South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-07-21
N E WIS OF THE DAY


case Of a. e. Quarter, the defaultiug
treasurer Of the Wyoming SaviUgs Institu-
ton, has been refused -. Ii is said that
the wire made in California this year will
pot fall short of 8 100000 Of gallons. D..
BY arrangements just perfected, the inter
change of postal money orders between this
country and England, will go into effect on
the first day Of October. &. . The Charlo,tes.
vile Intetiigencer comes out for Chase aud
Hancock for President aud Vice Presi-
dent. The excess of women in Great
Britain, as revealed by the recent census,
is exciting much attention. The dispropor-
ton between the sexes is 913, 162 -. Two
men named Martin and Butler, were killed
near NcOsho, Mo-, on Friday last for steal
ing a mule. :. Mr.. JONI BRITT, engaged
in the Internal Revenue department, as
guager for Augusta county, was thrown
from his horse, on the evening of the 9th
inst, near Harrisonbur2, and killed -.
REV JAMES l.. VALLANDIGHANI is prepa-
ring biography of his brother, the late
Hon c. ia. Vallandigham, and requests a
ny friends of the deceased who may be &C
quainted with facts or incidents illustrating
his character to forward letters to him as
speedily as possible. A REVERSIBLE ba-
by carriage has been invented and made in
New Haven. by simple device the child
can be drawn with its face toward or from
the nurse, as the direction Of the sun or
wind may require. :. a MISSISSIPPI farm
er last week tried coal oil as a remedy for
potato bugs, and met with eminent success.
1t killed bugs, vines ard everything else
it came III coutnct with. Hoes are worth.
says the Morgantown Constitution, at the
present time about two cents pound, live
weight . Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS is on
visit to Baltimore -. e LOTTERIES are now
Illegal in Kentucky. On Friday last n mum
Der of the tools, such as wheels, books, etc,
were seized by the authorities, and some
persons arrested - \ TERRIBLE hurricane
visited St. Joseph, Mo-, and vicinity on
the night of the 18th inst. Houses were
unroofed or blown down, four or FIVE per-
sons killed by lightning and falling timbers,
and many persons were injured. Loss on
property 5000, 0O0.-- The present indebt-
cdness OF tho State Of Texas is estimated at
81 100000. When the government pas
sed out of the hands of Texans into those
of carpet baggcrs, it was out of debt, and
had over two millions on hand Mrs.
SHERMAN is on trial at Derby, Conn, for
the murder, by poison, of five persons,
three husbands and two children After
suspicion had been aroused, the bodies Of
several of the victims wore exhumed and ar
scnic found in the stomachs Of all the de-
ceased LUMBER is a legal-tcnder at one
Of the towns in Alabama. You can get a
mint julep for three ten feet planks. -.
AVERAGE quantity of blood in the body in
health Is reckoned to be 3S4 ounces, or -
pounds, Avoirdupois, or 20 imperial pints
....A CCORuING to the late census, Gcorg-
ia has a greater colored population than a
ny other State in the Union. Virginia
comes next, then Alabama. WIsCoNsIN
abolished Grand Juries on the lst Of July
....GLoRY is we'll enough for rich man,
but Il is Of very little consequence to poor
mat with a large family 80 .PIANo-MAK-
ING at present takes the third rink among
the manufacturing interests 10 the United
States. .PETITIoNs arc in circulation in
Richmond asking the Governor to pardon
Chahoon the only son of RoB'T NJ
LANTz, of Shenandoah county, aged two
years, was drowned on Saturday Inst The
child was playing near the mill race in
company with little cousin Of about the
same age, and in attempting to cross on a
board fell into the race. HERD grass 50
feet high has been grown this season at
Waltham, Mass. IRELAND has now less
than twice the population Of the city Of
London Com mines have been dissov-
cred in Monroe county, Tenn General
Vaughn, Of that State, has gone to digging
with hundred hands .CAmrORN1A will
harvest thirty thousand gallons Of castor
oil THE space Of 100 acres of Arkansas
land has sunk, taking trees GU, Of sight 60.
NrcrOR Emmanuel ia said % have for
tune Of at least s2O,OOOOOO. Among 9th
or things he is the owner Of some twenty
splendid palaces and nearly 700 blood bors-