The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-30
Military Items.

Lieut.. H. b. Rneem, ZlSG Inf., was one OF
the judges on competitive drill held at
Nashville, Tenn, May 25th.
Gen. o. D. Greene, Adjt. Gen. of the De-
partment Columbia, is expected down from
the upper country on Saturday.
Col Grover of the LIST Cav, declined the
invitation of the Walla Walla people to par.
ticipate in the 4th of July celebration.
Lieut.. T. w. Symons, U. s. Engineer
Corps, at Spokane Falls, was one of the first
to announce the arrival of the new comet.
A company of the lst Cav. under command
of Capt. w. r. Parnell left Fort Boise ON
Monday, on scout, going first to the Pay
cite Lakes.
Lieut.. Col H. G. Merriam, I'd Inf, and
Lieut.. F. L. Foltz, LIST Cav, were at Colfax
last week, buying cavalry horses for use at
Fort Colville.
Col. E. 1. Bailey, formerly medical direc.
San Francisco, and is ON duty at division
headquarters.
Lieut. P. H. May, Sth U. s. Inf, is now
in San Francisco, making his preparations
for establishing signal station at Point Bar
row, the extreme northern point of Alaska.
Lieut. F. H. E. Ebsten, Dist Inf, sta.
toned at David's Island, N. ", on recruit
ing detail, has varied the monotony of such
duty this month by trip to Leavenworth,
Kan, in charge of detachment Of military
prisoners.
Maj. John A. Kress, Capt of Ordnance,
has been assigned temporary charge of the
Office of acting assistant inspector general of
the department, vice Col 4. G. Mason, who
has gone to join his new command at Fort
Saunders.
Gen. c. G. Sawtelle, Dep. Q. MIG, U. s.
A., lately stationed at these headquarters,
has gone on tripof inspection to Florida and
Louisiana. That is hardly as nice summer
trip as the inspection of Forts Candy and
Stevens would be.
The Cheyenne Leader says: "Gen. Nor
row, Col of the 2lst Inf, now stationed in
Washington Territory, is in hopes that his
regiment will be ordered to relieve the l4th
Inf. at Camp Douglas, Utah. Gen. Morrow
was for several years at that post when he
was Lieut. Col. of the 18th Inf"
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Drum, widow of Capt.
Simon H. Drum. 4th Art, who fell in Mex
leo, Sept. 10, lS47, dedat Springfield, Ohio,
May Is, after a short illness, aged II years
and l. months. She was the mother of Cap.
tain w. +. Drum, I'd Inf, now at Fort Col
vile, w. 7. Capt Simon IL. Drum was the
brother of the present Adjt -Genl. Il. &.
Drum. U. S. A.-Army and Nary Journal.
There is to be q 4th of July ball at Brat
tons Landing in Lewis river hall. Tickets
for ball and supper will be $3.50. Steam
boats will connect for convenience of attend
ance.
ST.. LUKEs PARISH ScHooL.-The SUM
mer term Of st. Lukes Parish school will
close on Friday, July lst. Examinations
will commence Thursday afternoon, to-day
and continue through Friday.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES. -Rev Father P.
Poaps, Of Vancouver, will hold divine ser.
vice at Battle Ground on the Sd and 18th of
July; at Lewis river on the 10th, and at
Washougal, Cape Horn, on the oath July.
THANKs.-E. NJ Waite, Esq. Secretary
of the Oregon State Agricultural Society,
has our thanks for complimentary tickets to
the fair grounds. The fair commenced yes
terday, and continues until next Wednesday.
BASKET MEETING on FOURTH PLAIN
The new Methodist church on Fourth Plain
will be dedicated to the worship of God ON
Sunday, July 3rd. Rev. II. X. Hines will
preach at IL A. NJ, and Rev. L. A. Banks
at 3:30P. NJ. JOHN FLYNN, Pastor
For THE SEASIDE. Next Wednesday the
o. r. & N. Co. will dispatch the Emma
Hdycard through to Ilwaco, and every
Wednesday thereafter through tho summer
season. Commencing Saturday, June 9th,
the Bonita will run through to Seaside land
ing, returning to Astoria Sunday evening.
FRUIT MARAUDERs.-Fruit growers, and
many persons in the city having fine gar
dens, have been much annoyed this year by
persons young and old who plumber their
places, and ruthlessly carry of the fruits of
hard labor earned by others. The oflensc
has been repeated so often and become so
annoying that there has been made a deter
mination to put a stop to the practice.
Several Of these marauders are known. Mr..
Gay Hayden says that upon repetition Of
the offense ON his premises he will put them
through to the full extent of the law.
WOOD RIVER SMELrING.--It seems that
Lieut. F. j. Patten, 2lst Infantry. exhibited
much enterprise on his own account when
he went to the Wood river country recently,