South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-01-15

ave are glad TO slate that Sir.
John K. He..wole OF this vicinity
Who was 30 lii fs~ dsys.ssgo 1,
thought 70 be Improving.
We tarn that tLstsno~ in Gar
ret county was-two feet deep Q few
days ago and thea mercury has been
10 degrees belo~ zero.
The many fricnds.of Mrs. Michael
Blue sud Airs. Edsard Washington
are .rejoicsd 10 learn that their els
ter. Mic. MiIsnds Wilson of Nebras-
Ia expects 10 come to curtown a,
her future home.
II is with pain We earn of the. e In
OF Rev. Joseph Nelson 90 long and So
well known 10 this community. He
was scholar Of no ordinary degree
and - an instructor lie wss unsur
passed. His schoo' here RENE mbers
linn with pride and pleasure aud
HE instructions! end influence they
will. not soon forget.
We miss the genial presence of
Rev. Henry Hoffman. and learn that
he Is very ILL.,. Riley ShuIl has
severed bis connection with the West
Virginia Central Railroad AMI taken
position With the Rumb berger Lum.
Dor Co. -. Circuit Court for this
county convenes next Tuesdsy. r
W.. Daley. ESQ. OF Romuey, will sit
In place OF Ju 'ge Armstrong. Who
has not recovered sufficiently to un.
dertake his duties -. A little eight
year old son Of Wm. Hull OF near
R,dgeviIle. while In .he woods with a
laborer who was cutting ties, va.
C ushed to death benz ath an oil dead
tree which fell without warning =.
The cad oven, occurred on Monday,
the 28'h proz.. VIM. f L'uthi
cum formerly Of Hampshire county.
WINS fouua dead AZ his bone near De.
catur, Illinois, Christmas morning
about 6 O'Clock. He ret red on
Thursday night as well as u.u, i and
his wife went to wakrn him as the
time mentioned and E und him
lifeless. He died without q strrg-
gle. He leaves famiiy..o! nine chill
den. all grown. He WAS q brother
of j.. NJ. Linthicum Iof this place,
and wes in his Ssh year. He went
tn Illinois from Hampshire county 10
1854 Kegs r Tribune, January 8.
Deputy Marshal w. III Lamon
arrived over the b. & o. with his
moonshiue prisoner Benz. |. Web
ster, captured on New \ ars.day,
about B q. m en- the raid in the
eastern part of Hardy county. con-
Quoted by Deputy collector Pow
nall. lie was ia tie. garnet OF a
dwelling when arrested. lie Was
taken before Commissioned Ia, ell.
uer this morning and made full
confession and was bound over to
the U. s grand jury and REMAND.
ed TO jail. lie is an intelligent
, man. The scout who located the
still some weeks ago was shot
through the lapel of the coat at
that time, but no resistance was
made when the officers appeared
this time. The posse left Romney
In the morning of December 81 4,
and ret urned New Years night
having travelled 90 miles, l2 of
which were on foot through rough
country. 1t was IA hard trip but
successful. = - Parkersburg State
Journal.
Rev DIR. j. III Davis, who has
been pastor Of the South Boston
church. Roanoke Presbytery, for
The last 9 ghteen years has tender
ed his resignation, and tho congre.
CATION Ola last Sunday agreed to
unite with him in asking the Pres
bytery to dissolve the pastoral re.
latlon-at the same time Passing
resolutions expressive OF the great
esteem in which be was held
The Presbytery of Lexington, at
called meeting held in Stanton.
Va, last week December 3Oth)
resolved to take measures at once
to raise 100000 to establish Pres.
byterial school of high grade at
Eiklns, Randolph county. w. Va.
which is in the hounds of that Pres.
bytery. This was in order TO meet
a proposition from certain frien 1s
OF the enterprise AT Elkins, who
offered to give $4,000 and twen.
ty-five acres of ground for the
school, provided the Presbytery
would raise 100000 towards the
some object Central Iresbyte-
rian, Jan. 5.