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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
Baltimore Cutie N1nrioet.
WEDNESDAY,, March /. 1876.

BsES CArrLr.-The quality of the Offering.
Ola the market this week show a marked i'm
prevsmeut on those of last week, and rr,ces
fron ueT the segiusiny CT operations frll at
tu'iy cent. Indeed, before me close of the
market some dealers thought 4 cent nearer the
marx on few transactions. The market did
not close till sometime later than usual being
very stow throughout. aud coming more so
towards the close than at the uegiupins. Quo
Istous 30Gi ceus
Prices to- diy Tor reef Ca,t,e ranged a. follows.
Be', Beeges u, 1S(dse 37i-ihat generally rated
nrst quality IoGsr5 IS -netium or good f,.ir
qualify 25CgS+ i6-ordiusry THU Steers. ux.n
a"d COWS vO@>t 90 general average oi the
ns-ket this week - -eAtreIne range of prics.
0U(yS6 81. Most vi he sales ere from 4 3Ti
To % IS pei 100 lhs OF the receipts SOC rrnd
came from Uhio, so from Virginia, 70 from
"esI virgins, .Ui from Mar, land 4lO from hi.
no's, 5's fron Fennsylyania and 80 from
Tennessee total receipts for the week 1874
head, against 1863 last week and Gao head
same nue last year. of The Ufcriny 1917 head
sere taken by Baltimore butchers, 2lO sold to
Washington city dealers, 1917 head 10 Eastern
speculsturs, LEI head to York county PA \ deal
lers Total sales for the week 1851 head nta;nst
lOOl last week, aud eUT head same time .asi
year.
Hoos There !, very lille difference in the
quotations now AS compaIed with last wa,k
The quality OF the receipts will not compare ia
vorahiy with last ~eek's offerings good, heavy
No. being much less uumerous The market
bas not been very active sales beiog made IA
ihsr slowly Al the high figures which dealers
are sskinR, and there Sppears no immedn ie
prospect OF any serious change in pricSs. We
quote Hogs NJ iGs(dll3 nts, ard u few prinr
selling at - cents Receipts this week 5O2l
head, against Ao55 last week, aud 3Osi head
ssme lime lrst year.
SHssP The market shows bnt a siight vstia.
ton from that Of last week 10 sctiviy Coos
sheep have been IN fair demand ut prices un-
changed rs compared with those Of our last r..
port There ms been nc outside demand, sc
,bsre Was IN = sight psaAnre last week from
Washington, our hous butchers having t-kru
all the offerings that have heen sold Quota
tions I1CB1t cents per 10. Arrivals this week
706+ head, sgEihst 2lO7 last week aud gTT busd
same tins last ysas sun
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
Letter from Green Spring.
GREHNsPRINe RuN. W. VA,
March 9th. l6z6.

GREHNsPRINe RuN. W. Va.
March 9th, 1876.
Mr.. HARPER AS Mr.. SnookA saw
70 his audience I'm around naain.S
The past week has been a unusuallv
quiet one nothing new under Ne Sun.
except some very sudden cAanaes In
the Misunderstanding. summer and Win.
ter hsng experienced in rapid SUGGESTION
In one day.
The recent rain has dampened the
roads and also the spirits OF Soms or the
Transfers and farmers who have hesu
anticipating hetter roads.
often wonder that Americas in9ena.
ny does not interest itself in utilizing
some thtngs which arc % extravagantly
wasted. fof instan ce. there hes beer,
snohgh ciss words bestowed upon Ahe
bad conditioa Of the Turnpike, upon che
Superintendent and GGts Keepers, OF
ZACH hard substance ~ 10 0xAiss the
enti1 road 70 Romney.
BrosSmith would do we'll In Offering
premiums on good round oaths and have
the /road at once macadam-outhized.
Oye OF our neighbors has an inc xhau sti.
Te resource OF the hardest kind.
r An effort was made this week 60 or.
ganise Debating Society. but it came
TO grief in the following manner: Ques.
lions were proposed for discussion, but
as they we're all too deep for our shallow
minds. We we're about giving up in de.
spair when the "Old Hen" mystery was
suggested, (which is the mother OF the
chicken the Hen which laid the Egg, or
the Hen which Matched itS' Echo an.
swered which, But one OF the would
be members settled the question and the
Society also by sagely ~ remarking =
tile Rooster" We all went to roost
after that.
The boys are behaving themselves
very hnely-hence nothing to record OF
them-but l must here warn them
Look oud! - TRAP.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
DIED,

January sih, In. Nsnchesier. Va Yrs AxxE c
HhnSIpGH, wife ~ Dr J w. Bronaugh in her
67ih ysaF. This esteemed LADY m.ae = public
profession o. Fsligion ~ The sge ~ p. and uni-
ted With the Chu'Oh ia Vomnsy under the ere
o. the Rev DR.. Pon'e. The primo of hrr life
uas slsui 10 lovFtisyilt. Ioudoun coenty
Va, and hose ministers who ha1 occasion To-
V''ii or snJnufn thprs vii rtmeuhsr the pls .
ant ''prsscaer's home they fpsnd TO- her housc
Nsny years ~ the move than haif century she
VS. iroiessnr ~ religion were spent ~ Al IN
valid W her chamber, and ,s, her interest In
s'on did not wsus hut weEss Stronger arf
stronger. The Chutch w Manchester Of y hi. D.
she ans we ~ thP 'onndsrs. had = warm pl-,s
in her heart sd alihogsh she could rarely
snt,y the privileges ~ ~ s-nctnarv sbs Lsrt
bsrGsh veil inf"rmss ~ w. al 'he asairs Of me
Chutsh, snd mnde her Influence fsit IN pvofnn-
ing tls H'itara Her auitk v,goraus and cnI
uvAhd mind. Hnd aympa hetlc heart kent her
ih"neh sufrrtr w eoWmunion win ths world
~hh"bt NCr decided character being IN ID
mkHhis wlnglng q sutngih ard gsnilensss
leh We twiTtts Ron she hnysshold whom she
manifested ihs drtpest solcituds To hem sh-
vas i-Hhfpl pnte dpeih When near her end
she called her husband and children 10 he bed o.
side and With ps'ris rehsl tiih lpfi her hIsssing
with tHfh, ard cent = message ~ love and bepe.
dictiou. 70 h. CnuTeh "Biessed are tho dysd
who die w 'he Lard from hsncesrih. yea saith
tee SORT hat thsg 4sy re't from their labors
and their Vorks d. follow them
10 keySsF' on Monday, 9Th inst, -, ONLY
Sslne Csfsksdon.
IN Piedmont on Tuesday q last week. Mr..
JoHS FERsusCs, sged &C ycsrs.
A Petersburg. West Va. on ihs let lsU. 4.
W DTysl ha1 IN ~ 1ls' year OF bic ~.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
JOHN b. OGDEN,
Des. IT, ls7s.-Gm.
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently cur
ed OF that Tread diseasc, Consumption by u SIM
pie remedy, isanIi"us to make known 10 his
fellow sufferers the means of cure. To all who
desire u. he will send copy OF the prescription
USED, tree OF charge,) with the directions for
preparing and using the same. which they will
dBd sure Care for Consumption, Asthma,
Bronchitis ~.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address
Rev. r. A. WILSON.
1914 Pens ST., Willamsburgh New York
Dec a. tS7S --6m
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

Gen. BsLxSAe. LATE SECRETARY OF
WAR, IN GRANT's ADMINISTRATION.
stands indicted In the Criminal Court at
Washinytons for ssiiing plnces in his gift.
His crime = tAae recorded in the New
York Nosa6s
"NeqaitsoA ~ ssoeosss 1T rort Siit.
70 esy esssAse WAssest =, dollar the SIN,
10 rsS1osf0 nsrsA . Evans for
- 1nee 80 - esds's sssu sbhos.
1nas noes, SPsrssasy ~ War.
Who sat 10 The Oabiast 9raat baiit -
Who nexts Robson. Schenck, or
some OF the humber sort. When the
present House Of Representatives was
organized the Republicans enquired
tanntingly "what will the Democrats
dor Il u now tune 70 enquire. What
wont they dor
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
MARRIED.

On The 22nd ult.. by Rev. Mr. Robrsnsh. ~
the residences Of ihr brides father George Il.
lryen. Esq VIZ THosss \ Wn5os OF Peterf-
burg, Gts county, To- Miss lDA g. lRvEs Of
Long glade, Augusta g"untY, Va
I'm the goth ult by Res ~ Hoffman Hr
H"ygnLs OF ksys4r sou o. the officiating min
ls'.r, To Miss NArTiE s. TrtLsQy, Of Deer rark
Maryland.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

According 70 staff correspondent
OF che New York T-tbwne the practice
ofouying. votes in New Hampshire has
been carried on to such an extent that
both parties openly count the purchase
Die votes tn the Canvass, and calculate
the amount Of money necessary to buy
them. The venal vote is reckoned at
eight thousand. or ten per cent of the
whole, and it is understood that which
ever side buys the larger number carries
the State. This is indeed bad report
to come from the land of steady habits.
and it 10 to DO hoped is an ex.ggerstion.
t*Samuel Davenport, royal commits
sioner To the centennial from Australia.
presented his credentials at philadelphia,
on Tuesday last.
VThe President has appointed
Hon. Alphonso Taft secretary OF war.
Judge Taft is a resident Of Cincinnati
The Judge has accepted the position.
u Always operating for rise
emetics
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
ERRORS OF YOUTH.

A GENTLEMAN Who suffered for wears from
"A Nervous Debility, Premature Decay. and
all the effects Of youthful indiscIeiicn will. for
the sake of suffering humanity, send fee 90 all
who need it, the recipe and direction for max ing
the simple remedy by which tie was cu,ed. Suf-
ferers wishins TO profit hy the ad ysrtiser's .x-
perience can dc so by addressing in perfect con-
6depte.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
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Watches gwen a. ~ to al Agsuts. Circulars
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J 800 illusiraiions Adde'S f,r new eireuIsrs
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Ten ysars aSo Aessrs Geo. p RousI h 90.
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they hove the tSutiaeSiou Of controlling the
most extensive HGd com pleie advertising cOnnec-
ton which bns ever beeu secQftd aud one which
"oqd D brrdly possible 10 any other county,
hut this. 1bey have sscessded 10 working
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

The place 20 trade your Produce for
good Goods. il az
GILkEsOS. PUGH vANoRs
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

WtsTINGToN. March S.-Ey.Secreta.
~ Belknsp's bail in the police court
was hEel i'll The sum Of S25, 900 to-day.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

w In stanton on Wednesday night
ofiast week, Mr.. NJ r.. Miller. being in
ms counting room, hearing some noise,
and there being no light, supposed it was
a burglar. shot his personal friend aud
business neishbor. ar. Columbus Halle.
through The neck with apistol. The bali
o! e pistol passed near the windpipe
and near The '2ro'iti artery. and. lift had
penetrated either tie result wonld have
proved fatal. Mr.. flaile. who in con
sequence Of being partially deaf, did not
hear Mr.. Miller when hailed before the
unfortunate shotswas fred. 1t certainly
was a narrow escape. Air H., the Spec
tutor of Tuesday last says, Is recovering.
and the mental suffering Of Mr. Miller
is greater thar the physical suffering of
Mr.. Halle.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
FITS CURED FREEi

A nv person suffering from The sbova dis.ss.
"A IS reqnssisd TO sddress On Ps.cx. ard
iti"l boitls Of medicine will be ,forusIdss sy
Express ~
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The Only cost being the Express charges. vhl.s
owinE 70 my large Business, are small.
Dr. Price - regular pa, siciso, and has ned.
the irsstDsnt Of
FITS or EPTLEPSY
study Cor ysars, snd be viii wanxast a ssr,h
tiV us@ Of hia remedy.
DO not fell 10 send 20 bin for TRIAL bot,I.--
" costs soothing, and ~
WILL CURE YoU.
no u,iisr SHOW long standing ycur ess. x.x
De or how MISTY other Fenedfes nav hsva 6.ll./
CireulaTs and testmosisis sent uiih
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Be PsriieulV TO give your Erors.,
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A choice lot OF Prints, rot exeelled
: nV~here, beautiful indeed, lust receiv.
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GILKESON, PUGH 4 VANcE
RomDcy. March ,. 1919
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10
By Yesterdays Hail
Further Particulars of the Val
ley Railroad Disaster.

An extra or the Wood stock Herald.
printed on Tuesday last. gives tho fol.
lowing: az
A cattle train. consisting OF engine.
tender and seventeen cars. went down
with a portion OF Narrow Passage bridge
about three miles south OF Woodstock.
on Monday night. few minutes after
twelve o'clock. The bridge is the hiyh.
est on the road. The distance from the
rail TO the stream below is one hundred
snd fourteenfeet. About one hundred
and twenty Eve feet OF the bridge fell
with the train. 1t 10 certainly known
that eleven persons were killed and
seven wounded.
AN EYE WITNESS.
This catastrophe WAS witnessed by
Mr.. Fanslcr. young man who lived on
the pike, i'm full view of the bridge. IL
was bright, moonlight night. and he
distinctly saw one Car after another as
with their living freight they plunged
down q distance Of about ninety feet
and settled almost into = solid body.
composed Of dead and dying men. cat
tie, hogs, sheep. engine. cars aud broken
bridge thinkers. The cars were broken
into splinters. Tue wreck is piled I'M
10 height of about thirty feet. Al the
bottom lies the engine. and under or
near il the body of the dead engineer.
The dead are lying in the car, belonging
to the camp OF workmen who were pre-
pairing To rebuild the bridge.
STATEMENT OF PASSENGER.
p. NJ. ). Bird. of Mount Jackson, Va.
who was on the train aud fortunately
escaped with injuries that are not
considerd very serious. states that the
passenger cur was the last one i'm the
train, * he with others were. seated, few
awake. and others doing. but the great.
| est number asleep. He was near the
rear end OF the car. and at the moment
of the accident heard the wheels of he
car make rough. grating noise, as il
running over ties instead of rails. and
! the next minute there was crash and a
terrible shock.
As Soon rs he could collect himself
he looked around and found he was in
an aperture aboat four feet square.
| seated on the floor alongside the seat
, he had occupied. lie was wed. ed in
/ on ali sides, a5ovo and below, and there
was no apparent way of getting ont.
He could hear subdued groans, but
they came from parts OF the wreck di.
vlued from him by masses Of timber,
irons, &c. lie shouted, and after proba-
bly, an hour which seemed a century
lie was eXtricated. The escape of Mr..
Bid was almost miraculous. and yes
tsrday afternoon lie was the only pas
senger able to make any statement re-
gardnG the occurrence.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

For Arctic and Rubber DIVERSIONS
for Ladies and Gents ut reduced prices.
20 TO GmKEgcN, Ppo~ 4 vAEs
Romney, Oct1b. 1878
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

WEST VIRGINIA. TO WIT AT
rules held in the Clerks ONCE OF
the County Court Of Hampshire. on tho
first Monday in March. 1876.
Isaiah +. Powelson, PLAINTIFF,
".
John X. Powelson's heirs md Admins
traitor. Defendants, IN CnANcERY.
The object of this suit is to have a
settlement Of the estate account Of said
John II. Powelson, decd, and q parti.
ton Of his estate among those entitled
thereto; and if the real estate Of which
said John II. Powelson died seized can
not be partitioned in kind. to have tho
same sold and the proceeds divided A.
mong those entitled: said real estate il
said TO consist of 26o acres, SIS acres
IL acres in said county.
And 1t appearing by affidavit TINT the
defendants John w. Powelson James +.
Pcwelson. and idaeL. Powelson, do not
reside in this State. il is ordered, that
said nonresident defendants are reouir.
ed to appear within four weeks after tho
date OF the first publication hereof, and
do what is necessary TO protect their
interests in this suit Teste,
c. S. WHITE, c. c. c. nc.
Feb IL, 1876.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

1--WE arc indebted to our worthy
postmaster, William ". Cookus. for a
.a'c copy Of tho Wa-Iiaston NWjora'
EayrJie0n
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

tsln Cumberland, on Thursday Of
last week. A. \. Shav. principal Of the
Maryland aven.s sghooi, vn arrested
on tho oath OF Rev. n. g. Holloway. on
charge Of libel NY r false and mali.
cious publication in the Cumberland
Times rejecting on Hollowny's cleriesl
behaviour. Shaw was released on $500
bail.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

1--WE underStsnd that the 1nstru.
mcnts belonging to the Blind pupils OF
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Ingtitption
At this place have been resolved. Gov.
Pultz. instructor, In this connection.
We would state tina, the old Brsss Band.
headed by BIT, Peter Miller, u organ.
izin2 and tuning mp. We presume we
shall have plenty Of pusic the coming
GUNNER.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

~ Dr.. Lcks p. Bischbnrs asserts in
unmistatsbis tsrms that cholera csnnot
occur except where limestone OF impure
water is used. and that granite OF els.
tern water. or limestone water boiled
is an aBseiuts preventive.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

~ This Is leap year. But show us
'he man who hss had single proposal.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

II Always operating for rise
al nofico
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

tYGOod words and charitable deeds
are the rent VIC owe for tho Dir we
breathe.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

IVThe most successful kind OF met
Tie thcse days appears 10 he brass.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-10

~ Fhlnk all you can Of the good
qualities Of othersi spd keep silent a
sout their bad qualities.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
Circuit Court Items ACQuittal Of Geo.
l., CLARK.

Circuit Court is in session this
week, Judge Wheeler presiding.
The case Of James Nj. Avery,
charged with having committed the
crime Of incest, was continued to
the next term, with the father Of
the accused As his boudsmsa-
The case Of Geo. L. Clark, for
gerry, vas taken up for second trial
Tuesday. The, prosecution was
conducted by Col. j. Ii. Standish,
Of Grand Rapids, and Prosecuting
Attorney Warner; the defense by
White Il IIaight, Of Ludington. n
request of the counsel for tho pris-
oner, that the proper officer be or
dcrcd to subpoena the witnesses for
the defense, the expenses to be au-
ditcd and allowed same as those on
the side Of the pcople-was grant.
cd by the Judge, so far as witnesses
residing in the county were con-
ccrncd.
Tho work of selecting jury was
then commcmbd. a. Joiner, Alex.
DeLong, w. A. Burnam, J.J. Ray
mond, II. Stowe, i. Messenger, E.
Nichason, II. II. lIollistcr, Harry
Sawyer and A. Oliver were excused.
The jury as at last chosen, were as
follows: VIM. Gof, Joseph Clement,
l.. NJ. Little, NJ. r. Chase, Geo. A.
lIutchins, Thos. ii. Ball, Geo. G.
Clement, a. Woodruff, s. Wolf, c.
ii. Bull, John Baker and J. C. Al
len. Six, only,o the jurymcn were
of the original drawing.
The evidence was substantial y
the same as in the first trial. On
Friday the arguments of the attor-
ncys was had, and in the evening
the case was given to the jury, and
after retiring for about fivc minutes
they returned a verdict Of "No,
Guilty. The jury in the first trial
stood, IL for acquittal and one for
conviction
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

was the influx Of sight-seers, that
though both steam and street ca s
almost doubled their carrying ca
pacity, they were still unable to
transport the multitude as fast as
they congregated ut the various
stations along their routes. A care
full inquiry into the character of
the attendance showed that although
n large proportion of the guests
were from Pennsylvania and adjoin-
ing States, one-third of the whole
caiae from towns and cities very
far distant from Philadelphia, while
not a few had but recently arrived
from the other side of the Atlantic.
In the afternoon the attendance
was still more increased by the an
rival Of excursions from the East
ern and Middle States, and at the
close, the department reported the
paving admissions at 47,7S7.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
RenDhljCan State Convention.

a Republican State Convention to
nominate candidates for State officers,
and electors for President and Vice
President of the United States, and for
the transaction of other business, will
be held at the Opera House In the city
of Lansing, at l2O'clOck noon, on Thurs
day, August 3, 1876.
accordance will, resolution adopt
al ut Grand Rapids, May 10, 1876, every
county will bc entitled to one delegate
for each 500 Of the total vote cast
for governor In 1874, and one additional
delegate for each fraction OF 300 votes;
hut every organized county will be ell
titled to at least one delegate.
Under the resolution Of 1858, no del
cgate will lie entitled To seat who
does not reside In the county he repre-
scnts.
S. ID. BINGHAM, Chairman.
GEO. w. HOCoH, l.. w. HEATH,
JAS. MCMILLAN, NJ. S. BREWER,
&. r. MITCHELL, q. l.. SPAULDIN9,
GEo. SPAUIDIN0, FRED. l.. WELLS,
s.. J. BURPEE, RICHARD WINsOR.
w. l.. SEATON, 7. &. PHILLIPS,
+. WELLS, WV. CHANDLER,
ID. w. (LEMEIss, w. l. LATIMER,
III. G. SESSIONS, e. OsBlRN.
Republican State Central Committee
S. s. OLDS, Secretary.