South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-05-19


Romney and vicinity. to the propriety
OF holding . meeting at the Court .house.
on M"nday afternoon next. the 12nh
inst. for the purpose or arranging for
the decoration Of the graves of our sol.
dies buried In the Indian Mound Gene.
terry. on the 9Th OF June.
VEx-Governor Walker is the GEN.
tleman who recently made the handsome
and costly donation to the University
Of Virginia. consisting OF q cabinet Of
meteorological. geological and geological
specimens. 20 cost $2s, 600. and the
means tn build building OF the value
Of 22.000. for the cabinet.
u The Presbytery Of Lexingt on, Va,
at their recent meeting in Rockbridge
county, transferred the Rev. X. II. Elem.
ing from Pendleton county to Wool.
stock. The Rev. Mr. Fleming enters
upon hispastoral labors with the Pres.
byterinn congregations Of Woodstock
and Strasburg. on Sabbath next.
W AT q meeting OF our new Council.
men. u few evenings ago, DR.. John NJ.
Snyder was reelected President: Mr..
William +. Davis. Clerk, and Mr.. J. w
Polling, Marshal.
"The Potato Bug has already ap.
pcared. We noticed several on our
carly potato vines. during the present
week. The bugs are full fedged, an d
seem to have sprung into being fully
developed. They must have remained
under ground all the winter dormant
and are now ready to make deposits of
acoming progeny.
Rev. ID. 3. Winstcad and lady
and Mr.. William II. Cookus and lady.
OF this place, left, during the present
week, to attend the grand Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia.
20 Iherc are counterfeits of tho sill.
YER half and quarter already in c:rcula.
ton. and the people must bc on their
guard. We have been SO little used to
the handling Of silver during the pas,
h'teen years. observes the Winchester
-Ne~s, that there are very few now skill.
Cd in the detection of the spurious from
the pure metal. II it feels greasy. or
is brittle when bitten, reject tho coin. no
matter how fair face it may Dear.
~ Mineral county has four candi
dates for the Office OF Sheriff. viz G. Ii.
Caudy. j. w. Vandiver, C. r. Sims and
j. III. Johnson.
t:S We are indebted TO a fr,ond for a
catalogue OF the Officers and students Of
or the University of observation-disclosures
cont session. 1875. Among tue list
OF students. in the law department. we
note the name Of Mr.. Arthur B. Puch.
son OF Lcmuel Pugh, Esq. of this county.
tV Icssrs. Lurton & Gibson have
been, East, and bought another stock O {
spring and summer goods. business is
good with this young firm. People see
the advantage Of encouraging cnterpris-
ing men. They are selling goods un.
usually cheap-at prices never before
known in this market. Harvey Arnold
& Co, the Great Print Mills Of the L.
States have failed, consequently Lupton
& Gibson went at once to secure the
bargains-Prints only SC. Call and
examine this, their second spring stock
You will sure TO be pleased. else your
money refunded. >
tSHAt the Democratic County Con.
Nention held at Keyscr on Tuesday of
last week, no less than sercnty-ciyht del.
cgates we're appointed to represent Min
efal county in tho State and Congress.
ional conventions. The Congressional
Convention, VIC presume. will be held at
keyser. The time, however, for holding
it has not as yet been determined upon.
gYAn election for Mayor aud city
council OF Cumberland took place OH
Monday last. with Tue following result :
Mayor, william a. Withers. dem. $40
Wan. j. Read, rop., S59-Wither's ma
iority, |. Councilmen Mcssrs.
Fogtman, Greenfield and Morgan, dem,
and Messrs. Spier, WiebeI, Shack, Crom.
we'll and Bynon, rep. This makes tic
IN the next council. Three republicans
we're elected TO the council by two, three
aud nine majority. The republicans
viii probably contest Wither's election.
TVThe residence Ct Mr.. J.. VI. Lake.
near Frankfort. Mineral county, was