South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-06-16

hcDHpA "AAA Es Vi hampshire.
FOR AUDITOR,
JOSEPH s. MILLER, or Cabcll.
ron TREASURER,
II. G.. WEST, of Harrison.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF FREE SCHOOLS.
Prof. w. X. PENDLETON, OF Brooke.
FOR COURT or APPEALS
ALFRED +. RAYMOND, OF Marion.
THOMAS G. GREEN, OF Jefferson.
OKET JOHNSON, Of Wood.
E@Thc United States fish commits.
sioncrs have recently placed several
: thousand young California salmon in the
Potomac river near Cumberland.
sTrIIon. HENRY Is. ANTHONY was
reelected United States Senator from
Rhode Island. on Tuesday last, rcceiv.
ing all the votes but three OF the gen.
eral assembly. Mr.. .ANYnoNY is elect.
ed for the fourth term.
~ The lying scoundrel, Harvey.
has confessed, on several occasions. that
the charges against Speaker Kerr-wcre
concocted for political effect.
VMr. Knott made a sharp hit at
Blaine in the recent debate. whercupon
the Republicans Missed. Mr.. Kuott
turned to the Republican side and said !:
That is all right. There are.threc kinds
ofanimals in the world that .hiss-vipcrs,
geese and fools. Now hiss on"
10 The wheat has been harvested in
Taxns, and corn, it is said, is waist high
sSrThc third annual report of the
stockholders OF the u. S. Centennial Elk.
position, says there will be deficiency
in the funds of 81 100000 which must
be made up by admission fees.
.eVThc political campaign-''is about
opening in Louisiana in the old style
Citizeus are dragged away from their
homes on Ku Klux charges. and the
writs orthe u. S. courts are employed to
produce terror in the country parishes
.EVThe Democratic National Conven-
ton will meet ct st. Louis on Tuesday,
the 27th day'o the present month.
!VThc Republican State Executive
Committee Of West Virginia, have is
sued q call for State Convention to
nominate candidates for the State offices
and for Presidential electors to be held
at Parkersburg on the 9Th Of July.
IVA curious Petition has been pre-.
sentcd in New York 10 set aside the
will Of the late Mr.. Stewart. The petit.
.ioner states that the testator, i'm his will.
asserts thst he left no blood relation S
and this assertion lie does not wish to
leave undisputed. The petitioner goes
on to say that he is first cousin Of Mr..
Stewart, declares that he disavows any
desire to make trouble in the hope that
lac may get ?ccuniary reward, but desires
70 stand properly before the world, he
having frequently and with pride declar.
cd his relationship to Mr. Stewart. lie
therefore prays for such an adjudication
rs will judicially settle his status.
III Ex-SpeakoT Blaine was stricken
with sudden illness while entering the
Congregational Church Mt Washington.
on sabbath last, in company with his
wife. lie was conveyed to his residence,
where he lay for five hours In an uncon.
scious state. after which he recovered
consciousness, and was at last accounts
III an improved condition. His illness
10 attributed by his physicians to simple
cerebral depression, produced primarily
10y the great mental strain TO which he
has lately been subjected, and seconda.
rily by the action Of excessive heat.
V'FfTznUH, late do'kccpah of the
House Of Representatives remarks the
Cumberland Ners, may he poor letter
writer, but his business ability is 'birer'
than some of his conrrcrcs. Wanting
carriage, and having no ready cash
the membahs being "hard-up,') FRY
nron organized stock company OF
one hundred shares ut five dollars \
share, which were taken by his subor-
dinates and purchased the outfit. II
has since been hired by the Govern
ment at the rate of seventy five dollars
month. and the stock company ought
10 have bccnp paid a liberal dividend. But
II seems that FrTzHUGH pockctcd the
proceeds, and since he was dismissed
has sold the horses and carriage and
appropriated that money also. The
shareholders arc now looking for him
with club
ES IL is now reported that the eldest
son and the mother Of the late Sultan
Of Turkey were murdered.
IVA bill to pay Mrs james X. Polk,
widow Of the late President Polk, 81 =.
800, for mules taken during the war by
Federal troops, was passed on Friday
The Alabama cotton report is