South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-09-10

SSOmNE1, fhlDA 4, DELL III, 1879.
V'General Imboden, Of Virginia, has
issued an address to the people or that
State. calling upon them to make united
efforts for proper and fitting represent
tation Of the -Old Dominion at the cen.
teunial celebration in 1876.
S'The professorships in the Univer.
sity must be in great demand. The
Morgantowh Post says there are upwards
OF oae hundred applications for the DO.
sitions already on file.
IThe Gibson House and the Henry
House, two Of the principal hotels in
charleston, this State, were burned on
Friday evening last. Loss not stated.
VThe United States Treasury DE.
'partment on Friday last transmitted
$780, 900 gold to San Francisco, being
total of$1, 900. 900 since the failure Of
the Bank Of California .
VTo the hundreds OF thousands OF
those descendants Of high but broken
down Virginia families that are now be.
waiiing their hard lot. the Richmond
. Wing says, go to work. To recruit and
restore'your fortunes and your prestige,
do what your ancestors did to establish
them-go to work. In these DAYS all
honest work is respectable.
Republicans in Ohio are Offering
to bet that Allen will not have more than
twenty thousand majority.
VAt the election in California on
the LIST inst, the Democrats elected their
State ticket, majority Of the Legisla-
tnre, and three out of four Congressman.
DEATH OF TIE MAYOR OF SrAuNroN.
VA.-Hon. n. X. Trout. mayor of Staun.
ton, Va, died in that city on Saturday
last. Of Brights disease Mr.. Trout was
lawyer by profession. Some twenty
years ago he was elected mayor OF Staun.
ton.a held that position until his death.
He represented Augusta county in the
Senate during the session of 1886.
CRIME.-The Cumberland (AId.) Times
states that on Friday last, Thornton
ates was arrested at Grafton, West
Va, charged with administering poi.
sonous decoction to ayoung lady ofthat
place for the purpose of producing abor.
ton, but which was followed by the death
OF the lady. Yates is man Of good con-
nections, and is wealthy. The girl, whose
name We understand is Weigle, died Sc
veral days ago, but before any suspicion
OF foul play was aroused young Yates
fed. He returned on the previous day.
Thursday. and was Immediately arrested
as above stated.
VMrs. Josiah Pennington, of Balti.
more. died at Oakland, Md, on Saturday
last. She had been ill there for some
time.
VThe Martinsburg Independent says
Hon. Charles JAS. Faulkner has arrived
home from trip to the Indian country.
y
to which he went several weeks since as
n member of the commission sent out by
the Government to investigate the ALE
ged frauds in the Indian Department
He brought with him collection of In.
dian curiosties, which will be exhibited
at the fair.
IJefferson Davis has received invi-
tations from no less than eighteen fair
associations, six in Illinois. two in In.
diana, two in Pennsylvania, three in
Missouri, two in Iowa, one in Wiscon-
sin, one in Md, and one in Louisiana.
IIIGH-PRICED STocK.-The Malvern
farm short-horn herd ut New York Mills
was sold last week. There were i'm all
thirty females and four males, and the
amount realized was $4,000. The fe-
males averaged sl,6S8 each, and the
males 1880 apiece. Lady Mary Sc
cond brought $500, and Lady Mary
First $4,000.
"REBEL OUTRAGE."-The Governor
elect OF Kentucky, Colonel McC. cary
recently made n speech at Covington,
Kentucky. Having been an ardent ere
bel" his utteranccs may be read with in
terest: Il am here tonight to say that
| am in favor Of peace and reconciliation
from one end of Kentucky to the other.
that am in favor Of peace and recon.
Citation from one border of our Repub-
lie to the other. Peace and reconcilia.
ton will be beneficial TO the North, the
South, the East and the West. II you
want to build mp your prosperity again,
If you want to restore the condition that
existed before the war, then you must
no longer fan the prejudices and pas
sions engendered during the late civil
strife You must not soak IN tear oman