South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-10-13
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baltimore Ohio Railroad, has purchased
the Natural Bridge Property in Rockbridge
county, va. The drouth now prevailing
Ia LIMOS has not beer cqualed within the
past twenty i've years. a. T. STEWART
mas beautiful reversible shawls for only ST.
OVo each. THERE we're six deaths on the
a'h INST, at Charleston, s. c., from yellow
fever The total number Of Germans re-
siding IN the United States is l,690,5
- 1T Is proposed in California to cultivate
the Italian suufower, the root Of which is
OuIo said to be as nutritious as the potato.
LIN the case Of General Il. n. BOWER
MAN late deputy collector at Baltimore,
charged with embezzlement, the Jury have
returned verdict of guilty. Sentence de-
terred. The penalty for the ofiens, Of
which General Blwcrmaa has been convic-
ted Is Imprisonment for rot less than six
months nor more than ten years in the Jail
or penlientlary, as the court may direct, and
line Of double the amount OF the verdict of
the jury GREELEY calls BUTLER ga dou-
ole distilled, double recuficd Purit4nical
Massachusetts liar" Mrs. w T.. Al
COCK, now in Europe, denies the rumors
that have been extensively circulated in
Baltimore that she,sUspec,ed Mrs WuAR-
TON OF having Attempted 10 poison her
through the medium Of bowl If clam soup.
IA NEW siy le of fau has just appeared,
made OF satin aud lace, which, when open
ed, Is IN the shape Of butterfly Two
little girls, residing in Chester county, Pa,
dled within the past week from jumping
the rope ~ MISSISSIPPI ice factory
turns out three thousand pounds daily
y BARREL of -four produces two hundred
and slXty-Seven ten cent laaves. AN o.
verbose OF soothing syrup quieted an Indian
apohs baby last week. \ CAIRO husband
pines IN Jail for fonding his wife with
bucket OF butter. "A TENT of Oider's
Circus took fire on the 20,h ult at Reeds
burg, Wis. ~ roasted 10 horses; loss $40 900
The proud caihaItic State is what her
loving sons call the Commonwealth of
Kansas. Itall comes from the cultivation
of castor beans. t. One restaurant in Bal
timorc has sold during the past two weeks
over scventyhvc thousand fried oysters.
y MISERABLE man in Indiana has refused
TO pay for publishing an objtu r. notice Of
his wife Some men would do it with plea
sure. g.. WATER reddens the rose, whiskev
the nose, and tight boots the toes. 4
CASE q cancer is siiI 70 have been recently
cured in Chicago, by The use Of cuuduran
60. An Indiana groom was 81 and tho
bride lOG They were married without the
consent OF their parents. a REPORT to
the tobacco division Of the internal Reve-
tue OLhee gives a total Of one thousand
aud twcutythree tobacco manufactorics in
the United States. Mr.. JOIN BELT.
who was shot by Dr.. Jacob Thomas, near
Frederick, on the 81 instant, died on Sun
dry last. Dr.. Thomas has been held in
the SUN of Sl0,0 bail to answer to the
charge Of murder. The Nashville Union
has discovered upon what Precocity bases
rs claim 10 future greatness, as follows
Fisher Ames entered Harvard at the age of
twelve, and Edward Everett at thirteen
Bishop lleber translated "Pbwlrus" into
English at seven Anna Seward repeated
from memory the first three books of "Par-
adise Lost" a nine, and Lord Broughan
wrote on philosophy at eighteen; Grant
rodca circus mule when he was eleven"
Mn. JOHN y. HARVEY, one Of the most
prominent merchants Of Richmond, died at
bis residence on yesterday week after a
short iIlasss- y WESTERN gentlemen
ndvertises for a self supporting wife,.
PERRY county, Peuu-ylyauia, man owns
- colt, sixteen months old, that weighs
1000 pounds. Tina dome # thcnow State
House at Springfield, Illinois, Will be for
ty.thrcc feet higher thou that Of the Cap
itolat Washington. STURGEON, the great
divine has dropped the "Rcv" from his
signature, aul u,w signs Himself Pastor
G. II. Sturgeon ...A NtN recently came
90 his death 10 q curious manner at Venice,
Italy lie was standing near q bronze au.
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