The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-05-27
BRIEF MENTION.

Miss Kate Sohns departed for visit to
Seattle on Friday last.
Decoration Day next Monday in Vancou-
Yer, Saturday in Portland.
The higher the water gets the fewer sal
mon come to the Vancouver nets.
The roads into the country are beginning
to dry up in respectable manner
Whitewashed fences are in order, and
there is plenty ofthe raw material to work on.
Wills. c. Knight and his bride are en-
pected i'll Vancouver some time next week.
Gus +. Beeson on Saturday started for the
upper country, seeking health improvement.
Mr.. U. +. Hicks came over from Portland
and stopped with old time friends over Sun
day.
Found-.on Saturday, roll of oil table
cloth, which the owner can recover at this
office.
Major L. s. Rabbit sailed for San Fran
cisco on Sunday, taking his aged father
along
Crop prospects in Clarke county continue
to be fair, and will improve with warm
weather.
The walls of NJ. Winters new residence
are rapidly approaching to the top Of the
first story
Col. Shaw moved his cattle and traps
from the island on Monday, in anticipation
of high water.
$. w. Brown has built an addition to his
mill, in which to place the planer, being
short of room.
DR.. o. B. Bird, homeopathic physician,
of Portland, came over on professional
visit yesterday.
Gridley 4 Whitney have fresh importa-
ton of baby carriages. Lem. Jim 4 Co."
please take notice.
Mr.. j. &. Blake arrived home on the
steamship State Of California, which reached
Portland on Monday.
Mrs. Turnbull, Miss Fannie Troup and
Miss Edith Goodhue went to Victoria ON the
excursion last Saturday.
The Columbia river is now nearly Is feet
above the low water mark, and keeps crawl
ing up several inches each day.
The Vancouver ferry has discontinued
regular trips, as communication with Port
land overland is cut oil entirely.
Stegert has put new floor in his meat
market, the old one being worn through by
the tramping of numerous customers.
Decoration Day in Vancouver this year
will give us the finest procession and pro-
eeedings ever seen here on a like occasion.
The Methodist conference at Cincinnati
has voted to discontinue the Pacific Christian
1idrocdte, of Portland, Or, as a conference
paper.
The tramps visited ALI. Thornton's farm
last week, and attempted to break in, and
now Mrs. Thornton keeps the shotgun
loaded.
The 'princess" Sarah Winnemucca has
not been in Vancouver as stated by some OF
the ny country papers. She has gone to
Simcoc.
The Klickitat Sentinel has been enlarged
to the size of this paper. 1t looks as though
Seitz was trying hard to grow as fast as the
county does.
The Portland hacks made their last trip
ON Sunday, for the present, the water hav-
ing risen over the Columbia slough bridge at
Loves place.
To let the people know what we have in
the way OF lire department We publish in
another column the annual report of the
Chief Engineer.
The Ilme West made the trip from As.
toria to Portland on Sunday in six hours
amt two minutes, the best time Oh record
between the two points
Splritualism is to he exposed at Brant $
hall on Friday and Saturday evenings, by
Mr.. Shocks who has delivered lectures in
Oregon to crowded houses.
Emanuel Schellcr, known TO Vancouver
people so long as the drum major OF the 2lst
Infantry band. on Monday started for Port
Townsend to join his company.
Gen. Morrow, Gen. Greene, Mr. J. NJ.
Fletcher and Others of \anconver attended,
the annual dinner in Portland commemora-
tive OF the birthday OF the Queen of Eng
land.
Mrs. Turnbull has let the contract to
Smith of Portland, for the construction of n
new wharf at the foot of Main street, on
which work will be commenced when the
high water runs down.
The Buffalo, IN. W Express suggests that
Gen. Oliver o. Howard be put in charge of
the Military Academy at West Point be-
iieving that under his superintendent no
colored cadet would be subjected to any un.
fair usage that the Faculty could prevent.
The finest concert Of the season was got
ten up for Lem. &. ThOmlinson and wife on
the night of their marriage. The variety of
programme in tin horns, cans aud bells was
huge, and the big horse fiddle was immense.
The boys gave Lem. the best they could
afford.
Col. II. Clay Wood, who has been de.
tailed by the department to look after the
various bands OF Indians scattered about
Eastern Oregon and Washington and to in
dnce them to go on reservations, left here
Monday morning for the scenes of his labors.
Col. Wood will probably be absent several
months.