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


siege of sickness.
The cool weather gives prospect of hay
coming up in price.
1t will take, one more good rain to make
ducks and geese plenty.
Two inches of snow fell out on the Battle
Ground on Tuesday morning.
Rev. L. A. Banks speaks on temperance
at Fairvew school house next Tuesday eve
ming
The amount realized for the benefit of st.
Lukes church at the New England dinner
was over SO
A quarter of an inch of snow covered the
ground last Friday morning, disappearing
with the rising sun.
The Censoy the new temperance paper,
came out on Saturday last, as vigorous and
bright as a new schoolmaam.
The father of Capt Jas. T. Gray raised on
his klaskanie farm near Astoria this season 1.
turnip which weighed 81 pounds.
James NJ. Wards theatrical troupe has
'"busted" once more, this time at Walla
Walla, the Wades leaving him for good.
Prof. j. p. Feaster has returned from
Eastern Oregon and gone to Independence,
Or. where he has apositon liz the school.
Four of the Melville opera company came
over to Vancouver in carriage last Sunday,
inspected the town, aud took dinner at the
Pacific
A Steilacoom correspondent tells of Clio
ria Mundi apple grown there this year which
weighed two pounds, measuring seven inches
in diameter.
What puzzles us i, where all the holiday
goods come from, ant next where is the
money coming from to bay all that our mer-
chants have to sell.
j. b. Fitzpatrick, professor of mathemat
les and literature at Holy Angels College,
Vancouver, has signed, and intends leav-
ing for Walla Wala.
The weather is getting cod up the Column
bia, and only two steamers are running
above Cello, while the water is low and only
light loads can be carried.
Two Portland hoodlums were arrested and
jailed at halama last wee :, for trying to
throw train from the track, and on Satur-
day were examined and held for trial.
The last new thing undcr the sun is a man
in Vancouver who wanted to borrow print
ing office. Ii it had been Steamboat or u
store we could have accommodated him.
Everybody wants to know il the Rev.
Spanswicl, who Is at brush Prairie is the
same gentleman who was fired out of Baker
City for undue familiarity with his flock.
New Tacoma has been agreed upon as the
place for holding he Washington Teachers
Institute. on thA second Tuesday in August
next. Some Clarke county teachers viii at
tend
Mr.. James Mlc;le Of St lIelens came up
on Saturday and has been looking after
things. The Muclll. Brothers have a cou-
tract to furnish 80, 900 ties for the 0. Il. &
n. Co.
Horace G. Daniels, purser OF the Tancou-
rer, who has been at st. Vmcents hospital,
Portland, for two weeks uuder treatment for
urinary troubles, has not yet commenced to
mend
The Ladies Guild of 81 Luke's Church on
Tuesday WAS dissolved, having accomplished
the object OF its orglnizltio \ new work
ing society similar Will be formed after the
holidays
Seattle is as happy as a child with new
toy, all because san Francisco bank prcs-
dent who recently visited there predicted
Seattle would have 10000 inhabitants in
ten years.
Rev. l.. A. Banks received on Tuesday by
mail, direct from the Executive Mansion
fine photographs OF President Hayes and
Mrs. Hayes, which will be kept as memen-
toes of their visit to Vancouver.
Mr.. c. o. Fields formerly agent of Frank
Bros. at Dayton, W. T., died recently at
that place, after u short illness. Deceased
was prominently identified with the \. o.
U. w. being one OF the charter members of
Blue Mountain Lodge No. IS.
Judge Turner, of the Jacksonville Sentinel,
gave us call last week. He was here the
guest OF Judge Steward. Mrs. Turner and
Mrs. Steward are twin sisters. resembling
each other very much, but Steward is the
only one that is alike of the male pair
The New York World says 81 of the sol.
diers at Fort Townsend are married to
squaws. 1t that statement is true some of
the boys must have two three squaws
apiece, to he able to absorb rs many rs So
as there are not so many soldiers there.
1t is mean for the up country papers to
say that "the Dalles operator has left his Of
flee and many creditors" Jim Sutton will
if,he meets any of those editors, make them
take water for locating that Dallas chap in
his Office. Sutton is not that kind of bird.
good napkin, hcmmed with the Grover
Baker stitch, was taken from the New Eu-
gland dinner by some one. through mistake.
The present possessor will oblige the original
owner by leaving it at this office. as it is
wanted to keep company with the other
eleven of its mates.
Our GRowI. OF late it seems as though
our correspondents must each take a half
column to express an idea, but if they were
writing advertisements which they should
pay for at 10 cents per line their conciseness
would be astonishing and their sentences