South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-15
South Branch ahtt,,istneer.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY, OCT. Is, 1875.

vIf anything except an address is
written or printed upon the face of
postal card it Is unavailable except at
letter postage.
vA thousand bushels 81 potatoes
were purchased few days ago in wash
ington, Pa, for the wheeling market, at
rs cents per bushei:
vIn the election held in the f,rst
district, composed Of Ohio. Brooke and
Hancock. on Thura)ay Of last week. Al.
fred Caldwell. Esq. the regular Demo.
cratic nomihee. was elected over Capt.
Andrew Wilson, Independent. to All the
vacancy in the Stat3 Senate Caused by
the death or Gen. Pahnsll. ea,
fredericksburg was visited Gy an ex.
tensive conflagration ON Friday last
The fire originating in the cellar Of the
house belonging to the estate of a. c..
Miller, deceased, on King Street, oppo-
site the Stewart House and adjoining
Grantham Hall. The Miller property
was damaged to the extent Of 800,
and L. III. Kauifman's store and Creade
and Smiths saloon in the building, &c..
500. Loss $4,000. The general sup.
position is that the FIRE wa. the work of
an incendiary.
MURDER OF ONE OF OUR FORMER CtrI.
zENs.:-We regret to learn by letter just
received from his sister. in Texas. that an
esteemed aud highly respected young
gentleman, who emigrated from this
County not long ago, Mr.: William Null
ledy Parsons, son Of the late David c..
Parsons, Esq, was assassinated at his
home. in Hamilton County. Texas: on
the 26th September ultino, between 2
and O'Clock, p. NJ, under tho following
aggravated and most distressing cifcumii.
stances. as Related in the letter from
which we extract as follows:
Two men rode up and called him out,
talked half an hour in friendly way,
and enquiting after stray horses
When he was in the right position, lie
was shot through. He survived till 4
o'clock. A. NJ. Of next day. The as
sassns we're unknown, and no known
reason can be assigned for this awful
MURDER The only persons at the
house, when 1t occurred, were his two
onl Mr. ,,
w. VI. Parsons. the subject Of this no.
tice, was most estmable and deserving
man, and general favorite among his az.
qunintances. He wa, about 35 years OF
age, well-informed and educated, and
during the war was private in the
hampshire Guards. Captain Shcrrard,
where he was distinguished for gallan.
try and good conduct, and greatly be-
loved by his comrades in arms. He was
educated at Georgetown College, and
nephew of its former learned and high.
~ distinguished President Rev. Thomas
+. Mulledy. THIS mournful news will
awaken the painful emotions OF many
hearts. He had many friends, and in
the home OF his birth and childhood no
enemies.
IV Officers from Huntington, w. Va.
passed through Eynchburg, Va. on
Thursday evening OF last week, from
-."oXville, Tenn, with one of the bank
robbers captured 1T the latter place.
The thief had $4,000 in his possession.
with which he tried TO bride the officers
to release him. Concerning him John
III. Russell. President of the Huntington
Bank, says: He proves to be the man
who jumped over the counter and com.
mitted the robbery. When captured the
man had on his person several bills
which the bank officers recognized as
their own, ono being a marked counter
felt He also had Russelrs pistol. which
he took when nc committed the robbery.
1t is thought the criminal. If not Cole
Younger is one of his brothers.
IV The West Virginia Legislature
meets, in Wheeling. on Wednesday, No
vember 10th. Among the important
bills pending in that body. and which
should DO acted upon without delay, the
Morgan Mercury says, are two-one d
mending the school Law, and another a.
mending the general election law: The
latter provides that the general elections
shall be held on the Tuesday next af.
ter the first Monday in November"
EV'It is said that a Missouri clergy.
man has left the pulpit and become n
clown in circas. lie gives as reason
that three squsre meals day dnd $50
aweek are better than 800 per annum,
payable in dried apples, hay and old