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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08
Cowardly Assaults.

When candidate for high Office is so
vel! liked anil go popular with the mass.
cs as to make his defeat difficult i'm
fair and honorable fight. mean and cow
ardly men are not wanting who delight
in manufacturing lies and slandering his
good name. There are also those whose
selnslness prompt them to prostitute
their honor, peTvert truth, and ignore
right, for the sake OF injuring compe.
titor in business, whose prosperity they
envy, and with whose business sagacity
they have not the talent to successfully
compete in an honorable way These
thoughts are suggested by the mean,
cowardly attacks made upon me and my
medicines, by those WHO imagine their
pecuniary prospects injured by the great
popularity which my standard medicines
have acquired, and the continued growth
of my professional practice. Narrow
minded practitioners of medicine, and
manufacturers of preparations which do
not possess sufficient merit 10 success.
fully compete for popular favor, have
resorted to such cowardly strategy as to
publish all sorts Of ridiculous reports
about the composition of my medicines
Almanacs, Receipt Books" and other
pamphlets, are issued aud scattered
broadcast over the land. wherein these
contemplate knaves publish pretended
! analy Of my medicines, and receipts
/ for making them. Some Of these publi.
cations ara given high.sounding names,
/ pretend to be issued by respectable men
OF education and position, for the good
/ of the pcopic-thc more completely 10
/ blind the reader to the real object in
their circulation, which is To injurc the
sale Of my medicines. The Popular
/ Health Almanac" is the high-sound no
name OF one Of these publications, which
contains bogus receipts, without grain
OF truth in them. Not less devoid of truth
are those which have been published by
one DR.. L., of Detroit, in the Jichtyun
! F,rme", and BY other manufacturers OF
! medicines, IN several so-callcd Journals
I of Pharmacy. They arc all prompted
by jealousy anl utterly fail in accom-.
/ plishing tue object Of their authors, for,
Notwithstanding their free circulation,
my medicines continue TO sell more
largely than any others manufactured
IN this country, and are constantly in.
creasing in sale despite the base lies
ccneocted & circulated by such knavcs
The people find that these medicine
possess genuine merit accomplish what
their manufacturer claims tor them, and
are not the vile, poisonous nostrums
which jcalous,narrow minded physicians
AID sneaking compounders of competine
medicines represent them TO be. Among
tlIe large number Of pretended analysis
published, it is a significant ftct that 40
two have been at all alike -conClusively
proving the dishonesty Of their authors
1t is enough for the people to know that
while thousands, yes. | may truthfuliy
say millions, have taken my medicines
and have been cured, no one has crel
received injury from their use.
Il. Y. PIERCE, NJ D.,
Proprietor of DIR. Pierce's Medicines
Wnrll's nisboucorV IluH.In "
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

A SAD ACUDENr TO 4 SISTER or
GES. JuBN EARLY.-The Richmond
Christian 1dco1ac, publishes the follow.
ing from TIC Rev. Mir. Boggs, Of Madi.
son county, who received n telegram
from Missouri giving The particulars Of
iho sad accident. Mrs. Mcfarland is 4
sister Of General Jglai Early:
by the accidental upsotting OF coal
oil lamp at the parsonage ip tho evening
about Z o'clock. Brother Mcfarland and
family were horribly burned Ills
daughter Dixie, aged fifteen years, iS
dead, and Mary, aged seventeen, tie
physicians say cannot live. Brother
Mcfarland, in trying TO save his chill
drcn. was badly burned, two or three Of
his fingers have been amputated He
Is suffering greatly MIS-. McFayland
and their little son, both burned, a. I.
though suffering greatly are not thought
TO be dangerous. All that physicians
and kind friends could do has been done
for them. The accident has east gloom
over ON entire community
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08
Notice to Trespassers.

HAVlNG suffered from persons fishing, buut-
IL ing, &C., on my lands, hereby give no.
uce That am determined TO prosecute All per-
sons ofsnding
ANDREW PASCAKE.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

tV Pork is selling in Staunton. Va.
a, from CT to 81 cts. per pound.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

" Friday and Saturday last were
the coolest days Of the season.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08
sNon residents.

The object Of this suit is to make partition or
lease, or sale, after the payment of taxes duo
tberenpon. amongst the heirs OF r. Pendletou,
decd Of the following tracts Of laud ia Bamp-
shre county, West Va. belonging TO =. Pen
dIeion, deco and rs appears by the Surveyors
books OF Hampshire county eco acres on thc
East side OF Great Cspon, adjoining Dawson .
patent-226 acres in the drains OF IiopEIn q
Greek Run and Little Cspon $40 acres near the
patents Of Seed, Tst lor and others - $50 acres
on South Branch Mountain, row partly In the
possession OF u. n. High and Pancakes heirs
200 acres on the South Branch Mountaio, vest
side and opposite Romney--i $50 acres on the
dfains OF South Branch and Little Capon on Jsr-
sey Mountaln-i 300 acres on Green Spring
Valley Mountain ST. acres adjoining tie =
900 acre tract, on Great Cspoo Mountain II COZ
acres on South Branch Mountain or drains -
Little Capon, adjoining tho 1886 ssnS tract
above, part Of which WAS the Holmes sale, and
auy other lands in said county belonging 20
said heirs.
And II appearing BY AFFIDAVIT that the dsfen /.
dsn's Edmund Kennedy, Mrs. Elizabeth Ken
nsdy, Rev. Hoses Hunter, DR.. SPot1wood Dan
bridge, r.. 81. I. Huulsr,--Mrs.-ssaRs fiSnotsss-
Dali Harrison. Sra. Agnes Harrison, Dr.. Dan
Kennedy, 7 Y. Buchanan, Mrs. Nancy Buch-
apan, Philip Cook, John ksten Cook, Aasis
Cook, SalIis Duval, John o. Steger, Yrs. Mar
StsgeT, Elizabeth Cook, - Meade a slrs Ieatbs
Meade, Mary and Edmund Cook. Rev. Ar
Nstibevs, and Mfs. usry Matthews urS
- Brooke, David lIuui0r and r. 81. Hun.
ipr, are DOa-rfss snis Of ibis State II 10 ordsr,d
that the said eelendinis do s7Seaf here UiibIa
one mouth sfter the due publication Of ibis or
der and DO Whal e necessary to project their
Interests 10 this suit Teste,
V. NJ. POLLING, {. c. c.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08
Onward!
CENTENNIAL SUPPLY on HAND!
What is the use Of going TO Philadelphia
or any where else when you can get
G. % Cd I'D 8
AS Low AT my STORE.

TINE subscriber hss iust opened 10 the Itofe.
Il room between the Bank aud new Court
house 10 Romoey, Full Stock OF
FAMILY GROCERIES,
such as Teas. coaees, Sugars, Nolasses, Cheese,
Bacon, Sugar-eured Hsus, Tobacco, Segars.
SO, BOOTS 4 OEs.
10 fact, every thing usually sspt IN a Grocery
Store. Ny stock will be always full and COM
Plsis, aud Of the very best which I will sell very
Low TOIS CASH
All wanting articles 10 my line are urgently
invited 10 cali. They will not he disappointed
10 tho quality or price Of my goods.
e1-l have also on hand lot Of nice Candies
Perfumeries, &c, &e., for sale very cheap.
ROGER PERRY.
Romney, June 3otb. 1875
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

Wheat on Tuesday last, in Win.
chester, was sold ut sl.20 to Sl.s7.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08
Is Nov. 8. rs.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

l have now one Of the largest and most
complete stocks of general merchandise in
the State, and intend at all times to give my
customers and the public generally the ben.
eft of low prices and first-cIass goods.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

a NEGRO KILLED by \ NEGRO
NARROW Lucas, n negro boy Of this town,
aged Is years, whilst attending party
ia cabin on the farm OF the ID. q. c.
Mix on Wednesday night last. about 3
o'clock was killed by Bill ColstOn. q
negro, the pistol-ball taking effect up.
on the person OF Lucas whilst he was
standing with his hands in lis pocket.
resulting in almost immediate DEATH
Colston was arrested Ivy Constable
Iombro on Thursday and lodged i'm Jail
\ Coroncr's jury was summoned, but
we 90 TO press before the rendering OF a
verdict. From expressions reported to
have been used by Colstou prior To- the
shooting, il is evident Inc meant TO kill
somebody, though il is not established
whether or not the deceased was tire in.
tended victim. Oliver 1mbcrs. = friend
Of the prisoner. was also present -four.
isling n pistol.
Why is il that so many Of tho coIorod
people habitually carry deadly weapons?
Are they not aware that it is unlawful
for white or black 10 do so? And more
that u is common source of trou.
blc?-ChM'cs,o,cn Free Press, De-. 2.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

LEG AMPUrArsD.-Mr. Willis Crane,
of CapOn Bridge, in this County. who
had been suffering with q diseased leg
for some time, had it amputated near
the knee, in Winchester, q few days ago.
The operation. the NeUs states, was skill.
fully performed by DR.. w. ). Love, as.
sisted By Drs. Offutt and Bell.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

FmE On Saturday night last, tho
chimney attached 10 the residence Of
Mr. VIM. II. MalOney, was discovered
70 be on fire. The alarm was made and
orr citizens soon assembled, bat no Sc.
TDus damage occurred.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-08

~ The guilty men are all escaping
tLey have served 'her day.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-26
1776~

tween the columns Above this there
are glazed sashes The roof covering is
of tin, that being the best roofing known
in this climate to resist leakage. The
flooring is of plank, upon sills resting
upon the ground, with no open space be-
meath. Turrets surmount the building
at all the corners and angles, and the ma
tional standard, with appropriate en-
blems, is placed over each of the main
entrances. There are numerous side en-
frances, each being surmounted with a
trophy, showing the national colors of
the country occupying that portion of the
building. In the vestibules variegated
brick and tile are introduced. Louvre
ventilators surmount all the avenues,
and sky-lights the central aisles. Light,
of which there is ample supply, comes
from the north and south sides almost
entirely. There underlie the building
two miles of drainage pipe, the water
supply and drainage system being COM
plete Offices for the foreign commits
sions are placed along the sides of the
building, in close proximity to the pro-
ducts exhibited. Offices for the admin
are at the ends. The design of
the building is such that all exhibitors
will have an equally fair opportunity of
their goods to advantage.
There is comparatively little choice of
location, as the light is uniformly dis
and each of the spaces devoted
to products is located upon one of the
main thoroughfares.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-26
Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter.

The planet Venus will continue dur
| ing this month to be the most brilliant
and conspicuous star in the western sky.
On the 4th irst. she reached her greatest
! elongation east OF the sun. Seen through
! the telescope she now presents the same
phase as the moon uoes in her last
quarter. Venus will reach her greatest
brilIiancy on the 9TH Of June, and she
will increase in brightness until that
time. she is gradually approaching the
sun, and will come into inferior cOnjunc-
ton with the great luminary on the l4th
of July. and will then become a morning
star.
Mercury will reach his greatest elon-
cation east of the sun on the goth Of the
month. For a few days about that time
he will be visible, and may he easily
traced an hour after sunset little north
of the point where the sun sank below
the horizon.
Mars is still an evening star, and
though he sets about nine o'clock and is
apparently very small, he can be IecOg-
niZed bv his ruddy light, his being almost
in a line with Venus, and his proximity
TO the horizon. lie will be near Mercury
at the time of the greatest elongatlon,
and will be help in picking up the shy
planet. The new moon of the 23d VIII
pass very near Mercury on the Z4th,
Mars on the 25th, and Venus on the 10Th.
If the weather is favorable the western
sky on those evenings will present
picture that will be source of enjoy
ment to all lovers of the starry spheres.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-26
Horticultural Building.

The city of Philadelphia made liberal
grant of money to provide for the horti-
cultural department of the exhibition an
extremely ornate and commodious
building, which is designed to remain in
permanence as an ornament of FairmOunt
Park. This structure is located on a
terrace bordering on the Schuylkill
river, short distance north of memorial
hall, and has a commanding view of the
Schuylkill river valley and The north
western portions of Philadelphia. Ro-
mantle ravines running down to the
river are on either side, separating it on
the south from memorial hall and on the
north from agricultural building. These
ravines are spanned by ornamental
bridges five hundred feet long and sixty
feet wide, for convenience of access. Car
riage roads, a railway, and foot walks,
pass over them. The horticultural build
ing is designed in the Moresque style of
architecture of the twelfth century, the
chief materials externally being iron and
glass, supported by fine marble and brick
work. The building is three hundred
and eighty-three feet long, one hundred
and ninety-three feet wide, and seventy
two feet high to the top of the lantern.
The main floor is occupied by the CEN
tral conservatory, two hundred and thir
ty feet by eighty feet, and ffty-five feet
high, surmOunted by a lantern one hum
dred and seventy feet long, twenty feet
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-26
Mark Twain as a Reporter.

Mack Twain recently tried his hand
writing up distressing accident for a
Boston local paper, and this is how he
did it:
Last evening about six o'clock, as
William Schuyler, an old and respectable
citizen of South Park, was leaving his
residence to 20 downtown, as has been
his usual custom for many years, with
the exception of only a short interval in
the spring of 1850, during which he was
confined to his bed by injuries received
in attempting to stop runaway horse
by thoughtlessly throwing up his hands
and shouting, which, if he had done 50
even a moment sooner, must inevitably
have frightened the animal still more in
stead of checking its speed, although dis
astrous enough to himself as it was, and
rendered more melancholy and distress
ing by reason of the presence of his wife 5
mother, who was there and saw the oc-
currence, Notwithstanding it is at least
likely though not necessarily so, that she
should be accommodating in another di-
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-26
Economic Visiting.

A Boston woman writing to friend
SAYS, "there is large class of highly
educated persons in New England and
New York who would most thoroughly
enjoy and appreciate the centennial ex-
hibition if some arrangement like that
which she suggests could be made. The
plan is, without doubt, perfectly prac-
ticabIe, and might be taken up
and crystalized by parties of ladies
(or gentlemen) in other sections OF the
country to their advantage. While the
charges for board and lodging in Phila-
delphia and vicinity during the progress
of the centennial exhibition will not be
80 exorbitant as some papers insist, there
is still an opportunity for persons of
moderate means who may desire to visit
the centennial, see everything worth the
seeing and enjoy themselves accordingly,
and that without the outlay of an ex-
travagant amount of money. Not only
in New England and New York, but
throughout the entire country, there are
thousands of highly educated and intel
ligent persons who will desire TO give
themselves the pleasure of visit to the
exhibition. This pleasure they can give
themselves if they are inclined to bestow
a little care and thought upon the prop
er arrangements for visit. We subjoin
extracts from private letter written by
the wife of one of the Harvard college
professors, in order that friends further
away may take from it such hints as will
be of service to them in arranging a visit
during the summer.
The letter begins by speaking of the
< money outlay" contingent upon Wis
it to Philadelphia, and then goes on to
say: eff they could go somewhat in the
way people go in summer to the seashore,
on a sort of camping-out principle, they
could form parties and share expense,
and so be able to ge, when a regular
boarding house or lndgings would seem
too expensive to be thought of. The plan
proposed was to take house in some
town or country village on some railroad
near enough for the fares to be cheap. A
small, plain house, say parlOr, dining
room, and kitchen ON the ground floor,
and perhaps one more room as bed-cham-
ber-four bedrooms above. Furnished
very simply with table, chairs, and cook
ing stove, and a few cooking utensils:
teakettle, spider, kettle, dishPan, etc. a
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-26

little very plain crockery. The bedrooms
with bedsteads and mattresses and piI
lows washstands, crockery, etc. tables
chairs, and looking-glasseS. Fuel anC
gas or lamps supplied. Then the houst
extensively advertised as to let by the
week, parties wishing to engage the house
have a list sent them of the weeks free
that so far they may choose their own
time. The parties to bring their own bed
and table linen and towels, forks and
spoons and knives, and their own provi-
sions as far as they choose. Their din
ners they can get in the grounds. In
short, to live as people do in some of our
seashore places, where a party of twenty
will take house for week or fortnight,
living in picnic fashion, and at very
small expense.
"I suppose such n house could be
rented for twenty dollars a week, that
for six months would be five hundred
and twenty dollars. Devide the twenty
dollars among eight people, the smallest
number l should propose for party, and
that is only two dollars and half week
for lodging, and a larger party, of course,
diminishes the expense. Fuel and lights
should be charged as party uses them.
1t would need some responsible person to
certify that the house was respectable
and fairly comfortable, and to see that
between the different parties it was put
in neat and decent order. And it should
be advertised in papers with a good
country circulation"
A plan very similar to that suggested
above could be arranged with most salts
factory results.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-26

While these three planets hold their
court in the western heavens, Jupiter
will be a conspicuous object in the
eastern, rising now about nine O'Clock and
shining in the constellation Scrplo with
wondrOus beauty and briliancy. lie IL
still very near the star Beta Scorpii. over
which he nearly passed not long since,
for European observer reports that the
stars seemed TO touch each other and
barely escaped an Occultation. On the
18th Jupiter comes into opposition with
the sun. He will then shine with hiS
greatest brilIancy, for he is at his nearest
point to us; the sun, the earth and the
planet being in line, with the earth in
the center. He is at opposition one
hundred and eighty three million miles
nearer to us than when in the opposite
mart of his orbit he comes into conjunc-
ton with the sun tie three bodies being
then in a straight line with the sun in
the center. The difference in distance is
the cause of the corresponding increase
in size and brilliancy which will make
the planet a sparkling gem in the frmn-
ment of stars during the whole month Of
May.
Saturn is the only one Of the visible
planets that holds the position of morn
ing star, and he is too near the sun to be
in favorable condition for observation.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-05-26
Who Shall Take the Palmj

1t is hard to tell what nation makes
the best show at the exhibition. Egypt
displays her antiquities of the PharaOhs,
her wonderful collection from among the
savage tribes of interior Soudan, and her
artistic furniture of rare wood, inlaid
with ebony, ivory and silver, executed
in the ancient Arabic style, and people
think that nothing in the main building
excels that. Little Holland sets up small
but strong and perfect models of her far
famed dykes, and of all the noted public
works within her territory, displays
great squares Of carpet, rivaling that of
Brussels in quality and erects the Pretti-
est commission Office in the main build
ing. Brazil puts up dazzling 100000
pavilion, suggesting the Alhambra style
of architecture. The United States
makes the grandest display of granite
work, in the shape of half dozen i'm
mense sarcophagi, one of them surmount-
ed by female statue, finely chiseled out
of solid mass of granite. Chill builds
the most picturesque pagoda and Spain
the most imposing and tasteful pavilion.
China and Japan contend with each other
in striving to present the best specimen
of bamboo architecture, and TO paint on
their commissioners offices, of the tea
caddie style, the ugliest old grannies
with bald pates, expressiOnless almond
eyes and queues that many cabby Jehu
sighs for as he looks at his worn-out whip.
England carries off the palm in pot
terry; Germany in showcases, toys and
fancy articles France stands alone in
the matter of wines, fine groceries and
notions in the clothing line; Sweden de-
fies competition i'll exhibiting the perfec-
ton attainable by the carpenters art, and
Belgium takes pride in the representa-
ton, in carved wood, of Scriptural and
other religious subjects, one of its cabi-
nets having a series of inches extending
around it and containing groups of wooden
statuary representing the marriage of
Joseph and Mary, the annunciatiOn,
Mary's visit to her cousin, st. Eliza
beth, the flight into Egypt, etc.
A Norway iron firm instead of heaping
up their plates and bars of wrought iron
in an unattractive pile, have constructed
of it complete model of a Norwegian
fishing boat; even the ratlines are OF
wrought iron, the metal composing tie
cross-liies or fOOt-holds being knOtted as
neatly as though the latter we're made
of hemp. In the display of iron manu-
factures both Norway and Sweden stand
very high. The section of the former is
enlivened by we'll executed paintings of
scenery in that romantic
country. Among these are representa-
tons of Christiana, Oskarshal and Bergen.