The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-08
BRIEF MENTION.

The ice boom has the upper hand of all
other booms just now.
Miss Lerena Kenyon is recovering from
her late severe illness.
The st. Helens Society cleared over $40
on the lecture last week.
Lent has commenced, aud social festivities
will be laid aside for time.
The work on the new court house is still
interrupted by cold weather.
Bursted water pipes are among discom-
forts most numerous this week.
The new Lewis river steamboat will be
ready for the route about March LIST.
The members of the Quartette Club went
to Portland Saturday, to give concert.
The boys were skating on the Columbia
river Sunday, bit of sport they do not often
have.
The Washougal dancing club is to give
ball on the 22nd, at the new hall in Wa
shougal City.
Forbes, the italian fisherman, is having
bear dance with Frank Ramsey, who wants
to get rid of him.
All the departments of the public schools
are now installed in the new quarters in the
new school house.
Mil. Vaughn came down from the upper
country on Monday. He saw. 30' below
zero at Pendleton.
No mail came over from Portland on Sat
urday, but on Monday double dose was
received and distributed.
The furnaces at the new school house do
not work satisfactorily during cold weather,
and cause some discomfort.
4. g, cd
frst-class, the gathering of this weeks sup
ply being the best yet secured.
PRESBYTERIAN services will be held in
Marsh's hall next Sunday, at 2:30 P. NJ,
Rev. Thos. J. May officiating.
The skating carnival in Portland an
nounced for Saturday next has been post
poned until milder weather, after the river
opens.
Not long since Geo Turnbull and his son,
of Salmon creek, found bears nest, ami
succeeded in killing the old one and one of
her cubs
The son of D. Uhlery, Chelatchie Prairie,
who was wounded by an accidental discharge
of his gun on Jan. oath, died few days
afterward.
The County Supt. OF Schools states that
the apportionment of school moneys, Terri
torial will be about So % per scholar in
Clarke county.
Mr.. Albert Luelling is dangerously sick at
his home near Woodland. A physician
from ST. Helens was called, but his recovery
is almost despaired of.
The board of county commissioners has
plenty of work on hand in considering the
matter of rebuilding bridges taken out by
the December freshets.
The first term Of the new board of county
commissioners opened Monday; they are still
in session Their labors for the term will
probably be completed this week.
There are contradictory reports concerning
smallp in the Walla Walla country. 1t
will be well for our city authorities to be on
the lookout for any suca unwelcome guest.
The county commissioners have denied
the petition for another road, and there Is
some prospect that goodly portion OF the
county may yet be left for agricultural pur-
poses.
Major Henslee has been having a severe
tussel with the humps, but he would not
have cared much if they had not made his
cheek the size of Portland life insurance
agents.
Washougal is rejoicing in the possession
of a new organ. just received from the east,
so fine an instrument that no one in that
neck of woods can be found to play modeH
music on it.
People hereabouts who have been grow-
ing about the discamforts of the cold snap
may draw little comfort from the fact that
the mercury was So below zero at Meach-
ANS station, in the Blue mountains.
As the people were leaving Marsh's hall
Thursday evening some ONE was heard to
remark that the hall was colder than the
''gloos" the lecturer spoke OF. and no one
disputed the speaker, for it wac cold night
Oar correspondent "Novice" was misin-
formed in regard to it being Martin that
drew the revolver. 1t was the woman 5
husband who drew the revolver on Ed.
Martin after he had caused the separation
between the husband and wife
A Walla Walla paper says the cattle
owners are worrying about their stock, and
pitching out the feed IN great quantities
Butchers talk of raising the price OF meat,
just as though it was not hard work for the
average citizen to pay the present price.
T. b. Orwell and Vincent Neswald of c.
dar creek, J. X. Gather of La Center, +.
J. Colvin aud A. b. Church of Lewis river,
J. G. Rounds Of Lewis river. and II. Beld.
ing of Washougal. braved the cold weather
to attend the commissioners court this week