South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-12-18

"'se"'y request our patrons to remit Fifteen
O''"s 10 cover the same, with the subscription
% ana, also, at the same time remit back mr..
resfeges. We need money, and all in arrears
ought to pay up.
MI OENSis FESTcT authorizes US to sav that
having completed his contract on the Railroad
bridge, over tie South Branch, for the Narrow.
gauge Railway below this place, he desire, 70
SELL privately, ten head of HORSES Il MULES
a frst-rate yoke of OXEN, FIVE WAGONS. set Of
ELAcKsMirH's Tools, large FERRY BOAT ?
TENTS, DERRICKS, CHAINS. ROPES and va
rlous other articles, all Of which he will dispose
OF on remarkably io,e terms,
SUDDEN DEATH PROMINENT CITIZEN We
nave TO record the death on Friday last, of Hem
ry NJ Baker, Esq, one of the best known and
most highly esteemed citizens of Frederick
counrv.
Mr.. baoer came to town on the day named. &C
companiod by his wife and daughter. and went
freely about the city attending to his business.
apparently in his usual health, aud 10 exeellen,
spirts-the 1iNEs Office being one OF the last pla
ces ne visited before his death About two o.
clock in the afternoon he went TO Harner's res
taurant and ordered dish OF oysters and whilst
in the act Of eating them, without a moment's
warning, died IN his seat. Assistance was quick
~ at hand DIR. Love arriving within two MIN
utes after the alarm was 81 ven but life was ex-
tlnct. The disease was pronounced by the doe
tor to be paralysis of the heart. lie WAS buried
on Sunday in Mt. Hebron Cemetery and his re-
mains were followed by very large concourse
of relative and friends.
Mr.. B. was about 65 years ofsge, aud although
an invalid and cripple, the result of an acci.
dent in early life-was an active and public s2ir-
tied citizen always foremost in amy enterprise
tending to the public welfare, and was kind
hearted aud generous to a fault. No man in the
county, perhaps, could claim more personal
friends Winchester Times, December lG
by means Of an ingenious process lately de-
vised, n barrel can be made consisting OF but
one st"ve. This, it appears, is accomplished by
turning a steamed log of the length of barrel
against sharp knife of The requisite length, and
thus cutting il into a continuous sheet of wood
of the thicln Of a barrel stave Enough OF
this ribbon OF wood is then cut off for the circum-
ference of n barrel and crozed or chamiered by
suitable machinery. To give the barrel proper
shape, Sits are cut in two ends by gang of
saws, and Tie heads thus brought to the re-
quisite size rs compared with the bilge. The US
uai number Of hoops are Tut on, and the barrel
thus made IS said to Le equally as strong as those
manufactured IN the ordinary way, the principal
saving being in the amount of time and labor in
VOWED in the process, the cost of materia! being
about the same in eIthe' case.
SALE or LoTs.-We are inf1emed the "Keyser
land and improvement company" have SOLD over
so lots in their new addition to Keyser, recently
laid out.-Neyser Tribune.
llE FELT lis FArE.-Georgo Cary Esgleston
tells this story OF hat he calls case Of super
stitjon which he met in the army ''i'm going
To tie Killed pretty soon, said AS brave a man
ns ever knew, 10 me one day. al never finch
cd from bullet until to-day, md now dodge
every time one whistles within 20 feet Of me"
tried 20 persuade him cut of the belief, and
even got for him dose Of valeriau with which
to quiet his nerves lie took the medicrp, but
assured me IN Il he was not nervous in the least
'My time is coming thnts all, he said :
'nnd done care. \ few days more or less
don't signify much" An hour afterward the
poor fellows head was blown Of as he stood by
my side.