The Annual School Meeting

was held on Monday last. Pursuant to , tic, polls were opened for the election of three Trustees at 9 o'clock, A. M., aud kept , open until 2 o'clock, P. M., at which honr tliey were closed, and the votes counted. The poll list showed that 285 citizeuts had feit interest enough iu the schools - of one Ttind or another - to record their votes. The resiilt showed that Henry D. Bennett had 273 Ebeuezer Wells " 205 Collins B. Cook " 279 A. W. Chase " 9ü A. H. Markham " 4 And Messrs. Bennett, Wells, and Cook, having received a majority of the votes polled, ■were declared elected Trustees for the term of three years. The votes for Mr. Chase were giïen tecausa of a little unnecessary jealousy of the Third Warders about the location of their School House, and not because of any dissatisfaction in any other particular. The result of the election having been announced, the meeting proceeded to the transaction of the olher business of au annual meeting. The Secretary presented aud read the annual report of the Board, which was publishcd in our last issue. The " estímate sheet," accompanying the reiwrt, Was then taken up item by item, and the following tases unanimously voted for the various expenses of the Schools for the ensuing year : To pay salaries of Teachers, 5,300 00 " " for fuel, repairs, incidentals, &c, 9,800 00 " pay Boods, 2.250 00 - Interest, 687 50 ' reimburse Third Ward Building fuud, 2,837 50 Total, $13,875 00 ín addition to the laxes, a loan of $2,000 was authorised fora term of live years, at not to excced 10 per cent. interest, to replace the ame amount of Third Ward Building funds pended o paying the bonded debt of the district; anda furtlier loan of $2,000, for a term oí four years, to increase the Third Ward Buüding fand, taaking $7,000 now apjironriated and provided for that purpose. These appropriaüons were all made with no grudgins spirit, lut with a determination to generously sii'tain tha schools as the vital interest of our city. The Third Ward School House site was settled, by authoriziiig the purchase of the lots on Miller Avenue, kuown as the Godfrey grove lots, a very beautiful location, though justnowa little one side of the center of jopulation in the Ward. The building will be erected in time for the opening of the cliools anothr year. The Board was also aiithorizecl to purchase a site for a School House iu the Fourth Ward. - Th number of persons reported between the ages of 5 aud 20, wa& 2112, an increase of 80 over last vear. I _ - VST The Jack8oa Citizen and Adrián Expotitor are " pitching into " the Advertising Agency of Mathek & Co., 335 Broadway, N, Y. The Citizen has been advised that " Mather is a swindler," and " his partner a tramling woman." Luckily we got our last bilí pid after a sight draft drawn by their order was allowed to go to protest, since which their favirs have found their way into fhe vaste paper box. It takes publishers a long time to get their " eye teeth cut." - Hava any of our cotemporaries invested in A. I. Mathews, 12 Gold Street, N. Y., euder of a wonderful Hair Dye 1 If so, with what results 1 He is marked on our books "played out." His contracüng agent also reprse-nted C. Ckosbt, and C. R. Walker, liuftalo, N. Y., a pair of precious " bad eggs," who paid one year, hut the next didn't They liase cost us a great outly of patiooce and poslage. M-4-4 I ■■ I I I L3C Tüe Jacksoo Citizen says that k Vermont gentleman has purchased 40 acres of land, near the Fair grounds in that city, on whicli he is to immediately erect a large woolen factory. We wish that the same enfcwprUe could be entered upon here. Good nd abundaat water power can be had, and the wool clip of this County exceeds both in quantity and quality that of any other county in the State. S3T Tho tar-payers meeting, held on Saturday evening last, authorized the Comdioq Cotuicil to levy an extra tax of $2,500, to purchase tfie May Flower Engine, furnish hoe, procure a truck, &c, for a Hook and Ladder Company, pay the Dorking judgrnent, and wipe out tlie üoating debt. This is ia ftddition to the $3,500 which the Council can Mise under the charter without a vote of the tex paj'crs. A prizo Fair and Festivai will be given by the Ladieg of Lodi, September 13h, t the old Academy, opposite the new Churoh. Doors open at 3 o'clock, P. M. The priies will be declared at eight (8) o'clock, P.M. fyS" ur mercbants are replenishing their Fall stocks, and making ready for a large business. Keep watch of our advertising columns if you would know where to fiad good btrgains. Tho World1 s special saya the story is widely prevalent Ihat Jeff. Davis' trial ia to take place this month. It is belived to be unfounded. Ootober ia thought to be the correct time, Norfolk the place, and Chief Justice Chase the preiidiug Judge. A. ooach, with a party of twolve ladies and gentleaicn, bouud on a pleasure excursión, was run into by a railroad train near Boston, one gentleman killed nd several others of the party seriou8Ij, and perhpi fatally, injured.