South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-08-11
VS. OF THE DAY.

had stroke Of paralysis, but is recovering.
II is said that 10000 Americans are
Ira ling in Europe this summer. g.
OS 800 barrels Of lager were brewed in
the United States last year. STRAW is
selling at S25 per ton at Troy, y. y.
The grandfather of George II. Pendoton
was the second Of Alexander Hamilton il
his duel with Aaron Burr The mer-
chants OF Baltimore are making prepara-
lions Tor the HatiOnal Commercial Convou-
ton to be held in their city on the 18th of
September. The annual gold aud silver
product of the Pacific coast is estimated ms
high rs eighty millions by magazine pub
lished on the slope. The Burlington and
Missouri Railroad Company is this wear e.
recting two hundred miles Of board fence,
at cost CT nearly $500, 900. Miss
PrGBE CARY, the poetess, died at New
port, on Tuesday of last week Mrs.
JULIA WARD HOWE has been nominated
for Governor of Massachusetts,. a BED
of green notified granite, the first ever
found in this country, has been discovered
on the line Of the Adirondack Railroad.
New York IT is said that Phil. Sbcri-
dan was made an LII ID. on nccouut of his
knowledge ofcannon law. .EN Gov JNo.
BlGLER, OF California, j. dying Of the drop
sy.---THE Mormons of Salt Lake are
masking extensive preparations 10 receive
President Grant this month. An elder
who IS looking for an appointment propos-
es to give him q wife. TIM contract for
Granite for the new State Department at
Washington, has been awarded to Col
Ordway " Co., Of Richmond Tr is bet
ter for a man to die without n will than A.
gainst it. BIC waiermclons arc three
cents apiece at Ncwbern, II. Co.. .Ex-
rRAVAGANcE breeds high taxes, and high
taxes hotches bankruptcy. A MAN dis
covered America, but o woman fitted out
! the expedition STATISTICS show that
IN the majority Of divorce cases the appli-
cants arc women. Does this prove that
men are tyrants or that women are wicked
-CAMALQUIN, one Of the philippan 7 So
lands, has been abandoned by the iuhabit-
ants on account Of the occurrence rccently
OF an earthquake which swallowed Up 100
persons and ended in a volcano. TIE
annual report Of az educational institution
IN an Eastern State mentions the resrna
ton of ono Of tho teachers, youag lady.
10 engage IN lon iC relations SOME
fellow says the '0eIoH-c0lic days are come,
the saddcst Of the year. Discerning youth.
IA LARGE deposit Of Plumbaco has
been discovered near Lynchburg. The
mine is found TO extend over an area of
one mile il length, and quarter Of a mile
III breadth. -. MANY Mormon women have
lately left their husbands, and the country.
with other men. TIE census of Chicago,
ins' completed, shows the population 10 be
3"I,210, Of whom l70,27G arc miles.
IN Wisconsin it is reported that quite as
many women as men are labprng in ,hc
harvest fields 800. MR ISAAC i. MYERs.
formerly Of IIorpor's Ferry, fell ont Of "a
third story window at Louisville. XIV,
few days ago and was instantly killed
THERE are ,G2l practiciur attorneys iu
Kentucky, and If these 21i are in Louis
vile, and not one in Perry county. is
some portions Of the South ATTEMPT. arc
being made to revive knee brcechcs and shoe
buckles. STATISTICS Of The Bureau Of
Agriculture show that tho Southern States +
have -,OyO,OOO acres more Of corn this wear
than last...-A DAUGHTER Of New York
stock broker exults over the fact that she
has been to Europe six times and has ncv.
or seen the inside If her mothers Kitchen
.-.-IT is said that Remington. the manu-.
iac'urcr OF The rifle which bears his name
received from France over 100000 600 for
arms, during the late war. THERE are
over J 100 visitors at tho Gracnbrier White
sulphur Springs, in this State. .OwIxc .
to The failure Of the hay crop good COWS
sell for SO each IN Pcuobscot county.
Maino....A New YORK letter says there
arc one thousand families IN that ci,v who
each spend $50 600 a yoar....A FE0nIp,
mule has been struck by lightning three
times, and is q good kicker vet. An 4
English physician reports that among the .
poor rubbing the solos of the feet with gar
Iic Is very popular as o preventive against
disease .-IuE latest story from the rural /
districts is that sheep fatten on rrasshor- /
pcrs. After The insects have settled for
the night ihe sheep 90 about and eat them
with great avidi'y lee. Mrs SAIr WAND
HrNr, noted woman OF fashion. Of Lou.
lsVillc, ky. now o widow. has sued Mr.
Noweomb, Of chat city, for breaking hi,
promise ot marriage fo her. Price fixed al
e3''s 0lO. 10 must have been big pro-
mise Our i1 iowa Kisses arc sold ~
fairs by 'Ae fair. a man pay. certain
sum 'o q general fund, and selects Che
c'r' or woman ho desires 10 kiss....Tua
Winchester Paper MII g. turning out d.iIr
from Oh l9 toms ~ paper, now immcdi-
aio.y dipped % New York and PhiIadcI- .
phi1 principally. Mn Wilson AGAr.
once q poor Virginia miller, who barely
lived from hand 90 mouth, who 40 present
lives Do Washington, has received over
S''I NDu ln turea months from ihe profits
r.. rr invention lar GRINDING tgLr.f