South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-03-23
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ROMNEY, FRIDAY. MARCH %. 1877.
Subscribers will bear In mind that
our terms for subscription are CASH or
It's equivalent IN ADvAxcE. ~
~The regular winter term OF the
University or this State ends to-day.
vrhe public sale. announcsd n our
last number. by Mr.. Alexander Arm.
strong. to take place on the 18th Of the
present month. will MOI Do made. asis
~ The contract ier carrying che nail
tween Romney and Green Spring Run
his been awarded TO Mr.. f. +. Sellers,
a. s575; Romney to Moorc6eld juno.
ton to Mr.. James S. Shull. at s2o4 !;
Keyser to Mooreield, to Mr.. Andrew
Grimes. t63eW arh ~ q dsaal8
tFFrom all that We can learn there
is but little sickness in our County at
present. =. Htii 1fs
wWe omitted to state in our last
number that the next session OF the
Baltimore Conference Of the Methodist
+. Church is to be held in, Cumberland.
EIThe Fish bill passed. by the late
Legislature. provides for an appropria-
tion Of $4,000. to be expended in the
propagation OF fish in the waters Of the
Stately 1000 to be expended in each
District. f,s a,95-,sl...
The Homestead law which was also
passed, provides for securing the ex.
cmption allowed by the Constitu ion
without having recorded intention pre-
vious to contracting the debt. The effect
Of this will be to confine the credi: bu.
siness to narrower limit. promote cash
transactions, and thus compel those of
limited means, at least. to live within
their income. rs.
PRoLlrIc.-Mr. Joseph A. Pancake,
who resides on the Branch, some four
miles above this place, has an Eve which
gave birth. few days ago. to four lambs.
The lambs are Of good size. An uncom-
mon occurrence! JOS
A LARGE YIELD.--The Shenandoah
Puuey states that Mr.. John w. Strck.
Ter, OF Rockingham. has flock OF 45
ewes. which have produced this spring
80 lambs,-74 Of which are living; 50
produced twins, IL. one each. and one,
four,-two white and two black,-all OF
which arc living. 100
tYOn Saturday morning last a sad
accident occurred at Keyser. on the Bal
timore C Ohio Railroad, resulting. rs VIC
learn from the Cumberland Ciuhie,n. in
the death OF one man and the serious
woun"ing of three others. At the time
named engine No. 43l, one Of the pow.
ertul Moguls employed on the B. & O.
road. was standing on the track at the
west END Of keyser, and was just about
to pull out. when suddenly and without
the least warning the boiler exploded.
just back OF the smoke stack The ex.
plosion was terrific. and the machine
was badly shattered. The fireman whose
name was Austin Spiccr, was instantly
killed; the engineer, George Warl. was
seriously scalded, but it is though he
Will recover. The conductor and n
brakeman were scaided also, but not
dangerously Spicer leaves wife and
one child in Kcyser. The engine had
just been repaired, and was about to
make its first tip. 1t is thought the cx.
plosion resulted from the generation OF
gas in the boiler.
sS-It is said West Virginia has nj
present. school property to the amount
of Sl,GG0.567 So; sc 8 teachers, and
3,2l7 school houses. The school pop
ulation is l4S. 1876; Of this number 1873.
1"4 attended school during some por-
ton OF the past year; the average daily
attendance was 1928. The total re-
ceIpts OF the school department were
T0S6,577. The cost OF education per
pupil is S6.T2, based on average daily
1--WE hail pleasant call on Satur.
day morning last from Mr.. j. w. Gilke.
son. Of the firm OF Messrs. Gilkeson &
Sons, Merchants OF Mooreiold, he hav.
ing few Green Backs from friends in
ilardy to pay up subscriptions due to
"I"teHiye"cec." To our young friend,
and to those WHO paid their accounts
through him. we return our thanks.
burglars entered the residence Of
w II. Davis. at Pied ront, on Monday
night Of last week, and made off with
500 worth Of silverware, etc. They
also entered the residence Of Senator
II. G. Davis. but found nothing, as all