The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01
CITY AND COUNTY.
BRIEF MENTION.

the ducks last Sunday.
j. G. Bliss and brother of A. Downing
were in the city on Friday.
Yesterday was muster day at the garri
son, and pay -day follows soon.
John Fender advertises stray two-year
old colt he wants to get back again.
The County Commissioners will meet for
the November term on Monday next.
Rev. F. NJ Robertsons family arrived in
this city from the east on Monday morning.
A good boy DESTROYS to learn the printers
trade can find an opportunity at this office.
Capt. w. II. Foster came over to get
square meal and see the boys on Saturday.
Noah n Brown arrived down from the
Dalles on Tuesday, looking as fresh as ever
Capt. N. X. Smith, the Cowlitz lumber
man. was here on Saturday, on business in
tent.
The Dalles Daily SIN is received, a bright.
newsy 6-column paper that is q credit to the
publishers.
The Pacific House has been rented by
Oregon parties, who propose to put in fur
niture store.
j. E. Francis bought about all the gov
eminent property sold last week by the post
quartermaster.
Miss Ida Goss arrived home from Bloom
ington, ILL.,, on Thursday last, much i'm
proved in health.
Coley Darrell, son-in-law of James Craw-
ford, has opened wholesale and retail gro
Gerry in East Portland.
Sam Marsh has put up a lamp post and
street lamp at his corner, which is a good
thing on a dark night.
Two battery men are enjoying the accom-
modatons of the city lookup, on a charge
of fighting in the streets.
Gioninni, the murderer, has been granted
another respite by Governor Newell, until
the 3lst day of December.
party of Illinois men are driving through
the COUNTY this week, looking the different
localities over i'll this county.
Mr.. Ralph Lyons and wife, of La Center,
are visiting at the home of Mr. A. NJ.
Brown. on Burnt Bridge creek
The scow being built by L. C. Palmer for
transporting lumber is nearly finished, and
will be launched in few days.
A communication regarding the proposed
improvement of Lewis river is received just
too late to go in type this week.
returned from the east, and is now with her
son, G. 7. Stiles, at Pataha City.
Charlie Hague started on Thursday last
for Fort Colville, where he goes to work
with the government pack train.
1t is doubtful if the new court room can
be fitted up for the use OF the District Court
at the November term next week.
The well known brokerage firm of j.
Bachman 4 Co., of Portland, failed last
week, to the surprise of many friends
William Switzler, we'll known in this city,
who came to Oregon in 1915, is dead He
died in Umatilla county two weeks ago
The work of fitting up the old market
building for Boyhan q Russies saloon has
been resumed and will soon he completed.
Harmer & Blurock this week purchased
IS head OF beef cattle in the Willamette
valley. The herd will arrive down to-day.
Miss Switzler of Yakima was in the city
on Monday, visiting Mrs. Willis at the Alta
House. She will return to Yakima this
week
The new 2-cent postage stamp carries let
ters to Canada, British Columbia, ana to
every place to which the Scent stamp used
to carry them.
w. B. Patterson, chief printer, has a
thirty day furlough, and on Friday started
for Umatilla county, Ogn., hunting the
ieet-footed deer.
Schuele's new building, where a half dozen
carpenters are putting in their best icks to
get the building completed
j. G. Megler & Co., of Brookfield, W. T.,
were awarded silver medal on canned sal
az tha Int L';,h.. L. l..
tion in London this month.
The County Superintendent of Schools
has appointed Mr. |. N Laiferty and Miss
Katie Padden as examiners at the teacher 5
examination Nov. 9TH and Sth.
Mr.. w. Il. Fisher, a lawyer from Phila.
delphia, who is looking the country over,
was here on Saturday, in company with Mr..
II. w. Ogilbe Portland engineer
Mrs. J. W. McIrvn, of Lake river. who
has been seriously i'll for number of weeks,
is gradually improving under the skillful
treatment of DR.. J. Randolph Smith.
John F. Smith, J. p, has concluded to
let the light of his court shine both night
and day, and has put up street lamp in
front of his Office, to guide the footsteps of
both the just and the unjust
Immigration into southeastern Washing.
ton is reported by the Wala Walla papers
to be very great-that city and suburbs be-
ing sort OF rendezvous and distributing
point for all bound for the interior.
The Vancouver is running on the Portland
route, while the Lnriine is undergoing a
thorough course of repairs. The latter will
be placed on the route as soon as possible.
which VIII suit the travelling public muchly.