South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-11-11

STEAM PLowING The commissioner Of
agriculture who made very Interesting
and instructive address at the Fair of the
Illinois State Agricultural Society, spoke
among other things Of steam blowing as
cam ong the improvements of the future"
whose success Is inevitable & whose results
will be prc-cmincutly bencfcent He said,
''Its success is already assui cd in Europa,"
and adds, Give sets Of steam machinery
are now in active aud profitable operation
in this couutry-three upon sugar plaEta-
tions in Louisiana, and two on a cotton plan.
tation in Mississippi" He stated that a
set run by two 20 horse power engines, cul-
tivatcd to the depth Of twenty inches, last
year produced q hog,head Of sugar more per
acre than horse power culture by its side
Eg-Thc papers will have their Jokes at
the expense Of Horace Greeley. For in
stance the Chicago Tribune declares that
Horace Greeley lately visited Western
town where swearing Is punished by n fine
Of twenty-five cents Tor each oficnse. Some
one stole his umbrella, and put q litter of
kittens in his old hat and by compromising
the matter, the 5000 he got for his lecture
just paid for the swearing aud 81 over.
THE End OF GRANT IF Grant ever
had the least chance Of denomination, the
removal Of Gen. Cox from the Interior De-
partment destroys that chance We say
removed for such it was, being an cxiort-
ed resignation. The cause was simply this
Gen Cox bad no objection that bis clerks
should pay az much az they pleased f,r
party purposes but he refused to pcrmi,
them TO be black maile3-iu other words
/ If they were unable to pay the ;hree per
cent, Of their salaries they were at liberty
to decline, and he stood between them and
harm The thieves made such howl about
this that Grant intimaied TO Cox that hi,
resignation would be accepted, and it was
+ promptly made-a week before the Ohio
elections, but 10 was kept a secret as long
as possible.
TT a NEw JERsEY paper, with charm
ing clulor and H1ireie. tells how champagne
is made from cider a barrel of cider, cost
ing say SIS, will Weld one hundred and
twenty bottles Of champagne which, at say
SD por hHtilc, viii sell for $500 ty the adj
dition on p little Rhine wine. alcohol, sugar
and carbonic gas And now, 10 says, cider
has ITS imitator- in turn Tho bogus cider
makers buy dried apples and soak them .-
The water is mixed with alcohol, simple
syrup, and carbonic acid, bottled and sold
for CIDER
GnEAr on SrRrKE-A TnousAv1
BARREL WELL "A letter from BRADY
BEND, PA, dated The 2nd inst, says: a
new we'll was struck 90 day on Tie farm al
Jacob M,dreu, Armstrong Run, and !. how.
ing through the casing one thousand barrels
per day, fully. 10 De said bat 90 has flowed
four hundred barrels in The lest six hours
This we'll joins the famous Armstrong we'll
and Is near the James well, which ha,
been flowing one hundred barrels a day for
thc lest month. Several new wells arc be-
ling drilled, and will be completed shortly
The territory surrounding these wells IS be-
ing leased rapidly.
RT Portsmouth, Ohio, bas n compan
just chartered 20 manufacture agriculture
implements, with sl50,00O capital TIL
place is in The neart Of an iron region, an,
is surrounded with forests