South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-05-30
Sputh 3ranth 3ntsllisenter.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. MAY 80. 1879.

60 I'm NAhiI@tA Oh w tuntsuUly .iaSt,. and
nominated Hon Charles Foster for Go.
vernon on the first ballot.
No business of Importance was trans
acted in Congress on the 29,h.
The Committee on WAYS and Means
ON Tuesday morning last agreed TO re-
port resolution for the adjournment Of
Congress on June 10th.
st. Louis now has three ,listine. lines
OF communication with Kansas City.
Over 100 letters received at Washing.
ton from different points in Nor,hwes.
tern Iowa indicate that everything is ia.
vorable for good harvest.
Secretary Sherman has decline, the
honor of healing the Ohio Republican
State ticket.
A bill has passed both houses Of Con.
gross authorizing the annual enlistmen.
of $50 boys in the u. s. navy.
In the United States Circuit Court. at
Richmond, Va, the j1ry in the gold
case OF the United States against cx-
Governor VIM. Smith. on Saturday last.
rendered verdict for the defendant.
This being considered "a test case, il
is probable that the other suits, abou. a
dozen in number, will be dismissed.
The district attorney, however, has en-
tered motion for new trial.
1t is announced that MIss LEE, daugh.
ter Of the late Gen. r. +. Ike, Who has
been in Europe two or three years, is
soon TO be married to prominent I'm.
glsh merchant of Birmingham.
In the United States Court at New
Orleans on the Goth inst, Judge Billings
decided the act OF the Legislature re-
pealing tho charter of the Louisiana
State Lottery Company imperative.
The WooDEUFT scientific expedition
around the world having been abandon.
ell, the act of Congress- for the issue OF
register for the steamer Wordcr be-
comes imperative
Mr.. w. w. CoEcoRAN, whose name is
ever associated with good deeds, sent
his check last week to the treasurer OF
the Lee Mausoleum Fund, ct Loxinr
'on' Tor one thousand dollars, to aid in
securing the early completion Of tie
monument to the iliustrious hero and
christian gentleman, Robert +. Lee.
d. W. Cracrait, Esq, of Charleston,
w Va, has been rendered the position
Of u. s. District Attorney for Idaho
lcrFitcry.
MF. krnney, the coiored oX-Congross
man from =. T., has been appJln'ol III
ternal revenue agent.
n contemporary hopes those who are
charged with the numbering OF Hayes
vetoes will give him fair count
The Wheeling L,ieHige,,cey of Tho 27,b
inst, publishes ~ account or tho r..
cent doings Of the so.called vjoi]anis OFT
Wetzcl county, who STYLE themselves
Red Men. They attacked the louise of
man named Huzenbaugh, breaking
the windows with stones and injuring
his wife and children severely. They
then served notce to leave tho county
within stated time, on pain of hanging,
upon liuzcnbau9h, whose crime is not
stated. Ellen Kendall was notified to
leave the county within three days, or
she would be hung to the same tree
from which John Wallace was suspend
Ell. her o'lense was refusal to Keep
company With one oil the gang. Tho
town ol Li'C'e'oh mas oeen served Win
notice by the gang that summary
vengeance awaits IL on account OF tho
sympathy us people manifested 20 those
aggr'eveo oy Vne VISITS Oh 'hG "e" Men
~ J"sClce OF thc peace was "aiheo TO