South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25
INT E.LLICENCE Err.
Friday, May 25, 1866.
ITEMS OF NEWS. xc

The Government has suffered q dead loss
Of s631 900, by the failure of the Mer-
chants National Bank Of Washington ....A
magnificent horse has arrived in Washing
ton, as present from the Mexican General
Carvajal to Gen. Grant ..... \ woman weigh
ing only seventeen pounds is exhibiting in
Danville, Va. She is from North Carolina
1.-The Boston Post calls the prevailing
style of fitting hoops the 'hindcrpcst." -.
A correspondent writes that, if we desire it,
he will ''send us something to fill up with"
That's just what we want. Suppose You
commence now with good roasting piece
OF beef and barrel of flour. ..WM. DAILY
died Mt New York, the other day, at the
great age Of one hundred and six years.
ugh! Him great man! Big brave! Take
many scalps" said an Indian, seeing
window full Of wigs......Thc body Of STER-
LING KING, who has been in Jail at Louis
vile for some time, on charge Of horse
stealing, and who made confession that
was published all over the country, claim
ing to be an accomplicc in the assassination
of President Lincoln, arrived in Cincinnati
on the 10th, on the Louisville steamer, he
having died on the passage His death was
really suicide by starvation. For forty
oaJo LIZ tuhtH LII ulCICsl ulolSCl vi lUou,
and during the last ten days refused to cat
more than an ounce Of food per day. Pre-
vious to his death he acknowledged that his
story of his connection with the assassina-
ton WAS false. Perfection alone can bear
with impcrfection.. People behind the
time should be fed on kctch- up.....A church
and school-housc in Henry County, India
ma, have been burned, because a negro
preacher lately held forth in them by invi-
tation......Hc who has good health is a rich
man, and rarely knows it......TIc who enters
upon career of crime must come to Il halt
or a halter.......No matter how long YOU
have been married, never neglect to court
your wife. During the war, an excited O.
rator OH the stump said that the women of
the country would churn out the public
debt in few years. Judging from the
price Of butter they have commenced upon
the business already. ......If you don't wish
to trade with the devil, keep away from his
chop. Y on needn't have such reverence
for truth as always to stand at an awful
distance from it,. BILL ARP" ESQ callcd)
is about to issue volume Of his letters.
A new vehicle in Paris is christcncd the
Egotist, because it holds only one......Thc
famous trotting horse, Dexter, was sold at
auction on Union Course, Long Island, on
the End inst, for 81 900 Carl ScuURz
lost two boxes, containing valuable books
and important correspondence, by the recent
fire at Detroit. Did Carl pick them up in
bis campaigns ?.......A child thus defines
gossip: ats when nobody don't do nothing,
and somebody goes and tells Of it. "......A
spiri:cd young lady was about to marry
man whose purse was longer than HE head,
raid she preferred his dollars to his scnsc....
Gen. FISK, who is in command at Mem
phis, Tenn, has issued an order that all
colored churches destroyed by the late mob
in that city shall be rebuilt in better style,
and that the city shall foot the bills Of dam
ages committed by the mob. He advcrti-
ses for colored carpenters, masons, and la
borers to do the work. ..... Gen. BRADLEY T.
JOHNSON, formerly of Maryland, but now
Of North Carolina, has been pardoncd......
FRED. DOUGLASS is emphatic in his oppo-
sition to the proposed constitutional amend
mcnt that was passed through the House at
Thad. Stevens instance. lie declares it"a
criminal abandonment of the colorcd peo-
pie Of the South to the tender mcrccs of
their old masters. ...."All bittcrs have
! heating tendency of effect" said doctor
Y young lady. "You will except bitter
odd morning, won't you, doctor:' inluir-
Il the aly...".There is a whole sermon in
the sayins Of the old Persian: "In all thy
GHa'vels lea'' open the door Of Cancellation"
W; should ncyo forget it......A horse which
hd been bitten b, a dog, died near Gin
dInati about week ago. with malignant
oyfophobia, the unfortunate brute tearing
cutlargc pieces of its OVID flesh during the
parhysms.... The Jackson Ncrs and Hiss
'sst1'jan says that, notwithstanding sit is
not safe for a northern man to tra-cl in the
scutA," these fellows all manage to 20 eve
~ where and get home safe. They invar-
ably turn up alive and swcaring-bcforc
the Committee Of Fifteen. The journals
of Berlin have the following curious para
graph: GA hungarian girl, born at OGDEN
burgb, without hands, now 20 years of age,
has been giving some curious representations
in the Prussian capital. She performs with
her mouth the functions Of hands She
sews, em broidcrs, executes the most deli
cate work with pearls, even threads her
needles and makes knots, all with the tongue,
apparently without difficulty, and certainly
without the assistance Of any one. Part Of
the works thus executed arc destined for
public exhibition Most persons will hes
state to believe such marvcls until they
witness thcm.....Thc little tax Of one cent
Upon each box Of matches produced last
year throughout the United States about
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