South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-01-08

except the United Ssates.
1HE LIvs OF Jackson sY. Hi.
WIDOW The biography OF Gen I
y Jackson. written b. Mrs AIMS
.Iscksou. his widow. il now beina f..
sueo from the press Of Harper Broth.
ers. Ncw York, and few copies OF !,
hsve reached the public. II IL pro.
nouncsd an admirably wri, ZEN and
vesy iosaSestins work. II naturally
Gives . phase Of the bcaulifui domee.
tic and private life Of General Jack
son that tss mover been oh, aimed be-
fore. The descrip: ions OF bis cam.
psigns 10 brief but exceedingly well
w'itten.-Rockbri'pe News.
During the year jest cloaed, there
we're coined st the Philadelphia
mint over ninety two million piecss
With . vaIuatlon cf over SIS 900 900.
Owing p The iiscontinusnce OF tie
coinage OF the eiiver dollar after
July l. tbe toisl 10 not a. grea, ma
thai of 1890. The dies led In the
w1rk Of the above piece to the nu n :
her OF 736, have ell been DESTROYED
with forge and hammer and every
thing Is now 10 readiness for the
year 1892.
Elk U. s. SENATOR FRANK HERE.
FORD DEAD ITO the Democracy
OF Hampshire county, with whom
Senator Hereford was (and deserv-
edly) O great favorite, the an.
nonrcement Of his cath will afford
occasion for sincere and tender re-
greet lie was an able, honest,
faithful representative man, and
conferred well remembered ser.
vices in both Houses of Congress
after the war. Lie was distin-
guisbed by marked ability "a a
lawyer aud strong advocate and
in bis life he finely illustrated the
Christianity which he prolessed fer
40 many years. The tributes to
his memory found in the following
extracts from the Wheeling Reg
lister and Stanton Specta tor
evince the esteem and regard en-.
tertained for him by those who
knew HIM in all his public rtla-
tions.
'Ex United States Senator Hero.
ford died Iast night of pneumonia
after an illness of two weeks.
Senator Hereford was born in
Fauqu'er county, Virginia, July 4.
1925. He graduated from college
In 1845, studied law aud practiced
a brief time and removed from his
native State to California. He
was elected district Attorney OF
Sacramento county and filled that
office for two years: 1867 At
The end of his term he returned
east and settled permanently at
Union, Monroe county, Virginia.
lie was elected to the Forty-second
Congress from the Third West
Virginia district. Hewas re-elect-
Cd TO the Forty-third and Forty
fourth Congresses, serving in all
from March A, 1871, 10 Jlnnary
81, 1877. when, having beon
elected by the Legislature at
Wheeling to the United States
Senate, TO take the place Of Allen
Taylor Coperton, deceased, he
transferred his services to tho 9th.
er wlng..of the National Legisla-.
ture. He eerved "a the Senate
with ability, industry and to the
satisfaction of lis constituency till
the end of his term, March 3, 1881.
Siuce that time be has devoted
bis time and energies to the pur-
suits of a business life at Union,
though be has taken lively in.
terest in politics, and has never
lost an opportunity to press for
war d the principle9 of the Demo.
cratic party. In tie Presidential
contest in 1888 he was an elector,
and cast his vote for Grover
Cleveland for President.
This well.kEown gentleman
died at bis homo at Union, Mon
roe Co, w. Va, on Monday,
December 21st' He had been in
bad health from paralysis aud 9TH.
er causes for several years. lie
was a native OF Fauquier county
in this State. Before and during
the war, be lived in California.
He afterwards located in Union,
Monroe Co, w. Va, where he
married Mics Alice Caporton,
niece OF the late lion Allen T.
Caperton aud where he resided
till bis death, He represented
that Congressional District for
three terms and served four years
as United States Senator, filling
out the unexpired term OF Senator
A. T. Caper;on, who die1 during
] is term. lie was a prominent
aud active member of the M T.
Church South. The Greenbrier
Independent says that he was "a
painstaking, honest, conscientious
representative, faithful. and eff
cient public servant, and the PEG
pie of this State will ever grateful
ly remember tho valuable service
he rendered them in breaking the
uoVar If vadioaliam in West VIr-