The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
BRIEF MENTION.

Clint Gridlcy is enjoying period of rest
in San Francisco.
Rev. NJ. Judy and family removed to Port
land on Monday.
Mayor Sohns returned home from Seattle
on Saturday evening.
Mrs. Martin Burke's ten day old infant died
on Tuesday morning.
The pastering of NJ. Winters new house
is now entirely finished
The family of Jesse T. Bowles will depart
this week for Eugene City
DR.. Wall left on Tuesday on his annual pill
grimage TO San Francisco.
Miss Ella Stoughton on Saturday will 90
over to Puget Sound on II visit.
Mr.. P OKcane went over on the Sound
last week, to the Tulslp agency.
j. T. Goss returned from q weeks travel on
Puget Sound last Saturday night.
b. NJ. Washburne, formerly Vancouver
Publisher, was in the city on Tuesday.
The rains delayed harvesting and TIRES hing
few days, but have not damaged grain.
On Thursday last l.. NJ. Hidden commenced
the burning Of another brick kiln, containing
10000.
Miss Thomas, of Walla Walla, came down
on Monday, on short visit to her friends in
this city.
Hon Chas. II. I.arrabee is to speak for the
benefit of the democracy in Vancouver, on
the 23d of October
We DO not have room for the communica-
ton o.: "keno;" and at this time it would be
out of place also if printed.
Rev. L. A. Banks, Methodist minister as
signed to Vancouver, arrived here on Friday,
and held first services on Sunday.
Judge Gindcr has withdrawn his tie camp
from the Washougal, and gone down to the
Goddard place, near Vancouver lake.
The Pacific House has been provided with
new chimnes and fiucs, the old ones having
been condemned by the fire wardens.
The Rev A. s. Nicholson was at Astoria
last Sunday, and the Rev j. W: sellwood Of
dictated in St. Lullc's Church on Sunday.
The Republican Territorial Convention will
meet in Vancouver on Wednesday, the Sth
day of September, 1850, at 10 o'clock A NJ.
Our Yacolb correspondence, which is good
and will not spoil by delay, we have to lay
over to next week for want of room for it.
Mr. james Sullivan is made happy by the
arrival of his family from the East, from
which he had been separated for long time.
A memorandum book, belonging to some
person who draws wood into the city, picked
up on the street, can be recovered at this Of
flee.
Gus. +. Bceson arrived down from the up
per country on ffluaN, muCu IN proven III
health after three months run in the bunch
grass country.
Sister Blandinc and Sister John, OF the Sis
tiers Of Charity, Vancouver leiton the steamer
last week for Canada TO attend Il provincial
chapter of their order.
The rains Of the last week have subdued
most of the fires in the woods, and danpencd
the ground 50 that any damage from large
fires is now averted for time.
After much trouble and some misundcr-
standing we have at last procured the official
proceedings of the Clarke County Republican
Convention which we shall publish in full
form as possible next week.
l.. NJ. Hidden has toed the mark-frst he
dropped thousand brick on his big toe, then
repaired damages by dropping half Il cord of
wood on it, and Anally settled it down with
the end of n stick OF cordwood weighing Il
hundred pounds, ali in one week.
The steamer "Wlde West blew ont its re-
naming cylinder head on Tuesday, four miles
above THIS city. purser Dan ONeil and the
mate came down here in small boat and tel
cgraphed to Portland for another boat \
Chinaman was badly hurt by the explosion.
The steamer was delayed four hours, and is
permanently laid up Tor repairs.