South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-05-12

eCNooL, now in successful operation.
near slancsyille. Tuition Is 50 to S.
Ter month: board. 81 to SO. Refer TO
A. n. ALvEasox. County .Saoerinten.
dent; or. address PRor. GEoRoE In.
THnooP. - abovc Or. better still. Dome
on at once. .t - -.
~ Rosnd trip tichcts will bS i.sjed
10 Philadelphia from Cumbefland. Ma.
good for nfseen days. for $i3 90; to
New York. $iS 90.
@A sewing machine Is reported
from Montreal to sew on buttons, carpet
borders, furs. ETC.. not before done by
machine.
" The next term of the County
Court for this coanty. will commence on
Tuesday. the 9Th day OF June. James
Si'cetz. Esq. President. George Slaid
mud Daniel Mytinger. Justices. !.
IVWe learn from the Postmaster Of
this place that he issued during the
frst three months Of the present year,
S2S money orders. amounting to $4.s75
l6 and sc orders received amounted to
$500 cl.
Etn the Circuit Court Of Mineral
county. on Tuesday last. Judge Arm.
strong presiding. John Allison, the in.
dividual who was married In the jail nj
Kcyser. few days ago, was arraigned.
tried anil convicted Of stealing a gun.
and sentenced TO the Pcnitcntiary for
two years.
VDeputy Collector Bond, OF Pen.
dieton county. few days ago. put n
stop to illicit distilling, carried OH In
the brush. on tributary OF North River,
in this county. by two individuals man,
ed sivei and Wise. by destroying the
stills. The violators Of the law, how.
ever, when officer Bond arrived there
were not to be found.
CUMBERLAND CRY FINANCES.
annual report Of the mayor OF Cumber.
land shows the actual disbursements for
the fiscal year to have been Sis S8S, AS,
exceeding the receipts By an outstand.
ing in isbtedaess Of Sl7.l77 10. The
water works revenue amounted to 81.
lO2 rs and the expenses to $Il.3i2 g..
The bonded indcbtness Of the city 10
S349.900. with q non. bonded debt Of
S5.O2s IL. The property belonging to
the city is estimated to be worth sSt5,.
900.
IR According to q Shenandoah we atl,.
or sage. We are to have three fros.s dur.
ing the present month. because there
we're three fogs in January.
'namcd Sarah Lee was committed to iail
In Winchester on Saturday last. as VIC
ienrn from the Times. for beating her
infant child to death. The evidence
proved the most horrible cruelty, upon
the part OF the unnatural mother, thu,
we have ever heard Of in this community
iH'The famous hog owned by Mr..
WIN. Bush. OF Monroe county. Missouri,
ia i've years old and measures 7 feet 4
inches in length. 8 feet 4 inches in
height. is full so inches across the back,
Sirths feet. and weighs 1870 pounds.
hr. Bush proposes to exhibit it as a
special curiosity Of American production
a. the Centennial.
~ Stick to your thick Hannels till they
begin 70 stick TO you says the Boston
Post. Sensible advice.
SSpccimcns OF IS United States
gold pieces. recently shipped from San
Francisco to a mercantile firm in Paris.
were lately forwarded TO the Treasury
department.. and have been anslyzed at
thc mint in Philadelphia. The basis OF
the coin ~ plstinum. there being 81 so
worth Of that metal in each half eagle.
The surface washing Of gold is very thin.
VII IL said that about onef urth OF
The fractional currency issued by the
government has either been lost or de.
-troyed, and which will not bc presented
forrcdemption. UNCLE SAM, tho Wheel.
ing Leader says. cannot make money in
this way ont OF specie. 1t is hard to
wear ont, and when it is dropped it gen.
orally sounds an alarm.
tS'Ths leading Physicians prescribe
"Dr. WRde's Liver Correctol" az the best