South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-01-24
South 8raneh 9ntslligenter.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. "a, laos.

August, most otthem by heart disease. Ibis
seems strange, but heart disease is fire.
quent result of di.sipated and anxious
lifc.-A Mr. LENIsoN, Of Wathena, Kan
Bas, started home from the grocery, the 9TH
or day, with bottle Of varnish and bot
,le of whisky in his pocket. On his way
he drank the varnish instead Of the wills
Ky, and by the time he got home was crazy,
and wanted to kill his wife. In the at
tempt he killed himself When does a
criminal resemble an old book When he
is bound oyer-Dr LEE, of Knox county,
Tennessee, writes to the Country Gentle
man that fair timbcred mountain land can
there be bought in large tracts at from $50
90 800 per thousand acres-or five 10 ten
cents per acre.-New Orleans hairdresscrs
advertise a preparation FOR Strengthening the
hair of Intelligent voters A STORY or
FELINE SAoACITY The following incident
is reported in the Providence Herald as ha-
wing occurred in the town Of Bristol, X |.
"a large, well-fed, and much pet,ed cat,
belonging to Mr.. JonN BULLOCK, of this
town, saved the life of its owner and the de-
.'ruction Of bis house hy fire, on Sunday
night last. Mr.. BCLLoCK's rc.ilencc is On
the west side Of High street between State
sud Court streets lie is 'our Oldest inhab-
itaut'-his age being ninety-cight years
On the night mentioned, he heated brick
On the kitchen stove, and on retiring for
the night wrapped the brick in cloth and
placed il in the foot Of his bed to keep his
feet warm-as Las long been bis custom
on cold nights This done, the old gentle
man turned ill., and was soon in the arms
of Morpheus The heat of the brick set
fire to the bed clothes, and Ike cat--the on
ly other inmate Of the room-incrediblc as
1t may seem, jumped against the window,
breaking pane Of glass, leaped out, went
10 the window Of the room where some 9TH
ormem beers Of the family slept, broke anoth-
or square Of glass, entered the room, awoke
one Of the occupants, and scratched aud ap-
larently attempted to bite the person who
got up to remove the intruder from the
room. On opening door leading to the
adjoining room the smoke was discovered,
and on Offering the apartment where Mr..
BULLOCK Slept, the bed clothes were found
TO be on fire. The smoke had nearly suf-
located the OH gentleman, aud few min
utes' delay wouri have proved fatal to him
hnd doubtless have set fire to the dwelling
The cat, great favoritc, has been kept in
the family of Mr.. BULLOCK for upwards of
twelve years, and the affection for this sa-
cacious tommy which was felt previous to
his giving the alarm last Sunday night has
by no means diminished, as our readers NAV
fuppose. Major MILIINGER, from Penn
sylvania, tried three years of existence un-
der BRowNLow, in Tennessee, but finally
Fuccumbed, and last week blew out what
brains the constant contemplation of Brown
ies3 had left him.-In speech in the
5ioGss II Representatives last Thursday,
Mr.. MARSHALL, OF Illinois, said that a ma
iority Of the Federal officials seemed to have
adopted the maxim:
A little thievinc is dangerous art.
But theying largely is noble part
lis vile to rob a hen roost Of hen,
But stealing largely makes US gentlemen.
The Richmond Dispatch tells the sad sto-
ny Of beautiful girl, the darling Of her fa-
Tiers home in Petersburg, who fell a VIC
tim to the wickeduess of a villain, who pre-
tended to BE her lover After causing her
ruin, lac left her to brood on her sham md
Gescrtion. Her mind lost it, balance aud
she strayod from her home to Richmond,
where she was recently found by her rcla-
tions, in condition of great misery and
dcstitutiou The Evansville, Ind, .Jovrn-
al says: a gentleman, in whose credibiI-
" the most implicit confidence may be
placed, relates the following singular story,
'be parties to which and the material facts
involved are personally known to him A
young lady named HELEN HUNTER, living
between Dycusburg and Princeton, Ken