South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-04-06

On Tuesday morning last, Col. Robert
White and family left our town for their
new home at Wheeling. the presen. capi.
tai OF our State. Before starting. how.
ever. large number oil our citizens. Of
both sexes, visited him and his family,
to bid them goodbye. The occasion
was a sad one, and tears OF sorrow filled
many eyes. The Col. has been associa.
ted with this people for many years--in.
deed. his whole life has been spent here,
and himself and excellent family were
much endeared to the people Of his ma.
tive village. Long before they we're
ready to start. the "Romney Cornet
Band" tprof. Miller leader. assisted by
Mr.. w. f. Davis,l had assembled at the
family mansion 10 pay due honors to the
Col. and family; also. the Brass Band
from the ID. ID. & Ii. Ins,itation. Gov.
Pultz. leader; both bands discoursing
sweet music. The bands united, and at
the head Of the procession, they, with a
number Of our citizens, took up the line
OF march through the town. escorting the
Col. and his family outside the corpora.
ton: The procession then halted and
Col. Wm. Perry delivered short but
eloquent farewell address, to which Col.
White responded in few remarks. which
were full or interest and deep feeling
The Col. and family then bill them all
goodbye and proceeded on their jour.
ney, the citizens returning home. The
Cornet Band escorted the Institution
Band to their home
Col. White will be missed in this com
munity, as he was q public spirited and
good citizen. and he carries with him to
his new home the best wishes of his fell
low'citizens. His cars were ever open
to the cry of the needy and his hands
ready to relieve them. Romney has lost
n good citizen aud Wheeling gained an
excellent one. CITIZEN.
10 The new agricultural society OF
Al!egany county, Nd. has organized by
electing tho following officers: Prcsi-
dent. 5. II. Fundenberg; vicc-president,
Samuel Somehow; assistant vice-prc-
silents, T. b. Davis, George Henderson,
Jr.. and w. Nj. Price; treasurer. T. l..
Coulehan; recording secretary, j. w.
lloux; corresponding secretary. Horace
Resley; board Of directors, Lloyd
Lowndes,Jr., Asa Wilson. Jacob Bren-
gle. w. O. Sprigg. f. Mertens. +. r.
Seymour Joseph Dilley. VIM. Hall. X.
ID. Johnson, a. c. Greene and ID. c.
Bruce.
The NEW PRESIDENT. Rev. J. r..
Thompson, the new President Of West
Virginia University. is taking holt of his
work with elm. AS soon as he was
app inted he male preparations for bu.
siuess. and now for several weeks he has
been travelling, lecturing and laborinu
TO build up the institution at whose head
he has been placed. hat is more TO
the purpose. his efforts are having q fine
effect. As we said at the time OF his
appointment. when many were pronoun.
eng adverse Judgment in advance, give
tic poor man Il chance And now il
would seem that ii the chance is not
given him, he makes il. We admire his
energy and wish him success CNurles
ton Courier.
The Spring term of the University
opened on the 28th ult., and with en-.
coura2ing prospects--as twenty four
new students entered on that day, and
there are more expected. Success to
the Institution
On Wednesday Of last week. seye.
raj tramps were discovered in caboose
car in the Keyser railroad stock ward.
and that one of the tramps was i'll with
the small pox. The railroad authorities
ut once had tho car quarantined. rs it
were. on an unused switch some distance
west of keyser. The caboose car. was,
it is stated, on Saturday last. DESTROYED
by order Of the railroad officials, and the
tramps were taken to n house about n
mile and n half from Keyser, where they
arc lu1ranLlnei.
EY'Thc Doorke cper ut the Treasury
Department Mt Washington. put Mrs
DR.. Mary Walker out OF the building
on Monday last. and she thinks if the
nasty fellow had not succeeded in get
ting the under holt" on her, she would
have foorcd him.
EVThc Kcyser E,ho says that few
nights ago Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road freight train brakeman found. on
one of the cars in his train. when near
Cheat river, neatly wrapped in copy
Of tic Wheeling Standard. human arm
that hal apparently been torn from
tho shoulder
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