The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-04-06
BRIEF MENTION.

ray your water rates before the 10Th and
save the ten per cent. additional.
G. B. Wilcox has resumed operations on
the construction of his brick house.
Mrs. Wall and Mrs. Geoghegan are among
the passengers on the incoming steamer.
The Columbia river is on the rise, coming
up fast, carrying plenty of mud in its waters.
Little was done at the last Council meet
ing but to audit few claims against the city.
Cleaning up yards and burning rubbish
has been the order of the day for a week or
two.
The steamer Washington now leaves Port
land at o'clock in the afternoon instead of
2:30.
Several new houses are being built on the
Main street road between the city and the
creek.
Miss Blackwood's private school will CON-
mence the term on Monday next, the 10th
of April.
Otis Freeman, Probate Judge of Skama-
mia county, paid Vancouver business visit
this week.
The country roads have commenced to
dry up, and it is time for road correspond
ents to do that same also.
H. L. Caples has disposed of his interests
in Clarke county, and will move to the up
per country in few days.
The steamer City Of Salem made a special
trip from Portland to Vancouver on Sunday,
the first since being repaired.
Paymaster Eckles and family have been
stopping at the Exchange hotel this week,
awaiting assignment of quarters.
Tomorrow is Good Friday, and next Sun
Aau will ho OF ha oh
vices will be held in Vancouver.
Harry Claassen has bought an acre Of the
Ryan property east of town ON the hill, and
and will put up house this spring.
s. w. Brown received 10000 feet of lum-
Der last week from below, which has been
put in his lumber yard near the mill.
March ended its days in very proper
and lamb-like manner, classifying the old
proverb usually applied to the month.
Nothing has yet been heard from Mr.
Joseph NJ. Fletcher, and his sudden disap-
pearance is as much mystery as ever.
Mrs. A. w. Gray, with her children,
arrived down from Ainsworth on Saturday
last, on visit to relatives in this city.
The Battle Ground men who 60 down to
the sea at Astoria to cast salmon nets, will
depart next week for the fishing grounds.
Farmers on 4th Plain have most of them
finished sowing grain, and the work is pro-
crossing toward completion on Mill Plain.
Farmers have been rushing their work at
lively rate in Clarke county for two or
three weeks, and much grain is already in.
Mrs. A. s. Duniway has been in the city
this week, lecturing at Marsh's hall on
Monday and Tuesday evenings to fair houses.
The peach trees commenced to put forth
blossoms on the LIST day of April; and the
prospect is favorable for good crop of
peaches.
about what they now think they are worth,
there would be terrible howl next tax pay
ing time.
John Jaggy is having some center coun-
ters built for his store, so that he can dis
play more goods than the shelving gives
room for.
Miss Stella Smith will open 3 months
private school in the lower room of the pub
lie school building, commencing on Monday,
April 10th.
The school exhibition passed off satisfac.
torily last Friday night, an audience of
about 400 being present. The net proceeds
were about $50.
The smelt have been running in the Co.
lumbia ct this point in great numbers this
week. and it is no trick at all to catch .
eart-load of them.
A steamer passed up the river last Sunday
with . barge in tsw, loaded with railroad
material and number Of locomotives for
the o. R. l. N. Co.
Robt. Robb. County School Supt., re-
turned on Friday from trip to Chelatchie
prairie He reports some snow ON the
ground in the hills
Billy Goldbeck has been having lots of
fun with the sturgeon in the river this week,
taking them on sst-linea He caught four
or five every night.
Owing to the lsteuess of the hour at
which the list Of promotions in tho public
school were received, its publication is de-
fsrrsd until next week.
DR.. David Wall has placed in position
street lamp which is . guide to his drug
store BY day and by night, one of the best
signs north of San Francisco.
The city ordinance licensing and rcgulat-
ing the keeping of dogs within the city lin.
its requires all owners Of doss to renew their
licenses the first day Of this month.
John Crawford and Neill Hendrichsen
have commenced fishing for salmdh. and
brought IN the first 6sh on Saturday. Thew
have camp on the bar over the river.
The wiley blue-noss trout now permits
himself To- be allursd BY the savory angle
worm, and the boys are taking them in.
from the Columbia and some Of the small
streams.
8. p. Goodwin, who was seriously hurt