South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-04-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

lee'ed To serving with a evlrred nisn, on
FRIDAY last, paid bis iine aud was released
from JAIL. lr Is proposed to try Chinese
iaoor IN the Penusy lvaDia coal mines.
ACCORDING to the commissioners report,O-
bio railroads paid 10 per cent last year.
ZEN. IL DuMoNT, recently appointed e. ov.
ernor Of Idaho, died at his residence near
indianapolis, On Sunday last. JONI
L. CowAN, of Montgomery Co, Va has
bull which cost him $1,000. THE .NaTU.
tand onion nominates JOnN W. GARRETT,
President OF the Baltimore aud Ohio Rail-
road, as the next Democratic candidate for
President. SAN Francisco had an earth
quake on the % .TnE cholera has ap-
peared IN 81. Petersburg. II is slowly
making its was westwnrdly THE Fred
erirksburg NeI1s says 1--WE bear that
the fisheries along the Potomac are doing
better than last year On Friday last Mr.
w. WALLER took thirty thousand behring's
ut one haul -. BRIGHAM YoUNG has or
dered daily prayers by the Utah clergy a.
gainst the grasshopper ;his summer
? Indiana countrymen are wearing leo pan
falcons WATER is six ceuts glass in
Rioche City, Colorado, and whisky four
CYRUS !" FIELD is firm believer iu. life
Insurance. lie has policies on his life
amounting TO S2l4, 900 on which he pays
annual premiums bunting to $ 600.
GEN. DUFF GHEFE, once prominent pol
lilelan Is now LIVING very quietly aud almost
forgotten IN Dalton, Ga. .SHEARER' 5
tanuery, ut Winchester, Va, including a
bout 800 acres Of land adjoining, vas sold
at auction on Friday last f1r $4,000; pur-
phpcpr R,r s. Ia.
-. LUcIAN BEARD the Bismarck Of horse
thieves, was recently tried in tho Court
OF Cum berlani county, Virginia, found
guilty, and sentenced 10 Is years in the
Penitentinry SEVERAL persons were
frozento death in Nebraska during blind
ing storm on Monday, Of last week The
most wonderful case of COINCIDENCE ever re
corded at the Treasury was made Known
yesterday. A chap ofthe Anonymous fam
lily, residing in Phiiadelphia, forwarded
three cts. 10 the conscience fund. Ho says
that he picked up roll OF tobacco in the
street, Of which he made six cigars, and be-
ileves the Government is entitled to the
three cts. as tax duty. FREsH tomatoes
and green peas have made their appear
ance IN Wheeling. y dollar dozen for
tomatoes, says the Register, amt much.
LIN lllinois it is fashionable for the
woman (not the MANI to apply for the mar
rlags license. =. HAYTI paper money re-
quires an outlay Of 81 600 for pound of tea
IA FOREIGN item says, there Is some.
thing exceedingly touching and very NO
manly in the devotion Of Queen Eictaria 70
the memory OF her husband. A London
I CORE, qondeHt says that sac goes daily TO
Z =, 4 q 4
/ fresh flowers thea she reads n chapter of
the Bible, and kucels DOM and offers up a
/ p aver that she may meet MIN in the 9th
or world -. TIE population If Allegheny.
according 3 ibe census Of 1870, Is 50. lSl
aHt 'Sa' CT Pitl-bnrgh, 50, 235 Tiny
| talk ~ RAINING tha Great Il Astern rcg0luly
+ from Liverpool 20 New Y TX, carving pas
. setg ers fer &L5....CCy WALKzR has
f,rcl q reward Of 100 HAIRS cacs. AMI
/ Nnycr Traat of Stanton Of 81, 600, Fir The
arrest and conviction of the parties VINO
took Hodges from the S'aunton jail last
Monday night week and whom they HANGED.
IA. 7. STEWART managed to live, last
/ year, o0 on income e 81. 537. sos Is
Missouri il chronicle the wedding Of a Wild
/ over, eyed seventy three, With q bride
| % Twelve ....JUDGE ALEXANDER RivEs
1 has just closed the frs, session "a bis y j..
District Court, at Harri~oubuTg, Va 4
/ letter-Wri'er from that place 7aYs the only
matter cf interest was the grand jury which
was composed of four darkic5 and nineteen
I white mnu-negroes In the jury box vas o
new wrinkle in TIE YYlley. 80. TIE trial al
/ Stauoton If c.. ". SMILEY, CHARGED with
/ XII ling JosErH NJ. BLACK, in Ocrber
/ last, resulted in the discharge Of the jury.
who were unable 70 agrso upon q vcrlic.
AFTER oil the to 40 about Jtah, the
/ census shows an excess of male population
800 more men than women "A prrL
has been passed ny the Michigan House of
I Representatives compelling tie Attendance
al school a. children between the aces Of
| eight and fourteen a TERRIBLE haii
storm occurred IN Mississippi, on Friday
/ night last, causing the destruction of thou
sands Of windows, stripping liage from tbc
trees and killing mu;ltudcs Of birds.
/ a KENTUCKY boy, ten years old, h4s set at
the Testament with will, and committed
/ the whole oft Oh memory THE Ncbras-
ka State Lun1Gc Asylum, an Lincoln, was
/ destroyed by fire on Moudsyhst, an ] two
/ Of its inmates are supposed to have perish
/ cd 10 the fumes ia MAN has Just paid
$50 to % New York steamship company for
the passage Of q dog lcr1s. the ocean.
ONE hundred miles Of The Oregon and Cali
fornia Railroad are completed .TuE B1s-
ton custom house has a darkey inspector.
go. 1t IS said that Bufilo gua,s are killing
large numbers Of horses, mules, and cattle
along Mi.aouri fiVor ~ mont o,..,g ,-