The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-08-19
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Jas. N. Sutton arrived in town Saturday.
on a visit.
Plenty of fresh fruit of all kinds in the
market now.
Harvesting is progressing very favorably
In Clarke county.
Stephens, the matchmaker, departed on
Friday for the Yamhill country.
The campers are still enjoying the soil
tudes and sand flies Of Salmon creek.
A. p. Hotalling, of San Francisco. gave
some Vancouver friends u call on Friday.
The Indians have been bringing buckle
berries to town from the mountains recently.
The water is now nearly below the line
of the lower portion of the government dock.
Rev. H. X. Hines has accepted the edi.
torial charge of the Pacific Christian Adco-
cate.
San Francisco drummers have been plenty
in town for q week, all sorts and sizes of
them.
Joe Burke last week received twelve head
of fat cattle from j. b. Dickerson of the
Dalles.
Rev. J. r. Thompson, of Olympia, was in
town Saturday for a few hours, visiting
friends.
The Vancouver FIGURING Mills are now
running, and entering again upon regular
business.
The new steamship Columbja took her
place on the Portland-Sa Francisco line on
Tuesday.
Foggy and smoky mornings make the
morning boat often late, which disturbs bus
mess regularity a little.
Our citizens are awaiting the issue of the
next county convention with all the patience
of a boy going to a circus.
Rev. j. f. O'Flaherty and John Messen.
ger will fill the appointments on Lewis river
circuit in the absence Of pastor, j. Finn.
Revs. NJ. Judy and J. Finn departed on
Tuesday for Eugene City, to attend the an
nual conference of the Methodist Church.
The friends of the Good Samaritan Hos
pital in Portland are arranging to give a
moonlight excursion to Vancouverthis week.
A stay of execution has been obtained for
young Wintzingerode, until his case can be
heard before the Supreme Court of Oregon.
a portion of the Vancouver garrison will
be detailed to work on the Vancouver and
Portland road as soon as the water recedes.
The Peoples Transportation Co. of Van
couvcr has fully completed its organization,
and assessment No. ! on the stock is made
this week.
The heavy canopy of smoke from forest
fires which envelopes the country gets no
better very fast, and will remain with us
for weeks yet.
The ladies' of Portland Trinity Guild pro-
pose to arrange an excursion to Vancouver,
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present month.
Prof. c. w. l;oby of La Crosse, Wis, an
excellent educator, has been chosen princi.
pal of the Central school at Portland, and is
now on his way out to the coast.
Portland had on sunday night a big fire.
which destroyed Newbury, Hawthorne 4
Co.'S agricultural depot and eight other
buildings, involving a loss of S25, 900.
Wild geese are reported as having beer
seen flying south this week, and it is waking
the oldest inhabitant ont OF his summer mar
to look for his umbrella and gum boots.
A portion OF the Pacific wharf at Portland
was crushed last Thursday by the weight OF
wheat, etc, stored on the upper floor.
Damage to grain $500; to the wharf 81, 500.
The Wiie West did not arrive here until
half past nine Monday morning. being de-
prived OF the use OF the ruined cylinder. and
having to run under a slow head of steam.
Charlie Bird returned a few days ago from
a prospecting trip to Canyon creek and Bald
mountain. He reports large quantities of
snow as still lying on the Cascade mount
aims.
The Wide Wes' is laid up, having blown
out a cylinder head during her Astoria trip
last Thursday, and it will take a month TO
get in a new cylinder, the old one being
wrecked.
The Columbian, the new paper published
at st. Helens, has come to hand. and starts
out with well filed local columns, which if
kept up insures success, which it certainly
deserves.
From Mr.. J. T.. Clark, secretary of the
Washington Teachers Institute, we have
received a pamphlet containing the proceed
ings of the several territorial teachers in
s%titutes. Mr.. Clark introduces in it an ex-
cellent article upon those gatherings.
FALL TERM.-Holy Angels College, Van