The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-26
BRIEF MENTION.

JON Jaggy is now paying cash for hides
and hrs. See advertisement.
Te steamer Vancouver now lands at her |
2ld birth at the government dock.
Hin. T. H. Brents has been in the city |
thisweek, and favored this Office with call. |
T Tie Quartermaster's building at the gov
ernsent dock is receiving extensive repairs.
Ashower laid the dust on Tuesday, the
frstrain worth mention since the I'd day of
JUL.
Mss Lettie Lyons is announced as an in
DEPENDENT candidate for County Supt. of
Schools.
Two teams from Missouri with emigrants
thefirst arrivals of the season, came in on
Tuesday
The steamer Vancouver still continues to
MAKE two trips each day between this place
ant Portland.
Mr. Charles Muckle, of ST. Helens, made
Ons of his semi-occasional visits to Nancou
vel on Saturday.
The long continued dry weather has ex
haasted the supply of water in many of the
ciserns about town.
Large quantities of railroad ties for the
o. X. & N. Co. are being cut few miles
north of Vancouver.
DR.. d. S. Baker, one of the fellows from
Walla Walla who has many shekels, foated
about town on Friday.
The Portland printers did not picnic last
Saturday, as they could not make all the
necessary arrangements.
The settings of the flood upon the gov
eminent dock are being removed to enrich
the gardens of the town.
The forest fires are still running in Clarke
county, but are doing very little damage to
farms or available timber.
Sixteen head of J. b. Dickerson's Dalles
cattle came down day or so ago for 10
Burke, and they are first class cattle.
This number commences the sixth year of
the INDEPENDENT, which is well and hearty
as far as heard from, and still able to stand
alone.
Mr.. Alex. Thomas returned home on Tues
day evening, from Bodie Cal, where he had
been in the employ of some business firm for
agar past.
Mr.. s. p. Jones, one of the old time set
tiers at the Cascades, and Il trusted en-
ployee of the .. K. & n. Co., was in town
a few days ago.
Jesse Goddard stuck cut in his foot
with an AK out on Salmon creek last Friday,
and it Just missed being serious affair. lie
goes lame now.
A bushel of potatoes will produce fourteen
pounds of the dried article, and at present
prices gives good margin for the grower
and dryer both
The glores of the peach plum have de-
parted for this year, and the small boy
mourneth without thinking of the vast va
riety yet to follow.
The Portland Turn Norein, which talked
of holding the annual celebration in this
city next Sunday, has given it up, and will
celebrate in Portland.
Smiths pile-driver, having finished its
work in Vancouver, was last week towed up
to the Cascades to make repairs to THE o.
X. L n. Co.. landing.
Mr.. A. Marble has been reorganizing his
mill and pond on Salmon creek Tor the fall
campaign, and can now grind the wheat a
little faster than the people can eat it.
The Pacific coast is almost wholly free
from hail storms of any kind, and it never
has, SO far as we know, the terrible cyclones
which visit Kansas, Nebraska and the plains.
s. w. Brown has so far prevented the
fires from running through his down timber
near town by "backfiring," thereby saving
many thousand feet of logs already cut for
the mill.
Last Friday was the day appointed for
the perihelion to knock the socks off from
this mundane sphere, but we notice that
groceries are still to be had for gold coin at
the old prices.
The name of the Portland Bee has been
changed to that OF THE Portland Bulletin.
Anyhow, the Bee is easier extinguished by
this kind of Bulletin than a bullet in the
man who runs it.
Some of the boys went out to the Laca-
mas Sunday, and but for the wagon running
away and spilling the cargo, would have
presented all their friends with two dozen
trout apiece-so they say.
10 Burkcs very fine sign now presents
marked appearance. Quipps says the flies
mistook it for bologna Sausage. and that
is why they put the trade marks on it-but
we repel the base insinuation as a lie.
Judge Ginder has contract with the o.
H. & N. Co. for all the railroad ties he can
get out by the first of October. He will
bank them near the Washougal, and has al
ready commenced work getting them out
The performance given by the L. s. Min
strels At Oak Grove Theatre on the night of
the 18th inst, was grand success, fnan.
cially and otherwise, the house being
crowded. The programme consisted OF the
usual negro funnyisms, dancing, ETC., and
were all well rendered