South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-01-11

South 3raatls tlliaenffr.
ROMNEY FRIDAY. JAN 1894
The gentleman in char e OF tho labor
and supplies for the Panama canal s.vs
that enterprise will 70 finis he'd in 1899
Tho men employed on the work number
5000. and TO thsse 5000 Japan re lab.
orers arc to be added.
we direct the attention OF our reaIers
to tho advertisement in another col.
u"n Of the Baltimore Daily anil Weekly
S"a. paper which we cunsidsr inv.l.
liable. The SaA 10 we'll known and
widely known as one Of, IL not the reyv
best Daily paper in the United States.
We learn thu. Misses EMMA and In
CT ARNOLD. daughters, we presume. of
John s. Arnold, Esq. OF Mineral couu.
~. we're driving in . sleigh to ards
Burlington one day last week. when the
horse took fright and ran away, break.
Ing from the sleigh and leaving the
young ladies on The roadside, somewhat
bruised. though BOT seriously hurt.
The weather since our last issue has
been very severe with h,avy fall Of
SNOW ami hail on Tuesday. Monday
morning was considered tho coolest
Mercury standing below xero until
noon. Friday and Saturday were noted
In our Exchanges as the coolest days
IN the Northern and Western states
tina, have been known for years; in
some places TIC mercury was ms low ~
Stand 40 deg. below zero.
Rev. PETER MILLER, father of our
fello~'county.man and patron DR.. j. NJ.
Miller living at Su this Gap. Who has
had Charge of Lutheran church In
South Carolina has received and accep-
ted call to the Capon charge ns Rev.
Mr.. Sibole's successor.
We arc indebted to Meaars. II. II
WARNER & Co. of Rochester, New York.
for ticket Of admission to Warmers
Astronomical Observatory with all tho
courtesies OF the sauna any time during
the present year.
We ale undor obligations 20 the Bal.
timorc Sun for copy or the excellent
and valuable Baltimore Sun Almanac
for 1884. We look upon it rs an indis.
pensable household article and refer.
erce boob.
A list of land cold for taxes will be
found in this issue.
The RoNNEY READING CLuD was o..
ter,aned by Miss Mamie Flalcy last
Fri ay evening
Newspaper publishers will be inter
esfed IN knowing that there are now
IN Congress no less than eight or ter
bills looking to the repeal OF POS tage
on thls class of rrinted matter. An
effort will also be made to pass a law
allowing letters Weighing an ounce to |
go tor two cents instead of limiting
the weight to half ounce, as at pres.
emf.
The Hon. II. C. Davis and brother
sold, it Is stated; the Walter furm
near Deer Park, to Samuel Spencer.
vice president Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Co., for SIS $50 cash.
Gen. Alber! Sidney Johnston, who
was killed in the battle Of Shiloh dur
aug tho war, left bis family in poor
circumstances. He had Il certificate
OF location for $40 acres of land IN
Texas at the head of Brazos river.
His widow. who resides in California. |
was urged by her friends to sell it.bnt |
refused to do SO A coal mine has |
been discovered on it and it is now |
worth .sloo,ooo.
Iowa City has n legend that a con-
tractor. who def:auded the govern |
men' OF sixty thousand dollars in yold |
DN''Of h'S 'hVuCf hcslI dH on lllHes |
kiln during the war, and, after a short |
residence, went back cast and died in
hospital in Washington before Inc |
could remove his treasure. The lard
on which the treasure ia said to have
been buried has changed owaers Sc
vCral times, each successive owner
trying to fud it bat their efforts have |
so far been iruitIess.
Good style is good sense, good |
health, good energy and good viii, b at
Il bottle OF DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is
a good beBefaction that suffering hu- |
mainly has already learned to appre-
ciatc.
Henry Ward Beechcr says: 'Pick |
out the worst, the meancst. the dirti. |
est rascal Of tho crowd-bad as Inc is, |
there is within him n pearl