Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-03-08
Briefs.


""u County clerk is to be elected for
the term of six years, common.
wealth. 8 attorney, sheriff, treasurer
snd one commissioner of the re,enus
Tor the term of four years-sll 20 no
'o'ed Tor ut every precinct i'm the
co"nty-aad one supervisor, one con.
s'ao'e' one overseer of the poor. and
three magistrates. for each of tho
'o"r districts-to be voted for at the
precincts of their respective districts
SPECIAL NoTTCE.-Since the last
Issue of the COURIER we have n.r
iected our arrangement for the hand
ing OF manufactured ice and wish
TO notify the public that we will star,
our wagon when the season opens and
VIII deliver ice at 25 cents per hmm
ured IN 100 Id. quantities. and will
retail at 30 cents per hundred in
small quantities. We have fixed our
Ice rates SO that all can take advan.
tage of them and keep cool.
I. L. HOWELL Il BRO.
About 10 o'clock Saturday nighta
heavy rain storm visited this section.
and later IN the night it was accom-
panied 10y heavy thunder that woke
many persons from their slumhers.
Previously from Thursday morning
the weather had been cloudy. raw
and dismal, but on Sunday IA change
for the better was evidence, toy stron0
winds blowing from the west. Mon
day night there was a light fall of
snow; Tuesday morning the Their
mometel was within u degrees of
zero and the winds were showing
blizzard ferocitv.
LANDRETH'S New Cron" Gar
den Seeds at W Richardson's.
Some person or persons have heen
inJ"rlng some of the Young trees
planted To shade onr sidewalks. bv
cutting with a sharp weapon the
trunks thereof. Our town connect.
1t Is hoped. will endeavur to protect
the trees. which are AN ornament as
we'll as "A comfort In the summer sell
son, by offering reward for the np
prehenslon of these ruthless DESTROY
ers.
The blackbirds arrived last week
IN large tlocks The little blue bird.
which used to be one of the earliest
spring arrivals, is not seen anv more.
Ii Is supposed he has been driven
away from his former summer haunts
by the Engish sparrow. which is
most pugnacious and at the same
time voracious bird, attacking in
flocks ripening wheat
LANDRETH'S New Crop Gar
den Seeds NJ w. Richardson's.
The Round Hill stage, after reach
ing Castleman's Ferry on Monday.
returned because it could not cross
the river, which was out of banks.
aud the ferrvboat was tied where it
was thought it would be safe. \
considerable quantity of corn fodder
was seen going down the river by the
stage driver. When he left he said
1t was thought the water had reac he'd
its height, and fall was looked for.
The board of supervisors of tins
county have had a shed erected on
Jail street ID fl. wide and 100 #. long
for the purpose of affording standing
room and shelter TO horses ridden to
town by witnesses and jurors sum
moned to our courts. 1t was hu-
name act on the part of our county
officials. The work was done bv Mr..
III. j. Stickles.
LANDRETH'S New Crop" Gar
den Seeds at w. Richardson's.
Mr.. j. 5. Ware received on Mon
day several large packages of seed
from the Agricultural Department
of new leguminous plant said not
to be as good as clover or alfalfa. but
II good plant for CALLED hills. Mr..
Ware is not decided about trying it.
as be has no CALLED hills on his farm,
being too careful a farmer to permit
such spots to appear on his lands.
Mr.. ID. b. Morrison, who was last
fall elected town sergeant of Berry
vile, recently sent IN his resignation,
which was accepted on Monday night,
and Mr.. Geo. G. Ricamore was chosen
to fill the vacancy. The latter had
held the position for several years
previous to last fall.
Lakeview correspondent Winches
ter Times: Harry SwimIey has sue