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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
Gar OF S.us@i,s.

We congratulate the Gar OF Russia upon u
narrow c,cap" from an attempt upon his life.
In starting for Moscow, his baggage wa, sent
on ahead he starting soon after passed it and
reached Moscow safely, while the baggage
was blown up. \ tunnel was found running
80 It house one hundred and fifty feet from
the point where the explosion occurred. 1t
i supposed the author of this hrllish plot
was suffering from diseased mind supcrin-
duccd by severe pain in the back and kidneys.
To prevent repetition Of like occurrences,
it is said the Gar has sent to Hodge, Davis
X Co.. Portland, Oregon, for large shipment
Of Inc Orrrnn kidnnN Ien
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
Whites Prairie Flower.

Taken before retiring will insure a good
nights rest, with an awakening in the rosy
morn to health, courage and yigor FOrcoat-
ed tongue, bad breath sick headache, or any
disturbance arising from Dyspepsia or torpid
case is entirely different from any medicine
ever introduced, quoting pains almost in
stlntlY. The hue and cry raiscdagain>t it by
patent medicine men, who have forcSccn in
it, advent the destruction of their nclarious
business, ana the thousands of unsolicited
testimonials flowing in from all parts Of the
New World, is Il sure indication of its great
merits. Trial size at d. Wall, drug store in
NancOuNcr. !. PnuMd BOTTLES. ijc. L3Ooct52
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
Vancouver, Dec. -, 1879

Vancouver. Dec. -, 1879.
EpiToR 1NpErENpENT
viii you give Taxpayer, and an old cit
lien, an opportunity to ask through your
columns Il few questions of the city council
i'll regard to the present street question,
which is agitating the thinking portion OF
its citizens.
Why did the last council pass law de.
filming the boundaries of the streets in the
city: Does not the charter give the council
exclusive jurisdiction over the streets and
public grounds: If the ordinance rs passed
by the last council before they went ont of
office was unauthorized, uncalled for and
Illegal, null and void, why repeal it. And
what object can the present council have in
oblterating the monuments rs put up by
the city surveyor, Hon G.. IT, Steward:
Are those stones going to he crushed in a
quartz mill and scattered to the four winds
OF Heaven ST. that they will he totally OBJ
literatedy
DO not the taxpayers have to pay for
getting those ordinances up and printed. and
recorded, and then repealed. Would it not
have been better to have employed some
other surveyor, if one could have been found.
and take the field notes as filed in the Audi
tors office and found whether the survey
was correct or not.
Yours respectfully, TAX P,xsn
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
''GerIIiaIi syrup"

No other medicine in the world was ever
given such test Of its curative qualities as
Boschec's German Syrup. In three years
two million four hundred thousand small
bottles Of this medicine were delivered free
of charge by Druggists in this country To
those afflicted with CONSUMPTION. Asthma.
Group, severe Coughs. Pneumonia and other
diseases of the Throat and Lungs, giving the
American people undcniablc proof that
German Syrup will cure them. The result
has been that Druggists in every town and
village in the United states are recommend
ln- II 10 their customers. Go to your Drug
giSt. and ask what they konw about it. sam
pie Bottles 10 cents. Regular size - cents
Three doses will relieve any case.
ID
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

weather on the stock ranges of Eastern Ore
gon will have the effect, should it continue
n few days longer, to kill hundreds and
thousands of stock. They will freeze to
death while standing on the praircs. Beef
cattle will he scarce in this market in few
days and will bring round figures, and then
the farmers of Clarke county who have been
holding for better prices will reap their re-
ward
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

ORR MAILS. From the time the O. ;. y.
Go. 5 boat quit running last week until Mon
! day evening Vancouver had no mails hat.
ever from Portland. except what our post
master sent for by Il clerk as special mes
senger. This was Il great detrimcnt to the
town, and particularly to the public service,
the Headquarters OF the Department OF the
Columbia feeling the inconvenience even
more than our citizens. 1t is limited that
we could have had mail only that Portland
men are interested in making headquarters
here as uncomfortable and announcement IS
possible, to the end that they may be re-
moved back to Portland. Portland officials
claimed they had no authority to send mails
by any other boat than the ones which held
the mail contract and never applied for au-
thority to do until orr postmaster began
to make things pretty warm. and they made
no effort to induce the o. = y. Co. To find
means to till their contract. Monday night
they sent 4 special route agent over with the
mails, which ended for the present the mail
u
had the Portland officials done their duty.
This state OF affairs must have remedy.
At each recurring close of the Columbia. or
obstruction OF navigation, we shall be sub
iected by Portland stupidity to these an
noyances, and in this matter it is exceed
ingly plain that God helps him who helps
himself. w hat we want is a mail rnutr
established from this city to Portland over.
land, to leave that city every afternoon after
the arrival of the overland train. making
the return trip to Portland IN the morning,
starting at o'clock from this place such
an arrangement would have many advan-
tages. 1t would bring our overland mails
one day sooner than We now get them. 1t
would get our mails OFT from - to "a hours
sooner than they 20 now. There Is no time
of the year that they cannot be taken across
the river at this point, and by this route the
mails for Puget Sound would never be cut
oil. This route will soon he established. AS
our citizens have already moved in the mat
ter, and will not rest until 1t is accomplished
for they are tired OF being the smallest knot
III the tail OF the Portland kite at all times
let every citizen of Vancouver do his duty
IN tins matter acting unltedly. and all cause
for complaint on account of DELAYED mails
will Ice done away with until the Northern
Pacific railroad can give us a mail that does
not have to pass through the greedy NAV
of an Oregon town.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

MAsoNIc.-The following are the officers
elected for the ensuing year in kaama
Lodge No. II: John Hussman, w. NJ. {;
John H. Colvin, $. W.; VIM. Bratton, ST.,
J. W.; Chas. {. Hoffman, Treas; Joseph
Smith, Sec; John Lyons, 5. d.; James
Cantwell, J. d.; Saml Henry, $. s.. D..
McNab, J. s.; Jas. Huntington, T.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

LATEST ApvICEs from the up country boys
state that VIM. Wagenblast's name is not
John, and that the fellow who told us it was
is II muldoon. And further, that Richard
Avanne is not Wagenblast's brother-in-law,
but is very likely to be somebody's if he
don't quit his assiduous attentions to the
webfoot girls. Anyhow the boys came
down to see the pretty girls of webfoot, and
get some apples.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

County FINANCEs.- County Treas
urer gives notice that in four weeks he will
be prepared to pay all County Orders issued
prior to May 10, and those issued on that
day up to No. 81. Outstanding orders to
that date paid will leave the county indebt-
edness about $500. On August ], 1879,
the Indebtedness was 81 ,552. The finances
as compared with Il year ago will show Il
slight reduction of the total indebtedness.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

SUICIDE. Michael OConnor, liicr in c
company, DIST Infantry, attempted suicide
at the garrison ON Saturday last. On the
18th inst. he was released from period of
six months confinement, and since that
time had been drinking very freely. The
rash act is attributed to drink. He is lying
very low at the post hospital, although his
recovery is expected. He inflicted several
severe cashes on his throat with razor,
and although not discovered Immediately
he WAS still hacking away.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
MARRIED.

On Tuesday evening, Dec. D, 1919. at the
residence Of the brides parent, in Portland,
by Rev !. Sellwood, Mr.. james Mucklc, of
-. HclcnS, and Miss Jennie Groves.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

DoN'T TAKE ANY PAPER We always
pity the young ladies' who 20 to the post
office for letters from their lovers and don
get any: young men who haven't heard
from their girl for whole week. and are al
most distracted with the thought that some
other fellow has got away with her. But
most of all we pity, from the very bottom
OF our heart, the man. the head OF the fam
lily, who takes no paper. Day after day,
year i'll aud year out, either he or one of his
children 90 to the post-oice and anxiouslv
enquire: Any letter for me- Not any
That's all We don't take any papers" We
pity these anxious enquircrs most. Think
of ii families with no reading! Children
growing up without acquiring a taste for
reading: without being informed of what is
daily occurring all around them at home
and abroad. \ postmaster must he heart
less man who does not wish that he had n
paper to give the man who has children at
home. We trust there are not many such
families III Clarke county.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

& Correct version of onr ofis,e MANY
Anecdotes Told 81 that Gallant
soldier.

| promised to rive Won the true version ug
the kearncy story. Many Il good tale is in
iurcd by corrections and it will doubtless be
the case with this one, vet this is an are
whcnmen arcnot satisfied with good tales. ="
They want facts above. below and around
them. preferrinp the accuracy of a rcteutiye
memory to the most brilliant fight Of dar-
ing Imagination.
The celebrated battle of Fair Oaks. called
by the Confedcratcs Seven Pines. was fought
the first dav of June. 1862. | went into
action quite early in the morniuo of the
second dav of the battle: WIS twice wounded
in the right arm. The second wound WAS n
severe one and caused me to leave tine field
about half past ten in the day. went to
the field bosuitol where bundrpJs of others
were already congregated. and toward
evening had the arm amnutated General
Ke9ruev who was enoaoed NOT far from
NV position. and with whom | had often
been in iuxtanositiou SO that we evcbano.d
visits. doubtless heard of NV fortune that
evening. The next dav [ set ont OH foot
for the depot at Fair Oaks and met General
Kearucv near fine railrood ON horseback
who quietly dismounted and extended his
hand to me. 1t was the right hand. of
couse for he had buried the left in Mex.
leo was in GOOD spirits. as cheerful as
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

We publish to-day an advertisement
signed by Charles Brown and Charles H.
Whitney, trustees in relation to deeds to
he given to the holders OF property situated
on the Short claim. In order that those in
tereste1 may better understand the matter,
we propose to briefly state the history of the
matter. In the year 1877 the ''Short heirs,
or majority of them, commenced in the
District Court two actions in ejectmcnt, one
against 5. r. Whipple and the other against
VIM. G. Hazard AS these two actions
were test cases, u number of citizens who
held lands under the same title as Whpp,e
and Hazard united for the purpose of de-
Tending the titles of Whipplc and Hazard.
demurrer was filed, argued by able coun-
sci on both sides, and overruled by the court
The decision upon the demurrer very clearly
indicated that the Short heirs would win,
and that the greatest number of our citizens
We're holding under title which was no
title at all Under these circumstances, and
acting upon the advice of THEN attorneys,
seven of those interested united and formed
themselves into a committee to purchase the
right and title of the Short heirs to the
property, to the intent that the land claimed
by the several holders under deeds found to
be worthless might be conveyed to them
upon the payment of a pro rata share of the
cost of acquiring the title of the Short heirs.
The heirs were widely scattered. Some
We're in Eastern Oregon, others in Eastern
Washington Ter, and others III Southern
California. All were found and the title of
all of them secured. All had to be done
very quietly, for if the scheme was made
public its object would have been defeated.
After the title of the Shorts had been pur-
chased it was necessary to buy the attorneys
on the other side, as the Short heirs had
sold or given them a one-half interest in the
land. The title of these gentlemen Except
ing Leander Holiness was secured, and then
Holmes commenced three suits in equity to
set aside deeds made by three of the Short
heirs. The litigation was long and eXpen-
sive, and it would occupy too much space to
/
now; the legal estate is now in the hands of
two trustees, in trust to convey the lots and
parcels to the respective holders upon the
payment of that part OF the amount of the
cost of procuring the title, which has been
equitably assessed to the several lots and
parcels, upon the payment of which sum the
holders OF the land will have perfect titles.
The committee desires to nuke no profit,
the whole aim and intent being to settle for
good the title to the land upon which that
part of the city west OF Main street is built
The amount OF money expended is, in the
aggregate large, but the amount assessed
upon the respective holders of the property
is small. by reference to the advertisement
it will he seen that payment must be made
in ninety days from date, and that full in-
formation will be given upon application to
Charles Brown at the Auditors office.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

DEER CArGHT.- Friday afternoon some
gentlemen standing on the dock at Kalama
noticed deer floating down the river on a
cake of ice. A boat was lowered, and as it
approached, the frightened animal jumped
into the water, but was soon caught by the
horns and towed ashore
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

Exposition or $50 Wandering through
the United States section of this truly Wou-
dcrful Exhibition, hypcroruaucutcd and over
displayed a. the most OF il Is, came upon am
elegant glass ease. Whose mulo,tv was the
more conspicuous from its uci.hhor> hucrv.
surmomtcd 10y The motto "ni-nis pracmia
and displaying. in neat packages. the medical
preparations of the house OF Dis. j. G. ANrl.
X Co. Lowell, Mass.
was aware of tAe world wide reputation
of This eminent firm, for the character and
quality of their goods and remember well
their agents iu London. Mc>sr,. \cwhcrry. in
ST. Paul'> ChUrchyard Having O. lci~Grc
hour ! determined To examine The contents
of this ca>c. myself. and was surprised %
see the delicate perfection 10 which thrN have
brought their household remedies was
chagrincd al the reflection that while We
have at humc the most skiiiiul and. prc-cm
ncully, the best physicians in the world these
Yankee doctors distance us so FAR u The lime
OF popular medicines for family u~t. They
have thc sharpness 60 take advantage of the
high scientific discoveries among u- and
make pills aud potion, A. pa!atahlo a> they
are saluiary. ! was told 10y Il leading drug
gist in Philadelphia that On AYERS manu-.
factory was the largest 10 America, giving
employment tu hundreds ! must 20 to Low
ell and SIRE il, on my way home Correspond
encc of thc London fngl Telegraph.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
q. O. HOWARD.

PrGEr >orNp MAILS. -Uuier this head the
OnJoahiN advocates the establishment OF "a
mail route down the Columbia ON the Ore
gon side to 4 point opposite Kalama, to ferry
across the river there. There i, already a
winter route authorized by the Post Office
Department at Washington, and contracts
made with arrangements all completed, for
carrying the aforesaid mails by Way OF tins
city down the river to kalama But rhat is
nothing in the eyes of portlauders, and is
probably null and void hecause the Portland
Board of Trade has not authorized the L.
: government to make any such arrange.
mcnts.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

CHRISTMAS was duly observed in Vancou-
Yer, after the usual style. Service was held
in the churches, business was suspended
the young men went skating, the boys and
girls hung up their stockings up, and every
body sat as close to the fire us possible, for
it was Canadian Christmas weather.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

Old paper, for sale at thi, office.
G. H. Daniels has a few skates left yet.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
BOTTLED BEER. or
LAGER BEER. in Kegs.

In quantities to suit purchasers Beer will
he delivered at the brewery or saloon when
desired LOUIS DAMPUOFFFR.
.lulV 81, lS19 Proprietor.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

CHARLES BROWN.
CHARLES II. WHITNEY
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-30
WHAT Will THE WINTER BEY


Eds 1ei.-'The currents Of the oceans,
owing to the peculiar lay Of the continents
the heat Of the Sun and relation Of the
Earth, are forced In direction from the
Polar regions, to the Equatorial and back
again, mingling and interohanging, equal
izing their extremes Of heat and cold tend
ing to molify the sharpness Of weather
over the face Of the earth.
The winds, without obstruction to their
mobility, move over the earth in differ
ent manner with a direction at the polls
from west to east with spiral inclination
in direction of the Equator and on the
Equator from east to west, with n spiral
inclination to the poles. These general
motions are supposed to be caused by the
heat Of the Sun, the form and rotation Of
the Earth upon its axis. The warm trade
winds Of the South meeting the cold under
tow Of the North, in the general direction
of Southwest and Northeast, at this lati-
tude. develop storms in the act Of equaliza-
tion, and the nearer the Equator, as a gen.
eral rule, the greater the storm, but always
subject more or less to the make Of locali-
ties. In the Polar regions, or at any other
point Of locality in cold weather, electricity
is more evenly difiused and lightning and
thunder can not exist, but as the Equator
is approached or in hot weather at any
point, thunder storms are developed in pro-
portion to the extremes OF the elements at
that point. And as extremes rotate in op-
position and are more or less subject to
habit hi a given time, we must expect a
hard winterto follow a summer OF heat and
storm, and as this summer, so far, has been
one Of unusual heat and electrical disturb
anee, we had better make up our minds
that the coming winter will be a hard one,
and prepare accordingly.
North Kngsyille, July 60 INDEX.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-30
pRoHIpITIoN A FAILURE.

In 1854 association of brewers met in
Cincinnati. They declared that ''prohibi-
ton has failed and will ever fail" The
official report OF the association showed
reduction in the number OF breweries dur
ing the year of "nearly thirty per cent"
1t also showed decrease in the amount
manufactured Of 80, 104 barrels.
Louis Sohade, q special agent Of the
Brewers Congress, In Washington, and
editor OF the Washington Sentinel, deliv
cred an address before the convention, in
which he explained the cause Of the de-
crease.
This emphatic testimony is not the mere
cant Of temperance fanatics, but comes
from our opponents You may say that
we are actuated by "headlong zeal, but
official statements.
Mr.. Schade said;
Every severe is the injury which the
brewers have sustained in the so-oalled
temperance States. The local-option law
in Pennsylvania reduced the number Of
breweries In that State from 900 In 1873,
to $40 IN 1874, thus destroying 154 brewer
les in one year. In Michigan 1t is even
worse: for of 202 breweries in 1873, only
0S remained in 1874. In Ohio the orusa-
ders destroyed 90 out Of 300. In Indiana
the Baxter law stopped GO out Of 1853. In
Maryland the breweries were reduced from
"a TO 10, some few OF those stopped, lying
In those counties in which they havo
local option law. We sincerely hope that
the Maryland Democracy, which had
yielded too much to the women crusaders,
will take an early opportunity to eradicate
that unjust law which permits the people
OF a portion Of the State to be put under
tyranny and despotism OF those fanatics"
Mr.. Schade then refers TO the decrease
OF 110, 595 barrels in Massachusetts,, and
says that 1t Is ''in consequence OF the pro-
hibitory law" iN IH
There is no doubt that the temperance
agitation and prohibitory laws are the
chief causes of the decrease compared with
the preceding year. Had our friends in
Massachusetts been free TO carry on their
business, and had not the State authorities
constantly interferred with the latter, there
Is no doubt that instead OF showing de-
crease Of 1855 barrels in one year, they
would have increased at the same rate as
they did the preceding year"
After listening TO this address OF their
chosen officer Is It any wonder they de-
clared prohibition failure, and proceeded
to resolve; "That where restriction and
prohibitory enactments exist, every possi-
Bile measure be taken to oppose, resist, ard
repeal them; and II is further
Resolved, That politicians fayorinp
prchibitory enaotmenls, who offer them
selves as candidates for office, be every
where strenuously opposed, and the morI
so II 1t be found that their personal habit
do not conform with their public proies-
sions."
And all this wailing, simply becaus
prohibition has failed, and ever will fail.
Rans. Temp. Palladium
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-30
A SHOW WORTH SEEING.

On Saturday, August 7th, Forepaugh's
famous combination, pronounced the lArg-
est ever organized, is to exhibit here after
noon and evening. Mr.. Forepaugh, in
starting out upon his sixteenth annual
tour, has succeeded in placing before the
public the greatest Of all his efforts in the
circus line, and proudly points to the fact
that each succeeding year his show has in
creased its wonders, until now it stands at
the head Of all its competitors. Among
the latest novelties introduced this season
by Mr.. FOrepaugh are the following: The
great Electric Light with all its wonderful
machinery costing $4,000, which will
light the tented city afternoon and even
ing: "The Human Cannon Ball" George
Loyal who is blown from the mouth Of a
cannon loaded with powder, across the
arena and is caught by Mile Zuila who is
hanging head downward from trapeze.
An exchange speaks as follows of this act
"The cannon exploit came last Mile
prepared herself Monsieur jumped into
the cannon's mouth; silence became uni
yersal female hearts began to flutter; the
word was given to fire, bang and the dar.
/ ing gymnast was shot through the air, and
was caught in the arms Of the pendant
woman. There was, of course, storm OF
applause" Mile Ella Zuila, the queen OF
the yelocipede, who rides that vehicle over
a wire suspended sixty feet above the heads
Of the audience, is French woman, and
is noted for her daring, and is called the
only legitimate rival Of Blondin, These
are but few of the novelties Of the ring.
The menagerie contains living wonders
enough to satisfy the most ardent student
Of zoology. Besides the monster Hip
popotamus, SiI-ton Rhinocerous, Giraffes
Sea Lions, and a herd Of Elephants, Mr.
Forepaugh has recently purchased the en-
tire G. W. Rice's Famous London and Ber
lin Menagerie, and thus makes his menag
erie one ofthe largest on the road,