South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-07-21
o ORGANISATION Of a Volunteer
Light fnfantry Company.

Agnt 1ufantry Company.
A meeting was held at the Court.
house. Romney. on Saturday evening.
July 18th. 1876. or persons friendly 70
the formation OF q Volunteer Military
company. A. w. kerchevai, ESQ. was
invited to preside over the MEETING. the
object q which ~ bGsdy announced.
ana Janesl. kwsrs, sppointsd Secreta.
~. Inc inspectors who conducted the
election Of officers were Messrs. c. Mau.
rice Davis and Virgil M. Polling. under
whose supervision the election of Off.
GERS proceeded. resulting as follows:
Major j. p. Wilson, was elected Can.
tain; Is. +. Maloney, LIST Lieutenant;
George Fred. Lupton. End Lieutenant:
John u. Wolf. Epsi2n; Henry Wirg.
man, lst Sergeant; W. j. Bowies. End
Sergeant +. o. Wirgrnan, 3rd Sergeant
Andrew Hines, 4th Sergeant; Jas. /
Ewers, LIST Corporal; c. +. Heatwole.
End Corporal; j. L. Ridenour, 3rd Cor.
poral; ]. w. Mcdowell, 4th Corporal.
| On motion, the Company agrees to
refund eight dollars to Lieut.. Lupton on
cost OF drum.
On motion Of Jas. I. Ewers, Messrs.
Col. Robt. White. C. M. Davis, A. w.
Kcrcheval, v. NJ. Polling, Capt. Wilson.
and Lieuts. Maloney e Lupton. appoint.
ed committee to draft a Constitution
and Bye.Laws for the Company and Pa.
port such action at meeting to be held
this day two weeks.
On motion. d. r. Shull. b. f. Malo.
ney, II. L. Wirgman. Clarence Brown
and VIM. j. Bowles. were appointed a
committee to report style and cost Of
uniform-who proceeded Immediately
TO report, and their recommendation
adopted.
On motion. Mcssrs. d. r. Shull. Peter
Miller and Henry White. were appoint.
ed committee to confer with merchants
in order to procure goods for the pre-.
scribcd uniform on the best terms.
On motion, the proceedings of this
meeting are requested to be published
in the SouM Branch Inteliyenccr.
And the meeting adjourned.
A. w. kERCHEVAL, Chm'n.
| j. l. EwIRs, Sec'y.
| HORSE THIEF.-About the LIST of In.
~ man named Delaplaine stopped at
Grim's hotel lie sported a horse and
buggy, and represented himself to be a
teacher. spending the vacation in tray.
cling through the country. After re-.
naming some days he sold his couip.
mcnt to Mr.. Grim, taking watch as
part payment, and left town. On tho
next day the concern, was claimed ns
the property Of a stable keeper in Front
Royal, from whom Delaplainc had hired
It,. Mr.. Grim Immediately went in pur.
suit of the scamp. and overhnuled him
ut Frederick, Md. He recovered his
watch and had the man lodged in Jail,
where he is now, awaiting requisition
from the Governor Of Virginia. -Win-
chester Ifiaes, July 10. s
From the same paper We learn that a
man named Charles Moreland fell from
the cars Of a way train near the water
tank, East of Stephenson's Depot, on
Monday afternoon last, and was killed
the wheels passing over him, cutting
OIL his head and ono Leg and crushing an
arm. lie was blacksmith, and leaves
wife and five children. John B. Hig-
gins, seven miles from Winchester, had
q fine mare and colt killed by lightning,
on yesterday week. Also. that the kitcIl-
en- on Mr.. Samuel Hodgson's premises,
ut the foot OF Round Hill was DESTROYED
by fire on Sunday morning last.
Too Poor To TAKE A NEWSPAPER.
Tho editor of the GAINESVILLE Enter.
prise discourses rs follows: 1--WE al.
ways have feeling OF sadness and com.
miseration for the mistaken one who
comes in and says he can't afford any
longer TO cxpend four cents week for
paper which is u source OF delight to
the entire family. We know that he is
putting out the light Of the household,
supprcssing tho happiness of the family,
and doing such an act as will call down
| upon his offending head the just rebukcs
OF wife and children. We yearn for him
and would gather him tcndcrly under
our wings-but he will not. He is dc.
termincd on saving that two dollars,
though not n cigar shall be sacrificed
nor one plug OF tobacco aba.ed lie
will hold on TO his expensive, filthy habit
of smoking aud chewing, which costs
twenty or thirty dollars year, and is
no use to him, and positive oGense TO
others yet a family OF half q dozen
must bc forced TO give up Tho home pa.
per TO save two dollars! Such a man
has no business with a family, and don't
know even how TO supply himself with
cheap happiness. Bot he stops the pa
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