1. sports
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The Vancouver Independent
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AND
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East.
E. T . M c K i N N E Y
P H Y S I C I A N
v
& SU R CE O I
V A N C O U V E R , W . T.
J i T O f f i c e at P. Q. Healey's drug store.
VANCOUVER Blim
DAVID
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WALL
DRUGS and
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PAINTS,
OILS,
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HAIR
BHUSHES,
PERFUMERY,
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Kept constantly on hand.
The undersigned does draying as cheap as
the cheapest. Orders left with him will receive
prompt attention Sma'u packages taken to
the boats free of charge for regular customers
ALBERT BATSMAN.
J .
E.
H A R M E R ,
BLUROOK.
HAMMER & BLUROCK.
Main
Street,
Vancouver.
F r e s h Meats, Suit Meats, H a m s ,
Bacon, F i s h & Vegetables
Constantly on hand for sale. Prompt attention paid to all orders. Market prices paid
In cash for cattle, sheep, hogs and calves.
Meats delivered in any part of the city free
or charge.
A.
EVANS,
President,
Manufacturers of and dealers in all kinds of
Frames, Mouldings, Brackets-,
Etc., E t c . , E t c .
AT
Lowest
Mates.
|^°Orders from the country w i l l receive
prompt and careful attention.
Vancouver, J u l y 10, 1882
HEW
YORK LIVERY,
• F E E D and S A L E
first Mammal Bank
C . M I L L E R .
W I L L
H.
Iff ^ 1
MILLER & WEST,
111 Front St., bet. Washington & Stark,
POKTX.AITD
- Or.
Consignments solicited, and returns
promptly made.
F l o u r , Feed, Hay, Grain, Potatoes, Butter,
Eggs, Cheese, Dry and Fresh Fruits
handled.
S T R E E T ,
artel ,
P r o m these sources arise three-fourths o f
the diseases o f t h e h u m a n race.
Theso
s y m p t o i n s i n d i c a t e t h e i r e x i s t e n c e : I ^ o s s of
Appetite, B o w e l s costive, Siclc H e a d a c h e , f u l l n e s s affile or e a t i n g , a v e r s i o n to
e x e r t i o n o f b o d y o r n a i i i d , 3Ei.-ncta.tion
of food, Irritability o f temper, l o w
spirits, A feeling o f leaving neglected
s o m e d u t y , I M z z i n e s s , F l u t t e r i n g a t tfee
H e a r t , B&ots b e f o r e t h e e y e s , h i g h l y col->
o r e d U r i n e , COJSTSTIPATIOUff, a n d dem a n d the use of a r e m e d y that acts directly
on.the L i v e r . A s a L i v e r m e d i c i n e T U T T ' S
JPIIiJLS h a v e n o e q u a l . T h e i r a c t i o n o n t h a
K i d n e y s a n d S k i n is also p r o m p t ; r e m o v i n g
ail impurities t h r o u g h these three " s c a v e n g e r s o f tine s y s t e m , " p r o d u c i n g a p p e tite, s o u n d digestion, regular stools, a clear
s k i n a n d a v i g o r o u s b o d v. X U T T ' S r I T , ICS
cause n o n a u s e a o r g r i p i n g n o r i n t e r f e r e
With daily w o r k a n d are a perfect
V A N C O U V E R .
S. C. A R C H I L L E S ,
- - Proper.
Good rigs, good horses, and as many of them
as the public will require, is to be the
rule of the establishment.
Give rne a call.
off they are passed into the hold,
where the " s a l t e r " packs them in tiers
or "kench.es," l a y i n g them alternately
head and tail and bestowing a double
handful of coarse salt upon each fish.
There they remain u n t i l the arrival of
the vessel in port.
i jj
S o l d e v e r y w h e r e , 2 5 c . O f f i c e . 44 M u r r a y S t . , N . Y
1 ' I I T H
i n t h e Ohkotsk.
The Pacific fishing grounds are i n
Ohkotsk sea, in latitude 53 degrees
President,
IS S O U K S .
north, longitude 155 deg. east, in B e a Vice President, D A V I D M A L I / .
r i n g sea in latitude 55 deg. 30 minutes
C a s h i e r , E . I„. C A 3 I B Y .
north, longitude 165 degrees west, and
This Bank transacts a general Banking and off the C h o u m a g i n Islands in latitude
Exchange business.
55 deg. 20 m i n . west. T h e former is
T h e Bed o fan Eastern Prince.
Loans made, notes discounted, and collec- an arm of the Pacific ocean, extendtions made at favorable rates on all accessible ing between the peninsula of K a m t points.
Some time last year there was a
c h a t k a a n d the A s i a t i c continent.
Sight exchange, time bills, and telegraphic
transfers sold on New York, San Francisco B e a r i n g sea, or as it is sometimes call- wooden bedstead manufactured which
Portland, and all principal points i n theed, the sea of K a m t c h a t k a , lies be- was intended for the use of the K i n g
United States, and on London, Paris, Berlin, tween N o r t h A m e r i c a and A s i a , south of S i a m . It was 14 feet wide, and d i Ffankfort-on-the-Main and Hong Kor.g.
of B e h r i n g straits and north of thevided into three parts, the center part
County warrants, and other local securities A l e u t i a n Islands.
T h e C h o u m a g i n being raised about 18 inches. T h i s
bought and sold at current rates.
Islands lie in the Pacific ocean off the piece of furniture, being of such u n coast of A l a s k a . It is at the latter usual dimensions, caused a slight senSTV LUKE'STARISH s c h o o l , point that one of the permanent fish- sation a m o n g all those who were pering and trading stations is located, mitted to examine it. B u t the bedVancouver, W . T .
and to w h i c h the catch of the vessels stead made in Paris lately for an I n Rev. A . S. Nicholson, Rector.
in B e h r i n g sea is brought for ship- dian prince would draw thousands to
Wliss A . IiQOinis, Principal and Teacher
ment to San Francisco. T h e favorite see it were it exhibited in N e w Y o r k ,
of English and French.
M r s . M . E . Nicholson, Teacher of Music. fishing ground, although the most re- even if fancy prices were charged for
T h e bedstead is partly
There will be three grades taught in this mote, is that on the western coast of admission.
school, and the prices made to correspond K a m t c h a t k a , i n the Okhotsk sea, made of real silver, and costs many
more nearly with those in similar schools. about 4000miles away, in a direct line thousands of dollars. A t each corner
Pupils will be charged from their entrance to from that port, and requiring a voyage stands a beautifully modeled nude tethe close of the term. No deduction made from t h i r t y to sixty days to reach it, male figure, life size, holding a delifor absence of less than two weeks. The us- the distace being double that to the cately constructed fan. E a c h figure,
ual discount allowed when two or more puit is said, wears a w i g of real hair.
pils attend from the same family. A l l bills B e h r i n g sea. Three routes to these
grounds present themselves—one due T h i s is to be regularly dressed by the
payable in the middle of the term.
west, one to the north and one to the court barber once a week. U p o n the
This powder never varies. A marvel of p u TERMS:
south, touching at the Sandwich Is- great potentate getting into bed the rity, strength and wholesomeness. More
Per Session of 10 Weeks:
lands. The last, although the longest weight of his body sets certain m a - economical than the ordinary kinds, and canPrimary Department
$6 00 is the one usually chosen by outgoing chinery in motion, the effect of which not be sold in competition with the m u l t i Preparatory "
7 00
tude of low test, short weight, alum or phos.
Higher
" "
8 00 vessels on account of thepleasanter is that so long as his royal highness phate povvdets. Sold only in cans.
Music, Instrumental and vocal culture. 14 00 weather encountered. E a c h cod fish- enjoys his " h o r i z o n t a l refreshment"
R O Y A L B A K I N G P O W D E R CO.,
Use of piano, one hour per day
2 00 ing vessel carries a company of from the silver maidens gently fan the
108 W a l l Street, New York
Application may be made at the Rectory, or twenty-four to forty men, according sleeper. If the figures at the foot of
at the school.
to her capacity, and each is provided the bed are required to exert t h e m Vancouver, Aug. 21, 1882.
with from twelve to twenty-five dorys selves in a like manner, this can be
—one for each fisherman. T h e fisher- accomplished by the aid of a clockmen work as sailors while on the voy- like apparatus. Moreover, should the
age, but trust for their compensation dusky owner of the bed wish to be
to their [success in fishing, each man lulled to slumber by the dulcet sounds
D O S E . — To move the bowreceiving $25 per 1000 for the fish of soft music, this can be done b y
els gently, 2 to 4
Pills;
touching a spring. T h e bottom of the
which he catches.
bed contains a large musical box,
thoroughly,
4 to 6
Pills.
The vessels set sail in A p r i l or M a y ,
w h i c h is so arranged that the tunes
Experience will decide the
an,d, arrived upon the grounds, cast
P. q H E A L E Y ,
- - Proprietor. anchor from ten to twenty miles from can be loud or soft as desired.
proper close in each case.
(One door north Hazard & Co.'s brick store.) shore and commence operations for
the season, which closes in September.
For
Constipation, or Costiveness, no
Gov.
B u t l e r of Massachussets has
Dealer in
At 4 A . M . the men take to their boats been defeated i n his war against a
r e m e d y i s s o e f f e c t i v e a3 A Y E K ' S
PILLS.
Drags and Medicines,
and row to such point w i t h i n a radius woman. N o t l i k i n g M r s . C l a r a T .
They insure regular daily action, a n d r e Fumy Goods,
of ten or twelve miles from the ship Leonard, a member of the old state
store t h ebowels t o a h e a l t h y condition.
School Books & Stationery, as each may see fit to select, where board ot health, lunacy and charity,
.For I n d i g e s t i o n , o r D y s p e p s i a , A Y E R ' S
they anchor ahd proceed to fish, using he declared her place vacant on the
Oils, Paints and finishes.
P I L L S are invaluable, a n d a sure cure.
Physician's and family prescriptions made a two hand lines provided with two N o . ground that she was not a person, and
Heart-bum, Loss
of Appetite,
F o u l
specialty.
10 hooks and four pounds of lead to made an appointment to fill the v a each line. The bait used at the open- cancy which he held existed. T h e
Stomach, Flatulency, Dizziness, Heading of the season is a piece of salt her- council declined to accept his intera c h e , N u m b n e s s , N a u s e a , are a l l relieved
ring, and afterwards halibut and sal- pretation of the law, and an appeal
and
cured by A Y E R ' S P I L L S .
mon, when those fish make their ap- was made to the court, which decided
In JLiver C o m p l a i n t , B i l i o u s D i s o r d e r s ,
CELEBRATED
pearance. Salmon is the favorite bait, that Mrs. L e o n a r d is " a person" u n mid
Yaiindice, AYER'S
PILLS should h a
and large numbers of these fish are der the statutes, and that she is as
g i v e n i n doses large e n o u g h t o e x c i t e t h e
caught and cured for that purpose. fully and legally a member of the
liver a n d bowels, a n d remove constipation.
W h e n they first make their appear- board as any other one of the eight
A s a cleansing medicine i n the S p r i n g , theso
ance in J u l y they have to be fished who are her colleagues. T h e court
PILLS are unequalled.
for w i t h what is known as a " j i g , " — a says that the word " p e r s o n s , " in its
bunch of small hooks on the end of a natural and usual signification, i n W o r m s , caused b y a morbid condition o f
line, w h i c h , baited with something cludes women as well as men. There
the bowels, a r e expelled b y these P I L L S .
white and attractive, is towed astern is no i n c o m p a t i b i l i t y between the naE r u p t i o n s , S h i n Diseases, and Piles,,
of a boat, the boatman holding the ture and character of the duties of the
the result of Indigestion or Constipation, are
other end of the line between his teeth. board and their due performance by
c u r e d b y the use of A Y E R ' S P I L L S .
Later on, when the salmon ascend the women; and the fair inference, thereFor
C o l d s , take A Y E R ' S P I L L S to open
fresh-water rivers to spawn, they are fore, is that the legislature intended
t h e pores, r e m o v e i n f l a m m a t o r y secretions,
caught in seiners. T h e salmon swarm to use the words of the statute authorupon the K a m t c h a t k a n coast to such izing the appointment of the board,
and a l l a y t h e fever.
an extent that the L i t t l e river, the to their usual and natural sense, and
For D i a r r h o e a and D y s e n t e r y , caused by
G o l i g a n , the Great Belsha and other that construing them according to
sudden colds, indigestible food, etc., A Y E R ' S
fresh water streams are clogged with their c o m m o n and approved usage of
P I L L S a r e t h etrue remedy.
them. T h e vessels then anchor close the language, they include women as
Rheumatism,
Gout,
Neuralgia, a n d
in shore and take from five to six boat persons competent to be appointed
Sciatic;.',often result from digestive derangeloads of fish, w h i c h are dressed and members of the board.
m e n t , o r colds, a n d disappear o n r e m o v i n g
salted away for bait. So plentiful are
the
c a u s e b y t h e U3e o f A Y E R ' S P I L L S .
the salmon that not only the fisherW r i t i n g from Portland to his paner,
men, but the bears also secure a supTumors, Dropsy, Kidney Complaints,
T h e y w h o w o r k early a n d late the year r o u n d
ply.
The latter, h a v i n g no nets, use F r a n k Parker, of the W a l l a W a l l a
and
other disorders caused b y debility o r
need, "occasionally, t h e healthful stimulus i m says: " T o look around
their paws to sweep the fish out of the Statesman,
parted b y a wholesome tonic like
Hostetter's
obstruction, arecured b y A Y E R ' S P I L L S .
and
see
the
really
massive
and
magS t o m a c h Bitters. T o a l l , its p u r i t y a n d efficiency
water and rapidly fatten upon such
Suppression, and Painful Menstruaas a r e m e d y a n d p r e v e n t i v e o f d i s e a s e c o m m e n d
fare. After h a v i n g laid i n a good nificent buildings lately erected and
it.
Itchecks insipient rheumatism a n d malarial
t i o n , have a safe a n d ready remedy i n
in course of erection, I cannot see any
s y m p t o m s , r e l i e v e s c o n s t i p a t i o n , d y s p e p s i a a n d stock of salmon the real work of the
Portland is
b i l i o u s n e s s , a r r e s t s p r e m a t u r e d e c a y o f t h e p h y s - expedition begins, and continues with real reason for growling.
i c a l energies, mitigates the i n f i r m i t i e s o f age a n d
varied success, from 200 to 500 a day prosperous as never before, and to talk
hastens convalescence.
being a good day's catch for one m a n , w i t h the wholesale merchants and
For sale b y a l l d r u g g i s t s a n ddealers g e n but the number will sometimes rise to walk around the retail stores and see
e r a l ! v.
F u l l d i r e c t i o n s , i n v a r i o u s languages, ac700 and again fall to next to nothing. the l u x u r y a n d splendor that surcompany e a c h p a c k a g e .
The cod, while a voracious fish, is still rounds one on every side, I ask m y -
W E S T .
Oeneral aiid Dairy Produce,
Codfish
OF VANCOUVER.
Good horses for riding and driving, and carriages, kept for hire by the day or the hour at
the lowest living rates.
J . O. S M I T H ,
Proprietor
J .
Catching
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changed
in-
stautly t o a G L O S S Y B L A C K b ya single a p plication o f this D T E . Sold b y Druggists,
or sent b y express o n r e c e i p t o f 8 1 .
Office, 44 M u r r a y S t r e e t , N e w Y o r k .
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manual of useful receipts fri*.
rather dainty, it would appear, and
does not care to change diet. Therefore, when feeding on salmon they
will not bite at any other bait; or if
feeding on herring they will not take
the salmon. Sometimes, again, they
w i l l refuse to bite at all, no matter
what is offered them, and the fishermen have the pleasure of seeing
swarmsof fish in the water below them,
not one of which can be persuaded to
take the hook.
W h e n the day's work is completed
the boatmen row back to their ship
and the fish are taken i n hand by the
"dress g a n g . " These men are hired
at from $30 to $60 a month and take
no share in the profits of the cateh except what fish they take for themselves
by fishing from the vessel while the
fishermen are away, or in case a boat
is left idle through the sickness of one
of the fishermen, when the captain
will allow one of the "dress g a n g " to
borrow it and fish for himself.
When
the fish come on board they are first
taken in hand by one " t h r o a t e r , " who
cuts the throats and opens the bellies.
The " h e a d e r " then takes off the head
and removes the entrails aad passes
them to the " s p l i t t e r , " w h o splits
them open and cuts out the backbone.
T h e y are then thrown into tubs and
washed, and after the water is drained
self if they know what they mean by
P R E P A R E D BY
'hard' times. I see no beggars or any
Dr. J . C . Ayer& C o . , Lowell, Mass.
one c r y i n g forbread; everybody seems
employed a n d comfortably clothed.
S o l d by a l l D r u g g i s t s .
W h a t more can they require? T h e y
have had no hard times in the northMANUFACTURER OP
west since the days when thefirstp i -F i r s t P r l z o VMi eendnaal,,
oneers arrived in the valleys lrom
1873,
across the p l a i n s . "
G. WEIS,
Meerschaum Pipes,
S M O K E R S ' AHTIC1.ES. E t c . ,
Wholesale and Retail.
The principal changes proposed i n
Repairing done. Send for circular.
the homestead laws by the senate 3 < M > B R O A D W A Y , N e w
Y o r k .
committee on public lands w i l l give
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claimants one year instead of s i x RA WMEERSCHAUM
AND AMBER
FOR SALE.
months from the date of entry to establish a residence thereon, requiring
them in the meantime to prepare a
3E:iiu S t r e e t , V n n c o u v e r ,
given area of land for c u l t i v a t i o n . It
H E A L E R S I N
is also proposed to extend the time for
GOODS A N D GROCERIES,
final proof from five to seven years D R Y
from the date of entry, and to incorBoots & Shoes, Clothing, Hats,
porate a timber culture clause i n a l l
Crockery and Glassware,
homesteads taken up i n treeless regions.
Hardware, etc., e t c ,
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saspQE s s p s
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Y o u g N u t t . who shot Dukes, the seducer of his sister and slayer of his
Of all kinds.
father at U n i o n t o w n , P a . , last s u m mer, was acquitted recently on the
ground of insanity. T h e verdict'was Wholesale or retail, at greatly reduced rates.
received with uubounded satisfaction
in that part of the country, where the
k i l l i n g of Dukes was regarded as an Always kept in stock. A l l orders for D I J of
act of retributive justice.
our goods will receive prompt attention.
Lime and Cement