South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-08-18
NE VS. OF THE DAY

CoUNTERFEIr twos and fves have made
( theta appearance on the Ninth National
bank OF New York. TIER are z $50
guests at Saratoga. "A BABY farmer has
been arrested in East Cambridge, Mass,
on suspicion Of killing three inf.Iuis with O.
plum. a DELICATE fcrnsle partook of
twenty-eight different dishes at a Chicago
hotel dinner. HOLMES, the horse thief
arrested 10 Taylor county, short time a
go, made his escape by jumping from the
( tram between Grafton and Fairmont. A
WAN has been stiangled in n York through
partially swallowing his false teeth while
eating TIE public schools of S. Carroll
nl are closed for want of money to pay
teachers, the State officers having stole the
school fund - Four young ladies' are re-
ported to have died in Boston from the ef-
tects of oTer-stuay THE Increase ofrab-
bits in Stafford county, Va, his year has
deem OF such character that many garden
ers tind 1t utterly impossible 10 raise a crop
of cabbage ANDY JOHNSON says he has
given Up all political aspirations and per-
sonal asperities," which latter Is amiablo.
10 say the least. \ LADY in Halifax co
Va, who year before last, was the mother
OF ;hree boys at a time, none of them liv-
Ing. was, week before last, the mother of
four boy babies, all hearty ana kicking.
a BUCK weighing POP Tbs was killed near
Enfield, North Carolinn, on the 2nd inst.
THE first battle of the late war aud
the surrender of Loes army both took place
on lands belonging to Mr. Wilmer Mclean
of Virginia. \ CELEBRATED writer says
"tobacco has killed Kissing. During
the month of July ,0G2 car loads of peach
es were shipped over the Delaware railroad
-03l 900 baskets. %. AN Ohio plralytic
has been cured by sunblths. -. DURING
the month of June more than S33 900 let
ters, misdirectcd Or otherwise not deivera-
BILE, were received at the Dead Letter Office
in Washington Of these ii, 700 contain
ed money, checks, receipts, drafts or other
documents of value . Ir is said that Spur
geon has printed one thousand sermons,
having delivered many more. =. THERE is
4 melon patch ia Indiana covering LOO
acres 80 -CHRIsTtANsBURG, Va has a We
uorab!e turkey gobbler who has built him
self nest, and is now gravely sitting upon
four apples 1t is presumed that his action
is intended as a grave satire upon the wo-
mans rights business. LEMONS are a
nois. Tue price Of thrashing mother
in-law in Chicago is So -, The temper of
a Western r'lgious convention was sadly
ruiil,d by a discussion concerning the NOR
al and spiritual aspects Of croquet- A
LADY in Mobile is now con6ncd to her bed
from the effects of poison, manfcsting it.
self in sores about the mouth, caused by
biting green sewing silk while working with
it. The Frederick burg HsraM says:
1t Is predicted that more corn will be made
in 5 afford this year than the aggregated
crops Of the last three years =. From some
unknown cause the hickory trees are dying
oil over Iowa =. ."THE Government" is
still at Long Branch, trottiog horses, smok-
ing cigars and receiving presents. ~
IYNCuBURG cnlored woman fell thirty feet
out Of third story, striking the ground
head foremost. They are filing up the
hole. She wasn't hurt any. =. THE par
don Of bgamous Bowen suggests to the
Cincinnati ComGerciai the pertinent in
quiyy, 'lrc we to understand that the 'troo-
~ loi' have now a right to plurality Of
wives Pr. .UP to Monday night there had
b3en one hundred deaths Oc victims Of the
recent WestGold disaster at New York =.
Tuls is said TO be the 'greqtest watermelon
ycar,' especially in Maryland 'on record
To Richmond they can be obtained ut al
most any price. Still ccry inc ones are
not common. THE amber gathered on
the Prussiln colst Of the Bll'ic j. of the
yearly value Of half a million Of dollars. 90.
RED snow has been found in Washington
Territory. /, occurs IN bands on the white
snow, AMI contains very minute insects
lr Is SAIL that a reckless potato bug having
gone through the State Of Rhode l,1nd,
was last seen mounted on a windmill by the
seaside, wiping his eyes on tho sail. aud
weeping because there were 10 fresh worlds
% conquer. =. Two hotels, ten stores. and
several railway ear sheds were DESTROYED
by fre az Gold borough, y c., on sunday
night l1st....THE vino disease il prevail
ing 10 Portugal aud tho wine crop is expcc-
ted On be short . Two rougbs, named
Mccarthy aud Drnden, met on the street
10 Washington on Monday night last, and
light ensuing, The former was shot by the
latter aud died i'm few moments afterward
FEAR Yf cholera is leading TO stringent
sanitary measures in European cities
THERE were forty deaths reported in Rich
mpnI lost week TUE powers Of new
'rlt,or wero developed At tie races at HuC
'il1 ou Friday last The horse is named
Judge brigham, and be made q half mile
in loo. lie was bought by Jay Gould
for $50, 1000 Goldsmith Maid on The same
Jay mada q mile in 2:l9---. An exchlure
says :-'s ting oD The corners in thc shade
is not an occupation that brings 10 any
large amount of lucro per diem but, dur.
ing This bot weather, it is, as the lady re