South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-07-29
NE WIS OF THE DAY.

"a hi9 DS9s DlOOueu horses, anu IuuI C4rtld-
ges.-So the newspapers say.-Recruiting
for the French army is being vigorously
carried on in Canada.-It il stated that
Senator REYELs was elected from the Mar
ket street ears in Louisville, last week, on
account Of his color, and will bring a suit
against the company for damages
/ WIN. IL. DENNY, and other capitalists Of
Winchester, propose 10 erect large paper
mill at that place The Chesapeake 4 Ohio
railroad company intend employing imme
dlately one thousand Chinese to work on
the construction of the road The census
takcT 10 Honoyer County Va, has on his
list an old colored man, who at the age of
10 married one Of Spottsylvania's ladies' Of
color, aged 30 - Col. H. D. BUEL, COM
maudant at Fort Leavcnwcr,h, was killed
on the night Of the 22d inst by an unknown
assassin. Nearly two millions Of Germans
have emigrated to this country during the
the last twenty rs.-Tho use Of milk has
proved preventive Of lead poisoning ex-
pericucod by persons working in lead fac
tories.-JETTER PnILLIPs, was hung at
Richmond on Friday, las for the murder Of
his wife,a Miss Pitts. re confessed his guilt.
Wyoming wants 10 test a principle by
choosing n woman as delegate to Congress.
On the 20th inst. the town Of Dogburg.
Cal, was entirely destroyed by fre.-A
baby born with horses head and three
tongues, died lately in Brooklyu
has 10000 gods.-It is asserted that s nor
cent. of the lunntics in Charonton AsyInm,
France, are victims 10 the use Of hajr.dvc
-Sanilac county, Mich, has three hun
dred acres Of salt-On Monday next 379
new money order postoficcs will be mt in
operation in the United Statcs.-A female
lodge Of Odd Fellows has been ORGANIZED
OF Toronto, Canada.-Explosive bullets are
not to be used by either the French or
Prussian army.-Bclgium has 5 ,O0O, 600
inhabitants "A hornet sting was the death
Of Wisconsin womau.-A colored mail
route agent, between Louisville and Mount
Vernon, Ky, entered on the duties Of his
Office on the 10th inst.-It is said that the
connecting link between the animal and
vegetable is bash..-A negro woman has
been appointed postmistress at a small
town in Louisiana.-RED CLOUD says that
Il al bis people 20 not mako q treaty he
viii leave them and join the white people
Ito Is going 20 send his son East to be cd
ucated.-Iherc is n chunk of coal on exhi-
bition in Buffalo that weighs nearly eight
thousand pounds.-A onc-ormod girl in
Wisconsin does all the house.work, wash
ing included for large family.-Thc
moon Is now nearer the earth than Il has
been for twenty years. 1t has nothing to
DO with the heat.-Indiana expects to come
pretty nearly up to two million inhabitants
by the census now taking, On increase of
considerably more than half million in
ten years.-lion. JEFFERSON DAVIS has
gone % Europe, and will return with his
family.-Vcrmont is importing colorcd
girls from Virginia for house scrvants.-
OF $50 persons killed by lightning within
the last ten years, only 2l3 were females
And yet, tho women think they have n
hard time Of Miss BLANCHE BUTLER.
daughter Of General Butler, and Senator
AMEs, Of Mississippi, were married at Lo-
well, Mass, on yesterday week Tho cost
OF fencing q quarter section Of land in Cal
iiornia Is more than five times Tie amount
charged by the Government for the land
owing mainly to the scarcity Of timber
The Lynchburg Neics quotes the retail price
OF beef and mutton in that market at cicht
and ten cents.-A man 10 Mcigs county.
Tenn, recently, while stooping to gather
shcaf, was struck in the forehead nv
ratuosuakc, and died in two houre.-Thc
ladies' OF Peoria, Illinois, are opposed to f.
male suffrage They have resolved "That
womau's sphere Of duty is distinct from
mans, and is we'll defined; and that. rs
going to The polls forms no part Of it, we
vii, strcunaus.y oppose this movement ms an
invasion C our right not 10 DO mans ,-nrl, 2,