South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-06-18


The KEysER ELoPEMENr.-The Tri-
tune OF Saturday contains another chsp-
ter IN the history Of the elopernent from
heyscr, week or two ago. of Moses
WEIGH. who took with him Mr.. Robert
Clifford's horse. another mans wife and
other things. WEIGH abandoned Cliff.
fords horse and it has been returned to
its owner. On Saturday night, June 81
WEIGH was seen in Keyser and on Mon
day constable Liller procured warrant
Tor his arrest and has been hunting for
him ever since. On Sunday night Welch
stole horse, saddle and bride from
Henry Suit, near Williamsport, West
Virginia, and at Petersburg hired CO.
lored boy to go with him, to bring back
the horse, which he alleged he had bor-
rowed. The boy returned to Petersburg
on Tuesday, and says he left Welch on
Shenandoah hodntain forty.two miles
southeast of Petersburg. He states that
WEIGH told him that Phillips the hus-
band Of the woman with whom he elop-
ed followed them to Brooks Gap, where
they exchanged shots, but neither was
hit. The boy also says that a Mr.. Dash
er, living on the South Fork told him
Phillips and his wife had been found w.
ing by, the roadside, pierced with bullets
and dead. The Tribune's theory is that
If this last statement is true Phillips
killed his wife and then committed sui
cide.-Cunberland Netcs, June Ia.
There are twenty three of the manu-
featuring establishments of Charleston
using Charleston Manufacturer.
Work will soon be commenced on the
Government Improvement of Kanawha
River. The expenditure Of 100000 in
the Valley within the next ten months
ought to make money plenty.-Ib.
~ An old lady in Jefferson CO., n.
T., acquired the habit of using morphia
After using it for relief from pain, no
persuasion could induce her TO give mp
the poison. Her family finally united in
deception, substituting carefully pre-
pared potato starch in morphia bottles.
AT first she thought the supposed drug
an inferior article, but her physician, who
was in the secret, assured her that it
was all right, and she was satisfied. She
continued to use tie article for fifteen
years and to the day of her death. and
could not do without it, never having
learned the deception. At one time
when she was ill the physician gave her
Dover's Powders, bun she could not rest
after them until she took the starch
morphia.
~ Here is warning: An actor en-
gagged at one of the Baltimore theatres,
while going through a performance re-
Gently, was suddenly taken with paral-
ysls OF the throat, accompanied by swell
ling Of the lips, tongue and salivary
glands. The physician who attended
him said that he had been poisoned by
cosmetics used in coloring his lips and
cheeks.
fVOver one thousand Barrels Of salt
left cur county last week for distant mar
kets. Kanawha products are the best,
and are so considered by consumers.-
Charleston Journal, June IL.
lV"We were married just a month
ago to-day. We went to Bawston and
New Yawk, and ever so many places.
and had perfectly gawgeous time
New Yawk's just lovely .-Retmaed CHI
cdgo Bride.
IVA Brooklyn girl was heard TO re.
mark. rs she was leaving church on a
recent Sunday evening: There's nv
foolish father has gone and given $50 to
the heathen, and the new spring hats
are ont and | shall have to buy cheap
one or put mp with straw"
t1 A California paper says they got
Wah Using, heather, on the gallows.
the other day, with the rope around his
neck, and he inquired of William Nye.
the Sheriff: "Chokee like help" ''Yes."
said William. "chokee, YOU bet - and
then they dropped him
~ negro expounding the Beecher
scandal said he believed Mr.. Reecher
was innocent, but yet he was afraid that
when Beecher wrote the ragged-edge let
ter he was himself under the delusion
that he was guilty.