South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-12-18

| JudGe Armstrong ov The ladies Of The
Prssbytsfian Church
Potomac Seminary will close for
Chri stmss on the 23rd and not 70
eume until Monday after New
Years.
Mortimer Ford. who was con.
victed in Hardy county, four years
ago for grand larceny, and who
was sentenced to eight in the
Peni;eD,iary. was ptrdened Nor.
day by Cover aor Fleming.
Any Que desiring notices in the
next ieeue " Il please send them in
MT later than Monday "a we de.
Giro to 60 to press Tuesday, in or.
der TO have two days TO do little
Christmas preparation and will not
issue again until January 8, 1892.
From the notice another co,um n
It val. be seen that some Of our mer.
chants desire TO give th ir boys y
taste OF Christmas. TIER .toren viii
not he opened on that day. Th.ir
customers will. please bear that in
mind AMI do their dex,,rg the day
before or prior to Christmas
The officers and teachers Of the
Presbyterian Sunday school will
have O Christmas Tree in the lee
ture room Of the .Presby,e-
riAn Church for the children Tues.
day evening after Christmas at S
o'clock.
We understand that Mrs. Kitty
Singleton. wife of the late John
Singleton, died on Little Capou
last week and was buried on Sun.
day, On the came day aud in the
came neighborhood, Mrs. Mary
Mcdonald wife OF james Nc
Donald was buried.
| Always good is the verdict after
reading q copy al The YouLb's Com
paniop, but when We get such q su.
perb Companion IS the Chris, mas
Double Number just received GA
pages. finely illustrated. With beau.
tiful cover in colors) We wonder Why
the paper Is not taken nv one million
families instead OF five hundred
thousand.
10 the trial at Sslen. Virginia, Of
Charles Watkins for murder. Arthur
B. fugh. Esq, Of that place. form ".
ly OF this county, was the senior
connsel for the defence. OF his eff
fort before the jarv the Roanoke
Times says: 'fHis con'u ling remarks
and hrs review OF The whole casa vas
done In such q masterly manner "a
to commaod the adm ration Of al
who heard him."
Miss Julis A. Ames, editor OF the
Union Signal. OF Chicago. the official
Orpan OF the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, died Saturday at
the Homeopathic Hospital in Is .ston
after short illness. Mis- Ames a.
tended the recent Convention OF the
w 6 I u IN BIS on, and was ga in
defat'gable worker. She took cold
at the convention and becams so |
that removal to the hospital WAS
necessary She was a native OF K
vans on, Illinois, nd was about th:r-
ty years old.
A wor1 to TIE b,y-: D. he care
ful alb ut us; ng FIRE crackers, Roman
candies or any thing of the kind al
the Chris mas time SO as not to csuse
any person TO te in danger. Re-
member the vcry narrow escape a 10.
dy made on our etreet last winter |!
If she had beon killed the boys would
have been so sorry hut take warn
ing ny the past api do not let your
enj ,yments be at the risk of injuring
or killing persons. We know CHRIST.
mas cotaes but once year and we
believe in everybody getting oil the
Jan and pleasure out Of it that they
can; but let w think Of others IS
we'll as ourselves
The PreobyteIy OF Winchester bad
n called meeting in this place on
Tues day and Wednesday Of last week,
10 consider the request Of Rev. DR..
George w. Finley for q dissolution
of his pastora,e OF Romney AMI
springfield churches and dismissal
to Lexington Presbytery. Rv. Mr..
4 bHuh = CT tuC Gnu h''' teoN'
Mr.. s ribling pcformed The service
Of Clerk. DR.. Finley baviDg made
his request, and the Commis iooer
from Thinking Spring Church AID
Con- missioners from the Romney and
Springfield churches hsviog beeu
heard, R,v. DR.. Hopkins offered the
following paper which .as adopted:
Rev. George w. Finley, ID. ID
came IL the Presbylery in 1868, when
our Prcsbytery was 10 critical con
dition. Hls Iahors, bis prudence and
his sane fled! skill have contfi2u ell
largely 10 both orr unity and ouI
p-ok ress while his & ieii y, bis ten
derness and his abi;i y So n minister
have aided much to the strength Of
HE present PASTORAL cNarge. he has
become endeared to the hearts ell
no b this Presbyiery and our people
Now that be Is called to anO'bef 6rld
OF labor and has requested Presby'e-
ry to dissolve his pastoral relations