The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-22
BRIEF MENTION.

musings caught announcer oU pound salmon
on Monday night.
Mr. Dudley Evans, OF Portland, was in
the city on Tuesday.
The warm weather has brought out the
trouting parties in full force.
Foley, the Standard traveller, has been
doing Vancouver this week.
Thunder and lightning on Saturday night,
and clear atmosphere since.
There are eight new houses now in course
of construction in Vancouver.
A Portland party has gone out ON the
Lacamas, camping and recreating.
Gen. Howard preached in the Congrega-
tonal church at the Dalles last Sunday.
The warm weather of last week did not
make the Columbia rise again to any great
extent.
Moore 4 Stevens have finished hauling
and booming the piles for Mrs. Turnbulls
new wharf.
threshing machines past this place, sbound
for the upper country.
Sohns & Schuele have built new walk on
the north side of their store, which is the
boss sidewalk of the town.
Cattle and horses have been breaking into
the cemetery lately, doing considerable dam
age to the fences and grounds.
Heavy columns of smoke in various drec-
tions tell of burning slashngs and more land
being made ready for the pillow.
The steamer Latona came up here on Fri
day from Lewis river, having on board IL
head of beef cattle for 10. Burke.
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express Office in
Vancouver has been discontinued, as there
is no one willing to be the agent.
Now that the water has gone down con-
siderable damage is visible to the fences,
etc, about the government landing.
The new steamship Columbia, direct from
Philadelphia, crossed the bar on Tuesday af
ternoon, and arrives at Portland to-day.
One of the Bates boys, of Mill Plain, died
on Tuesday from exhaustion induced by ep-
ileptic fits, passing through forty fits in half
a day.
The Vancouver people have been faithful
attendants at the target shooting this week,
which provided them with grand enter
tanment
The o. R. 4 n. Co.'S boats commenced
landing again at the government dock OH
Monday, and now take freight and passen-
gers as usual.
The passengers on the steamer Fdncoarer
voted for president one day last week:
Garfield, Al; Hancock, IL; Weaver, .; on
the fence, 4.
Edw. McCar.y is putting the Vancouver
house through a course of repairs since the
water went down. and will occupy it again
when finished
Lieut.. Farrow, of the 2lst Infantry, has
organized joint stock company in Umatilla
county to build tiume and run wood down
the Umatilla river.
d. J. Malarkey, we'll known commission
merchant of Portland, died last week from
blood poisoning, caused by handling some
unknown poisonous substance.
Capt. John Smith, father of Dr. Randolph
Smith OF this city, for many years agent of
the Warm Spring Indians, is lying danger
ously sick at his home on the reservation.
The ladies' of the Guild of st. Paul's
Church, Oregon City. have chartered the
steamer 4. 4. WcCulty to convey an excur.
sion from Oregon City and Portland to St.
Helens to-day.
Washington Territory has, without the
shadow OF doubt, the strictest libel law in
the whole country. Truly, newspaper me n
and must be very careful what they belch
forth.
Anup country paper says that "the prin-
cess Sarah Winnemucca will take up her
abode in Vancouver, where she will be pen.
stoned at 5000 per annum, with quarters
and rations, for good conduct as scout in the
Bannack war.
As soon as JOS T.. Smith finishes driving
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week or first OF next. he is to commence
driving the piles for Mrs. Turnbulls new
wharf, and the work of completing it will be
pushed right along.
A few days ago swarm OF bees took pos
session of one corner of Moore 4 Stevens
boiler room at the Touring mill. Mr. Moore
hived them in keg, putting them above
high water on top OF the mill, where they
are now doing we'll
One Of Capt. Loves buildings has become
demoralized by the foundation giving way,
letting one side down to the ground. We
are told he is seriously contemplating re-
pairs to the property, and may put the
buildings in condition for use.
Princess Sarah Winnemucca is in Van
couver, having been appointed interpreter
and teacher for the Indian prisoners cap
tured by Lieut.. Farrow last year in the Big
Creek Canyon country in Idaho, and now
at the barracks earning their living at work.
Those persons who have been there do say
that Joe Healey's imported Swiss cheese,
cream cheese and Milwaukee beer are Just
fit, the incest thing ont these summer DAYS.
Joe always does make the Young America
away up, and will never forget how it is
done.
He DID r.-Nort. Kress went to Portland
the other day where he was so nnlucLv "a