South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-09-29
Republican III cket.
For Judge of Supreme Court,
Il. A. GUTHRIE.
F0 Congress-2nd District,
HONJ. JOHN w. MASON

'ory OF the compal ".
During the mont. of August, Ii
scar, St. Louis receiv. d4.o24,oOO bus
els OF wheat. while c 'hicago receiv,
only S.soS,0Oa bushels du ring the san
month.
Tho running of a railroa, 1 train {
SUNDAY is not violation oft. he law
g"inst doiBg business on ,he> 'abba'
day, ia the opinion of the Coprt, # Al
peais OF Kentucky. in the Com MOI
wealth vs.. The Louisville & Nash, il
haHfosd' Company, decided in Nh
The Court said that the running of III,
train was a work of necessity.
French artisans are now making
smoking pipes of a quality pronounced
quito equal TO the meerschaum, from
celluloid obtained from potatoes.
There were two shocks Of earthquake
ut Panama on tho morning OF Scptcm-
Der Z, which were felt throughout the
State, and even in Carthagena, Rivas,
Nicaragua and Greytown. The walls of
over 60 houses at Panama were injured
ar. two hundred tons of the masonry
oGh'o tower OF the Cathedral fell thro'
the roof into the square below. The
offices of the In,erocennic Canal Com,
pany were damaged to the extent of
S50,00o. There have been lighter shocks
since then, and the people are greatly
alarmed. The cable from AspinwaIl to
Jamaica was broken by tho first shock
at point 80 miles from the isthmus.
HIGn PRICE FOR LAND.-The farm of
tue late Wan. L. PEPPER, near Lancaster,
Pa. 81 acres, has been sold to Mr..
Steinmiz for 1915 so per acre.
The fact is familiar 10 all, that an or
binary onvelop mag readily be opened
by moistening the paper over the gum
after which operation, if done neatly,
the contents may be noted, and the
missive again sealed ard sent TO its
destination. A perfect safety envel-
opc, however - not one admitting o! any
such manipulation - may, it is said, be
secured by treating that part of the pa-
per covered by the flap with q solution
oil chronic acid, ammonia, sulphuric &C
id, sulphate OF copper. and 6ne white
paper. The flap itself is coated with n
solution Of isinglass in acelic acid, and
when this is moistened and pressed
DOM on the under side OF the envelope,
solid cement is formed, insoluble in
acids, steam, water, &c.
a Mr. Cook. of Philadelphia, who di-
ed in 1916, in his will bequeathed c.
900 acres of wild land near Foxburg
Pa, TO the Pennsylvania hospital and
tho Pennsylvania Institution the Blind
For years these Institutions have deri-
we'd no income from the gift, and have
been satisfied by the fact that it requir
ed no expenditure on their part. a
short time ago, however, oil was strucl
on the property, and there are hundred
Of applications for leases OF land. Tn
property is now estimated to be wortl
from two TO FIVE millions of dollars.
DyTy OF CONsTABLEs. section o, O
chapter 10, Of the acts of 1891, ha
The following to say in relation TO th
dutieg Of constables in case OF quarrel
or iawlessness Of any kind, WHICH "
publish: IL any person SHAH in tb
presence Of constable and within hi
county. make an ARRAY. OF lhr eaten I
beat, wound or kill, another, or to con
init violence against his person, or PROF
crLy or contend with angry words
the disturbance OF The peace; or i'm
properly or indccenily expose his pc
son; o. appear in state Of gross IL
tozicaUon in any place such con sta b
may, without warrant or other proce
OF further proof, arrest such oGendir
person and carry him before aome ju
tice Of the peace. 10 the county
which such ohense is Committed, W
upon hearing the testimony
such constable and other witnes
es, if any, are then and there produ
cd, II, in his opinion che offence is CHI
ged be proved, shall require the oGc
der to give bond or recognizance, "
security, to keep the peace, and be
good behavior for a term not exec
one year
May the good work begun by St.
cobs Oil continue until rheumatism
neuralgia have been banished from
earth. ALBANY N. " Press
RnickerJocler.