South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-05-22
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RoMNEY. FRIDAY. MAY %. 1883.

ROMNEY, FRIDAY, MAY %. 1883.
The Illinois Legislature. ON Toes.
asy last. reelected Gen. John A.
Logan, United States Senator, by a
small majority.
Geu. Grant made grand rally On
Tuseday last after his drive, aud sal 4
he felt better team he had done iu q
whole week.
Connecticut, in proportion TO ropu-
la,ion, still holds tie lead in inventive
genius, having taken out 9s6 patents
last year, or one for every 694 pereons
IN the State.
Statistics show that one hundred
thousand people are killed by whis.
key where one person is killed by a
mad dog. And yet almost every
body would rather tackle u glass Of
uhiske, than mad dog.
Nineteen million two hundred thou.
sand eggs were shipp ID from Europe
10 this country from the frat Of April
10 September.
The illness Of Mr. frelinghuysen
is now attributed to drinking Sarato-
ga water carslessly placed in a bottle
which had previously contained AGO.
mite and had not been properly cleans
ed. On the 10Th inst, DR. German,
his physician, says there is marked
change for the worse in his condition,
and he is sinking. He canno. posi-
bly, last more than day or two.
The census of Washington City,
which has been in progress for some
time under the direction of the local
authorities, is about completed, and
shows q population Of 204 500.
One of the heaviest deals in canned
goods ever made in Baltimore was
perfected on Thursday Of last week,
10000 cases of tomatoes and 10000
cases Of corn being cold in an hour,
the former at eighty-two and one-half
cents per dozen and the latter at sew
enty-tive cents. At the retail figures
prevailing in this city it is much cheap
er 10 buy canned goods than for our
bet.er-halves to put them up.
We are under obligations to Il. G.
Berkeley, Esq, chairman of tie execu-
tive committee of the West Virginia
University at MorgantoN n, this State,
Tor an invitation to the CONN ence-
nsnt exercises of that Institution
from Monday June 8 to JuEe IL.
A TRAGEDY AT LIBERTY, VA AT
Liberty, Bedford county, about II
o'clock Saturday morning last, Har-
iston Terry, a son of Gen. w. r.
Terry, Superintendent of the peni'
Tertiary; shot twice and almost in.
stantly killed his friend, L. A. Jeter,
of Liberty, one Of tho most popular
men in Bedford county. Mr.. Terry
was al rested at once and gave as
his reason tor killing Mr.. Jeter that
he (Jster) had named dog after HE
sister 1t is said that Mr. Terry was
drinking and that also he was crazy.
About two o'clock Monday morning
n large body of masked men took
Terry from the jail and hanged him
TO tree just outside of the town
His mother was at Lynchburs on the
way 10 the bedside of her husband
when telegram reached there an
nouncing the terrible news of her
sons fate when she returned 10 Lib
erty.
Mr.. Jcter wac uidower. He leaves
three daughters, the eldest seventeen
years of age. He was abont forty five
years of age. Hariston Terry was also
very popular and had many friends.
He was about twenty-five years Of age
The family have much sympathy in
their trouble.
The editor Of the Richmond State
says "a gentleman residing in this
city, who was we'll acquainted with
young Terry,says that from the latter Z
action on different occasions he was
81 the opinion months ago that he was
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