South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-07-25
The Cholera in the West

The Cholera in the West
CINCINNATI, July 2I.-Three deaths
from cholera were reported to. day.
Sr. LOUIS, July 2l.-A dispatch from
Louisiana, in Northern Missouri, SAYS eight
deaths occurred between and II O'Clock
last night from cholera, and great excite
ment prevails. Hundreds of citizen, are
preporng TO leave the place The disease
Is said to prevail at Troy, Hannibal and o.
ther places in the State.
Parents desiring irst-class Boar ding School
for boys, with thorough preparation for college
or business, should send for a catalogue of Ken
wood. See advertisement in to days issue
Representative w. II. Potter, Charles -.
yelling and Iodgson, Of the Ntrcurv, are all
announced as candidates for County Superiuten-
dent Of public schools Of Morgan county.
The Charleston NcEs states that Mr. w. T.
Armstrong, as travelling agent for Rumsey L Co.
OF Portsmouth, Ohio, has come up missing He
was last seen the 9th Of June at the railroad
depot at this place, and was then on his way to
Raymond, Winfield and other points on the Ka-
nawhA lie collecting for the Company,
but no suspicious Of his having abscouded with
the money exist. 1t is thought that he was muir
dered some where Ray moud. on the Kama
wha. lie is mentioned as gentleman Of intcg.
rity and good business qualities
A person may discipline the muscles Of the
face, and he may control the voice but there is
something in the eye beyond the will, and we
must frequently find it giving the tongue the
lie direct
1t is stated on high chemical authority that
the last gill Of milk drawn from COW is six
teen times richer in cream than the first portion
yielded
TnE SECRET or LIFE How many take wrong
view of life, aud waste their energies, and de-
stroy their nervous system, in .ndeavoring to
accumulate wealth, without thinking of the pre.
cent happiness they are throwing away. 1t is
not wealth nor high station which makes a man
happy Many of the most wrctched beings on
earth have both but it is a radiant sunny spiiit
which knows how to bear little trials and enjoy
little comforts and which thus extracts happiness
frcm every incident Of life.
- u rs stated that hound was chasing n fox
near Laurel Hill, North Carolina, few DAYS
since, when the latter, being tightly pressed g.,
took refuge in hollow log, entrance into which
it effected At a knot hole The dog coming M
md finding that the fox had gotten into ,he log
thru't his head into the knot hole after the fox
and got his head fast therein Being unable to
eStricsle himself, the dog die ed and the fox. be-
ing cut OF from the only avenue Of escape from
the log, likewise persisted, both Of them evident
ly having died Of starvation.
PAYlSG DtBJs Tho ability Of nearly every
man to pay his debts, depends upon his ability
to collect debts due him The individuals Of =
community arc linked together by chain Of
debts aud credits and in time Of depression the
refusal OF person TO discharge a single liability
Often embsrrasscs line OF dozen debtors md
creditors Hence the prompt payment Of small
debts becomes. in times like these, q public as
well - a private duty The same money that
Pnys debt ia the morning msy pay n dozen be-
fore night, and twelve men are thus relieved Of
anxiety and pressure by this paying Of one obi
CATION. A good rule surely
We Feo That PaocrEn & CANNES ExrR, OF
LIVE Soar is becoming very popular in our city
its quality We know is superior and being nicely
perfumed We arc not surprised that consum ers
prefer it, and that it has large sale [June 81.