The Vancouver Independent from Vancouver, Washington • Page 5

BRIEF MENTION. Wild strawberries are now ripening in Clarke couuty. Hazard Co. shipped a lot of shingles to tha Dalles this week. Flowers are wanted for use on Decoration Day, alt that can be had.

Mr. N. Sutton returned to his station at the Dalles on Monday. Capt. Jas.

W. Troup arrived down from the upper river on Sunday, for a short stay. The committees to get up the 4th of July celebration in Vancouver are already at work. A readable account of Gen. Morrow's fatuous dium-sticks appears on tbe first page of this paper.

Henry Heitman has purchased of Joseph J. Bliss the two cottages he advertised for sale last week. Kernel Yon Lang, "der deutcher blonde," graced Vancouver with his lordly appearance this week. The hotel registers show that more persons than usual from other towns are visiting Vancouver. Ths 21st Infantry band will give a grand concert at New Market Theatre in Portland on Friday evening, Juno 2nd.

Jim Ward, and his wife, Carrie Clarke Ward, are now running the theatre at Niblo's gasden, San Francisco. Several Portland architects have been in the city this week, laying court house plans before the county commissioners. The yard at S. VV. Brown's lumber mill is once more full of logs, and the saw running on full time for all it is worth.

A very large concourse of people witnessed the solemn ceremonies of the consecration of the Catholic cemetery on Sunday last. Travel on the river has never bcon heavier than now, and tho O. R. N. boats are crowded with passengers every day.

The Ladies' Guild of Oregon City have chartered the steamer Lurline for their excursion to Vancouver on Decoration Day. The emigrants who come in "prairie schooners" have begun to make their appearance in Clarke county, early in the season. On Tuesday evening next the steamer Traveler, with a barge, will bring a moonlight excursion party from Portland to this city. The Sunday Oreijonian is now delivered in this city every Sunday morning, and it is a paper well worth the cents a month. The Rt.

Rev. J. A. Paddock, D. Bishop of Washington Territory, will visit SSt.

Luke's Church, Vancouver, ou the first Sunday in June. Miss Oro Brown, daughter of Mr. Matt Brown, was 13 last Thursday, and had a very pleasant birth-day gathering of young misses to greet her. Mr. Levi S.

Loomis, from Kemmswick, arrived in this city on Monday. He is a brother of Miss L. A. Loomis, teacher of St. Luke's parish school.

The base ball boys of Portland are getting up an excursiou to come to Vancouver. It is time something was done to wake up the base ball players here. Ben. F. Wilbur, who was formerly a clerk at the depot quartermaster's otlice in Vancouver, committed suicide at Silver City, Idaho, on May 14th.

The Cascade boat now leaves Portland at 9 a. bringing our mails at 10:30, au arrangement which does not suit the business men of this place very well. Sunday, May 21, between the post-office and tbe Catholic cemetery, a medium sized brass door-key. The tinder will please leave it at this office. The first excursion to Washougal park on Sunday last was attended by an immense crowd.

As usual, ths Portland boys had a fight or two during the return trip. Mr. S. A. Johns and wife, of Weston, came down here on Saturday to see the folks and have a little vacation.

Oil Tuesday they went dswu to Lewis river. W. B. Patterson and wife started on Tuesday for San Francisco, where Mrs. Patterson may possibly remain for the summer.

Mrs. Amelia Knight accompanied them. If there are any experienced school teachers in this vicinity out of employment they can get a school in Wasco by applying to the county superintendent at the The warm weather is having its effect on ths crops, and tbe first thing to ripen is the ice cream st Tom O'Neill's. It just discounts hot weather. He keeps it ou draught night and day.

The Board of County Commissioners have adjourned, but will meet again June 6tb, to receive bids for the loan of 925,000 to the county on county bonds, to raise funds for the new court house. H. H. Gridley has been on the sick list this week, from trying to do too much work, Mrs. Gridley is suffering very much with a felon on one of her lingers, and the rest of the folks are not very well.

On Decoration Day the steamer Washingion will leave Vancouver at 7 o'clock instead of eight, returning will leave Portland at 10. About 4 o'clock will leave again for Portland, returning here the same evening. A. M. Patterson of Kalama, one ef the men who know how to keep a hotel, was up here on Saturday.

Mrs. Patterson, who has been visiting st tbe home of Mrs. Chas. Slocum, has returned to Kalama. J.

W. Wantwortn and Joseph Saver of the city band received tbis week a new tenor and bass born, two of the finest inatrumeuta in the band, and now we may expect them to become regular blow-hards. In another column we publish a communication from Mr. Wm. It.

Dillon concerning the location of tbs new court house, which is right to the point. Before it is too late ths mstter should be looked after. Samuel P. Goodwin, who has accepted a C'tion in the employ of ths First National of Portland, will go on duty June Ist. His wife will remain for a time with her another, Mrs.

Resburg, out in the Flat woods distriot. The Rev. G. W. Sloan, a Presbyterian divine who lived many years in Steilaooom, was ia this city over Sunday, the guest ef J.

O. Blake and family. Mr. Sloaa eg. nrasass himself as very much pleased with sWSTa, Commencing next month the O.

R. N. Co. will sell round trip tourists' tickets from to the Cascades, the Dalles, the seaside resorts, to all points on the Sound, to Victoria and Alaska, at 60 per cent, of regular rates. J.

E. Francis was heard of in Walla Walla last week, where he went into the Watchman office, pawed over the exchanges, swapped lies with the editor, and finally had to pay two aud a half to make peace with the establishment. The ship Iroquois, commanded by Capt. A. V.

Nickel, arrived at Tacoma last week, 120 days from New York, loaded with railroad material. Capt. Nickel is a brother of Mrs. C. H.

Whitney, and will visit Vancouver before he sails again. The Vancouver M. M. Co. haa the sash factory building nearly completed, the boiler and engine are set, machinery and shafting have arrived, 60,000 feet of cedar on hand, and yet the bosses are not happy, for they cannot get to work uuder a mouth.

H. R. Caples and family departed yesterday for Pataha City, W. where his father and mother reside, and will moke that section his future home. He is one of the best boys ever grown up in Clarke county, aud his neighbors did not like to spare him.

They wish him good luck iv his new home. George Newman, cabin boy on the Washington, one day last week picked up a purse on the steamer after the passengers had left, which contaiucd some money. In a few hours he had it returned to the owner, Mrs. Rogers, and she says George is one of the good boys, and he deserves a good recommendation for his honesty. Military and Personal.

Lt. H. L. Bailey, 21st has beeu relieved from duty with the signal corps, and ordered to rejoin his station. Capt.

Geo. L. Browuiug. 7th who died in Tans, May 2nd, was at one time in command of tort Colville iv this department. Asst.

Surgeon T. fit. Wilcox at Kort Boise recently took from the tluma which supplies the post with water a salmou trout weighing pounds. Lt. John M.

Boss, Q. M. 21st left ou Tuesday for San Francisco, accompanied by his wife, wlin is going on a visit to hcrfrieuds iv tile east. The family of Gen. O.

I). Greene, A. A. G. of the department, arc now all convalescent, after a long siege of sickness, aud his familiar face is once more seen at headquarters.

Major John A. Kress aud family will take their departure for Texas ou the steamer of 4th. I luring their long residtuce here they have won a host of friends, who regret their departure. Lieut, (luy Howard, 12th Infantry, A. D.

C. to (leu. Howard, who has lately completed the course at the Artillery School expects to go on a trip to Kurope before settling dowu at West Point, Miss (Irace Sanliorn, daughter of Lt. W. I.

Sauburu, 25th. has been suffering from an attack of pneumonia, at St. Helen's Hall, Portland, where she is attending school. She is now much better. Acting Asst.

Surgeon T. T. Cabanniss, uuilcr orders for cliange of duty from Fort Spokane to Fort Stevens, hod been grauted permission to delay seven days en route, and will visit Furts four d'Alene aud Walla Walla. (ieu. Chas.

Sawtelle, U. S. formally entered upon his duties with Gen. Hancock at Governor's Island May 1. His return to the vicinity has been a source of gratification to his many Army it rut Xary Journal.

Troop Ist Capt. Bendire, Fort Walla Walla, will chauge stations next mouth, with Troop Ist Capt. Whipple, now at Fort Klamath. Troop Ist Capt. Waggoner, is now on the march from Camp Hidweil to Fort Walla Walla.

Iv observance of Decoration Day General Miles issued au order suspending all but necessary military duty on that day at all the posts iv the department, and directiug that minute guns be tired in the moruiug and a national salute at noon. On Friilay evening last at the residence of Gen. Morrow a reception was given iv houor of Mrs. Haughey, wife of Capt. A.

Haughey, 'Jlst aud Mrs. I loss, wife of Lt. I. M. Hoss, Q.

21st previous to their departure to tbe east. The occasion waa replete with good feeling, enjoyment, and was a fair sample of one of the great attractions of garrison life. Tbe most delightful event of the season occurred at Vancouver Barracks, W. at the quarters of Captain Frank I). Baldwin, of Geu.

Miles'stall, ou Monday evening last. The entertainment took the form of a soiree musieale. iv honor of Miasldabella Haugbey, oue of the gifted daughters of the 21st Infantry, who is on the eve of departure for Europe. The occasion was full of interest to both staff and line. The opeuiug piece on ihe programme was an overture by tbe regimental string band, which, iv the neverto-be-forgotten strains of Pinafore, kindled musical fervor, aud put everybody in zest for the coming feast of song.

This was followed by a solo by Mist forth, oh gentle in a peculiarly sweet, mezzo-soprano voice which, for so young a person, was managed with marked skill. Next, a piano solo by Miss Egbert, tbs accomplished iuatructor at St. Heleu's Hall, elicited much admiration. Her selections were classical and were executed with rare ability and grace. Emmet's Lullaby, a sweet pathetic ballad, was sung by aptain Fierce with such evident modesty and feeling as to call forth sincere approval.

The violin and piano Haugbey and a charming selection from Semiramis, and was equally charming in its reproduction, securiug a most hearty encore to which the young ladies cheerfully responded. A solo followed -ballad, "We'd better bide a wee," by Mrs. Fierce, wbieh waa also promptly encored. In future we hope to pear from Mrs. Fierce more frequently, as her voice, an exquisitely sweet, mezzo-soprano, is admirably adapted to ballad singing.

A chorus, "Ths Army Blue," was a very pretty tribute to absent friends and comrades. The words were composed by Major Baird, now a paymaster in tho army, bat far many years Adjutant of the Ath Inf. Printed slips were furnished, and to the air ol Wearing of ths Green," the welkin rang for many minutes. It waa written amid the snows of Montana, and is the song of the gallant Fifth. From the enthusiastic manner in which Gen.

Miles, once its Colonel, led the singers during several stanzas we felt that the stirring lines had been often sung around the camp-tire as well as by tbe hearth-stone. The Gen. has a natural baritone voice, and showed very plainly that New England's loyal blood still courses the veins of her distinguished son. The weird melody of "Departed Days" cast a shade of sadness, quickly dissipated by Mrs. Baldwin's "Esmeralda" rendered in the most bewitching style, and the encores were repeated until their numbers were only limited by that lady's power of endurance.

Her rendering of the "Staccato Polka" is something wonderful, quite beyond description. "Ths Soldier's Lot," a parody on the Policeman's Chorus in the Pirates of Penzance, by Major Cushing, was overcoming the last degree. The Major answered to applause with "The Bold Privateer," accompanying himself on an imaginary hand-organ in the form of a chair. We would suggest, just at this point, that if anyone is suffering from indigestion, that he call upon Major Cushing for this unique performance, and the hydra-headed monster will vanish before the mirth-compelling ditty. Capt.

Tuttle of Portland, added greatly to the pleasure of the evening by his unusually line and well-trained voice. The last selections by tbe string band were delightful, and were the subject of favorable remark by all present. The gathering was brilliant with Worth dresses, uniforms, flowers and diamonds, and the collation, replete with every delicacy of the season, was all that the most fastidious appetite could desire. Altogether the evening was a complete oue. Capt.

and Mrs. Baldwin may feel assured that, though in all probability, many of their guests will, in a few weeks, be separated from them by miles of land and sea, the memory of this occasion will always remain, a fair picture of garrison lite. To Miss Haughey with her mother we wish a sincere godspeed, and a swift return. tomtit ol July nt Vancouver. On Saturday, at the request of many citizens, Mayor J.

Randolph Smith called a meeting at the City Hall to take into consideration the celebration of Independence day. The meeting in the evening was well attended, and the people unanimously resolved to celebrate. Mayor Smith was chairman of the meeting, and Arthur Maine secretary. The following committee of arrangements was appointed: J. Randolph Smith, chairman, Arthur Haiue, E.

F. Eddiugs, J. T. Goss, T. W.

Padden, Hubert Daniels, S. H. Maxon, T. O'Neill, H. Knapp, J.

T. Thornton, S. W. Brown, J. O.

Smith. The committee of arrangements has appointed the following sub-committees: Finance J. R. Smith, Arthur Maine, T. W.

Paddeu, J. T. Goss. W. Brown, Hubert Daniels Dr.

J. R. Smith, W. Byron Daniels, J. D.

Oeoghegan. H. Knapp, E. F. Eddinga, S.

H. Maxon. T. Gess, F. W.

Bier, Thurston Daniels. Matt Brown, N. H. Bloomfield. J.

R. Smith, Fred W. Sparling, J. G. Blake, N.

11. Bloom field. O. Durgin. Liberty Haine, T.

W. Padden, J. O. Smith, B. L.

Morrison, Chat Knight. Amusements L. Morrison, J. D. Oeoghegan, G.

W. Durgin, H. Knapp, J. T. Goss.

Clarke County is a comparative table of the assessments, taxes, and acreage assessed in Clarke county for 1881-82, as reported by the County Auditor to the Territorial Auditor, official: 1882. 1881. Real estate assessed $412.439 Improvements 34.1,355 324,209 Personal property 503,340 498,614 Total $1,515,16091,235,262 Acres of improved land assessed 15,564. Acres unimproved land assessed 153,721. Total 169,285.

156,785 taxes. 1882. 1881. mills, mills 93705.79 County ..5 7575.80.—7 8640.73 School ....5 r575.80.—6 7411.57 Koad 6 9090.96.-4 4941.05 Poll aud road 3756.00— 4576.00 Total 931.786.46 929,281.25 The increase in property assessed for ISB2 over 1881 is 9279,898. The rate of taxation in 1882 is mills, in 1881 it was 20 mills, but the lesser rate this year will raise 92,505.22 more than in 1881.

The most favorable showing is that it will give a respectable fund wherewith to build some bridges in the county, which are a crying necessity every day in the year. P.kocoht to St. Joseph's Mr. Arthur Quigley of Union Ridge, who was so seriously injured by his fall from tbe Clarendon House last week, had so far improved on Friday that he was brought over from Portland and placed in St. Joseph's hospital in this city, where the kind attentions of the good sisters, it is hoped, will put him on his feet again before long.

Serious Accident. Wm. Collins of Skamania ceuuty, and Mrs. Moran of Tbs Dalles, were oa Friday knocked down and run over in Portland by a careless coachman with Judge Strong's team. Mrs.

Collins' injuries were quite serious, snd she is at St. Vincent's hospital. At last accounts she was doing well. The coachman haa been arrested. MOONLIGHT VIMNTIC Lodge, No.

6, of Pythias, will give grand moonlight invitation excursion to Oregon City on Friday evening. May 96th. Kvery otWt will be made by the to tt a pleasant affair. Tickets may be aad at the ssaci Decoration Day at on an extensive scale are being made by the G. A.

K. boys, the military and the citizens of Vancouver for the proper observance of Decoration Day. It is the intention to surpass all previous occasions of the kind and to make it a day long to be remembered. U. S.

District Attorney J. P. Watson, of Portland, has accepted an invitation to deliver an address. Other talented speakers will be present. One of the attractions will be the reading of a poem from the pen of Capt.

H. H. Pierce, 21st written for this occasion, and which it is no no boast to say is one of the finest pieces of verse ever written for such an occasion. Several excursion boats will arrive in the forenoon with people from Oregon City, Portland, St. Helens, and other points, who come to participate iv the ceremonies.

All the arrangements are now completed, and satisfactory to the managers. The ceremonies will begin by a military review at Vancouver Barracks, at 12:30. After the review, the procession will be formed in line in about the following order: Mexican war veterans, G. A. U.

S. Troops, civic societies in the order of accepting invitations. R. W. Downing, Post Commander, G.

A. will be Marshal of the Day, Capt. Evan 21st will be in command of the U. S. troops.

The line of March will be from the parade ground through the reserve to the foot of Main up Main to 3th through Bth to Reserve thence to the military cemetery. The ceremonies will consist of music by 21st Inf. Band, prayer, addressesbyGov.Thayer, H. Y. Thompson, and others, the reading of the poem written by Capt.

H. H. Pierce, 21st for the occasion. Gen. N.

A. Miles will be President of the Day. Tbe Oregon Mexican war veterans have accepted an invitation to be present. Tub road supervisors of Clarke county have already commenced the road work for the year. The appropriations for read work proper amount to nearly ten thousand dollars, and should be sufficient to place many bad pieces of road in good condition if judiciously expended.

But this early in the season mismanagement already appears prominent. Oue piece of road we have noticed, which has been carefully graveled from year to year at considerable expense, hag been already covered deep with a coating of clay, instead of adding more gravel. The result will be the ruin of what was a fair piece of road. Such work as this will sink out of sight from year to year all the labor and money thus expended. Since Clarke county was organized over a quarter of a million dollars has been expended on its roads, and pretty much all there is left to show for that very large sum of money is the tracks cut through the woods, with now and then the honorabe exception of a hill cut down, some pole bridges, and a few rods of ditches.

Road making conducted on tbe system heretofore pursued results in little else than useless waste of labor and money. A road supervisor should make bis work permanent, even if he does not construct more than a quarter of a mile of road in his district during the year. Build roads of something besides soft dirt which only aggravates the in when the rainy season sets in. Build roads for the wet season, not for the dry season, for all the roads are passable during the summer and autumn. Location of Court county commissioners receutly concluded to buy a block in the Riggs tract, for 91500, on which to build tbe new court house.

This location is a full half mile from the uearest business bouse of any kind in the city, and nearly a mile from the government dock. It ia supposed tha commissioners located tbe court house out in the country so aa to be nearer to their constituents wheu in session, and thus escape tbs baneful influences of tbe city. There will be few business men or countrymen who will want to travel out there to do business with any county officer, and the location is very objectionable in a buaiuess point of view. Sumktiiisci juice haa been taken out of all the army meat contracts in this department, by a paragraph saying that the C'ommiasary General of tbe army has rendered a decision that beef must be furnished officers at the same rate as it is furnished in bulk under the contract; in short, that the contract price covers supplies to officers and others connected with the military establishment, as well as the regular issue to troops. All 4th of July Committees are requested to meet at the City Hall this Thursday evening at 8 o'clock sharp.

Work must be commenced at once. J. Randolph Smith, Chairman Com. Arr. Donation Patent Received.

-The patent for donation claim of Klijah White and wife. Pacific county, was received last week at the Vancouver U. 8. Land Office. Gridley Whitney keep a full stock of the famous San Francisco Rubber Paint, all ready mixed for ass.

Universal Yankee nation, best hotel in all I L. All kinds of legal blanks at this flee. Masoaie Graad Lsdge wUI saeet ia Walla Walla Jews 7th. 1 MARRIED. In this city.

May 22, by 8. D. Maxon, J. Orlando J. McKinney aud Mary A.

Stamp, both of Clarke county, W. T. HORN. On Saturday, May 20, 1882, In Vancouver, to the wife of James N. Sutton, daughter.

DIED. In Victoria, May 12, Jobn W. Dowling, a native of Vancouver, W. aged 31! years. papers please copy.

In Vancouver, May 19, 1882, John Tracy, youngest son of Julia M. and John J. Bcesou, aged 15 months, 9 duys. "Thy grave must he thy cradle now; The wild flowers o'er thy heart shall grew, While still our hearts, all full of thee, In widow'd solitude shall be. Adieu, sweet babe! if life were long, This would be even a heavier song; But years, like phantoms, quickly pass, Thy look to us froui memory's glass.

Soon on death's couch shall we recline; Soon shall our heads be laid with thine; And sundcr'd spirits meet above To live for evermore in love." The recording of the death of our baby becomes doubly painful owing to the circumstances connected with it. While at play the little one accidentally got hold of several morphine pills, grain each, which had been brought into the house on the occasion of former sickness, and had been long forgotten. How many he took is not known, and the mother only discovered accidentally some time after, that he had taken them. Medical aid was summoned at once, aud every effort was made to save the child, but all in vain. For seven hours the physicians worked constantly with him, but the quantity of the drug taken was so much that it was impossible to overcome its effects, and death ensued at half past five in the afternoon.

The editor and his wife return to tho many kind friends and neighbors who extended aid and sympathy to them during this great trial, their heartfelt thanks, yet they feel that words are as weak to express the deep gratitude they feel to the friends who buried their child in their flowers and covered them with their love and sympathy, as they would be to express the sadness of their aching hearts. There is no balm far such a wound, but they appreciate the kind feeling and friendship that would heal their grief if it could. AUCTION OF Household Furniture, etc. There will be sold at public auction at the residence of J. J.

Bliss, corner 10th and Bts. east, Vancouver, on Saturday, May 27th. IMS, 1 handsome walnut bed room suite, full marble top, 1 cottage bed room Bedstead, wasbstand, table, spring mattresses, Fulu mntresses, pillows, bedding, cornices, window shades, brackets, lamps, mahogany secretary, tables, chairs, pictures, Brussels carpets and border, garden tools, etc. Bale commences at 2 o'clock P. M.

ANYONE LOOKING FOR A GOOD ARTICLE FOR THE LEAST MONEY! WILL DO WELL TO CALL AT WINTLER'S Mam Street Vancouver. TOU CAN FIND Waterproofs, Cashmeres, Dress Plaids, and Dress Goods, Fraaa (rata par i ard ststwarda. In Stock a line line of Flannel Underwear From to So per set. Canton Flannel Underwear From $1 to 50 per set. Overalls from 50c upwards.

BTANDARD SHIRTS Always on hand. Remember I ran yen Uie ulcere well In tbe neck with this shirt..