South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-02-13

that this important cutoff in Main Linz
OF b. 4 Q. Railroad, Is now under OK.
animation. BY short tunnel of Knoblcv.
at Mills Gap; nv way Of Rees' mill and
Broad Hollow, through Middle Ridge.
1t Is about IL miles t, Hanging Rock at
the intersection with South Branch Rail.
road CHOW graded,) only IL miles from
Green Spring.
From keyscr by Cumberland To Green
:. Spring. 50 miles
" Hanging Rock, "a
Shows a saving in distance of main
line OF IL miles. 1t is greatly to the in.
forests OF our people that this should be
done; MS it puts R,mney only Al miles
from main line B. & o. Railroad. aud in
direct communication with Keyser and
the Coal fields. We hope and expect,
however, that our branch will not only
be finished to Romney. but promptly ex-
tended to the Iron Fields above Moore.
fie!d.-CoKMUNIcArEp.
Is it not malnes, on the par OF mo.
theirs. doctors and friends, to lot SO ma.
ny children die Of diphtheria, Ca.arrh,
Group, Scarlet Fever. ETC., when every
case can positively lie cured by Prof.
Paine's Catarfh Nepor. Office, $50 S.
Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Last week Mr.. john Harbinger was
beaten about TO death an.t robbed in
daylight of s55, on the road from Har-
risville to Smi,hvillc, in Ritchie County,
this State, by two masked rufiisns. who
succeeded in making their escape
This kind Of thing is entirely too com.
mon in some parts OF this State.
Mr.. +. r. Seymour shipped 70 New
York via The Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, on last Monday, l02 IA: cattle aud
43 fat hogs; one lot OF cattle ia head
averaged l.4T0 pounds gross, and The
other lot as head) averaged l.4;I
pounds gross. This is not slow for
this side of the country .-CumJerland
Times, FEB. 10.
Mr.. John G. Brady rents the Wash
ington bottom farm this year. lie had
folr ploughs breaking up the ground.
getting it ready for corn planting time.
10.
Garry the news 10 Mary!' Health
and happiness arc found in every box
of Sellers Liver Pills.
Hauling l75 cars, and 90 of them
loaded, was the recent exploit OF Modoc
engine No. Sol on the Pennsylvania
railroad.
An freshman says lie can sac no earth
~ reason why women should not be al
lowed to become medical men.
II is leap year OF course. but after all
it doesn't lock very well for a young
lady to 60 home alone at two O'clock
in the morning after sparkling her beau.
A beacon in distress is .Dr. Sellers
Cough Syrup the most eflicacious RENE.
dy for coughs, colds and hopping cough.
Price CSC.
During military fete near Cons'an-
tinople, on the 9th inst. the building
collapsed and goo solliors were killed
and 800 wounded.
A meeting OF the citizens OF South
Br ancE Valley IS to he held in Moore
field. on tomorrow. for the purpose OF
taking action in regard 70 tho proposed
railroad between that point and Cum
berland.
In Mexico they eat salt with their
oranges, both because they prefer the
last so seasoned and because they are
considered TO be more wholesome with
salt.
In this section, some lalies nae salt
and pepper OF strawberries. For our
part we prefer sugar on ours.
Dr. wh0sier, oTrIttsb=pgb. Pa,
Hh veil knesn. has for many ye--s stool At The
hssd Of the profession in his ,Poci.y, all chronic
and b'cod dIsoase-, rrostrstion End s Dis
sstrcus consequences 500 his card IN ssotbsr cob
unn Red IA works anS juiES for yoursSu
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The cholera in japsn has hecn sub
dued. Its victims numbered lOi .00O out
Of l6S, 200 cases.
Tho venerable James Marshall e
Winchester, Va, distinguished lawyer.
is very i'll, with slight hopes Of his rocoy-
cry.
in Baltimore. on "wednesday last,
Southern Wheat was strong and higher.