South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-07-16

of the voters of this county are looking
which it would be the ready instrumen.
tally at once & inexpeRsively to attain.
ENQUIRER.
PUBLIC SCHooLs.-The second Friday
OF August next is the day fixed by law
to elect county Superintendent, Boards
OF education and one trustee for each
sub-school district, The voter must
vote for one man rs president of board,
and two commissioners-also, for or
against the power to levy. The voter
ought to be careful to comply with the
law, in having the words ofthe law writ.
ten or printed on his ticket-"for power
to levy" or, against power to levy rs
all tickets not thus worded were at the
last election thrown aside, and not
counted, Notice of this election must
he posted at lest weeks on the door of
each place Mt which n poll is to be ta-
ken-this is the duty of the boards Of
education.
If the people Of Romney school dis.
trict desire to establish n graded school.
let them make their wishes known 10 the
board of education at once, rs the mat
ter will have to be submitted to a vote,
of the people, and their consent obtain.
ed as provided by law. VOTER.
IV Harvest is over i'm this COUNTY,
The crop will not exceed one-half of the
average, The grain. we learn, is ofvery
superior quality Winchester Times.
BARK,-The quantity of black oak
bark which has found market in Win
chester during the present season is
simply immense. Mr.. German Smith
has now on hand more than n thousand
cords Mt his mills, while A. l.. Shearer
and Wall & Co., have shipped very large
quantities to Baltimore.-Ib.
tUA Cape May belle saws the baths
there are as "eXhilarating rs the clasp
of a lover" She had tried both.
10 The first new wheat received Mt
Alexandria was from Westmoreland CO..
Va. and sold for 81 % per bushel.
10 1t is printers ink that makes nine
tenths OF the fortunes Of the world.
THE AMERICAN FARMER.-The july
No. is received, and, rs usual filed with
n very great variety Of reading, upon al
most every subject connected with Az
riculture and its kindred arts. This
number is peculiarly interesting to the
farmers of the South and the Middle
States, containing number of papers
applicable particularly to their products
and condition. The horticultural and
Horticultural departments, rs we'll as
those of the Dairy, Live Stock, Poultry
and Apiary are well attended to-the
articles being generally of practical
character, and very instructive. The
Farmer is beautifully printed and got
ten up, and though the oldest journal Of
the kind in the country, looks as fresh.
racy and is rs instructive i'm all the
branches Of agricultural literature as
any ofits confreres. Subscription price
SLIGO per aunum, or copies for $3.50.
Samuel Sands & Son, publishers, Balti,
more, Maryland.
10 Our former fellow townsman. John
Il. Kirk, Esq. Of Ohio, is Mt present on
a visit TO his friends in this place. He
is looking well.
tV'At Long Branch, Mrs. Algernon
Sartoris, daughter Of President Grant.
gave birth on Sunday morning last to n
fine boy weighing 1Ol pounds. which
made the President jolly patriarch and
Mr.. Sartoris happy father.
tV'There was nine thousand additions
TO the Baptist Churches Of Virginia dur.
ing tho past year, and the denomination
now numbers one hundred and sixty
thousand in the state.
tVGeneral Sherman is GRANDPA
Their. Minnie has son. Sho is do
ing we'll" Tecumseh, it is said IL al.
most as happy rs if he were burning At
lanta or Columbia,
tV'An enormous tape worm over so
feet long. was taken from n little boy
agod cight years. few days ago, son of
William Smith, of Centre Wheeling, this
state.
tV'Our friend G. II. Hodgson, Esq.
Of the Mercury. ia candidate for Super.
intendent Of Free Schools in Morgan
I county,
lVrOak ashes, il is said, sprinkled o
yer the vines, is sure death to the pota-
10 bug,
~ The Morgan Mercury states that
J. b. IIoyt & Co., use 1000 cords Of
bark year. at their tannery in Paw Paw.