South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-09

congressional Conventions. Ck
Z. Russell, Chairman.
A. l.. Puau, Sec'y.
One of the latest ard creates, adai.
lions TO cur town is The erection of q
handsome Street Lamp by 1. T. BRADY,
Esq. on the porch of his store build
ing in the center of the town.
The SPIRIT Of J,6crson OF Tuesday
last says: The sentiment was expressed
ny representative Democrats from vari-
Gus parts Of the State. at Martinsburg
las. Wednesday, tina. the Hon. L. BOYD
Faulkner, for Governor. and Capt. Cam.
Thompson, for Auditor, are each gain
ing great strength in every section.
Either will Go credit to the State in the
position to which he aspircr.
Circuit Court for this county common.
ces on Tuesday next, Judge JAMES d.
ARMSTRONG presiding. Those of our
subscribers who may be in town at that
time will do US favor by settling up
arrearages.
We ar, glad to learn that the South
Branch Railroad is surely progressing
rails have been laid the distance of four
miles on the lower portion of the road,
while the work on this end Of the line
under tho management and direction of
our enterprisin2 fellow townman, ISAAC
L. BRADY, Esq" contractor, is sue
ceeding satisfactorily. Several build
ings have been erected by Mr.. L. at the
DEPOT while already begins TO assume
businesslike appeara nee, and We hope
ere many more weeks roll around 20 see
tie Iron horse como putting up our
beautiful valley.
W. are indebted 10 Mr.. and Mrs. EY.
LAND Of Lexington. Missouri, for ar in.
Walton TO tie marriage and reception 10
take place on the l5,h inst. oi their niece
Miss BELLE BOLTON to Mr. ROBERT l.
SMITH, formerly Of This place.
ORANGE JUDD, Editor Of The Ameri-
can ASrlculturist Tor some thirty years,
out nncoanccted with its business man
agement for year or Two past. has late.
~ re ired from its editorial department
an located In Tue West. He desires to
gather complete Postal Card Album
OF his old Readers and Friends, and re.
quests them all to send him now q Pos
tai giving their present location and ad.
dress, naming also, when convenient,
the years in which they were his subscri-
bns. MIR. Judd's address is Chicago,
| Iii iois.
CORPORATION ELEcTIoN.-On Non.
day last the annual election for officers
OF this corporation took place, and the
following are tie gentlemen elected -
Mayor, II. ID. GILKEsoN, Esq.-Alder.
men, VIM. Montgomery and Lemuel
Campbell Esq'rs. Councimcn, Messrs.
S. l.. Flournoy, G. NJ. Davis. V. M. Po-
ling, |. T. Brady, Tobias My,inger. /. V.
Parker and John G. Heiskel'.
Among the cases decided by the Court
of Appeals recently was the following:
Snyder vs. Harper, Pendleton county.
Opiui by Green. affirmed
This case, the Petersburg Gazette
states has been pending in the courts
for many years. We believe it was in
stituted in the Circuit Court OF Pendle.
ION county soon after the war. IL ori-
ginated from acts committed during the
war. The facts, as near as we can learn,
are these During the war Snyder, at
the hca! OF some '5wamps,' went 10
Harpcr's homo, gave him severe beat.
ing and carried off his property. Al
ter the war Harper brought suit for as.
sault and rec very, aud verdict was re-
turned in his favor. Snyder carried the
case TO the Court of Appeals with the
above result.
The magistrate at Oaklan ], Md, on
the 30th ult, released James w. Task.
er. who was arrested Tuesday OF last
week by the sheriff on the charge Of ru.
ming his daughter, on the ground that
the Maryland statutes make no provis-
ion for cases of this kind, and consc
quentIy, tue werrant was not legal
Taskets attorney asked tia, lie he dis
charged, which request had TO be COM
piled with.
On Monday last while Jonah Whit
takcr was working in the garden of bis
SOL, James Whitaker, near Woodland
church, Ocean, Allegany county Nd, he
dropped dead, it is supposed of heart
disease. The deceased was 20 years old
and was formerly Of this State.