South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-09-22
A Very Heavy Rain storm.

1he storm IN this section on SATURDAY.
night and Sunday last was very violent.
The South Branch was higher than il
has been for number of years. A good
deal Of fencing was carried of, and a
considerable quantity of corn washed a.
way and injured by the flood.
The rise Of water in Patterson's Creek.
on Sunday night. friend informs us,
was probably greater than the great
freshet Of 1916. At sunset, the water
was within the banks but, during the
night, it rose to such an extent as to
spread almost over the entire bottom
land. A great deal Of fencing, both
plank and rail, was swept away. Indeed
the whole valley, in many places, now
looks as it did just after the war. A
great deal Of corn in the shock was wash.
ed off and that which was still standing
was much injured. Several farmers lost
their hay stacks, some lost sheep, others
hogs and calves, while all were losers
alike in fences and corn. All the mill
dams on Mill Run & Patterson's Creek
were broken. Some farmers lost nearly
every thing on their lands. Our friend
informs us that he has heard from the
farms extending oyer about 20 miles Of
| the valley. and the losses of each one
arc estimated at from $4,000 to several
hundred. The plowcd land, in nearly
every place, was badly washed, but where
it was not plowed, it is somewhat i'm.
proved. Owing to the rapid rise and
fall OF the water, the banks were not
badly washed. For the same reason,
the wheat ricbs we're not badly damaged.
Several houses were badly flooded, viz:
Mr. Bier and Henry Head. George
Lease lost a lot Of fat hogs; George
Arnold lost n lot OF sheep.
a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
writing from Cumberland, States that
the Potomac river and Wills creek rose
seventeen feet there on Sunday night,
but no damage was done. At Piedmont
III. &. Davis & Bros boom, with seven.
five thousand logs, broke. The county
bridge is gone there; also one span of
the Cumberland and Piedmont railroad
iron bridge, between Westernport and
Frostburg. There is general destruc.
ton of bridges. trcstle work and tracks
on the Cumberland and Piedmont rail
road. The bridge is down on the Bed
ford railroad at the State line. There. is
no trouble on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad save flooded tracks below Pat
tcrson's creek and washout below
Swanton. There is sixty foot break
in tho Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, three
miles below Cumberland.
In Philadelphia during the storm on
Saturday night. portions Of the roofs of
the Main Building and of MACHINERY
Hall were blown Off and considerable
damage done to American and English
exhibits. The city was also consider.
! ably damaged.
10 Bridgeport, Harrison county, this
State, shipped thirty-fvc car loads of
| cattle, in one day last week, to Baltimore.
Ey Captain Richard King is king Of
the Texas cattle kings. lie has CO,000
acres under fence near Corpus Christi,
is fencing in 10000 more, and has be.
sides 100000 acres in the same tract
Last April he sold to Kansas dealer
$4,000 head of horned cattle, and to
make sure of the delivery added 5000
to the drove, and still had $4,000 head,
besides $4,000 head Of sheep and thou.
sJnds OF horses and mules.
' Ia Read the speech in to.day's issue
delivered by Hon. Henry c. Davis, be
fore the Tildcn and Hendricks club, at
keyser, on the 2nd inst The speech is
TO the point, and, unqucstionably, it is
OF the greatest Importance that orr PEG.
pic be well informed in regard to poll.
tics at this time. Each and every voter
has an interest ut stake. Let us be up
and doing. II is high time for u change
and n return to honesty and purity
IN the affairs Of our government. This
can only be brought about, by our pco.
pie being brought TO properly under.
stand the cause Of the corruptions.
and apply the proper remedy" Vo-
tors OF Hampshire. attend tho propos.
ed meetings in our County and be in.
struCtod.
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