The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-23
BRIEF MENTION.

"Dundervetter yesterday"
You can pay your City Taxes now for the
year 1850.
Forest fires are breaking out again in spots
to some extent.
Clint. c. Gridley arrived home from San
Francisco on Tuesday.
Mrs. Sohns returned yesterday from visit
of two weeks at Seattle.
A few slight showers of rain this week
foreten what is in store for the winter.
Vancouver mechanics are all busy, on new
buildings and making additions to old ones.
Daniels new barn, now completed, is the
neatest structure of the kind in Vancouver.
The steamship state Of California sails
from Portland for San Francisco on Satur-
day. a.
Jas. B. Dimrhit has nearly completed his
new house opposite the residence Of Chas.
Brown.
Vancouver Lodge l. o. O. F. will socially
entertain a few Of its friends on Monday
night next.
.Hayden's fruit dryer is being run this year
by Mrs. Jones, and some very fine fruit is
being put up.
The steamer Vide West resumed her place
on the Cascades route yesterday, being fully
repaired again.
There was a very heavy frost or Puget
Sound last week, but this region of country
escaped as usual.
C. w. Mattsoi has recently purchased
som new horses and harness which he adds
tonis livery stock.
The sociable gathering at the Methodist
parsonage last evening was largely attended
and a pleasant affair.
There is to be a course of six lectures com
menced in Vancouver soon, due announce
ment of which will be made.
Col. B. +. Shaw is the Clarke County
member of the Territorial democratic central
committee appointed last week.
John w. Smith yesterday furnished us
''for home consumption" the finest lot OF
Bartlett pears we heve seen this year.
The new ferry boat we understand will be
put on the route the last OF next week, hav'
ing been delayed by various causes unawoid'
able.
Cook 4 Son at the Vancouver Nursery
are drying large quantities OF prGnes this
season. The Petit Prune makes the fines,
dried fruit.
The Vancouver Touring anills are running
full time, and making sn excellent grade
of flour. They pay is to ~ cents per bushe
for wheat at the mill.
Considerable wheat is being hauled int
town by the farmers of this county, part o
which is shipped to Portland, and part i.
bought at the Touring mills.
~The,individual who has logged off our cop,
of the City charter will oblge us very muci
by returning it Immediately, and promisin;
never to do such wicked things any more.
The owners of the bottom lands above tow
have forbidden all hunting thereon, and vii
prosecute every trespasser to the full extent
of the law. See notice in another column
On Sunday a game of base ball was playe'
at a%ncouver between the Owls OF Portland
and the Vancouver club. The score stood
Owls, "a; Vancouver, q.
The Nem Northwest in its new dress is tn
most handsome and readable paper published
in Portland, and we don't care to suppress
the opinion because it is published by 4
woman.
The Seattle barrel factory of which l.
.Sohns Esq, is superintendent, now turn
,out the finished materials FOR 1000 barrel
every "a honrs, aud will soon turn out 800
in the same ti,ne.
C. II. Whitney fell f-om a fruit laddc
a few days ago, Sc, erely spraiuing one OF hi
joints, but he did not ear his crutches man.
days before he threw them away, and j
now about az usual.
The house in the ordnance department
so long occupied by n. II. kress, the oldes
on the grounds. is now being torn down. l
49,. ~ bln,i, kn,ea lur.nu fha Inliat
wars of over twenty years ago.
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