South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-12-18
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Philadelphia. -..A LETTER from Cuba
says that seven slaves were whipped to
death near Cardonas recently TRAINS
on the Washington aud Ohio railroad now
run to II und Hill, L7uIouu county, only
% mile, from Winchester, Va. Tue
meauest man in the world is the fellow who
knows where CHARLEY Ross is and will
not tell - The committee on lunotic asy-
lums of the Virginia Legislature have deci-
to recommend the building Of new asy-
lum, to est 100000. Lynchburg und
Wytbeville arc the principal contestants
for the location i. WHEREIN is the diff.
ference between MARSHAL SERRA:o aud
u. s GRANT? Ooe tiuds it difficult to put
down the B urbon, the other don't
GEORGIA newspapers state that uotwi'h.
standing the excessive hot summer and
long drought, very good crop of sugar
cane was produced throughout southwestern
Georgia and Fiorido, and that it is yield
ing satisfactorily -. .JoHN G.. CALHOUN
has teen arrested in Memphis for wearing
somebody clse's trousers TEXAS has
towo called Lovelady. Old maids are in
quiring about the climate there .BrFoRE
taking liberties with a strange dog, obs rye
his tail and wait for the wsg on =. i. DR.
GERARD Il. MORGAN, son of Rev GERARD
MORGAN, dcopped dead in his study in
Baltimore city, on the 81 inst He was
highly respected in Baltimore, and had
reached distinction in bis profession He
leaves a widow and several children
ONE Million dollars il geld was Withdrawn
from the banks in New York on Sturdy
las, for the Bank Of California "A III.
BEL suit in Lowell, Massachusetts, involves
the question of how much publicity is Civ
en-, in the eyes of the law to matter written
on postal card aud sent through the mail
The defendant wro'e letter TO the plain,
Tiff on postal card accusing him of forge,
ry, and this defence is that. as the Post
CHice clerks are epjoiDed to secrecy, there
was no more Of publication than if the
mn ter had been sent in a scaled letter.
SINCE the first of the prcscut month upward
of %, 600 barrels of kerasen have been
shipped from Pittsburgh over the Railroad
10 Baltimore. TIE latest case Of indo
lencc is reported of JOHN Hole, who in
writing his name simply uses the letter j
and punches hole in the paper for the
remainder. AN insane young lady wss
being taken by hor brother and husband
from Texas to an asylum in ST.. Louis. 10
the cars, sleeping berths were taken, and
the men by turns watched her. Ooce both
fell asleep together, and the lunatic chose
that opportunity to tell the conductor that
she had been kidnapped by item. Would
be help her to escape lie did not doab,
her story or her sanity, and at The neg
station telegraphed to S. Louis for officers
to De on hand when the train arrived
Daring the rest OF the >urncy 10 noticed
tho watchfuluess of the supposed kidnap,
pers over the young lady, and proudly fl,
that n gross outrage would by his orcucy
be prevented. When the husband and
brother stepped from tho train, and were
about to hustle their charge into a close
carriage, the were arrested aud taken be-
fore police magistrate s. cunning was
tho Iuuatic in her semblarca Of sanity that
two days elapsed before her story could be
disproved 49, THE Missionary Society of
the Methodist Il. Church have expended the
sum Of S., sos, 591 in domestic missions
during the last 20 years AMONG The
assets Of the Northwestern Bank of Vir.
giDil advertised to be sold are $3.50 600 in
Confederate notes and bonds ..Ir !.
estimated that 100000 have been
lost during the past year in the publication
business in New York. Not one Of tho
magazines has proved profitable. ..1S7G
will indeed be memorable year it will
witness the centennial recurrence Of our ma
tioua birthday, and tho election Of a Dem.
ocratic President. IA LADY, Mrs. FfTz.
GERALD, has taken the contract to grade
20 miles Of The Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio railway Mrs. NANCY
FREELAND, oged about 20, aud one Of the
original settlers Of Garrett county, Nd
died suddenly on Wednesday morning Of
last week, Of npoPlexy, at her residence,
two miles from Cranberry Summit. Her
husband found her boed +, L.r L..- g: