South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-11-01
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at pirth.-Ihe merchants of Savannah,
Georgia, have organized Board of Trade.
-Governor Brownlow was on the o5th ult..
elected United States Senator BIZ the Ten
nessee Legislature by twenty majority A
white married woman, named Reese, living
III Amherst county, packed up her buds a
lew days since, and elopei from her hus-
band, under the protection of big buck
negro: The ''happy couple" it is to be
hoped, are enjoying due amount of bliss.
1--we young men had foot race from
Bath to brunswick, Ne. William L. Morse
made the best time, going over tie ground
IN one hour and two minutes, and beating
the next best twenty eight minutes. The
distance Is nine miles. The table time for
the railroad Is twenty-five minutes One
OF the murderers Of Iartzler, the Spring
held (Ohlo) banker, has been arrested at
Beileton,ainc, Ill. lie had the stolen shot
gun IN his possession, and there was blood
on his clothes partially washed out.--A rat
tle-snakc was killed in the street IN Wythe-
Vile Monday week The Richmond pa
pers announce the death Of Rev. Robert
H. Andrews, pastor of St Patrick's Gath
oiic) church in that city, one of the most
faithful and beloved of the clergy of that
clty.-Gsnerals Sherman and Bcaurerard
were IN St. Louis last Friday Wild ducks
have made their appearance on the Susaue-
hanna rivera large cave has been dis
covered IN Berks county, Penn. 1t is three
hundred yards deep, and ends in yawn-
ing chasm. The chasm has not been ex-
plored.-A woman has been arrested in
Pnuces9 Anne, Md, charged with attempt
ing 10 poison whole family with strych
nine.-Fircs in the woods haze recently
oeen raging IN the mountains near Wheel
ing Hey. j. D. Potter, u great revival
preacher, has recently been preaching in
Mld1ie5ury, Conn. On one evening n
hundred and twenty-five went forward for
prayers, end cighty-seven on another eve
nInE.--Ihe Jews constitute 50 large and in
hIential an element Of San Francisco that
school holidays and vacations are coming to
be governed By the Jewish holdSy's
and festiyals.-Abcus forty yards Of cotton
cloth per day are made on hand looms in
the louisiana penitentiary. 4 woollcn
loom Is also in operation. "A lot Of Dur
ham cattle were recently shipped from Phil
adelphia to Gordonsyille, Va.-The 'sou;r-
rels have almost al disappeared from the
woods OF South Carolina since the war
lhnty-thousand people have fallen victims
to yellow fever in New Orleans.-A Ma
tionat Manufacturers Convention will as
semLle al Cleveland, Ohio, on the 18Th of
December, with view to taking Joint ac-
ton for the early repeal, by Congress, Of
the internal taxes in manufactures not OBJ
Jects Of luZury.-Joseph Cole, of E,khart
County, Ind, was tried and sentenced to
the penitentiary for six years, for an as
sault with intent to kill lie moved for n
new trial, which was granted, and now the
jury "scnd him up for ten years. "A new
0enire mot jury, as the National Al!c9Hjge,l-
Ger callsitl of twcnty-six persons have been
drawn for the trial Of John II Surra;t.-
Pittsburg has two hundred and one firms
who did business Of over one hundred
thousand dollars last year The most Of
them are manufacturers of iron, steel. glass.
etc.-An elm tree was cut down last week
i'll Geauga County, Ohio, which experts
pronounced 192 years old. The tree weigh-
ed 10000 pounds, and was over four feet
in diameter, and made 1000 feet Of inch
boards, clear stuff.-The democrats caincd
one thousand votes in Thad Stevens Dis
trlct, at the election on the Sth ult. This
only proTes that ho is becoming as odious
ut home az he is everywhere se.-Thc cd
itor Of the Louisiana Democrat saw. few
days ago, in Alexandra, an old negro freed
man, at least cighty-fvc years old, with two
large navy reyolvers buckled to lis waist.
a popper-boz revolver in each brooches pocl,-
ct, huge sugar-canc knife in his bosom
and loaded walking cane in his right hard.
lie was q delegate to the Radical monorel
convention Tie corn crop in tho Miami
Valley Is said to be at least an average one.
and toe corn very good in quality, the
grain having very nearly matured when the
drought camc.-Ohio Is now the chief wool
growing State, having G,50S,Oj2 sheen
out of 81 sos, 70S in the whole United
States. In 1866, tho live stock Of Ohio
was valued at sl51, 900 900, which is great
or than any other State except New York.
il is estimated, has n population
Of 100000 persons. The number Of cat
tic In The State is 1000 600 The total
value Of live stock is SIC, 800, 900. -Twcn-
ty-six deaths have occurred at the Phlo-
dolyhia nayy-yard from the Asiatic chols-
ia since as appearance on the receiving shin
Potomac The upper slopes Of the White
Mountains, New Hampshire are covered
wish snOv.-A military organization Of
seven or eight hundred negroes has been e.
icctCd IN the western part Of Chester Dis
trict, South Carolina. The authorities og
IorkyiIie, the nearest pos', refuse to inter
fore The value Of the Cape Cod crauber-
~ crop Obi, season is estimated at $500 900.
In round numbers The entire number Of
blind persons in the United States is n
bout T. 900 in Great Britain about $4,000
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