South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-02-17

O"'"' N'NN va 'Op musu laugblug-gaS 10
dentists chair last week -PERsIMMoNs are
worth dollar PER dozen in New York
TIE town Of Culpeper, Va, which had
population Of 1000 at the breaking out of
the war, now has 5000 SHEEP NAV be
bought for twenty-five cents each in De-
troit.-F IRGINIA Is to establish a State
inebriate asylum at decentralization
has ,733 idiots and 1887 luuatics.-TuE
rivers in South Carolina have been frozen
over this winter for the first time within
thirty-niDe years.-IT is estimated that
nlne inches OF dry snow on the ground is
equal to one inch of water-CINcINNATI
has massacred 446,6lS hogs this season
over 100000 more than last year --lT Is
SAID that several parties in Shenandoah
county have received large amounts of
counterfeit greenbacks FROM New York
COUNTERFEIT FIVE cents nickels are ia cir
BEAUREGARD it is said
intends to reside permanently in Paris
THERE IL machine in operation in Maine
which can make $4,000 tooihpicks in a
minute. JOHN MAsTEN, colored, was
hanged on Friday last at Frederick, Md,
for committing 4 rape on Mrs Margaret
Butcher, white woman, on the 9th Of A.
Pril last.-THERE is negro mail agent on
one Of the Kentucky Railroads, who is
guarded by a squad of Federal soldiers
The revenue Off ,ers at San Francisco made
a raid upon the Chinese quarters and cap
tured fourteen unlicensed cigar makers who
work only at night.-THE new capitol of
West Virginia, at Charleston, was lighted
with gas, for the FIRST time, few nights
ago.-A sEvLRE thunder storm PASSED O.
yer Charleston, S. c., last Wcdnesday.-
Two houses were struck by lightning A
FEW days ago, key Of powder ploded in
the coal mines fifteen miles from Cairo.
Richie county, West Virginia Three men
were killed and several others covered M
in the mines Their fate is as yetunknown
"A Man named BriStow has been arrest
ed. charged with robLing the United States
mail at Tappahannock, Ea.-SAMUEL s
STEVENS, alias Sheppard, convicted in
New York Of stealing certain bonds issued
by the town of Belfast, Me, committed So
icide on Tuesday night of last week in his
cell In the Tombs He left note declar-
ing that be was entirely innocent of the
charge, that be was convicted on false tes-
timony, and that he would rather die than
TO be sent to the State prison -REy r
" CoNDIT, pastor of the First Presbytc-
rian Church al OSWegc, y. Y for the pas,
forty years, died suddenly last Sunday.-
Gov ERNOR BULLOCK, of Georgia, is out
with letter incidentally justifying bis
appointment Of he coiurCd man Sims O.,
district Judge az Savannah. ILLINOIS uses
1859 log school-houses PROFESSOR TYN.
DALI, by his experiments has clearly de-
monS'rated that thc dirt we breathe is only
cquAIcG by the dirt we drnS. "A WIS
COUSIN man, no was bitten By small
dog, thee weeks ago, became ap1rehensyc
u death by hydrophObia, and, 10 avert that
catastrophe coInmiltol suicidc--A WOMAN
IN Springfield found uicc-lookug towels sell
ling for ten cents apiece at q recon. auction
sale, and 20 took LIT At the some price
When she got home she washed them IN
order to get the sizing out, and succeeded
admirably but, unfortunately, the pulp
of the paper of which they were made
washed ont too A MAIL BAG, probably
from Cincinnati, containing two hundred
letters, all addressed to parties in West
irgiDia was stolen at Portland station, near
Ga,hpolis, on the 9th Of last December
CHARLES CAMPBELL was arrested last week
for the theft, and has confessed his quili
aud been sent to prison 10 Cincinnati He
got S51 80 In cash, besides notes and
checks, from the mail none Of which has been
recovered.-A NEW Territory, to be called
Chippewa, is proposed 20 BE- laid of from
the present Territory q Dakota II will
all fk,t Il n. l..
between It's no'hcTn bouudary-the 49tb
parallel Of Iati'ule-and the 10Th parallel,
being bounded on the east by the State of
Minnesota, aud on the west by Montana
Territory. a bin IS now before tho House
OF Representatives providing for the organ
izaiInn and government Of this new Terri
tory. It's to have q Governor. Secretary,
Legislature composed Of a Council and
House Of Representatives courts and JUS
ticcs,s Delegated to tho United States House
OF Representatives., and everything else Of
'hc sort ISAAC II DCvAL, member Of
Congress, from the First District Of this
State, was on Tuesday Of last week appoint
Cd Assessor of Internal Revenue or the
district he now represents iu Congress
Major w. y. SINGLETON, whom General
DUvAL succeeds, died ou the previous sun.
day ALICE CARY, ,bc well known poet
oss, died 40 Now York, on Sunday last
Mrs LrLES EH Hir>T sister o. Phiip
Barton kay, stHj by Sickle, is giving
raadinrs 40 Hamburg Germany - Two
Louisiana mau have 900 their SIGNATURE. o..
o document written hg one NJ them. as
30 ua-'ea-o i lcll-e. hr-t Wade -Jingr