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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
FACTS AND FIGURES.

In pearl-diving the common INNER
sion is minute, but often ninety to
100 seconds. Two minutes is uncom-
mon.
BEFORE the close of the current year
it is expected that telephones will be
in use in 220 telegraph Offices in Ger
many.
THE Point Reyes farm in California
is credited as being the largest dairy
farm in the country. 1t keeps an ag-
gregate of $500 cows.
In 1913 New London had a fleet of
eighty vessels engaged in the whale
fisheries. At present less than dozen
whalers hail from that port.
PARIs1ANs are tired of losing their
pocket-handkerchief at the wash, and
and now they have their photographs
executed in the center of each.
SQUIRE MAYEs, jolly old Justice of
the Peace of West Alexander, Pa, has
married 1853 couples in sixteen years,
receiving 81, 100 for his services.
DURING his search for his son, the
father of Charley Ross has had nearly
500 little boys offered to him as the
original; but none of them would do.
In the last fifteen centuries Japan has
had lao destructive earthquakes. One
every ten years has been the general
average, but for the past century the
ratio has increased to one severe one
every five years.
FROM observations made on speci-
mems still in existence, longevity of
various trees has been estimated to be,
in round numbers, as follows: De-
ciduous cypress, 5000 years; baobab
trees, 5000; dragon-tree, 5000; yew,
5000; cedar of Lebanon, 5000; "great
trees" of California, 5000; chestnut,
5000; olive, $500; oak, 1000; orange,
1900; Oriental plane, 1900; cabbage
palm. 700; lime, 600; ash, 4OO; cocoa
nut palm. 800; pear, 800; apple, 200;
Brazil wine-palm, $50; Scotch fir, 100;
and the balm of Gilead about 80 years.
-MarE Lane Gazette.
X TAKE one dollar and loan it for 100
years at per cent, and collect the in
terest each year and add it to the prin-
cipal, drawing the same interest, and
at the end of the hundred years it will
amount to 1925; at 6 per cent. it will
amount to $40; at 8 per cent. to 3d.
POS; the addition of the 2 per cent. in
rate makes it amount to nearly seven
times as much. Placed at the ordinary
rate of 10 per cent. it amounts to 3d.
800; al ~ per cent. to $84,075, or more
than four thousand times as much as it
would at 8 per cent; at Is per cent. it
increases to $15, 145, 700, and at "a per
cent, which is paid by some, to the
enormous sum of $2,551, 100, los. -Ios0a
State Register.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
A chlld was strangled to death in

"A child was strangled to death in
. perambulator fortnight ago in Lon.
don. Annie Gignell, a nurse-maid in
her fifteenth year. was wheeling little
boy four-and-a-half years old in Batter
sea Park, unconscious that anything
was wrong, when a man named Rim
ington, who was passing, was struck
by the child's appearance. The child.
an idiot, had a long white scarf tied
round his neck; one end Of it got loose,
and became entangled with the axle OF
the perambulator, being of course,
pulled tighter and tighter as the wheel
continued turning; and so the helpless
little victim was gradually but most
effectually strangled. When seen by
Rimington he was black in the face,
and he died in few minutes after be-
ing set free from the innocent-looking
coil which had proved SO fatal. The
scarf had been drawn so tight that it
had actually cut deep into the neck,
and drawn blood.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
Fashion Notes.

The newest boots for ladies are made
of patent leather, and the uppers match
the dress. These are also buttoned up
with small silver and gold buttons.
The newest round hat is called 6 Lie
Petit Due" after the opera of that
name. 1t is somewhat like a mans
hat, only lower, and the brim is turned
up.
Dresses for summer watering places
are appearing, and are of all those
pretty, cheap materials which can be
made up picturesquely; often the trim
mings cost more than the material.
Madras cloth. with gay plaids or
stripes, is trimmed with co1ored en-
broidery, and is, as it was last year, a
favorite for seaside places. Oxford
linen and Vichy cloth are also made in
to hobby suits for the seashore.
Grenadines are trimmed with guam
titles of French lace, amidst which
balls of jet and other hanging trim
mings of cut jet are thickly set. White
dresses are much trimmed with tassels
made of white satin bugles.
Gold and silver are mixed with every
thing; b0nnets and hats are stiff with
them; gold bugs and beetles are thrown
unfortunately over flower and feath-
er trimmings, and feathers droop with
the weight of their golden tips.
Pins for scarfs assume all sorts of
fantastic shapes; they are always long
and narrow, and ladies draw their own
designs, or call upon their artist friends
for them, as they used to do for mono
grams, and many eccentric ideas are
mingled.
Flower bonnets are still worn, but,
though the wreaths on them are less
heavy, they shine with the mixture of
gilded beetles settling among the flow
ers; the wreaths are laid on puffings of
tulle, which generally matches the
color of the flowers, and the diadem is
not so high as of late, and slopes far
Their back.
Dresses made up over silk are quite
startling by their contrasts; turquoise
blue grenadine over dark green silk,
the edges of the dress trimmed with
blue lace, which shows the silk through;
olive green over dark blue, the maize
colored India pongee over deep red,
pockets, cuffs and collar lined with red.
These are carriage dresses, and car
| IIuKO WA0P0 O10 VI xL4ul0 HOuSOo AuCu
with some bright-colored silk.
The newest buttons for dresses are
postage stamps. One cannot be amiss
with postage-stamp buttons, bank-bill
sleeve buttons and the coin of all Ma
tons about ones neck. An old lady,
an American. of Unborn puritanical
ideas, was lately shocked at the wish
expressed by her daughter to have hel
dress buttoned up with the French
fpostage-stamp buttons, taken, as thi.
dear old soul surmised, from some Of
the heathenish pictures in the Louvre
as if they had no good men in France
whose faces they could use for this pur
pose. If the fashion was imperative
let her daughter use American postags
, stamps; she had no objection to hel
having two rows Of those, even il the,
were expensive. Fancy the head O
the Father Of his Country sold by thu
dozen to decorate the front of a prin
ccsse polonaisel To such base uses d.
; we come.-N. r. EUeninq Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

A GIGANTIC scheme of railroad inn
provement is proposed ir Italy. The
Minister of Public Works has presented
a bill in Parliament providing for a
general system Of Improvement in ex-
listing lines, and construction of new
ones, comprising 1000 kilometers of
new roadway at a cost of $4,000, 600
francs, of which the Government is to
contribute $50, 900, 900 francs, the ex-
penditure to be carried over fifteen
wears.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
There is more fun in an ounce Of
kitten than . ton of elephant.

WLHoFr,s FEVER AND AGUE ToNIC.-This
medicine is used by construction companies
for the benefit of their employees, when en-
gagged in malarial districts. The highest testi-
monials have been given by contractors and by
the Presidents of some of the leading railroads
in the South and West. When men are cOngre-
gated in large numbers in the neighborhood Of
ewamps and rivers, Wilhoft's Tonic will
prove valuable addition to the stock of med.
fcincs, and will amply reward the company in
the saving of time, lator and money. We
recommend it to ALL WHEELoCK, FINLAY s.
Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
On the Continent of Europe there

On the Continent of Europe there
is one kind of snails which is often
eaten as food. It is common in some
parts of Southern France, and is also
found rather abundantly in many of the
southern parts Of England. 1t is called
the Roman or apple snail. It can be
collected only for a short period during
the summer. It occurs abundantly on
the site of many Roman stations in En-
gland, and is believed to have been in
troduced by the Romans.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

perches in cage should be each one of
different size, and the smallest as large
as a pipe stem. If perches are of the
right sort no trouble is ever had about
the birds toe-nails growing too long;
and of all things keep the perches
clean.-Fancier.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

The Philadelphia Press says = q
glass Of milk at bed time VIII often an
swer as well as hypnotic in nervous
persons afflicted with insomnia We
suppose hypnotic is q thing to keep
the covers tucked in at the foot-board.
and insomnia il cold feet. HACK
kys.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
The Greatest Blessing.

A SIMPLE, pure, harmless remedy, that cures
every time, and prevents disease by keeping
the blood pure, stomach regular, kidneys and
liver active, is the greatest blessing ever con-
ferred upon man. Hop Bitters is that reme-
dy, and its proprietors are being blessed by
thousands who have been saved and cured by
It. viii you try it! See other column.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

AT Nelson. Furnace, Ky.,. recently,
. girl eleven years old was STACKED BY
. game cock, which struck one of its
spurs through the side of her head and
into the brain, infiicting fatal wound.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

NnDNHss conquers-and hence It is that
the gentle yet positive influence Of DR.. Bull's'
Baby Syrup overcomes 20 quickly the disor-
deEs q Babyhood
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

Perfection I'm Cookery.
The nearest approach to perfection in arti-
cles designed for kitchen use is that OF Doc
LEY's YEAST POWDER. With very little cx-
perience the housewife or cook is always sure
of delicious biscuits, rolls, bread, cake, ETC.,
every time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

war Of 1912 soldiers and widows
Pensioned for IA days service. Write COL
L. BINGHAM q Co., Attorneys for Pensions,
Patents, Land Titles, Washington. D. c..
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
Ir. Farle,s Testimonial.

For several months past have used Fellow Com
pound Syrup Hypophosphtes In tho treatment Of incip
lent phthisls chronic bronchitis and other affections Of
the chest have no hesitation in stating that It
ranks foremost amongst the remedies used in those dis
eases.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

Syrup Of HypOph06phteS, with tho blessing Of God up
on it.
Fellows Hypophosphites being peculiar In Its effect
and composition no other preparation ID substitute
for IT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
Graefenberg Vegetable
PHI | $
Ct. John. d. n. January.

aave been acknowledged fse ever
Thirty Years 70 be . certain cure
for 62A0AC6B, LIVER com.
PLANTS, DISEASES or DI.
64ST10N, BlkI0USte1S8, AND
e2V2RS Or AL KINDS, Yhese
FILLS act with great mildness, and
wall restore health to these suNarinR
from GENERAL DEBILITY and
NERVOUSNESS. Price 2Sc. per
Boz. Send tor Almanac.
GraefanhergC q. sc ReadASt N.Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

IT seems almost incredible that the Chicago
Glass Works can sell sets Of Glassware ct the
prices they offer. so
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free
Adde'S Pulyermacher Galvanic Co.. Cincin..O
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

For long life, good health, use Swiss Ague
Cure. It renovates the system. Try 1t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
ART SCHOOLS
Chicago Academy Of DESIGN.

By recent reorganization, tho Chicago Academy Il
Design has been put in better condition than u sv
s1m0 since tho fire,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04

Qnch QffQcko ~
r. f's ~;vo vor INV zoo, r.me which of
course ny III Toncs ron r ,o,,,S ~ ,aaa "
n;. .. tha feet . thst ~. ~ cs,,a."ig.
c .nS Ssf s :; th.t EFT ssy
sns;c - nnsl;tvsr -' a M ss ~a c., UT +
L...s 10: - ~. Ir"-s., - .S.. ~
not To- e..ilv mt ~ If counter o. co Rnt
IN th.t cccss;on I did wish that tho
bottom a the hat wcnld onen and =
friendly harhal. Of whaia-like nroror.
tions. absorb me quietly
For once IN INV 1;fo 4 did foo, roet NJ.
| terlv and intnIey.hlv eshsmsd 90 ~ nv ~
I'm. That nret*v 1it4,e dal;r.t. ..ont}e
M. 10 refined - sens;t s ~; em ,.,ae
lust 8 Il I had strucE !. hiind man " ~ .,r
an infant! s-'->- -'-' ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-04
The Church Offering F!

LYON Il HEALY, Chicago.
OLIVER DTTSON Il CO., Boston.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
60. - Co saeep sac.

The Winchester Tunes has an interesting re-
port. occupying mote than column Of fine
tyne. Of the great Sheep Sale at Suathmoor,
the residence Of Gen. Il. S. Msem, near ut,
jackson. The attendance was estimated at
six hundred persons-most Of them dis,in-
guislcj men, wealthy farmers and gentlemen
largely engaged in sheep culture in Virginia,
West Virginia aud Maryland. Many were at
trac,cd there, says Tie Times, to witness the
result Of Gen Mems bold el0rt-ths culmi-
nation Of thirty years of steady a0d persistent
cnlcayors to improve the stock Of Virginia
ana to attest by their preseace their interest
ia lie great object he has steadily 10 view,
which, more than anything else, will raise the
farmers Of Virginia from the " low grounds Of
SORROW aud poverty, to a condition Of indie
pcadcnce aud prosperity"
GOV. Holiday graced tie occasion by bis
presence. Jefferson County was represented
by Logan Osburn, ID. Davenport aud Thos.
Ba.be' ford E,es. and perhaps others; BeT5e-
l.y by such we'll known stock raisers as Col.
Frank Silver. S. W. NJ. Peters. J. w. Camp
bell r II Stewart. Decatur Hedges. =. W.
Tsjb. Joseph Vanmeter. W. Il. Fillmore aud
Jacob Nnier-an Of whom purchased from
one % six sheen. Gen. Msen had provided a
r.,,ri6,,rt renast-al,les were spread in the
convection. harm and the eb,r,e Of the SIX hum
l-'3 y,. as o.',,pt and earnes, as that At Ea-
l.,r,r, -,,I only ,ba assaulted vianJs sunsr-
~ M. sr,r,;es were diminished b,t mo-, OK.
t,..,el Tle T,geg saws Sc IL was q demo
emit, 1;7rcr too 1T was Good enough for
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
Newsy Notes.

Hon ? E Bel,zhoover OF Carlisle, Pa,
brother &C q. NJ Beethoven, Esq Of Shop
bcrl.town, was nominated for Congress in the
l9,h Pennsylvania District, by Democrats.
Gen. James C. Clarke, formerly President Of
'ic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and now Vice
President of The New Orleans Railroad, doua-
tel to the yellow fever stricken town of Greu-
ada. Miss a car load OF flour, and to the city
of New Orleans $500 in money, and ten ca?
loads Of liae, the latter to be used as q disin-
lcctaut.
Dr. James G Wiltshire, of Baltimore ma
tive Of this county, has volunteered his services
among others, to attend the yellow fever suffer
crs iu the South.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07

The Baltimore SIN says tie maximum oil
deaths by yellow fever at New Orleans iu any
ouc day up to the present time was 1903, and
it has been estimated that at the climax of the
cpilenic the mortality would reach $50 death,
daily. This san appalling figure, yet it i.
considerably below the maximum Of several
former plaques. Ia 1853 the highest figure,
were 254 deaths, on August p, aud for some
time the deaths were as manyas $50 per diem
That season some $1,000 persons out of co.
600 died Of the pesuleuce.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07

Not a Candidate.
srrur poIzr. September 3, 1875.

SUNNI PorvT, September 3, 1873.
EDIToRs FREE Pass:
In the Shepherdstown Re
al ter of the 3lst OF August. notice that am an
nounced as Candidate for the House OF Delegates
upon the Independent Greenbaek Ticket. This
was done without my knowledge or consent
desire to inform my friends that am not a Can
didate for the positiou as the Democratic Conser-
vatiye Nominees will receive my support.
Yours Respectfully,
JAS. LEE GRIGGS.
September 7, lSTS-lt
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07

The democrats ia convention at Lyuchburg
on Wednesday unanimously reuominated Hon.
j. Randolph Tucker. lie accepted the nomi-
nation in speech Other speeches were made
by Hon Thos S. Bocock, Maj j. W Daniel,
Gen J. A. E,r'y, Hon. Thos Whitehead, c.
w. Button and W. W. Berry, all eulogistic Of
the nominee
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
From the Richmnnd HIN:

Dr. Hunter Mcclure twho has gone on a
"trip to Paris has recently made some expert
meuts which have Tel him To believe that the
giving of quiniue TO the subject before per
forming a serious surgical operation prevents
" shock % injury, or so lessons it as To make
It inapprcciabIe. IfDr Mcclure shall cstab-
Ii~b that ciuchouism will keep off shock he
viii have made one Of the most important dis
cuveries iu surgery.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
L10Ihoc Tragody at Cdm6orIand.

0a Friday morning Of last week an ARRAY
l-c.--ei at Cumberland Maryland, between
,w1 -Hycr5-Taomas Cox uushey aai \.
H...cu 14cSis;on-the former killing the lat
Ger o. O pistol shot. death ensuing within if
ts-a minutes after the shooting. B.ackis:on
Is as.l-,a-.aw Of Judge pearre Of that city,
and about 81 years Of age. ana leaves wife
la3 .u4a, son. IlusAcy is also a married
man.. They got iu.ola alteration in the
oHe- -- Hashcy, aud Haslay being The SMALL
erula, killed BAckis,on-iu the language Of
he'r-yo inquest: whilst defending him
SELF from a1 aggravated assault Both men
u.,. 10 s1.l standing and practice.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07

The reports fromthe Yellow Fever districts
are most uuf4voraJe The plague seems to
be increasing aud spreading aud IS attended
by indcscrJaJle horrors and fatality almost
uurIeceleutel.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07

GCuOOL BOOES.-We wish to notify our Gus
- toners and friends that we are selling School
BOOKS at per cent less than sold last wear.
Htve our stock complete aud viii order any book
Heeded, not on hand. Give us a call and we
promise 90 save money Tor YOU
sept z, 1878. LIGHT & MITCHELL.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
For Sale OF. Rent.
SCHOOL B OKS.

WE are now receiving fun line n SCHOOL
w BOOKS, Copy Books, States, and other
articles for school purposes, n which 'ee invite
the attention Of our customers and the general
public BUTLER & AISQUITH.
August 81, 1878.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
Notice.

4 IL Notes and Accounts due the Estate Of G..
\ ". Sldler which are not paid by the lst Of
November viii be transferred for collection.
/. l.. SADLER,
September :, lS1S-tf admir-.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
So Acres, 2 RoOds, 90 Perches,

(nore Less now in the possession OF James w.
Glenn; and being that part of ,ic largest tact
purchased oy said James W. Glenn Off. X STROBE
and .e, and by The said p. H. Strode o. Special
Comm ssioners Cl3pIinc d Stubjs, December 20
1867, st owned by the sad James ". Glenn.
{.the sad above named tract shl. not sell Tor a
sum suiic;ent to pay the unoad purchase money,
Amounting to Stl0OOe vita Interest on 81 ,N93.00
from July 22ad, 1872 and costs OF sale, said Com
missione.s 50! sell
SECON ~: Tie tract pu7chlscd by james
y. Moore of said James w. Glenn ard wife, by
Deed dated May 3d. 1871, being part OF The a.
bove aaued entire trac, sold by said Special Com
m.ssiuucrS Cldplue e. Stu5Js 90 said =. q. strobe
yhe aid part contains
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
Snicca

ItREEN GINGER, Jamaica Ginger, White
II Ginger, Race Ginger, Long Pepper, Mace,
Cloves, Celery Seed, Tumeric. White Mustard. for
sale by LIGHT MITCHELL.
September Z, 1878.
CALAD OIL, sold by
- Sept :, ISIS. LIGHT Il MITCHELL.
GWEET POTATOES, Cheese and Fresh Crack
y ers, for sale bv ". EBN.
September Z, ISIS.
4 XES, Powder aud Shot, for sale by
y Sept Z, ISIS. ". EBY.
CtASTORS Finest and best Plated s. to SO, for
I sac By ". EBl.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
Il i2lES. J 2JJlS lid y ?ElGI.S

II the above named acts or pa GELS shall. NOT
sci. for sun sufficient 10 pay t.e unpaid purchase
money as above set iortn and costs o! sale, III cy
WILL sell
TEiRDLY: The tract o parcel ofsaid realty
FIRST sold by sad Jane ". Glenn and wife 20 Gy-
e ina Mohler, by Deed Of Septenbcr %, ie69, aud
containing
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07

Ez-pusdcut Grants brother Oviile was
seat 8. 40 Insane Ayium OF Wednesday.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
% AIlL2 | nam I'M 20 LIlGIL2

All q; said tracts are a part Of that valuable
fam of which the late William Grove died sliced,
and are of very superior quality o. land.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-third Cash on The day
of sale. The balance in two equal annual ray-
meuts with interest from the dtg of sale. taking
the purchasers bonds Cos the deferred payments.
Upon notice a. conf nation of sale a Decd or
Deeds will be made 90 TIE purchasers, rcstrviag
a lien thereon 10 secure de icr' ed payments. II
not sold public sale the Commissioners will sell
at private sale.
ISAAC FOUKE.
II. l.. BLACKBURN,
W. II. TRANEES,
SPECIAL Commissioners.
W Z. Anderson, Auctioneer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07
On TuesdaY. October Sth. ISIS.
EGAL ESTATE.

situated near pu.fc'd, Depot on the Baltimore
aud Ohio Railroad, consisting Of
FIRST: \ tract OF
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-09-07

\ correspondent of the Wheeling Register
gives the following account of the proceedings
Of the Senatorial Convention held at Martins
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-16

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
One copy, one year 81 so
six months ...,, "
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-16
High Schools.

Mr.. Welfey did we'll to inaugurate
a movement looking to the establish
ment of free high schools at both
Grantsville and Oakland, and APP
propriating the academic fund be-
longing to the county to the support
of these two schools. We hope he
will urge the matter to an early con-
Summation. 1t would be somewhat
consoling, if out of the utter wreck
that the School Commissioners have
made of every thing that pertains to
our school affairs, we could save
enough of our academic fund to start
the proposed schools. With the
Normal School building at Grants
vile, which could be used for som ,
time yet, the enterprise would not
be costly one, and with the requisite
legislation need not be long delayed
at Grantsville. All that is required
to make it successful, is that the best
citizens shall take it up with the de-
termination to make it a success,
and keep the School Commissioners
from interfering Herewith.
At Oakland we can avail of such
advantages and facilities as we have.
The main purpose ought to be to
equip both schools with maps, appa-
ratus, books and teachers of unques-
toned ability and start them, and
keep them open for at least ten
months. If Mr.. Welfiey will only
make this possible he will have de-
served the lasting gratitude of cur
people.