The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-07-14
BRIEF MENTION.

The river is continually falling.
City Council meeting next Monday night.
Having has been commenced in different
localities
Archbishop Seghers paid this city a short
visit last week.
The Wood river fever seems to be dying
out in the up river towns.
They are still wranglng about the mayor
atty contest in Portland.
The Feet,c ,othas changed her time of
leaving Portland to $3.50 A NJ.
Father Schram was absent all of last week,
at the Cowlitz Prairie mission.
Several Portland carriages made the
rounds in Vancouver OH Sunday
If we have much more rain the hay crop
Of this county is liable to be injured.
City taxes are still payable, but will be-
come delinquent on the 23d of July.
There is plenty of California fruit still in
market, while our own is coming on.
Quite number of new bull lings are in
course of construction in Vancouver.
There were no exhibitors at the Oregon
State Fair from this county this year.
A. B. Eastman, dentist, has commenced
regular professional visits to this city.
The summer season is about half gone,
and we haven't had any summer yet.
The 'boys in blue were paid off on
Tuesday. and feel correspondingly happy.
Mrs. J. Flynn has been quite jill for
number Of days, but is slowly improving.
The Luriine will make trip to the sea-
side next Saturday, returning on Monday.
Capt. r. H. Loomis, of Washougal, was
in the city Friday, proving up on his claim
Mr. john Sherman, of San Francisco, was
in the city on Saturday, the guest OF s. w.
Brown.
In the Washougal district two of Stephen
Wright's children recently died of throat
disease.
Bishop Paddock and family spent Tues
day in this city, the guests Of Rev. a. S.
Nicholson.
Mrs. H. +. Hunt returns to Vancouver
this week, after an absence in the east OF
over year.
Miss Agnes Ebert returned home last Fri
day, having finished her term OF school at
Maple Grove.
There is talk of match between the Star
base. hall club Of Portland and the Butisticks
of Vancouver.
Dr. NJ. A. Flynn, of Gervais. Ogn.. ar
rived in this city Tuesday, visiting his old
time friends.
Capt. John Smith, Indian Agent at Warm
Springs, Ogn., returned from California on
the last steamer.
Farmers on the Columbia river bottoms
suffered very little this season from the ef
fects OF high water.
S. L. Marsh's new building begins to as.
sumo shape and size, and 1t will be a good
one when completed.
The s. g. Reed took up 400 Cinnamon on
Tuesday, to be employed OH railroad work
; in the upper country. .
The Fleetwood took fishing excursion
party up to the Cascades on Sunday, return
ing the same evening.
Jack Powers, who was dangerously shot
at Portland on the ith inst, is reported as
getting along favorably.
None OF the people from these parts have
gone down to the seaside TINS season it is
cool enous h to stay at home.
VIM. Dillon has paid his annual coinpli
ments tn this Office IN the shape OF lot of
peach plums and summer pears.
Mrs. Proebstel and her children arrived
down from Weston. Om., on Monday, TO
vlSlt ler relatives IN aucouVer.
Capt. d. Hakes removes to Vancouver
this week from East Portland, occupying
the house lately vacated by Il. II. Freeman.
Mr.. j. J. Beeson and +. p. Hamilton left
on Mon lay for Salem, to attend the Grani
Lodge, A. D. U. W., which convenes in that
city.
Mr. w. W. Newlin. Register of the U.
s. Land Il ;e, has 50 tar recovered from his
wouul-d hand as to occasionally 20 out Oh
the street.
The steamer Washington has red AMI
white ring painted around her smose-stack-
to distinguish her from bats OF il similr size.
we suppose.
We are under obligations to j. j. Whit
Ter for copies of papers from Switzerland.
which would doubtless be interesting if we
could read them.
Don't forget that it is not yet to late to
destroy thistles French pnks aud other
noxious weeds that are threatening to be-
come a nuisance in places.
The Misses Montague, daughters Of c. B.
Montague of Lebanon. Ogn.. are in the city,
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Davidson.
They formerly resided in Vancouver.
McCarty has now about completed his adj
ditions to the Vancouver house, which give
double the accommol ations he had before,
aud now he can take care Of quite crowd.
Michael Curtin, OF Fourth Plain, having
for loug time been troubled with cancer
on his lip, had an operation performed Oh it