South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-06-10
NE Tvs OF THE DAY.


100000 bales.-A man in Syracuse ate
fifty lemons, won bet and died all in one
day.-SpeDeer Wright, eolored man, was
executed at half past ten O'clock on the
morning of the Sd inst, at Eastvile, North
cumberland county, Va, for the murder
OF Mr.. Wescott on April 18th, 1S6S-A
grape vine 10 Jonchecy, France, 81 years
Old, yielded three tons Of grapes last year
The stem Is 100 feet long and the branch
es cover space of 300 feet souare.-The
Monongahela Valley Republican says tha,
on Tuesday morning of last week, as Mr.
Patrick Collins was going to work in the
mlues at Cleveland Landing, he met draft
OF fire damp, which ignited and instantly
killed bim.-During the past year 1873
men, o. women and SO children were kill.
ed by tigers in Java, 1853 persons By croc-
odlles and % By snakes Tho King Of
Sweden mediiates tour around the world
IN order "to see with his own eyes wheth.
er IL IS round. "-BEVEGrY THOMAS. of
Russell county, deaf mute ATTENDING the
Institution at Stauuton, fell Friday night
of last week, from the fourth story of the
building, and was dead when found A
smart old lady of seventy-two years, ia
Decatur county, lad recently walked thir.
~ miles IN one day, 10 pay her taxes aud
buy spring bounet.-Au attempt was
made by the prisoners in the Farmvilie
jail to escape on Sunday night last. The
jsilor, having detected the effort, entering
the room, would have been killed but for
the protection of one of the prisouers.-At
Jerry's Run, last Tuesday evening n week.
IL g. Coleman, Of Orange, and a section.
master on the Coyington and Ohio railroad
under G. Il Mason, was run over by the
material train while STOPPING to remove a
pick which had been carelossIv left on the
track, and Instantly kiled.-S. Hull, of
Wood county, was instantly killed by n
falling tree, under which he had taken
shelter, during n storm Two children Of
Mrs. SMITH, on Van Buren, street, Brook
iyn, n. y, died recently from the effects
OF wounds by rats, which had bitten them.
There are said to be $4,000, 600 acres
of woodland in Virgiuir-A gang of la
borers on The strike in England hive pain
ted en- their banners, 'A ljtile earning is
dangerous thing" M ilwaukce has tLrye
female BARRIERS, who are all thriving -
Naughty boys at New Orleans cut the tails
of Of cows III the suburbs Of that city, and
sell them to the chignon makers.-In San
francisco n sign announces, "Ciothing
made aud neatly repaired, by Day x
Knight. The Oldest person IN Now Bfuns-
wick, y. j., is woman aged lG8 years
She enjoys excellent health, stands erect.
can thread a needle with ease. and Is
! regular attendant at church-A Califur.
MA clergyman, Rev. J. NJ. Woodmau, pre-
diets an awful famine next year, succeed
ing seven years Of plenty, which he says
wc have Lad. Like Joseph, be has gone
to building graaaries in which 10 store a
way this years crop.-lIrs FICroRiA c..
WOODHULL Is now called the hoop skirt
candidate for Presidcnt-Iu Pike county.
Ohio, they have found what they call a
"whitc black snIko. In london i sim
Gle firm makes 100 different patterns of
iron and brass bcdsicads The Hon. JoEL
+. RICHARDSON has purchased the North
Bend, Ind, homestead OF President IIAR-
IsoN.-TLc fruit crop for 1870 is said to
be excellent 10 all parts Of the country,
with brilliant prospects for an abundant
yield i thereafter, according to tie laws
Of Mississippi, any person sending or &c.
cePting challenge, or second carrying
challenge, or any person going out Of the
State to fight duel, viii be forever dis
irauChised. biologists have been In I'm
ION township, Mason county, spcc'iDg
for silver, and q company ba7 been formed
for testing The mattcr-A private cable
dispatch from Paris says the press reports
are true that the native Christians are muir
dcriug the Jews in large numbers 10 the
Turkish cmPire.-A company Of negroes
have organized for the purpose Of building
a colorcd hotel at Indianapolis, Ind 10
which no white persons will be admitted
One ihon-anl married couples were ii.
yorcCd 10 Ohio last ycar.-Revcngc is the
only debt which it is wrong to pay Man
doubles bis evils by broodog upon them.
--DI sunday week last considerable Skin.
mish among some Of the employees on the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad near Charles.
ton took place, IN which several orthc .kir.
mishcrs were badly worsted Pich-forks,
Sung shO'5 end shi.ia!chs were freely used.
and several lIaiesom3 women from Charles
ton were 10 Che affair. We gather these
facfs from tha CoWf,r.-Twclvo thousand
eight hundred immigrants arrived % New
York last waoE--A resident in Kansas
writes 90 intending cmigrants Chat they
must expect e. have Sis months shaking
With 'ha aeua tp begin with, after which
ih.y sill be healthy Charleston recently
produced pig with four cara. oirht Logs.
two bodies and one bead il only lived
% day osquj'os have commenced intro.
dacing their biiIs--Tbe Reading PD
EtyIe snys Some of Che frmers In Green.
wien township Bcrks county, are consl-
oraOiy excited over The appearance OF o
strange dlaeaso among iheir ca'ilc, which
they fear is tuc riudarpcsl The cattle
----r az two or LL--- ----a- .-L E--LL.