South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-11-18
Snask algaash Sntsiligenter.
aOMNEY. FRIDAY. nov. is, 1881.

Arfired at Acapulco on the 18th inst.
Che sailed the came day for Cape 81.
Lncas, in obedience to telegraphic or
dsrs, TO afford protection 10 the Unite d
States vice-consul at that place, who
had been threatened with personal vio-
lenee.
The President has accepted Attorney
General McVeagh's resignation. The
employees Of The department. called upon
him and made their official farewells,
and he then turned the department o.
yer TO the charge Of Solicitor. q enersl
Phslps. who will be the acting Attorney
General until a new appointments is
m adc.
The trial Of Charles j. Gu.eau for
the murder OF President GAnyIELp con.
,nenced in Washington on Monday last.
The Baltimore Sun Of Tuesday save
There seems to be less difficulty in OBJ
tanning jury in the Guiteau case than
WAS generally anticipated Five jurors
were, sworn in yesterday from the resu.
lar panel or twenty five. The govern
ment used two pcremptory challenges
and the defense usel three. Twenty
fve additional names were drawn from
the jury box. and from these the panel
will probably be completed to-day. Dir.
Robinson, Of council FOX the defence
made motion for further postpone.
mant Of the trial on Tie ground that lie
could secure the assistance Of q distin-
guishod lawyer, whose services he was
most ANXIOUS TO have, if a weeks time
were given him 10 finish other engage.
ments. MIR. Scoville did not concur in
this motion except TO say that he was
willing tue case should be postponed il
Gen. Butler conld be induced to assist
IN the defense. The court decid d TO
so on and impannel a jury The motion
for postponemeut will probably he re-
newed. The conduct OF the prisoner in
eourt eas suggestive Of lunacy. but
whether tho insanity was real or reigned
will be a matter to he determined here
after.
Four more jurors wero obtained in
the 0uiteau tria! at Washington on
Tuesday. Seventy-nvc names have
been drawn from the jury.box, from
which tue three jurors necessary to con-.
Plete the special panel viii bc selected
u that number can DO found who are
not disqualified.
A RAILWAY RIVAL OF TIKI L. & O..
RALRoAD.-Th contemplated build
ing OF the Baltimore, Cincinnati and
Western railroad, which is intended by
its projectors, Jay Gould and other hea-
Wy capitalists, as q rival line 20 Tie b
& .. Railroad. it is said will be COM
msncsd shortly and pushed TO early
completion.
The route TO he surveyed from Gin =
einnati touches Point Pleasant and
Aiooreiield in this State and then makes
a detour 10 Winchester and Round Hill.
Loudoun county. Va. crossing the Po-
touac river at Edwards ferry, thence to
Curtis bay, a distance Of Col miles,
costing about SIC, 100000
II Mr.. Jay Gould & Co., would like
TO save money in building their ROAD
they had best buy out Western Mary
land and the N. & Z. railroad already
built 10 Mnrtinsburg which they cou ID
doubtless do, and then locate their road
from Martinsburg by way OF Aoorcfleld,
az now contemplated.
We call the attention OF Hon. A. II.
Boteler, who is ono Of the directors OF
the road, and also that OF Hons. John
IL. Hoge and Joseph Sprigy. who are
the retained cOuBscl for the road. TO
this suggestlon.-Mart6tsJuyy Statesmen
In Lynchburg, Va, on the 18th inst
an alteration occurred in front Of The
Arlington Hotel between Postmaster
STATHAN, Of that city aud young nan
named JESSE G.. HICKS. Of Richmond. in
which the latter received an ugly stab
IN the right shoulder The wound. IL 10
said, is ola very painful nature, but not
dangerous. StaLham was arrested.
a TGAIN INSTRUCTED nv BUrFA-
I0Es.--A train on the Northern Pacific
vas twice DISTRACTED by buff iloss some
days ago near the border line between
Montana and Dskota. nn1 was forced 10
come almost to a standstill. There
were n number e. soldiers aboard with
repeating rifles, AMI Yearly cvo-y pas
sengsr had one or more reviewers. They
all joined 10 q brisk fire at the buralccs.
which numbered sixteen tho first time
and twenty 20 thirty the second but
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