South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-01-23

| administered 10 three memDeEs Oh net
family. the result Of which was the
death Of one Of them, Mr.. Ephraim
Peak, com menced in this village on
Wednesday last and terminated on Sat.
urday, Judge Williams presiding. The
Judge, delivered very clear and able
charge to the Jury and in about an hour
| after the case was committed to them,
they returned verdict of Guilty. She
was sentenced to be hung on the 26th
day Of February next, between the
hours Of 10 o'clock A. M. 81 2 O'Clock
P. M. We have seldom if ever heard
Of more psemeditated or aggravated
ease Of MURDER Chelsea W. Dem.
| The Harrisburg Iatelligencer states
that Peter Ritner, Esq. of Karthus,
Clearfield County, has succeeded in
making iron with mineral ceal. This
iron has been tried, and pronounced by
iron masters to be of an excellent quail
ity.
! The last accounts from the British
Islands of St. Kits and Nevis repre-
sented them to be in state OF famine,
the islands provision completely failed
in consequence Of drought which had
continued for about eight months. In
Demarara and Grenada the "appren-
ticeship" system is said to be working
! well. a
The items which follow will show a
singular contrast in the criminal calen-
der of Maryland and Virginia. We do
not present them with any invidious feel
ing, but as matters of information and
reflection to those who take an interest
in such subjects.
Penitentiary Of Maryland.
BY a report Of the Directors Of this
Institution, it appears that on the Lei
day Of December last, there were con-
fined therein 404 convicts. The pop.
ula,ion Of Maryland in 1880, was All, ).
o4O.
Psnitsntiary Of Virginia.
On the LIST Of December last, there
were confined ia this Institution, $50
convicts. The population Of Virgin.
| ia in 1880, was l,211 ,405.
| This is strong contrast in the char
acter Of al least a considerable portion
! Of the inhabitants of the two States.
The number of persons received last
! year in the Maryland prison was LA
being 81 more than the year proceed.
| ing. OF this number the City of Bal
timore furnished 90. The creates,
number ever received in the Virginia
prison in one year was 1903, in the
| year 1922. The number received in
the year ending the s0lh Of Novem-
Der last, was s0.-Richmond Compi-
Ter, Jan. is. -
1 Distressing and Fatal accident -
| On the 27til ult. while MIR. George
Weaver, near Welsh Run, Franklin
county Pa, was preparing to shave
his only daughter, Catharisa Ann E.
Hzcbeth, aged about IA months, caugh,
hold of tin of boiling water, and tur'
ned the whole contents into its face
| and on its body. Medical aid wal
Immediately had, and assiduously at.
tended to, but all in vain-it died or
Saturday evening following.-Tel.
.
4 FARMERS BANK.-The following
gentlemen constitute the Board of Di.
rectors Of the branch of the Farmers
Bank, at this place, for the pressn
year, viz:
| By the erecatiue. james M. Ma,
son, Abraham Miller, John Bruce, ia
cob Senseney, Robert T.. Bald win
Richard w. Barton, George F. Wash
ington, James Stackhouse.
Il By the stockholders. H
Sherrard, Richard e. Byrd, Richare
J. Mex. Holiday, John w. Miller
John E. Page.--Wineh. Virg.
~ The confederate of Mexico i,
composed of IL States and Ia terrific
ries, comprising population Of s .ooo,'
600, including 1900, 900 Indians, l, !
100000 Creoles, the remainder mixed
breeds. Two Of the provinces now a,
( war with Mexico, are Texas and Co.
ahuilla, making together an area o
1913 900 square miles population
1870 ,eO0-of which Monclava is the
capital Of 5000 Inhabitants. 1t is be
lieyed that there are 30, 900 American
settlers in The two distriets.--N. Y