South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-05-29
CIRCUIT COURT.

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There viii be Ice Cream By the
w. G. r. T. At tho home OF. Mrs
Harper Saturday hight from 4: until
10 o'clock.
The nrss aud best lot sold last
Thursday was knocked down 10 Mel.
A. w. Mcdonald. at $1,000. The
major IL one Of our most solid and
enterprising citizens, believes In a
bright future for Char,estown. aud
has invested. largely here.-CharIes-
town Spi'a Ct J.ferson.
Al the First Presbyterian Church
last Study night the election result
ed a. follows: For Elders--A. o.
Thayer, j. D Bsines, w. s. Sum
ners and s. L. Fouinoy Dencons
w. f. Goshorn. Ham Arm stroag. G.
E. Coyle and II. Il. Putney.- Charles
ton Gazette.
Thursday morning OF last week
Arch C. Wilson. president OF the
Cumberland Hardware Company was
shot At in his store by one OF his
clerks, Michael LAWN. Both are
prominent young men, Wilson is
a nephew OF ex-postmsster A.a vii.
lison he was not seriously burt as
be Dropped On his knee when LAWN
fred. LAWN gave himself up and WAS
placed 10 Jail.
One OF Gen. Robert f. Lees rid
ing horses, Lucy Ln.g died last week
near Lexington, Va, where abe had
been kept at the expense ofthe Sta'e.
She was thirty-two years Of age. She
vas purchased by Gen. J. +. Is. Steu
art of Mr.. Adam 8. Dandridge at
The Bower near Leetown on the
Opequon, aud prese oted to Gen. Lee.
- Ma,tinsJurg Statesman.
Master Louis Brydon, son Of Mr..
William A. Brydon. is quite i'll of
pneumonia, at this writing. We hope
to be able soon 10 say he is recov.
ering. John C.. and Isaac T. Bra
dy, executors Of 8. ID Brady, sold
at auction in Westernport, last Sat.
urday, tract of land living near
b oomington, Md, containing ll2
acres. to james o. Laughlin, for S775
and one Of 40 acres. near franklin
mines, TO Thomas s. Kean. for $3.50.
Piedmont Herald.
We have before US a programme of
the commencement of Keyser High
School class Of 81, VIII ch took place
Monday Evening, May %. 1891.
The exercises corsis;ed.of music and
recita,ions. &c. by the pupils; a vc.
ry Interesting feature he,ng the Hoop
Drill. Last but not least were The
Essays by tho graduating class three
in number: Miss Maud Brown on
Motives to Study. Master Harry
Carskadon on True Educ ,tou, sLd
Miss Alice Car.kadon on Our Earth
The presentation address and confer
ring OF Diplomas was by Hon. G. W.
! DALEY. When, oh, WHEN, will our
Romney School do likewise.
The Electric street rail way at Cum
berland commenced stretching the
wire last Thursday. The apparatus
used attracted great deal of atten-
ton on the street. Il: consists of a
long ladder, which resi-, o: an aDg gle on
a platform which Is erected on a va
gon. The platform is abnu, three
feet square at the top and from its
top TO the street it is about twenty.
two feet.
The copper wire is what 10 known
as the positive wire, and the galvan-
lied copper one that runs along the
tracks and connects with the joints Of
the rails is lhe negative wire; both
OF these wires connect with the dyna-
mo at the electric light works where
the current is degenera.ed.
A friend of ours handed US the fol-
lowing receipt for the protection Of
curraDts, gooseberries and rose bush
es from the insects that in'est theW
Ono heapiag ioaspoonful Of White
Hellib1re, dissolved in l gallon of
warm wa'er and sprinkle IL over them
with brush made from grass, after
the sun is up. Give II o lrial.-Win
chester Times.
Mr. George Rees Of Rees' Tame
~ IN mounting his pony Friday eve.
ming last met with quite a serious &C.
eIdent: the saddle girth not being
very tight, the saddle slipped, the
pony became unmanageable and ran,
falling over the wheels of buggy 10
front of him and catching his ride :
under him breaking his right arm in
two places near the elbow; but DR..
| Hoffman of Keyser was called by tel.
ephone and, although detained on tue
way by an accident to himself by bis
horse taking fright at a bark wagon
and causing destruction 10 his buggy
be reached Mr.. Rers 10 an hour and
soon had the sufferer more com fortas
bic. Up TO Monday he was doing
we'll. All this occurring just at the
winding up Of happy mountain pic
mic what vas Intended TO be an ever
pleasing picture on memory's walls OF
the bright boys and girls Of Miss
DOdsou's school, threw a shadow OF
disappointment and pain over the
crowd, and suddenly ended their mer-
Firnept. TableauX ard cbarades had