The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-21
CITY AND COUNTY.
BRIEF MENTION.

Read the notice given this week by the
Vancouver Water Company
About fifty of the pic nicers on Saturday
took dinner at the Alta House.
Miss George Middleton of Portland Wis
tied friends in this city this week.
S. P. White has his new house on 18th
street nearly ready for occupancy.
j. B. Fithian of the Portland Daily Stan
dard, called at this Office on Saturday
Vincent Neswald of Lewis river has gone
back to Nebraska to remain for time.
Mrs. J. w. Cochrans relatives from
Guemes Island departed homeward on Mon
day.
Mr. w. L. Spaulding came down from
the upper country last week for short stay
at home.
Next Tuesday the Ladies' Guild of Ore
gon City will have their annual excursion to
Vancouver.
The Ladies' Guild of St. Luke's Church
is to have meeting at the rectory this
Thursday evening.
The school election for special tax in this
city last week was in favor of the tax with
out dissenting vote.
Jerome Smith runs full stages to Portland
three stages for trip.
Pigeon and glass ball shooting next Sun
day, on the grounds below the city, COM
mencing at l o'clock p. NJ.
Presbyterian services will be held in
Marshs hall next Sunday, at IL A. NJ,
Rev. I, j. May officiating.
Yesterday Mr.. Louis Sohns commenced
the tearing down of his old buildings, to
make way for the new block
Cottier, the ventilator man, was over on
Saturday, to look after the finishing up of
his work on public buildings.
Al. Bateman is now nursing mashed foot.
His horse made slight impression upon it
with one of his delicate ''propelers."
Miss Il. L. Nickel is now in Germany, at
Stuttgart, with Mrs. Coombs and her son,
and will travel in Europe with them.
The Portland printers have compimented
Mayor Randolph Smith by voting him to
be the most popular man in Vancouver
Charlie Brant brought to this office this
week sample branch of cherries that were
remarkably fine for an oil year in fruit
+. T. Leavens of the Cascades, and Miss
Minnie Turner of Washougal, were married
May 25th aud are residing at the Cascades.
Bids for the building of the stone founda-
ton alone OF the new Catholic church in
Vancouver will be received until Saturday
night, June %.
The woods are getting so dry that people
are again on the lookout for fires. We
have heard of several lately that had to be
watched closely.
On Thursday last Mr. S. A. Johns re-
turned to Weston, taking his mother, Mrs
Rebecca Johns, with hun, to remain there
during the summer.
A dispatch received in this city on Tues
day announced the death, at San Rafael,
Cal, OF ). G.. Skidmore brother OF Mrs. b.
+. Preston OF this city.
w. c. Hazard Il Co. have commenced
keeping iron, in bars and rods, for the home
trade. and are fixing up racks for the same
in the basement of the big store.
Mrs Brant buildeth new fence, much to
the disgust of the cattle and horses which
were wont to get their heads through the
old one for a bite of fresh heritage.
Mr.. W. ii. Williams, the new supervis-
ing architect of the court house, and Mr.. J.
La Romed, brother architect, have been
over this week inspecting the building.
The water in the Columbia is still falling,
and the upper rivers are going down, which
induces the belief that the highest point OF
the summer freshet is already reached.
The Luced Mason will give an excursion
from La Center to Oregon City next Sunday.
VIII leave La Center at $50 A. NJ, and st.
Hclens at 4, touching at Shobert's also.
Peter Otte has been laid up for ten days
by broken shoulder, winch he received by
being thrown from a wagon by fright ened
team. He is getting better right along
Mr.. c. A. Gardner, editor OF the st.
Helena, Cal, Star, made a call at this office
on Saturday. He is visiting at the home
Of Mr.. A. NJ. Brown, his brother-in-law.
The ferry boat has put on a clean apron
When the boat weat after cattle at the Is
land Monday night an accident tore oil one
apron, aud It was washed in the Columbia
Some of the miners came in from Canyon
creek Monday, bringing new samples of
rock, among them what is thought to be
ruby silver ore, and now they are getting
excited.
Ben Holman has tern ont the inside of
the 18th Plain residence of Jacob Proebstel.
and is remodeling the building in many
ways, to Increase the comforts of the old
homestead.
A man across the river below Albna at
tempted to burn hornets nest Saturday,
and IN the blaze also was destroyed cut
cord-wood to the amount OF 1000 cords, be-
longing to Jos. Delay.
Ellsworth Post, G. A. r., will charter
boat to Portland on the 18th of July and
invite all old soldiers in Clarke county to
unite with them in forming big delegation
to represent the county.