South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-09-08
Gleanings by Late Mails.

"A RECENT democratic county conven-
ton at Canton, Mississippi, adopted reso-
luton that one-half of the offices should be
given to colored men.
A CALIFORNIA politician says the path
of rectitude has been travelled so little in
that State of late years that it has all run
to grass.
SEVERAL men were recently poisoned
IN Nevada by drinking from spring whose
waters appeared perfectly clear Analysis
showed that they were strongly impregnat-
cd with arsenic.
The Tennessee tobacco crop is very
large aud of excellent quality.
During the delivery of Butler speech
at Springfield several spoons enclosed in an
envelope were passed up to him. The gem
eral tore open the envelope, saw the corner
of one of the spoons and tho joke at the
same time, and, hastily slipping the pack
age into his pocket, proceeded with his ad-
dress.
"A giant bird, the largest ever seen in
this country with wings, and, it is believed,
unknown 20 American ornithology, sud
denly appeared in the town of Winncmuc
ca, Nevada, few days since, and remained
several minutes quietly perched on a house
top to be gazed at by the astonished null
titudc.
Los Angeles, California, again reports
heavy shower of meat. About this time
last year, says the Virginia Nevada En-
terpriSe, a similar shower fell in Los Me
tOs, with these differences then it was raw
now it is said to be "boiled." Then the
blades of the standing corn "drouched with
blood" now they are moistoned with kind
of homeopathic soup.
a TEMPEST OF STONES On the Sth of
June, frightfui hurricane occurred in Ia
rate, city of the Argentine Republic, dur
ing which there was furious discharge of
stones, many as large as goose eggs, and
buildings were riddIcd as by lombard
ment Of light artillery. Not pain Of glass
or public lamp remained uubroken, and
one woman and child and many animals
are reported killed.
j ohm Morrisey, formerly a member of
congress from New York, has been indict
ed for keeping gambling house at Sarato.
ga Springs.
Secretary Boutwell,, as the delegate
FROM the Administration, is to 90 to Mas
sachusetts and Ohio, to oIcctioncer in those
States.
One hundred and ninety millions is
the debt of those Southern States which
have been under congressional government,
the bulk of which has been made by carpet
bag officials and the Legislatures which they
created aud controlled
The yankees have been trying the
Chinese at shoe making in Massachusetts.
The experiment, 50 far, is reported as quite
a success.
People who are in the habit of criti-
cisiug Typographical errors in the newspa-
pers, should remember that every column
contains from ten to twenty thousand dis.
tiuct pieces Of metal, according to the size
Of tho paper and the type The displacc-
ment Of single one making an error, is il
any wonder ihaterrors occur?
The word Syndicate means pool or
ring. The regular Radical ticket in this
country, may, therefore, be said to have
been made by a regular Syndicate That
is more nobby than ring
The extent to which labor-saving ma.
chimes have been introduced into agricul-
ture, says the Chicago TriJUnc, we saw IL
Illustrated n day or two ogo ia Wisconsin.
a farmer was seated on a reaper, with gloves
on bis hands, and with an umbrella over
him, and, with as much comfort AS if driv-
ing a buggy, he was cutting oats the reap
or throwing them into regular and conve-
nicnt shcaves for binding and stacking.
We remember the time when, twenty years
ago, VIC cut oats without au umbrella or
gloves, and let the grain lay where it fell
from the scythc Yet hero was a man with
pair If horses, 10 comparative comfort.
doing more in one day than twenty-hv
men could have done by hand twenty years
ago.
GENUINE Conversion -Spurgeon tells
the following Il like the story Of the ser
want maid, who, when sho was asked on
joining the church, 'aro you converted" i
hope 80, sir What makes you think
you are really child Of GodY well.
sir there is a great change 10 mo from
what there used 20 be- what is that
change 2 Il don't know, but, sir, there is
a change 10 all things but there is one
thing al,coys sueep under tie mat,
n0ic.
A Debuquo husband cut Of his wife's
hair when she was asleep and purchased a
jug Of wbiskey with IT,
Tho Chinese 10 the United States out
number the Indians more than two TO ono.
"A man who cannot command his tenn
per, bis attention, & bis countenancc, should
not think Of being man Of business.