South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-09-22
Gleanings by Late Mails.

1t Is announced that Ex-Governor
HOLDEN has been appointed editor of the
Washington Chronicle at salary of So, 600
per annum.
The public said President Jefferson.
will never he made to believe that the ap-
pointment of relative is made on the
ground of merit alone, uninfueuced by fam
lily views; nor can they see with approba-
ton, Offices, the disposal of which they en-.
trust to the President for public purposes,
divided out as family property
All, 1NDEED.-Lewis Mckenzie address
ed the Radicals, in AlcxaDdria Friday
night, the Sth inst. He concluded his
address by saying that should he succeed
IN obtaining his seat in the present Con-
gress, be would retire from public life, and
would never again make his appearance in
the political arena. See the effects of keep
ing bad company. Lewis wants the pos
! session of another.-Fred. Herald.
One of our Missouri railroad comma
MES pays managing director twenty-five
thousand dollars year, and the Reading
(Pa) railroad pays its President thirty
| thousand dollars salary. Is it any wonder
that railroads must charge high freight and
passage ra'es ?-Palmyra Spectator.
The following advertisement has ap-
pearcd in the Morristown Jerseyn1an.
which shows that the writer has been stud
ying the Butler campaign; TO whom it
may concern.-Whoreas Permelia Bush. a
resident of Chester, did promise to marry
me on the 18th inst, but instead of doing
so, did funk and run off, brand her as a
liar, and a person of bad character pener-
ally. EDWARD PRATT
Charleston has citizen who is blessed
with a wonderful appetite He is very
fond of blackfsh and his mode of eating
them is cnmmendable for simplicity and &C.
lerity Taking a half-pound one in bis fin
gers, lie inserts his teeth in its sides.
and drawing it quickly along from one side
of his mouth TO the other, he LAYS down
the denuded back -bone-ali that is left Of
the fsh--in about two seconds. When he
dimes at a hotel, and the bill of fare is
shown him, he says, Yes, that il what |
want. If the waiter asks him, which
he replies, why, all of it, to be sure All
the hotel keepers strive for his patronage.
Som" queer scenes ensue in Wyoming
where the women vote, serve on iuries, etc.
like their lords and masters Recently six
married ladies' and as many gentlemen were
mpannellcd on a murder case there, and il
became necessary to lock them up all night.
Three OF the husbands stormcd and raved
at the judge, aud n half dozen children
made the courthouse ring with their cries,
but the Judge was memorable, and put them
under lock and key.
SECRET OF SUCCESS A merchant who.
from being very poor boy, bad risen to
wealth aud rcnown, was once asked by an
intimate friend to what he attributed his
success in life. To prompt and steady ODE
dlence to my parents was the reply. Tn
the midst Of many bad examples of youths
of my own age was always all, to Weld
\ ready submission 90 the will OF my father
and mother, and l firmly believe that a
blessing has, in consequence, rested upon
me and upon all my efforts
The Chicago Post speaking Of Woman
Suffrage, says 81 Neither Congress nor the
Supreme Court will run the risk Of launch
ing this enormous problem upon all the
States at once" We do not know as 10
that. Congress will 30 anything that IS
wrong or unreasonable and our faith on the
Supreme Court, 10 now constituted, is not
PREsBYrEEIANIsM ~ PENNsYLvAYt,
-Pennsy lvauia has this year 3,6lG Pres.
bytcrian churches, with 455,37S communi-
cants, Sunday school membership of479.-
81, and received in collections for the
church year 1871, s9O07 20. The first
three items show an advance over last wear
Of about two and half per cent, and the
last an advance of seven per cent or
sG50,000
"A Detroit saloon has portrait Of
George Washington IN the act Of drinking
a glass Of beer Vat beeples - Winch.
Times
RAILUOAD-.--We understand that Mr
Thomas a. Scott, while in Richmond, paid
into the State Treasury 100000 in
State securities, on account Of the States
interest in the Richmond and Dinville rail
road also. SOME SlSO,0OO for the Rich.
mond aud Petersburg railroad. This Is
what We call substantial evidence Of good
faith on tho part Of these Pcunsy lvauians. -
dicrdHdri0 ,S,HfiHcl.
Christina Elmunds, Of Brighton, Eng
land, is charged with attempting TO poison
n Mrs. Beard Christina was making love
TO DR.. Beard, and this is the way she did il
Striped, spcckled, and colored stock
lngs have taken he place Of white aud arc
worn to match the color Of the dress
New Jersey has published the follow.
ing pathetic cpi'aph
She was not smart, she was not fair,
Bot hearts with grief for her are swelIin'
All empty stands her little chair
She died Of ea,in' watormein.
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