South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-05-19
VS. OF THE DAY

before entering many OF the houses you
are required to remove your shoes Or the
native population of Indiana 2g,S63 were
born in Virginia. PITTsBURG has ST.
OOO,0O invested in the manufacture Of
glass -. a BARBER is always ready to
scrape an acquaintance. NEARLY one
thousand hog4heads of tobacco left Balti-
more on the Bremen Steamer on the 10th.
49, BALTIMORE claims TO have the clean
est streets OF any city in the Union -.
WILLIAM Il BARRY, compositor on the
Lebanon Glenn } Herdid, recently celebra-
ted his ninety first birthday. He is hale
aud hearty and can set 5000 ems per day.
80 AGRICULTURE welded 10 manufactures
gives birth to commerce. IT is the law
OF God that meu shall enjoy only what they
earn The consumption Of artificial Aow-
ers of all kinds, in the United States, o.
mounts to something over Sl5,00O,OOO
worth annually -. AN old lady of Willing
ford, CT, gave 20 a church fair, the other
evening, quilt made By her self, and con-
tanning two thousand one hundred aud for
'y-six pieces. IDLENEss is the hot bed
Of Ignorance aul vice A BOY named
Lucien Hetterly, residing near Franklin
Mills, was bitten by mad dog . few DAYS
ago. The boy was placed uuder the in
Hueuce of chloroform, tho lacerated flesh
cut out, medicine administered, and no is
now doing very well a MAN ia Georgia
has found a diamond weighing about 35
pounds IL must be Of the first water and
very valuable. for be has refused $50 for IL
"A ROPE just completed OF Birmins-
ham, England, is about six miles long, five
! and quarter inches in circumference, aud
weighs over sixty tons. TIE St Louis
! authorities have awarded pension Of three
dollars month to Az old lady in that city
who knew Daniel Boone and George Wash
ingtOn, Liberal St. Louis A CALIFOR-
MA lass lately encountered a burglar, aud
after nearly biting OF one of his ears, tied
him fast until the police came 70 her as
sistaUce- The "Daughtcrs of Eve" is a
new Western sec. ct society. e.. FLORIDA
| Is highly successful in raising oranges. Ia
one orchard of about one hundred and fifiy
trees, three are reported to have borno an
aggregate Of 1880 oranges. -. THERE is
no worse robbcr than q bad book. O;hcr
robbers may spoil Us Of our moley, but
( bad book robs US Of our faith, our truth,
our purity Of hcart--of all we value most.
Young readers, beware Of bad books. y
LONDON correspondent says that Queen
/ Victoria visits Prince Albcrt's toulb every
day at Windsor, places basket OF fresh
flowers near it, reads q chapter in the 81
bic, kneols down, aud offers mp prayer
that she may meet him IL heaven =. TIE
fishing season, says that Rlcigh, Y. G,
Telegram, along the cost and eastern rivers
has been the most extraordinary known Tor
years II has been impossible 20 obtain
salt IN sufficient quantities to save all that
were caught, and many soiues caly "haul-
ed" on halftime. Herring have been free.
Is offered as low as one dollar per thousand
$500 REY. T l.. PREsTON, Of Richmon5.
will deliver the address before he alumni
OF tie Washington and Lee College, Lex
ington, Va, at their approaching commence
men'. Hon. JEFF. Davis will be unable 10
deliver the eulogy on Gen. Lee OF the com
mencemeut. TIE Cabcll County Press
says there were ouly twenty lawyers at The
last Lincoln court, aud il wasn't ycry
| good time for lawyers either Accom-
DING to the journal, Charleston has fifteen
| physiciana and twcniy-Line lawyers 80.
| ABOUT twenty thousand claims for 1912
| pensions have been fled at the Pension Of
| fee at Washington and they are now un-
| dcrgoing examination .DuRING late
/ performance Of thc"L4iy Of LYONS" at
/ tho Mormon thcator in Salt Lake Civ, an
old elder got up and Indignantly walkcd
out Of the house with bis y wives muttcr-
ing, II won't stay and gee play where a
man makes such an awful fool # himself
about one woman" ...A MAN an Alabama
/ having read al article in Ullp- journal Of
/ Health advising that husband and wife
/ should sleep ~ separate rooms, says. Dr.
| Hall can sleep when aud where be cho85es,
| but for himself he intends 10 sleep whelo
be can defend his wife against rats and
all other nocturnal foes as long as be has
| GOT one to dcicud." liEv JN0. i. In
/ WIN, i5T the pact four or five years agent of
| The American jibo Society foT this State,
died last vsca ct bis home i0 Fai-u3at
WILD cats 81 Riyiaso 90 Loup, Cana
. DO, breakfast on schoo. girls within forty
rods of lhg sch0o,-1ouee -.. IT is aa;l that
Che outdoor COZ tune If women This ,.ari5
tbe prettiest and most sensible H1t has
been worn DO tv.l'y wears. "a LONDON
letter says ilgt when David Chamber, re-
siding iu that city, ha5rl of ,ha death Of
b'7 brother Robert the famous Eliahurg
f. publisher, ula eriaf wa7 SO g-aat chat b.
Jurs, D.o-t-Yes and n less than half
al hour was o. corpse J1uV GHE-HGE,
Of New Mexico, author of fls famous "Ine
Cabin song oi 1880. died FOO Toledo. Ohio,
on Saturday of .ast week, Of paralysis.
AE Iowa church bias yery properly ezrel,-
ed deacon i1rauaaIiu- h4-. hal. match.
They might have forgiven m1m5lo-thc-rsr,
0nt base ba.' .5 demoralzirg "A BILL
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