South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-04-02

services can call upon him at the Arm
strong House."
1--WE direct attention to the adver-
tisement in to-day's issue Of Miss v. l..
Jones, of Keyser, Mineral county, offer.
ing early and abundant Spring Pasture
for rent-al,o. some fine Limestone land
for sale.
@Capt. c. S. White, as Trustee. will
offer before the Courthouse door in this
place, on the 20th inst, Court day, the
very valuable Farm belonging to j. w.
Chapline, on Grassy Lick, in this Conn.
ty, for sale. We are informed this ia
one Of the best farms in that section OF
our County. See advertisement.
Some OF our farmers have started
their plows. The season has been most
unfavorable for field operations-and
farmers are backward. ut least they so
complain, in all their work.
tVOur thanks are due Senator III. G..
Davis for copy Of Congressional Rec.
wv VI <OTu, 1919.
SUDDEN DEATH.-A very sudden death
occurred in this place on Tuesday morn.
ing last. MIR. Joel Linthicum arose on
that morning feeling as well as usual.
partook OF hearty breakfast. and short.
iy thereafter was taken with a pain in
his heart and died almost immediately.
Mr.. l.. was in the 65th year Of his nye.
He leaves wife and several grown chill.
dren to mourn his departure.
~ The attendance in the public
schools Of this State, during 1874 was
lO3,s5G, the school population being
274,462.
V The Grafton Sentinel states that
Hon. G. j. Faulkner has appointed
Claude S. Jarvis of Taylor county, a
candidate to the University of this State
mt Morgantown.
tY The Spelling match fever has bro.
ken out in Cumberland, after. it sub.
sides. OF course, Grammar matches"
will be in order.
W Some OF our Virginia exchanges
report that where there was no appear.
ance of wheat few weeks ago. 1.-The
ground now looks green and promising"
We hope this may prove to be the case
with tie fields Of wheat in this section.
as the season advances.
Bar6ee's "Fisher Gir,."-A copv OF
Barbee's Fisher Girl was recently sold
on satisfactory terms TO Mr.. James A.
Gary. of Baltimore. "Barbee was we'll
known here to art connoisseurs. and to
Them" the San says, lit may be OF inter.
est to hear that his son, Herbert Barbee
has evinced decided talent as n SCULPTOR
and may soon give practical evidence
thereof"
~ Miss Halle Davis, daughter OF
Hon. Henry G. Davis, the papers say
IL to be married in April to Hon. S. b.
Eikins, cx-delegate to Congress, from
New Mexico. The bride and groom, to
be, will spend the summer and fall ira.
yelling in Europe.
VStrawberries can now be obtained
in the city of New York for the trifiing
sum of $40 per quart.
tvThe population Of Texas is est.
mated ut 100000. The immigration
during 1874 is supposed TO have been
100000
tRtn a drinking saloon in Cumber.
land. on Monday night last, John Stones
In attempting TO eject q man named
Bob Mahaney from the saloon WAS stab.
bed by the latter with a dirk knife. in.
nicting on Stones very ugly wound
in the abdomen, extending into the in.
testincs. The bleeding was profuse, and
the indications are that the wound will
prove fatal. Mahaney Immediately fed
and ut last accounts had not been ar
rested. Condensed from the Cumber-
land Netrs.
W The Grand Rapids and Indiana
Railroad Co. have for disposal in the
State Of Michigan, one million acres Of
rich farming laBds-rich in soil. produ.
cling good crops, on or near the line Of
railroads, and on which there are alrea-
dy very numerous settlements and good
schools everywhere. Persons seeking
new homes will do well 20 investigate
this matter. Illustrated pamphlets will
bc sent on application by w. A. How.
ord, Land Comm'r Grand Rapids, Mich.
TYThc railroad company's rolling
mills in Cumberland, according to the
Ners, turned out last week a thousand
ami fUe tons Of rails and t,eo hundred tons
or bar iron, making the heaviest weeks
work ever done Mt the mill since its es.
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