South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-08-12
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guests TO breakfast at D o'clock, II. n
MACHINE at Rutland, Vermont, eau cut
LOO, 900 slate pencils day SENATOR
MORGAN, of Mississippi, white, was on the
3rd inst. married to colored woman
WIN. III. HANNA, 4 prominent lawyer of
bloomington, Illinois, was killed on Friday
night last by stroke Of lightning. His
wife, lying by his side, was seriously Stun
cd.-GENERAL LORING, late Of the Con
fedcrato States Army, is in the service of
the Viceroy of Egypt, and writes that he
likes it very much.-TnE Odd Fellows OF
the United States, according to late emu.
meratioD, are something over $50, 900
strong -Four men are under arrest in New
York on suspicion of being Implicated ia
the Nathan murdcr.-THE ladies' arc all
grieving about the war in Europe, rs it will
raise the price OF silk dresses, gloves aud
laces.-Ir costs 2 900 900 of dollarsa year
to sprinkle the New York streets -THERE
are now seven persons, six males and one
female, III the Baltimore city Jail awaiting
trial for murder .-MIss LOUISA STRATToN
ofCass county, Indiana, challenges any man
in the State TO a ploughiug match.-A RE
VARIABLE earthquake, resulting in great
loss of life and destruction OF property, re-
Gently visited the Gulf Of Corinth -TnE
lsetL Of Mr. COLEMAN YELLuTT, n promi-
7eHt member of the Baltimore Bar, has
been announced. lie was born in Mary
land in lS2l.-TuE right to sell Pop Corn
on the grounds, during the Ohio State Fair.
has been disposed of for $G00.-A RIOT
occurred at ilorrodsburg, Kentucky, on the
evening of the lst inst in which four or
five men were killed and nearly twenty
wounded Ar Chillicothc, Indiana, the
children sit in the gas works and nhalc the
fumes as cure for the whooping cough
A CALIFORNIAN has made heavy bet that
General SHERMAN will be elected President
IN 1872 -tUssGA possesses at present 5GG,-
DIP needle guEs. -TmERE arc three hun
drcd and forty existing species of pigeons.
"A LADY in Vicksburg, Miss rcqucs cd
on her dcath-bed that she might be buried
In Pompadour waist, cut CHASED Now
that Mrs. LINCoLN has secured her pen
siou, it is supposed that the "Count" will
urge speedy marriage who has no
shame has no conscience. -IuE Rev. Ro-
BERT SPENCER YINToN, one of the oldest
Methodist clergymcn of the Baltimore An
nual Conference, died in that city on Sun
day evening last in his I It'll year llisdis
case was dropsy The Texas State prison
runs cotton factory Ivy convict labor, which
pays all the expenses Of the institution -
CERTAIN photographer in indianapolis
exposes delinquent customers by displayinp
their pictures upside down, aud labeled
"not paid fUr."-UmE steamer Siberia for
Liverpool took out on yesterday week ST.,
100000 in spocio.-ILLiNof Is the largest
wheat growing State in tho Union Iowa
ranks next ACCOUNTS from North Caro-
Ina make certain the complete success Of
tue Conservative Democratic party in that
State II will have perhaps two thirds of
the Legislature and five Of the seven MEM
bcrs of Congrcss.-TuE needle gun is
death s sewing machine ST. LOUIS thinks
1T is to be "thc great city of tho worlI."-
COPPER has been discovered ut Concord.
Morgan county, Illinois "A TROUT woigh
ing forty seven pounds has been caught off
tho shore at Mainstcc, Michigan. 1t il
supposed to be the largest ever caught in
the lake TIE property destroyed by
recent storm, between Piqua and Green
vile, Missouri, is estimated at s., 600 900
A FEW days ago, w. T. FULroY, Of
Somerset county, Pa shot n hawk, which
measured four feet and two inches from
tip to ip.-AMoNG the prisoners in the
y ork pa jail, is man who has been con
fnod for over nine years for refusing to an |
awcr question in court-WuMhN Is the
only female in creation thai siHos .-TuE
average expenses of the Cove nl.rut for the
last two years have been 1888 ~ 1867. l. 4
not Radicalism costly luxury ?-IGEiM-
BOLD the druggist had SIS 600 worth Of
diamonds stolen from him at LONG Branch
on Friday night last TIE soup spring
near Ashland is pronounced n sell of the
/o'~icSi description -'TuE average daily
receipts Of wheat, by railroad, 10 Richmond.
arc $500 bushels Ar Bangkok, lately.
tho consul general Of Portugal wa batbinr
IN tho river Ncnam, when he accidentally
touched an electric Gel sunk and was drown
ed.-DRAWINd and quartcring for treason
has just been abolished in England "A
WESTERN judge, while bathing lately. was
robbed by boys of all bis clothinr cxcopt
a silk bat and umbrella, ia which attire he
had 10 make his way homo -TnE case Of
Mr.. Aver, for killing DR. Oliver, was call
cd IN Alhcmorlc county, Va, court On Tues.
day, and again continued until the ncxt
tcrm.-JOnN REAL, convicted two years
ago for the murder OF officer SuEpfcK.
New York policeman, was executed in that
city ON Friday observation-disclosures arc
sad to be so humorous in Carroll county
Md, that IL IS "almo5t impossible to cut
grass that bad been left for seed Thcyhavc
also attacked the corn ields.-A YOUNG
gentleman II Louisville Is advertised 10
marry Brcckinrdgo county belle, I'm tbc
Mammoth cave. This, says an EXCHANGE
looks like running matrimony into The
ground .-JonN VALDY and William Dur.