The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-04-01

CONFERENCE.-The last Olympia Courier
says that Mr.. " w. Newlin has been con-
frmed as Register of the Vancouver Land
Office, and thaeupon congratulates itself
upon having an olympia chunk of metal in
troduced into the Vancouver ring. If the
metal is good it may weld in course of time
SUNDAY SCHOOL. citizens of Maple
Grove, in Battle Ground precinct, have or
ganized q Sabbath school, and elected John
Dickerson superintendent; VIM. Goodnight,
Asst. Supt.; Mrs. Mary Gasaway, librarian;
d. l.. Russell, secretary; Mrs. Elizabeth
Russell, choriste. The school was organ
lied into four ckses, with Allen Higdon,
Mrs. Elizabeth, RESELL, Miss Mollie Durgin,
and Wm Goodniat as teachers.
LIEUT.. F. J.. KITTEN has been relieved
from duty at Bois Barracks, and will leave
in a few days id ancouver, to which place
he has been otered to report for duty
Lieut.. Patten b been stationed at this
place for longt,c, and by his genial and
social qualities, rs we'll as his strict integ-
rity in bushnell MATTERS, has succeeded in
attaining a placSi the hearts of our people
that will causcNls absence to be felt. He
will carry WITH lin the best wishes of
large circle of finds. -Bise Statesman.
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FROM PuGET kuND.-'hos. W. Padden
returned from drip to Bingham Bay last
Friday, where went to ttend to his muir
dered brother baifairs. was the first
visit since a rioi Of t'elve years had
elapsed, and hd.eports tins very dull over
there, as both DIAL and lun,er interests are
waiting for sontthing to tui up, and in the
meantime the hborers and ,ral population
have to shift for themselvs the best way
possible. Towns on Bellinaam bay that
once boosted of from one tothree hundred
in population have total, dfppeared. The
hopes of the country are DV centered upon
the Skagit mines and he influx of money
and people that the exceinent may bring.
FRESH PRIMES AT EASR.-Mr. r. Wolf
astonished us on Easter lnday by present
ing at our office lot OF 'unes, of the Ital
ian variety, as perfect inlape and lustre as
at ripening time, while cir flavor was not
at all injured by havinpeen kept in their
natural fresh state for bout six months.
This rare feat OF fruit pservaton was ac-
complishcd in very side manner, upon
which Mr.. Wolf claim no patent. The
prunes were carefully ped in a common
glass fruit jar, the covercrewed on tight,
and then buried two feet ep in the ground.
The secret of the prosecution of the fruit
was in exclusion from ai.nd light, and re-
naming in a perfectly ell temperature OF
low degree.
ST. LIKES, vANcoUv. services
during Lent, until near tlclose Of the sea-
son, were not as well amded, for some
reason. as usual The Sc ces during pas
sion week were better ended. On the
evening of Good Friday bishop visited
the parish, preached and ministered the
rite of confirmation to sew persons. On
Easter day the services re- largely at
tended, there being more ane communion
service than ever before this parish.
Owing to the Tbackwardne of the spring
scarcely any wild flowers uld be found,
and but few from gardens I'd lighthouses
could be collected; still therwas respec-
table showing Of plants. he vases of
flowers were placed on the oer-altar, one
on either side of the small c's which had
just been made and placed in'sition The
services opened with the ahem, Lift
your glad voices" from Merts and the
musical parts of the services nder the d.
rection Of Lieut.. f. II. +. Ebsn, were well
rendered. The choir consiste'f soprano,
Mrs. Downey, Ebstein. Nichon and Miss
Crawford; alto--Mrs. Whit and Miss
LOOMS; tenor-Colonel Z. c. aspn, Capt.
A, W. Gray and Hon, N HBbomfeld;
basso-I lieut.. +. II. Il. Ebste and Mr.. }.
G. Gordon; orgauist. Miss Nile Troup.
At 3P. NJ. the Sunday school. 'dsr the sa-
perintendence of Hon. j. NJ. ,tcher, held
their annual festival. A pr's@on was
formed at the parish school. With ban
ncrs. one for each class, marcd into the
church. the choir singing rccess'onai
hymn. After an opening ser~ Fol. Ma
son delivered very excellent Aeppropri-
ate address, followed by the situations
Of the Leuten offerings for dsqt'e mis-
sions and the singing Of class -. The
ofEenngs amounted to about g