand political demonstration in
Portland on Tuesday evening.
Vancouver was full of Portland turn outs
and people on Sunday, the first opportunity
for drive this way this year.
On Saturday Gov. Newell, newly ap-
pointed for this Territory, will sail from
San Francisco, to assume his position.
We publish the address of the National
Republican Committee, as giving a summary
of the latest political news from the east.
Remember that city taxes will become de.
hnquent on Saturday next, and the two
per cent penalty will have to be paid then.
DR.. Bourne, well known water cure
physician, now - years Of age, has been in
the city this week. stopping with Gay Hay
den, Esq.
Ii you have an idea that corn cannot be
successfully raised in Clarke county, 90 look
at that displayed at Geo. W. Durgin's store.
1t is good.
Mr.. Nicholas Geoghegan of Forest Grove,
has been visiting his brother in this city
this week. He looks 'the noblest Roman
OF them all.
a descrter from the LIST Cavalry. named
Mills, was arrested in Portland on Sat
urday. Portland is getting to be trap fol
such fellows.
10 Burke he's imported Dutch sausage
maker who is the boss i'll his line, and if YOU
don't believe it the'chewing of % yards OF
his prize product ought to convince you.
Mr.. W. j.. Stahler of Yakima county. ap.
peared in this city Monday, to view the
scenes of his early labors in Washington.
He looks as hearty as bunch grass steer.
Cinnamon are buying up the fall hog crop
in the Lewis river country, some being
shipped direct by boat and some coming in
teams to this point, thence by boat to Port
land.
The farmers on the bottoms have about
finished haying, and they have put away
the best late crop. and the most of it Sc
cured for many years, thanks to hard work
and lots OF it,
The political demonstration in Portland
Tuesday night is acknowledged to be as
complete in successful detail of management
as any that ever took place anywhere. 1t
moved like clockwork
Thomas O'Neill has retired from the cigar
store where he has been so long and favor
ably known, and George Spcrry purchased
of Harry Smith an interest in the business
The new firm will be Smith & Sperry
The family of Mr.. Linder of Godendale
is terribly afflicted with dphtheria, on one
day four children lying dead and three more
hopelessly sick from the dread disease. The
sympathy of whole world even is no con-
ISOLATION in such an aillicton.