South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-05-26
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RoMNEY. FRIDAY. NAY %. 1916, :

on ineSuay last. ne paiu vlSitot9 on
Saturday numbered 1882.
gS-On yesterday week at the Nation
al trotting park near Washington City.
wo learn from the CumbesiaAa Msrs
Messrs. r. D. e w. RsDsvfs ehrcesyesr
old sorrel ely. May u ], a0n a. ranning
race over two we'll known competitors,
in two straight heats, milo and repeat.
~It is said that Thomas Scott 10
the president Of fifteen corporations, at
salaries ranging from IS, 600 to $50. 600.
VA north bound train on tho Mays
Vile and Lexington Ky } railroad broke
thro' the bridge near Miiiersbarg Oh Fri.
day last, wrecking ono passenger car and
baggage ear. No person was killed, but
fourteen passengers were injured. some
severely. .eaf Sire romdios So /,
VThe committee investigating the
affairs Of the Frccdman's Bank have
made their report. ltsets forth at length
the evil doings OF those who in effect
robbed the bank. and recommend that
they DO indicted. tried and punished to
the full extent Of the law.
VThe prospects, arc that tbore will
be another reduction in railroad fares 10
the Centennial. aoaa 3 DE.
EH Rain and wind storms prevailed
disnstrously at several points in the
Northwestern States on Sunday and
Monday last. In Iowa many houses
we're destroyed and the crops crushed
by hailstones three inches in diameter
tYMortob and Bristow divide the
Tennessee Republicans nearly equally.
weJohn Jacob Astor and w lillian II.
Astor. OF New York city, hearing, a few
days since. that St. Luke's Hospital OF
that city was in need OF funds, sent it
eac;i $4,000 n sum sufficiently large to
enable it to continue It's benevolent work
without embarrassment.
~ The Senate has confirmed Edwards
Pierrcpout, Of New York. 10 be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten.
tiary TO Great Britain; Alphousa Taft.
Of Ohio, TO ba Attorney general OF the
United States. and J. Donald Cameron,
Of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary for me
Department of War.
The Cumberland dlcy;midn states
that The Gum Of $4,000 passed IN the
hands of the successful player at agama
OF poker" in Washington last week.
All at one sitting. too. rhc loser was
the representative OF a large banking
house in England a-I
EEA An explosion occurred oa Satnr "a
day last at the Old Midlothian coal pit.
In Chesterfield county, VS., resulting in
the loss OF eight lives. and tTo mcn Sc.
verely injured. The cause OF the acct.
dent is supposed to have been the wasn't
or proper ventilation.
,5A heavy snow storm prevailed on
Tuesday last near Laramie City, Wyo
ming Territory.
EV-On Sunday last, there was a vio-
lent storm OF Newton. New jersey
Damage to dwellings III the town a
mounted to $4,000, and TO county
bridges $4,000. T u,
.tfT Accounts from the Black Hills
where gold miners have been at work
are of the most distressing character
The route between there and Custer
City Is strewn with dead mems bonse
aud those who attempt to come back to
tho settl mcnts run the gauntlet of the
savage Sioux. who are now or the war
path with 5000 braves. The panic is
30 great that many ofthe towns on the
route have been almost depopulaied.
10 The trial Of the case OF Janea ".
Sweeney against Lewis Baker & Co.
former proprietors and Publishers OF the
Wheeling Reytsier. for libel. was eonclud.
ed last week, IN the Circuit Court Of O!.io
county, tire jury returning q verdict A.
gainst the defendants for 8. 900 dana.
yes for defamation OF character. The
defendants are also mulct IN the coats,
which will amount to about $4,000. -
Nessrs. Baker & Co.. however. propose
10 subiect the matter TO such further
.ests as the law provides.
FATAL ACCIDENTS ~ BEDToaD CoUN.
II. 20 Tho Bedford Inquirer contains the
following accounts Of two fatal accidents
III that county last week
On Wednesday. man by tho name OF
Sullivan, residing at Roaring Springs.
net With his death under vcry sad cir.
cnmstouCes. lie was engaged az p g.
ting a handle on chisel. Placing the
odge Of the bit against bis breast.
wooden button intervening. lie under.
took 70 force the handle on with his two
hands when by some means, the button
slipped and the chisel. which was heat.
ed, penetrated his body through to his
heart, Causing death ia few minutes.