The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-03-23
BRIEF MENTION.

ing ner nealth.
The city public schools will close next
week for the summer.
Mr.. j. T. Goss returned from the Walla
Walla country on Monday.
John Proebstel's sons at Weston made
10000 pounds of bacon this year.
A we'll written obituary for John S. b.
Earth will be published next week.
]. G. Shofner, late Lieutenant of the Dist
Infantry, goes into business in Portland.
Who burglarized Mr.. Charles Slocums
barn is now one of the leading questions.
There have been many visitors in town
this week from points up and down the river.
Dupuis, the elder has his sugar bush in
full running order, a sign that spring is close
at hand.
Mrs. Sparkling departed for Seattle on
Tuesday morning, after a three weeks stay
in Vancouver.
A. p. Cawley brought the boss sample of
shingles to town last week, and says he has
more like them.
The potato trade is good, and prices re-
main steady, with no probability Of going
down at present.
Mrs. j. d. Biles, who has been in the city
visiting her sister, Mrs. West, returned to
Portland on Monday.
The school election for voting ON the prop
osition to build new school house is ap-
pointed for April 9th.
Spring and winter have been having a
hard fight for possession of March. So far
winter is a little ahead.
The director of the U. S. mint has decided
that coin with hole punched in it is only
old silver, and not money.
Steamers between San Francisco and Port
land of the o. r. & N. Co. IS line now depart
and arrive every four days.
George Hart having sold his farm at the
Washougal will next week go to southern
Oregon, seeking pastures new.
All the small boys are getting humps on
their sides and rattle when they move, but
it's only marbles that ails them.
L. A. Morrison, recently from Dakota,
has located in this county, and has purchased
O tract of land from Mr. q. II. Kicker.
The work on Slocums new store building
is progressing so that it will be ready for
fun occupancy as soon as the first of April.
Merton & Vaughn have this week bought
one of John Millers new hacks for their
livery stable, and it is very good and sub
stantial vehicle.
Maple trees planted in this country in
1853 have attained diameter Of Is inches.
In few countries does timber grow faster
than in Washington and Oregon.
Persons owning dogs on which the license
tax imposed by city ordinance has not been
paid need not marvel if their pet CANNES
come up missing some fine morning.
Mrs. Orr last week became violently in
sane, and as the county has no hospital she
was on Tuesday sent to Steilacoom. She
has once before been taken in that way.
Every steamer is now bringing many i'm.
migrants to this part of the Territory, and
it is likely that during the coming summer
hundreds, if not thousands, more will come.
Mr.. L. d. Woodland arrived down from
Colfax on Monday, and before returning
will make trip into Southern Oregon for
the house Of Frank Brothers & Co., Of Port.
land.
]. T. Laughrey returned last week from
the Nehalem valley, where he had been to
make claim. He waded through four feet
of snow to get over the mountains to AS
toria-
Mr.. James Walker and wife, of Salmon
creek, who have been at the Dalles all win
ter, have been down this week on visit,
and will return to the upper country in a
few days.
The river having raised again, at high tide
on Monday morning the Vancouver ferry
boat Veto No. 2 and the Caiiiope foated oil
the sands at Government Island, and came
down the river.
A certain correspondent of ours who made
. terrific fuss about building a court house
ON correct financial principles, appears on
tho roll of delinquent tax payers for 81 81.
How are the mighty fallen.
Girls should avoid getting vaccinated with
virus from their lovers arm. We heard Of
an Oregon girl who was so vaccinated, and
was soon after discovered sitting cross
legged, swearing. and smoking a briar-wood
pipe.
John Miller, late Of Hillsboro, Oregon,
has rented the rear room Of Sam Marsh s
shop, in which to carry on the business of
carriage and wagon making, and he keeps
on hand some good buggies and hacks for
sale.
That last dodge of the Portland Telegram
In palming of on . confiding public wood
cut Of the geutlemAnly phiz Of Mr.. I. ID.
Davis Of Hodge, Davis 4 Co., as picture
Of Roscoe Conkling 10 toe thin. Anybody
can zee through it.
LOGGING Operations are now carried on
livelv At Coulter's logging camp on Vsncou-