The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-12
BRIEF MENTION.

There have been many strangers in town
recently.
Many new fences are now being built in
this city.
Regular meeting of the city council on
Monday evening.
The spring crop of commercial bummers
is now coming in.
Mr. Geo. H. Bonney departs tomorrow
for San Francisco.
The Board of County Commissioners held
a four days session last week.
Chas. T. Troup started on trip up the
Columbia on Tuesday morning.
The mild weather of this month has in
duced a start in farming operations.
cdr" Snyder, who departed for the up
per country short time since, has located
at Colfax.
DR.. G. p. McCol formerly physician To-
Gated in this city, is now assisting to edit
the Weston, Or, Leuder
Four Catholic Bishops were in Vancouver
on Sunday, viz: Bishops A. NJ A. Blanchet,
Junger, Seghers and Brondei.
Some of the Vancouver Boys have already
started for the lower river fisheries, to pre-
pare for the summer campaign.
Mr.. Jas. r. Goss of Vancouver, delivered
a very interesting temperance lecture in the
Fourth Plain school-house recently.
During the Lcnten season there will be
services in the Catholic Church every We'd
nesday and Friday evening, at 7 O'Clock.
The wife of Judge Dennison has bought
from W. c. Hazard the "Maxon farm" up
the Columbia few miles above this city.
The Rt. Rev. Kgidius Junger, Bishop of
Nesqualy, departed yesterday for Puget
Sound, on a pastoral visit, expecting to be
gone a month
Four tramps made their appearance on
Fourth Plain last Friday They are sup
posed to be tramps, as no one would keep
them over night.
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the COM
mencement Of the Lenten season, which was
duly observed by the usual services in the
Vancouver churches.
Some boys have been cutting c. "A. Ross
shade trees with an AK, and as he knows who
did it they must behave better in future,
for they are watched.
Lost, in Vancouver on Tuesday, Feb. 10th,
the pendant of lady's gold earring. con
tanning an amethyst setting. The tinderwill
be suitably rewarded on leaving the same at
this Office
Thorn & Darvins illusions have been per-
formed two nights in Brant's hall this week
The performance is fine, but for want of
room we cannot give it the extended notice
it deserves.
Capt John Wolf has returned from the
Sandwich Islands He will resume his po-
sition on the Cascade boat in few days,
and his many friends will be glad to meet
him again.
Geo r. F. Swain, formerly Vancouver
typo has been in this city this week, gath
ing information concerning Vancouver and
Clarke county Cor publication in the ResoHrces
Of Oregon and Washington.
Dan O'Nell, the popular purscr of the
q. s. n. Co. on the Cascades boat, has been
sick nearly month with rheumatism, but
we learn is getting better. His smiling WIS.,
age will be welcomed along the line ere long.
Mr. James \. Perkins, of the L. s. Sig
nal Service, now stationed at Portland, paid
Vancouver visit last week. We found in
him former Wisconsin friend, and reca
ptulation OF the past became a pleasant pas
time.
A sister of Mrs. s. Marsh, of Kent, Port
age county, Ohio. Mrs. Flora c. Peton, ar
rived i'll Vancouver from Danville, H., last
week, in company with her nephew, Mr..
Stewart Smith. They came here to stay,
and Mrs Peton will open the dressmaker's
business.
The Quartermaster's Depot building on
the dock has received new weather-bo boarding,
and been repainted, and now looks if any
thing, a little sleeker than the q. NJ. or any
of his gentlemanly upernumeraries, but we
wouldn't advise the weather boarding OF any
of them for the sake of equality.