Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-12-08

opportunity to attend school during the win
ter months. No part ofthe public funds can
be paid to teachers who havenot been exam
ined Trustees of course will, locate their
schools at the most convenient points, and
will as far as possible av old the necessity of
transferring children from one township to an
other.
Supervisors Meeting. sa-,.
The Supervisors for this County met in the
court house, on Monday last. Present, P W.,
Magruder. Chairman; VIM. H. Rice; VIM.
Donalds on and r. N Lantz.
Ordered that new Court Room be erected
in rear of the one now used as such, at a
cost not exceeding $500; that a comm tee
Of four, to wit David Rodeffcr, j. W. Dan
ner, 2. j. Fravel, IL. C. Allen and IL Bird,
ST. be and are appointed to CO ntract for, and
comp iete the erection of said room The
same not to exceed fifty fee in length, by
forty feet in width, and proportiouate height
Ordered that the Treasurer collect 80
cents from each tishea5le and25 per centum.
y
except licenses and capitation tax
Several other orders of private nature and
some matters of minor Importance we're made.
Claims allowed against the county l237,oS
Parish allowance lS4l,S4
For building Court Room 100000
Depositum @"-- 2965,oO
Totll 9544,52
The following is Il statement of
he Allowance fer 20 months pre-
ceding, ending Jan. l, 1870 10000
Allowance'for II months pre-
ceding ending May 1869 13l75,C0
1t will be seen upon examining the above
statements that the Supervi sors have adopted
laudable practice of economy, and at the
same time manifest n reasonable public spir-
t. The allowance for new Court Room
was very opportune, and in making the ap-
preparation they have only reflected the
wishes of the great majority of the citizens of
the county. Deducting the allowance made
by the present Board of Supervisors for the
erection OF new Court r. Dom from the tota |
auiount assessed for, AMI the Whole amount
will not be one-hnlf the amount assessed iu
| the twelve months ending May 1869, AMI but
little more than one-half The amount as
essed for 1870. We congratulate our citi~
zens upon this successful working of the new
! system, as well as the very efficient members
Of the Board for their prudent economy.
Correspondents.
We acknowledge the receipt of letter,
with remittance, from our friend and
former townsman, Mr.. Thos. O. Hines,
from Anamosa, Iowa. We are pleased to
hear that bis fathers family are all well.
They send their kind respects to all
friends =:
Also, letter from Mr.. Alexander
Miller, formerly of this county, now resid-
ing i'll Fairfield county, Ohio. Mr.. Miller
Informs US Of his sale return home from a
visit to this county, few weeks since -
He says 'we arrived home on the 17th
inst, and found all well. We were with
you III old Shenandoah for four weeks,
aud enjoyed ourselves very much among
our friends and old associates, and We fee /
very thankful for their kindness to US
whilst there. We received your paper
yesterday. 1t has been quite cold here
since our return, with four inches of snow
on the ground"
Mr., John J Cook writes us from
West Alexandra, Preble Co., Ohio, in
which we acknowledge remittance. He
is kind enough to say he lean not do
without the HERALD ; it is like receiving
LETTER from home every week. I con-
slider st the best County paper I ever
read" Our friend shall never be without
the Herald for any reason Of ours.
The following is from another former
county man
SHoAL, MARTIN, Co., IND, 1870.
| DEAR HEARD;
Perhaps few lines from this part of the
! many readers. Shoals is situated on the east
fork of White River, at point where the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad crosses that
stream, l49 miles west of Cincinnati. it
j.. contains l Stores, two Churches, q Stone
Factory, and four Sawnlls which make i,
quite lively village. The Court House
referred to in a f, rmer communication ia near v
| completed and is said to be the best building
! Of the kind in this part Of the State. There
! is also Steamboat building here, 100 tons
| capacity. for the upper White River trade.
, Business will open up very brisk here in th Q
spring. This county has heretofore been in
the back ground, but abundance of coal and
, iron oar has been discovered and steps are
being taken to develop them. I had the
pleasure few days ago of listening to
fine Sermon delivered by Rev VIM. Grabill,
former Shenandoahan and old School-mate
He is on this circuit of the United Brethren
Church, and is doing good work. He is the
only Vlrginian have met in my travels over
this county. There seems to be always g.
demand for labor here, so much so that capita
is at the mercy of labor instead of vice versa
Politically we are all right, as the results of
the last election show. | deeply sympathize
with the defeated candidates in your county.
If any of them get seriously i'll, send
them up White River and politics will soon
be "shook" out of them. was ed by a
lady fiiend the other day why the selection
OF poetry in the Herald were so much better
than Ito Sc found in the different Ladies' books