Transcribed without making changes to spelling and grammar. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson Athens Messenger June 24, 1875 GALLIA The Gallipolis city boundaries are to be extended. The dedication ceremonies of Mound Hill Cemetery, near Gallipolis, recently. Taxes in the city this year will be $2,22 on the $100. Last year they were $2,60. The Teacher's Institute of this county will commence its session on the 26th of July. The smoke-house of Mr. James E. Mills, of Green township, was recently burglarized. The jail of his county is empty. A military company has been organized in Gallipolis. Prof. E. E. Spaulding, of Painesville, Ohio, has been selected to Superintend the Gallipolis Public Schools the coming year. In this county they have 10 candidates for Sheriff, 6 for Treasurer and 20 for the other offices, subject to the dedision (sic) of the Republican County Convention. Some fisherman set fire to woods in the rear of Mr. David Smith's house, Huntington township, recently, and about seventy-five acres of woods were burned over. The horses attached to a mail hack recently took freight (sic) in front of a hotel in Gallipolis and ran 4 1/2 miles in the country before they were stopped, yet when caught not a buckle or strap broken or missed. The mail bags in the hack were also safe.