South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-30
We had pleasant cali last rrid.v

evening from NJ, SIMON RUDOLPH from
near Mcore6eld junction. aai our bet.
terhalf desircs TO make acknowledgment
o. and express her thanks for q preseut
from him, very useful household arii.
Gle. viz: nico large tin pan for bread
making. Mr.. Radclph is assuredly an
excellent workman, always thorough
and skillful, and he IL one Of the most
industrious men We know. IN one Who
oas Learned 10 economist time. he never
wastes momeut. and his efficiency as
workman has such wide spread that
he is in demand not only in every par,
OF this, but in adjoining COUNTIES and
in this connection We want TO add q
word about his ability to repair old
stoves; he certainly is q master hand
and can make cooking stoves apparent.
ly worn out perform as good service az
new ones.
A New POSTAL NorE.-A new nos
tai note. which is 10 be substituted for
the o!d and original issue, has recently
been issued. II is said the color of tho
Old one was yellow, tue new issue is OF
lilac tint end much handsomer 10 ap.
pearance. 1t is not so complicated as
the original design, and can be SLED out
much more rapidly. The only punching
required is in tue columns OF dimes and
cents on tho right side of tue note. On
the LETT are coupons desig mating the
number of dollars, one coupon remain.
ing attached for one dollar, two for two
dollars, and so on. In the old issue the
dollars, dimes and cents we're all ON one
side, and required to be punched. On
tue right side of the new design is Wig
nette IN the shape of a shield, in which
Is represented the head Of the Goddess
of Liberty.
The Supreme Court of this State,
through Judge Green, has rendered a
decision affirming tho judgment OF tue
Circuit Court Of Mineral county, in i'm
posing fiue ont the b. & 0. Railroad
for running frcights on Sunday. The
railroad company was found guilty in
the court below, by 4 jury, and line
was imposed. The road obtained a writ
OF error. aud insisted that the &C, OF the
Legislature. denouacing penalties on any
who should pursue their regular nvoca-
lion On Sunday was unconstitutional in
so lar as it applied to carrying freight
from this State into another S. ate. be.
cause 1t was regulation of commerce
and violated The Constitution of the IT,
nited State. The Court held, Ju,lyc
GREEN delivering Tue opinion, that the
act did not pretend tc, aud was not a
regulation Of commerce. but was the
mere exercise Of police power which was
reserved to the States, ami was not there
fore unconstitutional. This decision was
on the statute as it was when the judy
| ment was rendered, but it has since been
repealed by the Legislature.
The Petersburg Ga=eue safes that the
larges. flood ever known on South Mill
Creek, Ia Grant aud Mineral counties.
West Virginia, swept down that little
valley on the 18th inst. The creek rose
suddenly to the depth Of six or eight
teet, sweeping everything before il. The
water ran into houses that it had never
hnf n
into Mrs. Sites house, and but for the
assistance of man, she and little
child would have drowned. Fences we're
carried away by tho wholesale; the
bridge at He1kle's mill, which has ct God
the storm AMI food of many years, was
washed away iron and brass kettles,
which had been left along tho stream,
were swept away and some broken to
pieces against the rocks, ami the road
were left almost impossible.
Col. GUsTAvUs CREsAP died at his res.
idence in K;ngwood, Preston county, this
State, few days ago, aged 20 years.
de was admitted TO the bar in Septem-
Der, 1882, and has from that time been
in the active practice Of the law up to
the time Of his last illness, some six
months ago. He served as prosecuting
attorney of the county for nearly thirty
years, and was q vigorous officer.
The Gteenback State Convention of
West Virginia, on yesterday week, nom.
mated Judge Edwin c. Maxwell for
Governor,-J. +. Burt for auditor, Spen.
Ger w. Sturm Cor treasurer, and J. N.
Ken TALL for school superinte ndent. The
remainder of the State ticket is left for
the Republicans TO name.
According to our exchanges ID Delaware
judges mus. regard an umbrella as a 50.
cred thing. A burglar who stole one Of