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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17
SLOCUM'S ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF VANCOUVER.

To anyone wishing to purchase city lots,
they will do well to call on c. W, Sloeum,
who will sell choice lots at $500 to $3.50, all
located this side of the ridge, in plain sight
of the river 19aprtf
Lot for Sale.-A corner lot, in residence
portion of city; nicely located. Price. $40
Apply at this office. l'aec
Gridley & Whitney keep full stock OF
the famous San Francisco Rubber Paint, all
ready mixed for use.
Wall paper in full stock at Gridley u
Whitneys, and trimmed for purchasers, free
OF charge for trimming.
Gridley & Whitney keep the best farm
ing and teaming wagons for sale on the Pa
ciiS coast.
Call and see the new lot of sewing ma
chimes at Gridley & Whtney's. They are
the best out.
Fox SALE Desirable property in business
portion of the city. For particulars enquire
at this office.
THE
Neatest, incest, nobbiest, cleanost, coolest,
cosiest, best lit, highest ceiling, largest sky
light-in fact the Bon Ton place,
THE IDENTICAL"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

On Sunday morning the Oregon
Improvement Co.'s coal steamship
Mississippi was burned, while lying at
the coal bunkers in Seattle The fire
originated in the oil room of the
steamer, probably from spontaneous
combustion. The chief engineer was
burned in his bunk. Falling timbels
of the wharf killed a sailor, but no
other loss of life is known The loss
on the ship is 100000. The wharf
was damaged to the extent of $4,000.
This is the fifth steamer lost in north
ern waterssthis season, the last so far
in a remarkable series of accidents.
y Walla Walla Union correspondent
states that Major Frank D. Baldwin,
of Gen. Miles staff, accompanied by
Lit. :. c. Robertson, and a detachment
of 10 men, arrived at Fort Colville on
the Goth ult. The following day they
visited the country in the vicinity of
the Little Dalles. They left on Satur-
day, the 2Sth, ON the "Columbia,n for
the Okanagan country, sending wagon
and ambulance back from old Fort
Colvile, travelling with pack animals
from that point. After leaving 500
Ioos on the Okanagan, they will fol-
low down that stream crossing the Co.
lumbia at the mouth ofthe Okanagan.
The object of the expedition it is UNI
derstood is to gather information in
regard to selecting a site for perma-
nent military post to take the place Of
old Fort Colville, and for which an
appropriation has been made.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that will not be re-
sponsible for any debts contracted by. my
wife, Ms. George Bush, in her or my name.
SERiT. GEORGE BUSH
Vancouver. W. T., May II, 1858 Ilimy3
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17
No. Dist.

NHtI DTUWH dTIH NtTlIH bWTht u an
couver We're granted six months liquor Ii.
cense.
Wednesday, 9th. day was chiefly
occupied in the preparation of jury lists.
Thursday, 10th. The petition of Allen
Hiedon and others for a road to the Maple
Grove school house was rejected as the pc
tition did not have the signatures required
by Law.
Friday, llth.-The board completed the
selection of the names of persons qualified
to serve as jurors, as follows:
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17
PORTLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

The following rates represent wholesale
prices for selling, or prices paid producers:
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

Wheat, u 100 fbs.Sl.S0
Flour 4 30 TO 8 90
Oats, pr bu. .6Stoi2c
Potatoes, pr bu. SOTO 20
Onions q 100 lbs. 8. Is 90
Middlin gs. $50 to 30 90
Shorts .S25 to - 90
Chop $50 to 10
Bran Ssh to p 30
BacOn....... II to l5c
Hams........15 to l6c
Shoulders. 10 to BE
Cheese IL to iSc
Honey, comb.lS to Poe
Honey, strained he
Dried apples. 9 to Zoe
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

Wall paper in full stock at Gridley
Whitney's, and trimmed for purchasers, fire
of charge for trimming
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

10 serve as Jurors, as follows:
GRAND JURORS
NJ Butterfed, Jas McHale, ERHamiton
II c Clark " H Shobert Thos Wells,
\ Edwards, Adolph Smiley H Bedding,
stephen Crabh, Carl Schirmer, c ii Whitney
Conrad Auer, " K Daley, Jas Perdue,
Aonzo Morgan, H NJ Knapp. Danl Cowlcy
! Hensey J r Anderson, Ira Bieseckcr
Henry Christ j ? Charlton, LAT. Baker,
John Burrow.
PETIT JURORS.
G A Buchanan, L D Groat, Horace Geek.
\ " Hidden, j T Gcrow, Martin Clarke
& A Heuricksen A Mccoy, Luther Davis
James LOOMS, II Bartlett. 81 Watkins,
Jacob Rathbun, G Mcbride, q A Whipple,
James Miller, Fred Ehlback, A Leeper,
Alex Heisen, W Smith. John Juber,
james Turpie, W c Knight, 7 5 Gillian,
\ II kersey.
The organization of school district No 53
as follows, was confirmed: Beginning at
the northwest corner of Sec 10, Town
north, Range east, thence south II miles,
east ! J miles, thence north to district 81,
on line OF SAID district north and west to
the county road to Sec TO- thence west to
beginning
The organization OF school district No 81
was confirmed, as follows: Dividing dis
trict No. % by line running east and west
t. hetween sections 20 aud %. and 81 and %.
but leaving the land of James Rambo in
Dist No. %
The organization OF school district No 55
was confirmed, as follows: Beginning at
the southwest corner of Sec rs, thence north
to the northwest corner Sec 81, thence east
to southeast corner Sec ID, thence north 80
chains, thence east 10 chains, thence sou. h
70 CHAINS, thence east to the section line be-
tween Secs IL aud Ia. thence south to the
southeast corner Sec %, thence west to the
stake Of Secs % and p. thence south to
the section line between Secs ~ aud "a,
thence west to the place OF beginning, in
Town north Range east
The application OF A Buchanan to be
transferred to school district No. 80 Was
examined, and action thereon post pcned I'M
I'll the August term.
Meinrad Wendell was transferred from
school district No. so to school district No.
49,
James T Wood was transferred from
school district No. IS to to school district
No. 10.
All of James Bybee's land lying east of
the section line between Secs 81 and 80, I
north. r 3 east. was transferred from dis
trict No. to district No. IS.
Concluded in next issuel
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

Lot for Sale.-A corner lot, in residence
portion of city; nicely located. Price, $40
Apply at this office. Idec
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

Gridley & Whitney keep the best farm
ing and teaming wagons for sale on the Pa
ciis coast.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

Gridley & Whitney keep full stock Of
the famous San Francisco Rubber Paint, all
ready mixed for use.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17
Proceedings of the Board of County
Comm SsiOners.
MAY TERM, 1883.

Monday, May Board met pursuant to
law; present, the commissioners, sheriff and
comfy ambition
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

Call and see the new lot of sewing ma
chimes at Gridley & Whitney's. They ar
the best out.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

Fox SALE Desirable property in bushes
portion of the city. For particulars enquir
at this office.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-05-17

sec II, T 4 north, + 3 east, TOO acres sch0oI
land, We're rented to Thomas Combest for 6
years. at $40 per year.
Road supervisors were appointed as fol-
lows.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
Shooting Stars.

An observer carefully wat hing the
heavens on a cloudless night will often
see an object that looks like a star
shooting through a short space in the
sky, and then suddenly disappearing.
Several of these seeming stars may be
seen in the course of an hour. Some
times they are very faint, and are
visible only for a second; sometimes
they move more slowly and are seen
for several seconds. Sometimes they
leave behind a long train of silver
light; and sometimes they are so large
and brilliant as to illuminate the
heavens like the bursting of a sky
rocket.
These little bodies are called shoot
ing stars or meteoroids, and the more
Celestial space is full of them. Their
number is countless, AMI they move
round the sun in every possible kind
of orbit, although as yet nothing is
certainly known concerning their
origin and constitution.
The earth is constantly encounter
ing the tiny atoms, while making her
annual revolution round the sun.
Moving in her orbit with a velocity of
eighteen miles a second, she meets
swarms of meteoroids, usually passing
in an opposite direction, with a veloc-
ity often as great Is twenty-six miles
a second. AS the meteoroids plunge
headlong against Our atmosphere, a
tremendous conclusion takes place,
and so much heat is evolved that the
intruders are actually burned up, an |
the shooting stars are simply the light
of the contiagration. So numerous
are the meteoroids that it is supposed
that seven millions fall to the earth
every twenty-four hours.
The shooting stars we see on clear
nights move in every direction, and
seem to be scattered without plan OF
purpose. The case is different with
those that ause the meteoric showers.
These move in immense meteor-zones
or hoops, the point nearest the sun
resting Oh the earth's orbit, and the
point farthest from the sun extending
to or beyond the most distant planets.
The earth will pass through one of
these zones on November 10, and,
during the passage, a modern display
of shooting stars may he looked fer.
Once in about thirty-three Years sac
encounters a wonderfully brilliant and
concentrated portion of the zone Tae
meteOrS then shoot forth in all direc-
tions, and in such numbers that the
heavens seem to be on fire. A grand
display of November meteors is not
expected until 1899. The meteors are
also known as leonoids Youths Com
paniCn.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
SELECT SIFTINGS.
The gauntlet was first introduced in

The gauntlet was first introduced in
1925.
Insects form an important food Of
the Bantus, a tribe inhabiting South
eastern Africa.
1t is considered a disgrace for a Hin
doc girl not to be married when she is
eleven or twelve years old.
The Indians, believing the noise
made by telegraph wires is the voices
of departed braves, never disturb them.
Idolatry was revived in Britain by
the Saxons about 473, but it gave way
after the coming of Augustin, in 597.
A California editor states that China .
men freshen up stale fish and eliminate
their odor by dipping them in diluted
uric acid.
In probably nc other place in the
world but Strobeck, Germany, does
chess form a regular course of study
in the schools.
An electric light about the size of a
small bean has been constructed and
used successfully in Illuminating in
terror portions of the human body.
One letter out of every 300 sent is
unclaimed in the Office to which it goes.
One letter in 283 sent turns up at the
dead letter Office. One letter out of
3,lOO sent is held for postage at the
office of mailing, and this amounts to
nearly 100000.
The natives of Northern India have
found light wooden clothing to be far
more healthy and comfortable than the
cotton which has leen worn from time
immemorial. In consequence. the manu-
1acture of light, cheap wooden goods
has greatly increased there.
A curious custom prevails along the
seacoast of Massachusetts in regard to
selling pools on fishermen-to see which
n of them will catch the first fish
while out on an excursion. In a num-
Der of the seaport towns regular ex-
changes are established, where this
pool-selling goes on, and each mar i'll
every fishing excursion that goes out
is bought up by the adventurous gam
blers in the same manner that horses
entered for a IA are bought. These
pools often run up as high as five or
six hundred dollars each, according to
the number of fishermen, and the first
man that catches a fish is declared the
winner, and his hacker takes the pot;
the man who gets second place, how
ever, takes some share.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
Handling Huge Redwood Trees.


Menteur and myself were walking
TRANQUILITY up a wooded ravine In Cali
fornia when a woodman on the hill
side, some distance above us, took his
pipe out of his mouth and TRANQUILITY
remarked:
"Guess you fellers jest as well go
back"
1t is one of my rules in life eve to
ask useless questions. L went back,
and in a few moments l found out
why.
The sound of chopping and the swish
of the saw suddenly ceased, and a
long, mournful cry rang through the
woods. 1t was the warning note of
the woodman.
The top of a tall tree some distance
ahead of us began to tremble slightly.
There was an awful, prolonged groan
such a groan as might come from
the breast of the imprisoned giant be-
meath Mount Ktna. Then came a
sharp "crack y as the mighty trees
trunk snapped. The tall monster
slowly and majestically moved toward
the earth. There was a terrible crash
as it smote the branches from its fellow
trees-smit.ng them clearly as with a
cimeter. There was a oar rs of thun-
der when it struck the ground; the
earth trembled for rods around. as if
an earthquake shock were upon us; a
cloud of dust rose up, and when it
cleared away the impressive woodmen
were stripping the fallen giant of his
limbs.
Inasmuch as the tree fell upon the
exact spot we had occupied a moment
before, we understood and appreciated
the remark of the laconic woodman.
We watched the woodmen prepare
an immense log, about twelve feet in
diameter. They drove in the staple,
and then hitched to it twenty oxen
ten yoke. The goad bearer punched
his animals, swore at them in a pleas
ant and persuasive voice, and they
started. The mammoth log groaned
slightly, turned reluctantly, and moved
forward an inch or two.
Ping Whir-r-r!
The iron ring had snapped in twain.
Its two fragments flew two different
ways-one passing between the inter
ested heads of Menteur and myself.
If it had struck us we woul | have lost
all interest in logs and other mundane
things. Not having struck us. l
maintained my interest. l looked with
much curiosity to see what had become
of the twenty oxen. l expected to see
them out of sight, a an Irishman
might say, by reason of the sudden
slackening Of the immense tension.
They were not out of sight, but they
were the most miscellaneous, most C, n
fusei and most Disguised oxen 1 ever
saw in mylife. They were engaged in
turning twenty distinct, complicated
and rapid somersaults.
Menteur, in telling this story, inva-
riably ends it by saying that each OK
lit on his feet. But then Menteur is
not marked for his veracity.-Scn
Francisco Argon1ut.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
WISE

Be silent and safe; silence never be-
trays you.
Addiction, like the iron smith, shapes
as it strikes.
1t is a crime to consider any wicked
ness a sign of ability.
If you boast of a contempt for the
world, avoid getting into debt. 1t is
giving to gnats the fangs of vipers.
The temperate are the most truly
luxurious. BY a~bstaining from most
things, it is surprising how many things
we enjoy.
A loving act does more good than a
6ery exhortation. What mankind
needs is not more good takers, but
more good Samaritans.
Old age is the night of life, as night
is the old age of the day. Still, night
is full of magnificence, and for many,
it is more brilliant than the day.
Aim high. You may not touch the
mark, but by a high ain you will come
nearer to it than by not trying at all.
Then by making the effort many per-
o n have come nearer to it than at
first anticipated.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

Mr.. JOSEPH G. BIcKSELL. No. 62 Main Street.
Cambridgeport, Mass. writes. April %, 1883: have
been terribly afflicted for a number Of years With gravel
and kidney disease. My urine contained brick-dust
deposits, and at times / 9 ,uld not pass my water except
in drops and with great pain; and have had to get up ae
many as fifteen times during the night. l tried several
physicians; they did me no good, but a friend OF mine.
who had used Hunts Remedy. told me to get a bottle
and try it. He had been cured of a severe case similar
to mine, and that others had used Hunts Remedy in
Cambridge and pronounced it a medicine of real merit
After being repeatedly urged l purchased a bottle, and
before had used all of it 1 passed a stone as large as a
pea. followed by smaller ones. Ihave used in all ten
bottles, and it has completely cured me. My kidneys
are in excellent condition, and for one Of my age (6s)
siIty-eight years, l can truly say l feel like a young mau
with strength and vitality. My family use the Remedy.
and would not be without it. and never fail to recon-
mend it to our friends and n~eighbors in Cambridge and
Boston. You are at liberty to use my name in praise OF
the best kidney and liver medicine. Hunts Rdmedy."
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Three artesian wells have been sunk
in the corporate limits of Pueblo, Col,
the last one more than a year ago. All
are over 1000 feet deep, and n is
over 1900 feet. Each discharges a
regular and considerable flow Of
mineral water, the water from two Of
them being highly charged with valu-
able hygienic properties.
There is but one nickel mine in the
United States 10Y in operation. 1t Is
situated in Lancaster county. Penn.
1t is 200 feet deep and has been worked
seventeen years. The demand for this
metal is rapidly increasing. Groupings
of nickel are found also in Madison,
Iowa and Wayne counties, Mo The
refined metal is worth So a pound.
The Volta prize of $4,000 will be
awarded by the academies of sciences,
Paris, in December, 1887, under the
decree Of June II, 1882, for the dis
covery or invention of whatever shall
render electricity applicable, economi-
cally, to one Of the following objects !:
Heat, light, chemical action, mechanical
force, the transmission of messages, or
the treatment of sick persons.
There are produced annually in
North America 100000 barrels of
hemlock bark extract, of which a
single Boston firm produces 10000
barrels. All the tanneries Of the United
States consume annually about 1885,
900 cords of hemlock bark, produced
in nine States. AS the yield of bark is
about seven cords to an acre of hem
lock timber, the yearly consumption
implies the clearing of $4,000 acres.
Secretary Fisher, of the Illinois de-
partment of agriculture, lately received
from Colonel John Lynch, of Olney,
ILL.,, several stools of wheat damaged
by the new wheat insect, the wheat
bulb worm. On the samples were
found specimens of this insect in
various stages Of development, some
having as many as five active little
fellows at work sapping the life from
the plant. The egg is brown and looks
much like that Of the Hessian fly.
Some experiments noticed by DR.. A.
j. Wall indicate that the bite of the
American rattlesnake is far less deadly
than that of certain snakes found in
other parts Of the world. In four
fatal cases of r%attlesnake poisoning in
dogs the animals survived for an
average period of about two hours and
a half after being bitten and at least
five dogs experimental upon recovered
completely. The dogs bitten by the
Indian cobra all died within an average
period of less than thirty-1ive minutes;
and those poisoned by the Australian
hoplocephalus lived only one hour and
t~wenty-four minutes.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
A Chance for Inventors.

In the heavy thunderstorms which
occurredin various parts of the country,
says a New York Sun editorial, the
lightning manifested it's well-known
affinity for petroleum. Three large
Oil tanks were struck. One of them
was neal Olean, in this State, another
at Muncy Station. Penn, and the third
in the yard of the Standard Oil COM
pany at Communipaw. n. j. This last
one had very little oil in it, and was
not consumed, but the others, with
their contents, were burned.
The attractive influence exerted by
petroleum, or its vapor, which renders
these great oil tanks so liable TO de-
struction by thunderbolts, does not
seem to be very well understood. If
it was, we should hardly be without
any efficient means of guarding such
structures against lightning. The
subject is well worthy of attention
and study on the part of men of science.
At present the safeguards are so in
a lequate that al oil tank is not only
very likely to be destroyed by any
thunderstorm, but to act also as a fire
brand to every building anywhere near
it.
The inventor who devises a method
which shall afford to oil tanks absolute
protection against lightning. ought to
be able to make a million of dollars by
the invention.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
"DHd Wonders for lIe.''

Tho above words are from Mr.. LEWIS KEEN. No. 3
Highland Avenue, Maiden. Mass. April Is, ISIS. He
says: II have been troubled for years with kidney and
liver complaint. followed by gravel, with severe pains in
my back and groins. l had great trouble in passing
water. it being scanty. and accompanied by terrible
burning. the vessel being coated with brick-dust deposit
was recommended to use Hunts Remedy by a friend
who had been completely cured of n similar trouble. i
purchased a bottle at the druggists. and commenced to
improve at once. i have used but two bottles, and 1t
has Cone wonders for memo more kidney trouble, no
more pain. II has given ne new life. and l would not
be without Hunts Remedy at any price. IL is all that
il is recommended to be, and l cheerfully give this
testimony for the benefit of the many sufferers from
kidney disease and gravel"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
A splendid Remedy for Lung Diseases.

Or. Robert Newton. late President Of the Eclectic
College of the City of ew York. and formerly of
Cincinnati. Ohio. used DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam very
extensively in his practice. as many Of his patients.
now living. and restored to health by the use OF this
invaluable medicine. can amply testify. He always
said that so good = remedy ought not to be consid.
cred merely as q patent medicine. but that it ought
20 be prescribed freely by every physician as a
sovereign remedy in Sll cpses of Lung Disease. 1t is
a Hure cure for Consumption, and has no equal foi
all ysctoral complaints
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

As a perfect pharmaceutical preparation,
Hoods SarsaTarilla surpasses any proprietary
article upon the market. A glance at the arti-
Gle shows the scrlpulous neatness and care
with which the detail of its manufa cture and
putting up must be conducted. These points
are of importance in any business, but in
remedies for the relief of human suffering
they become of supreme importance. Only
such medicines are worthy public confidence.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
Population OF European Cities.

The statistical researches of Benin
and Wagner show the following to-
tails for the population of the great
cities of Europe:
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

There are in Europe, according to
this calculation, ninety-two cities the
population Of which exceeds 100000
Inhabitants, and four cities with a
population of over 100000. Great
Britain heads the list in respect to the
density of town population.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

An intelligent London fish merchant
has made a calculation showing that
100000 oysters are annually con.
sumed in London.