South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-27
Remarks About lGo.. Alto.

his new ard delightful summer re-
sort is located on the eastern summit of
the Allegheny, in Mineral county. w.
Va, 10 miles from Key ser, b. & o. Rail.
road, by an excellent turnpike road. /
spent week there between the 18th
and 2lst Of June. The proprietor, Mr..
ID. Z. TAHB, and his accomplished fami.
~, adapt themselves with grace and dig.
nifty to their new vocation and entertain
their guests with wal m hearted Virginia
hospitality. They have neat and com.
Portable accommodation for IL or Is IA.
miles. The climate, in this region, is
so well known to health and pleasure
seeking tourists, that description is quite
unnecessary. The bracing, balmy air
from forest, field, glade and meadow, ia
laden with the fragrance Of n thousand
flowers and vocal with the song of as
many birds, but singularly free from the
pestiferous insects that render the DAYS
and nights so disagreeable in the resorts
ut lower elevation. In the immediate
neiyhborhood there are springs Of mine.
raj water, delightful walks and drives,
fine streams for angling, and such pa
norama Of grand and gorgeous natural
scenery Is can not be surpassed by the
Sierras of the West or the historic
mountains Of the "Old World" cheer
fully commend Mont Alto as one Of the
cheapest, most attractive and healthful
retreats from the fierce heats of summer
that 1 have known. II. III. J.
This is an age of Invention, but Prof
PAINE has outdone them all in discov-
ering Catarrh vspor. which cures Ca
tarrh. Colds. Dil htheria, etc.. instantly.
Ofllce. 25O ). Ninth Street, Philadel.
phia. Pa.
ILLs Iss.-Wc regret to state that since
Saturday last Judge j. Il. HooE has been
confined to his room by severe illness, the
result perhaps of over-work, having been
holding court continuously In jefferson,
Morgan and Berkeley for nearly three
months. In the meantime he is adjourn
ing his court here from day to day hop.
ing 10 be able to finish mp the term.-
Martinsburg Statesman, June 10.
We arc informed by n gentleman of
this County, who has tried the expert
ment, and found It Il success, that the
bugs or vcrmin that are so destructive
to melon vines, can Toe speedily driven
off by the application of what is known
as mandrake or may apple. 1t should
be taken up by the roots and boiled in
water until the strength is extracted, and
then, after it is cool, poured on the vines.
The Stanton Tindicator notices the
passage through that city Of 200
feet of cross-tics, gotten out by manu-
featuring company in West Virginia. for
railroad in France. They are TO be
shipped from Richmond.
FATALLY POISONED On Sunday last
three boys, sons of Mr.. Frank Elliott, re.
siding near Rawlings Station, were walk
ing in the woods when they came upon a
rattle snake. A dog they had with them
attacked and killed the snake, when the
boys cut off the head and rattles, and
started towards home. Soon the dog be-
came sick and in two hours died One
Of the boys was also taken very i'll, and
"A physician was sent for. when it vas dis
covered that he too had been poisoned
From reports received here Yesterday,
there is but slight hopes of the youth
recovery, as he il very sick and much
swollen. -Cumb. Alleganian, June 81.
GA Camp meeting. for South Branch
Circuit. NJ. Il. Church South. will begin
at the old camp ground near Burlington :,
on the 9Th Of August next.
SOLDIERS, READ Your attention is
called TO the card OF w. g. BEHINaER
& Co. in another column Of this paper.
We would advise all our soldier readers
who have received any wound or injury
TO write 10 said firm and receive the ben.
sGts Of the new pension law.
The means which sharpers employ to
obtain money are exceedingly novel, but
the following trick 10y which unsuspecting
farmers are victimized eclipses anything
before made public. The sharper pre-