South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-03-24
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RodNEY. FRIDAY. MARCH "a. 1882.


There are nCo in tie ;hres southern
provinces of Iceland as many troops IS
ord Rr2lan bad -heu lie Landed in the
Crimea TO igh; the Russians.
Coffee culture bids fair TO become one
OF the lead.Rg industries of Liberia
Tue soil and climate are cminentIy well
adapted 20 II, and thonasDds CT trees
are being planted. while ready msrka.
is found for all the crop
Four bundred and twenty two Ger
mat immigrants arrived in Baltimore
on Tuesday last.
Arthur =. GoRMAs has resigned lis
pooition as PRECEDENT Of the CLesape axe
and Ohio Canal Company.
President ARTHUR has approved tbs
joint resolution spprop-jatiDg $3.50, 600
for tho benefit of the sufferers from the
Mississippi foods.
On the morning Of the 18th inst
CnAELrs s. WELLS. OF tho Dudley Do
seryatory at Albany. New York, dis.
covered a bright comet in Hercules.
righl ascension Il hours So minutes
north, declaration 81 degrees 80 mimi
tcs. The comet has - tail abcat FIVE
minutes in length and q rucIeus OF .
bout the eighth magnitude.
Hon. ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS has
determined to retire forever from pub
lie Office a. The expiration Of bis presen,
congressional term.
/; is stated tia, nearly a quarter of e
million sacks az potatoes have been i'm.
ported from Eutops sincs January !st.
Some time ago an article va. pub
lished IN this paper regarding Eihu
Gregg who vas once sentenced 20 death
Tor burning the Preston county. VEST
Va, Court !lou.e. lie has been living
IN tbs city Cor some time with his
daughter, Mr'. AlJrce. Some time AGO
while peddling tea which WIS Smsll.
pox cure, 10 lie alleged, he contracted
Varsoloid, carried it home, and since
tGen his daughter has taken Stnsilrcy,
and The other dcy lie son in law Gisa
from taa diseGse. Tile should serys A.
warning to those who recklessiy sx.
pose themselves to the contsrion--
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Mr.. j. 0. MASSEY, an aged and Lich.
y respected citizen Of A lbemarIe eoun.
~, amt bis wife, who lived nine mile.
southeast Of Charlottesville. Va. were
on Tie Sub inst Drntally murdered. -
Toey wero know to be 10 good circum-
stances and i was supposed tia, it
was for plumber the murder wrs com.
United. Circumstances lei 10 tho sps.
plcion that seyeral yonng men named
Rhodes, living seyerR, miles distant.
were Tue perpetrators Of tho deed Ev.
idence developed, and two Of the
Nhoies boys and tho mother were ar.
rested, but james Rhodes, tie instiya,or
and chic! agent in the crime made his
Escape The Governor OF Virginia has
offered reward OF $3.50 to any pcr,op
VINO shaH srTcSt James Rhodes. Rhode.
- q white man, about six feet hjoh
weighs between !65 mi lT5 pounds;
has light CT brown hair and blue syes
WhcH last seen he had on blacl, chi
Away coat and vest With c very slight
brown stripe in tie goods, black doe.
shin pants, blue Lat with oord band q
ronnt 1t, an vhito shirt l6 size, cola
mon boots, with blu, tops all new.
Wheeling hrHgrac.r: A million
immigrants are expected to arrive in the
United States from Europe the presen,
year. The United States is probably
tho only country on tie globe tbs. can
receive and comfortsbly provd, for
soch ho-t OF men. women auI chill
dren
AORMONISN UNVEILED
Is 'ho suggestive title Of work issued I
Ivy The ~cN PrBLisrrSg COMPANY ocSt /
Louis, Mo. T. embraces tie life ami I,
confessions OF the late John b. Lee /
TLo vas executed hy tso Ua.tcd state.
'oveF'mer iorrar'ic'paUon in Che ho-. .
7,O.e butchcr.cr @! Mountain Neadovs
Massacre. j. details a. terrible wroro, .
fnj s1iTeIirss OF Nrs Brig. HAMPTON. /
wife of owe Of the Norman leaders. II
is cert.iuiy one Of most llf.',isga.d I
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