South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-03-09
South arantls antsllisrster.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY. MARCH 9. 1877.

IvSubscribers will bear in mind that
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tv rhe Rev. S. d. STUART. Agent for
the Presbyterian Publishing House. will
preach in Romney on next Sunday at
IL. A. III.
COUNTY CoUnr.-The County Court
of Hampshire will begin its next term
OF TUESDAY NEXT. the 18th instant,
Justices Isaac Pancake and George
Spaid. associated with the President.
James Shcetz, will preside. This is
the first police and fiscal term.
EVTft appears that Gov. JACOB con.
cluded TO let the Capital removal hill
become law without the addition of
his signature. aagf9Ytsrsr
V'The spring term Of the Circuit
Court for Hardy County began on Tues.
day last, Judge Armstrong on the bench.
~ DR.. George Baird on the lst inst.
rendered his resignation rs Regent of
the Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institute Of
West Virginia. and it was accepted by
the Governor.
1.-The New York Ojserrer is one OF
the most interesting religious papers
published in orr country.
IVWc understand that Mr.. Arch
bald Vandiver, has disposed Of his val
liable farm on Pattcrson's Creek, Min
cral county, to Messrs. Il. +. Leather
man aad Son. for the sum of s23. 600
$4,000 in cash, the balance, bearing
interest, payable in nine years. or the
number of acres the farm contains We
are not advised
~ Tie usury bill passed by the Leg
islature providing that il more than the
legal rate of interest be charged, the
lender shall forfeit the entire interest.
and upon contracts heretofore made the
borrower can plead usury By general
pleading; and where judgment has been
entered against defendant upon q con.
tract founded upon usurious consider
a'ion, the defendant can he relieved by
filing bill in chanccry setting up the
facts, was vetoed, on Saturday last, BY
Gov. Jacob, consequently the bill failed
to become law.
EB8Thc Martinsburg .St1ie.man is sor.
rs 10 learn from the MELVILLE Pa. En-
te'pTie, that tie good name of old Berke.
ley has been brought into disrcpute by
= swindler, calling himself REV. Smith.
Methodist minister of Berkeley county.
West Va" who has been taking in the
unsophisticated farmers of Franklin CO.,
10y representing that he could procure
ihem negro servants ut tho nominal sum
"t 60 cents per week for females, and
$3.50 per month for males. These ne
@roes were to come from Richmond, and
he only asked 500 in advance to pay
car fare. In their simplicity they adj
vanced the money and he succeeded in
carrying away upwards OF $4,000 before
his iraudulency was found out.
I-U'rhc Pittsburgh Commercial, in
speaking OF the lumber trade. says !:
The lumber trade o: West Virginia
although comparatively in its infancy,
u assuming important proportions
within the past two years millions OF
slaves AMI railroad ties have been ship.
pei TO points in this State ani Ohio,
"d.ia large amount OF ship timber
in'7 us way to the southern sea-ports,
the greater part of which is shippe to
Eag'an1, party Of English capitalists
beng located at Wheeling for the prose.
ru''on 9th ) business. With the open.
ing otthc spring West Virginia promises
~ assume in the lumber world an i'm i.
p'rtan'a which will CATTLE her to con
adorable more attention from capitalists
'aan IS now extended. Bat the question
U.s. way 10 we not, ourselves. work up
i'' atayes all lumber?
- Duringa quarrel at Oakland, Nd.
on The 23th ult., Raymond Mason twice
s''bed VIM. PriicharL, innicting seri.
"a' wounds. Pritcharl, at last accounts.
was recovering. Mason has not been
heard from since the rracas.
~ Tho two large cattle exhibited Mt
The Centennial cat lie exhibition, owned
10y Mr. DuyckincG. in the upper part Of
Cecil county. Mi, and to which the
Centennial commissioners awarded the
l"l' medal. were sold to Philadelphia
butchers and slaughtered in that city
with great ceremony on the 18th ult., n
band ofmusic and at least 1900 persons,
}. is sail, being in attendance.
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