South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-04-12
1t is now understood tina, tho p,os;dor

muskets. The President killed j, by peck
etyeto 30 many muskcts, says the Exami
ncr, arc not often routed by pocket pistol
"A Democratic paper in the North, gets
of the following very good pun :-"IIigh
up IN the Senate may be read in living char
acters, "Ben Wade and found wanting.""
The Home Journal says that certain
young and fashionable lady in New York,
hearing that light hair, from golden to red
was IN the fashion, was in despair to think
she was left out in the cold, h~ own hair
being very dark brown What could she
do! At last a bright idea occurred to her
She went to a well-known Broadway wiz.
maker, MIR. B, had her hair entirely
shaved of, purchased goldencd haired wig
and the next day she appeared in all her
glory, perfectly happy and perfectly content,
for she was "in NE foshion, "and what more
could be desired
The Chambcrsburg pa REPOSITORY
states as an absolute fact that man named
Paul NJ. Dishong, of Belfast township, Full
I ton county, recently sold his wife and chill
drcn TO churn pcdlar, named james vii.
son. tor the enormous sum ofsevcntcen dol.
lars IN cash, OF approved country produce.
/ and publishes the written agreement Of the
/ parties to that effect, which it presumes was
! carried out in good faith Congress ought
to send a committee toinvcstigate hat tran
saction, with Thad Stevens as chairman.
Pennsylvania needs to be rcorganizcd
Mr.. EDWARD A. POLLARD. author Of
"Thc Lost Cause" &c, was married in New
York, a few days ago, to Mrs. Maria Nathalie
Dowell, daughter Of Colonel Joseph Granier,
San Domingo, late of Norfolk, Va
REVERSIBLE BooT IIEEIs.-Somc genius
has applied for patent fora reversible boot
and shoe heel If that will work. and WHY
should 1t not, the world will save much mo.
ncy and great deal Of awkward! travelling
/ hen heel wears Il little on ono side turn
/ 1t and wear down the other. II arrcars
trifing, but in the vast aggregate it will be
wonderful saving.
AT last accounts the weather in Costa
RIGA was very favorable for the coffee crop.
which is turning out more abundant than
was at first anticipated, and will be very large.
-EX.Gov. Nm. D. Campbell, of Ten.
ncsscc, who was a firm Union man through
out the war, and member Of the last Con.
! grcss, has written letter, in which amongst
! other things, he says: 81 am decidedly of
the opinion that the Radicals have already
| destroyed our free form Of government. and
| have erected upon its ruin dcspotism con.
sttutcd Of majority Of Congress. which
has virtually set aside the two coordinate
! departments of the govcrnmcnt-thc Exec
ulivc and the Judiciary and are now en-
! gagged in organizing aud drawing around
them military organization which is to
maintain their sway, and secure the contin
uancc OF their party supremacy in Congress"
RUMoRED TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. cor
respondent of the indianapolis Journal de-
/ scribcS frightful tragedy which lie saws
occurred near Peru, Indiana, few DAYS
since y man sold his farm for Sl4 600
and went to Peru to deposit his mon v
/ lie did not reach his destination until the
banks were closed, ard 50 stopped at a no.
tel until the next morning He woke i'm
the night with strong prcscntimcnt that
something had gone wrong with the family,
and was with difficulty persuaded to return
to bed by two Of bis ncighbors who occupied
the same room. In the course of half an
hour lie again woke, and persisted in going
home His friends accompanied him On
reaching his house he found the doors lock
ed, and heard noise within Looking
through window he saw his wife and his
four children murdered The PERPETRATORS
Of the bloody decd were still in the house.
ran'acking every corner and receptacle for
booty. The farmer and his friends forced
an entrance, and attacked the murlcrous
irccbooicrs, four in number, shot three Of
them dead, and severely wounded the fourth.
On being washed and stripped Of disguise,
the wounded man proved 10 lie no other
than the purchaser Of the farm.
a colorcd man called aday or twosncc.
at the Second Auditor, Office in Washing.
ton, and made application for his son :
bounty, who, he said, had served I'm the mr..
my and had "dicd of s,rauguaion." The
clerk, whose duty il is % attend 10 these
cases, referred to the record Of the regiment
named, and there asccrtaiuod that the son
IN question had actually died ol ,liangula.
ton, being hanged for murder" per sen
icncc ola court-martal. II is needless TO
.ay chat no bounty was granted
Secretary McCulloch think It viii be
possible without materially disturbing the
business of Che country, to return 70 specie
payments within two years and ls.i,yc.
that If he is not mtcrrcrcd with, hc can
bring gold down TO ll5 or 100 before De.
cCmbCr
Healing by acuprcssurc is now prac-
ficcA in the Aberdeen Hospital. Scotland.