South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-01-05
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The path OF dnty in this world is
the road to salvation in the next 49,.
Present evils always seem greater
than those that mover c,sne ---Twsn-
ty counterfeit plates. recently captur :
ed, were destroyed at the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing in Washing
ton on the Goth nit. We are told
that even the smallest hair throws a
shadow. Aud so it does. Il throws
a shadow on your a!l elite when You
find it on your plate Man wants
but little here below. and tie gets "a
bout that much A book that every
young lady contemplating matrilnony
should rcad-a cook book An
exchange trnthtnlly observes: Some
people, ignorant OF what good editing
Is, 'mnglnc the getting UP of selected
matter To be the easiest work i'm
the world 10 do, whereas il is the nj
cest work done on newspaper. 1t
they see the editor with SCISSORS in his
hand, they are sure TO Say /: 'i:h. that's
the way you are getting up original
matter. eh?' accompanying their new
and witty questions with AN ido,ic
wink or smile The facts are that the
interest. the Variety aud the u full
ness OF y paper dcpend in no smaI 4
degree upon the selected matter, and
few men are capable Tor the position
who would not themselves bc able tn
write many of the articles they select.
A sensible editor desires coGsidcra.
bic select matter, Because he knows
that one mind cannot make so good Il
paper IA five orsix The ground up-
on which Cincinnati stands was prr.
chased by j. G. Sy,nmrs. about nine.
ty years ago. for ,iXty-seveu cents per
ACRE King Omora is dead He
leaves seven hundred widows To
mourn his untimely end. The hisio-
~ of Omora is peculiar He vas
born in County Donegal. ireland,
and the true spelling of his name is
consequently O'Mora. He went to
Africa at an early age, and being OF
an adventurous spirit, soon carved oat
kingdom tor himself. lie was
qnite u ladies' man.. The two cent
reduction postage bill has passed the
House. to take effect in July. 1888
Tire Senate will probably pass the
bill changing the date to January !
1888. Jas y. Sharon, of Richie
county, this State. was arrested on
Wednesday ot las. week on a charge
OF counter.ciiing The Point Pleas.
ant, W. Va, Register speaking of the
railroad b'ldge at that poin: says
The excavation for the bridge piers
has disclosed the fact that u heavy
vein OF iron undarlics The river at this
place They drillcd into it about
feet and Not yet through it. The
peers all rest on this bed - The
Wheeling Register states that J. f
Marion. James III. Miller. Francis ID.
Llets, William Sitter, james Ginning
ham, and Daniel Hickman, of bod.
bridge county, w. Wa, have been
arrested by United States detectives
and placed i'll Jail ut Pirkersbnrg
charged with having engaged i'll cir
cu'atIng counterfeit com Marion ia
u Baptist minister and an ex.member
OF the West Virginia Legislature =
The paraphernala OF the mint and II
lot OF base coin were also sccnrcd---
During the past year there were 100
deaths in Baltimore from Small pox.
Eoriy-one new cases of this disease
we're reported III the southern police
station house on Monday last One
death from the same disease WAS re-
ported.