South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1868-01-24
NEWS OF TIIE DAY.

sanu uViiaTs ior interest since january | It
The Fcnian panic ia England Continues.
Ninety thousand special ccnstables have
been sworn In already The new Calf
House, at Louisville, Kentucky, will cost
81 200, GOO, and will be finished by July
next-During last year the estimated num-
Der Of hides Of cattle shipped from Texas
was : 1000 600 and their value 81 600 COO
+ A German citizen Of Cumberland. Mary.
I land, died from lockjaw on Saturday last.
caused by having his thumb crushed a shor,
( time since.-ln Wisconsin the valuation Of
property for taxation purposes has increa,-
cd over tftyscven millions Of dollars during
the last two years. 1t is said planters are
not realizing within 20 per cent of the cost
of raising their cOtton.-The population of
Iowa Is 3d., OO0-a gain Of III 900 in two
/ yearS.-A negro shot aud killed white
man IN Washington, Christmas night. for
running up against him as they turned
corner going in opposite directions. The
murderer escaped.-ln Berlin servant Girl
cannot leave her place without notifying
the police, nor go TO one without her paper
OF confirmation and two or three other Ger
tifcates.-The Ohio river is nine hundred
miles i'll length, and has five hundred steam
crs enrolled upon it.-A young lady, nam
cd EMMA TONS, of the City of New York
died suddenly day or so since from the eff
feet OF tight lacing. -The oldest man in the
country lives i'll the city of Detroit-a CO.
loreJ man named ROBINSON. born in Ma.
ryland-agcd III years-RepoIts reach
Washington that the whiskey tax can't be
collected III some parts of Tennessee and
Alabama. Great risk of personal injury is
run by the collectors. In Maryland the
assessed value of property for taxation pur-
poses this year is 1892, 500, 572, us COM
pared with S21S ,5l2,lSG last ear.-The
Binghampton Republican states that Il horse
owned 10y gentleman of that city recent
y trottcd twentyfuur miles in one hour
and forty minutes. LAWRENCE FULLER.
negro preacher at Macon, Georgia. was
committed last week in default of bail for
stealing seven hogs and beef, parts of all
Of which were found in his possession In
Sussex county, New Jersey, recently, ~
MOS LoSEY was married to Miss KATE
MiTrEN. He wasn't sacked" if he did
''get the mittcn"-A defalcation to the A.
mount Of $500, 900 is reported in the Ham
llt"n county (Ohio) treasury A telegraph
last week was Dispatched from London to
( Washington in -iS! minu'eS-It is an ur-
( ly fact that there are 100 900 drunken wo-
men In the United Statcs.-Ncw Mexico
with I2o,O00 inhabitants has not single
public schopl.-The La Crosse Democrat
publishes the proceedings Of Congress un-
der the head Of The hump He'll at Wash
lngtou. Rights aud lefs for stockings
are the latest agonies in the world of fash
lon.-lf there be parties in the North wish.
ing TO settle IN Georgia, they can buy lands
with the money, almost 1T their own price
The Supreme Court Of New York, on
Friday last, divorced BELLE BoYp from
her husband. -MrS MARY G.. WoMACK.
an excellent christian lady, died at herrcs.
idence near Farmvillc, Va, on the 9Slh
ult., in the S2nd year of her agc-Sixty-
two deaths from cholera in New Orleans
last wcck.-An armed vessel, with five hun
dred Fcnians on board, left New York last
week, It Is supposed for Ireland.-The wea-
ihcr has recently been fine enough al
Charleston, South Carolina, 10 allow the
boys to swim in the ponds near that city.
There is family in Philadelphia. con
sistiug Of four brothers aml sister. who
weigh respectively 26O, 2.S, 30, 2l0 and
100 pounds. They do nut belong to the
light weights Another victim to the
free use Of chorolorn for relieving a tooth
ache has just been buried at Cnlinsvi!c,
ConHecticut-The Aberdeen Miss 'Ex-
amlncr, Of Saturday, says "a few DAYS
since little son of Mr.. BEAN, who resides
near this city, after severe illness, died to
ali appearance. Two young lalies and q
servant volunteered to keep watch during
I -, i. . II 7.
want was noticed to be asleep, when one of
the young ladies' picked her with PIN
which caused her to suddenly jump aud
scream. This aroused the supposed dead
child, alarming the inmates Of the room
greatly. Upon examination it was found
that the child was growing warm, and in
short time it was running about-GRANT'
surrender of bis post III the War Office,
without orders from lis superior officer, j.
hardly worthy Of good soldier lie could
be cashiered according to the regulations
Coral Jcwclry, which has of late been
very fashionable, is said to be-, o. great
extent, counterfeit Much of il /, propar-
cd art.icially from marble dust made into
paste, by using siIicate Of potash and lit
tie isinrlass and colorcd by Chinese YER
million. EoBrRT SrEvESs, colored of
Charleston, South Carolina, has commeuo-
cd suit in the United States District Court
nt Richmond against the Richmond aud
Fredericksburg Railroad Company for re-
qulring bis wife 10 ride in a sccond-cl,ss
car when she hod frst-class ticket. Dam
ages laid at 81, S00.-Gov. BRowNLow
has issued o proclamation declaring null
aud void all registration in Shelby county.
-DGY GooDS STEWART wants o. be on the
ticket with GuANr for Vico-P President So
-oh LI1 ralrlolLc zoaI fur lhe Iallcr Is ac-