South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-11-05
SOUTH .3ranth aatelligemssss
RoMNEY, FRIDAY. NOV. 5, 1876.


November--dve hundred thousand each
Thursday.
~ The President has issued a proc.
lamation designating Thursday the 25th
day OF November rs a day Of thanks
giving and prayer throughout the Uni.
ted State.
LEA London dispatch reports tina.
part of tho crew Of the American ship
John Paschal. from Calcutta July 10, for
New York, had landed mt Ascension
They report that the ship took fire at sea
and was totally destroyed, and that the
crew were saved.
tV'In the great ejectment suit OF Cal
houn NJ. .Deringer rs Coke ct 81. at
"ilkesbarre, Pa, for coal lands valued
Mt S4,000.000, verdict was rendered
Saturday last in favor of Deringer.
The vote in Missouri Oh Saturday
last for and against the new State con.
stitution was very light, but the indica-
tions are that the constitution has been
carried by large majority.
tR'R. w. Porter, chief herder of gov.
eminent contractor Bosler's cattle, on
the North Platte, Nebraska, was shot
and killed last week by Charles 1atter.
son, who was arrested and put in jail Mt
Sidney. On Friday evening the Jail was
broken into by mob of masked men.
and Patterson was taken out and strung
up to telegraph pole. The sheriff. how.
ever, with assistance over-powered the
crowd and cut him down in time to save
his life. At o'clock Saturday morning
the mob again succeeded in brealsingi in
to the Jail, taking Patterson and cfrectu-
ally hanging him.
YJudge Bond, Of the United States
Circuit Court. sitting with Judge Hughes,
or the District Court. at Richmond, Va,
rendered his final decisi On on Thursday
of last week in the case of the Chesa.
peake and Ohio Railroad, appointing
Henry Tyson, of Baltimore, permanent
receiver. This decision is not favorably
received at Richmond, as Mr.. Tyson re.
presents only $4,000 Of first mortgage
bonds, while the appointment Of Gen.
Wickham as receiver was asked by hol
ders of $23,OOO,O0O.
u The noted flag that waved over
Fort MclIenry, at Baltimore, in Septem.
Der, 1914, during the British lombard.
ment, and which suggested to Key the
composition of 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner is now on board the Tallapoo.
"a. which is lying at Portsmouth. 1t is
badly torn and has thirteen stars, and is
'wnod by Mrs. Georgianna Armistead
>pleton, of Boston, daughter of Col.
Armistead, who commanded at the fort
at the time. 1t is to be exhibited at
the Centennial.
VnRGINIA TO DEMONSTRATION the
unveiling of the statue of Stonewall
Jackson, Mt Richmond, Governor KEN.
per sent the following dispatch to the
Hon. Beresford Hope. London Statue
inaugurated. Assemblage and enthusi.
assn unprecedented Likeness surpris.
ingly good
t% A severe easterly gale visited
New York, Boston and the New Eng
and coast generally Saturday night and
Sunday morning last The sea was so
rough in Boston harbor that the ferry
boats had TO cease running. The schoon.
or Ocean, which had been damaged by
collision, and was just repaired. was
wrecked. At Saco, Me-, one pinnacle
OF St. Joseph's French Catholic church
was blown Off. The schooner Marsciles
was wrecked yesterday. At Portland.
Me-, the storm was regarded the most
fearful one experienced for years. At
Bath, Me-, vessels dragged their anch.
ors. The storm about Poughkeepsie
n. Y, was followed by snow squalls
The Catskills are covered. During Sat.
urday severe storms occurred Mt Louis.
vile, Memphis, Little Rock and other
sections in the West and Southwest. do.
ing considerable damages to houses, tel.
cgraph lines, &c. Snow fell on Sunday
slightly all the way from Washington,
ID. c., TO Bangor, Me-, besides ut points
further in the interior. Five inches Of
snow fell at Syracuse, n. Y. a great
gale swept over Lake Michigan, driving
fleets OF vessels to seek shelter.
10 Major John Newton Buck. former
ly one Of the proprictors of the How.
ard House, and since the war engaged
in the mercantile business in Baltimore
city, died Of paralysis on the 2jth Of
October at the residence Of his brother.
in Warren county, Virginia.