South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-09-29
Various Matters.


A MAMMOTH MUsHRooM.-A mushroom
has been recently plucked near the farm Of
DIR. o. f. Tay Tor IN New Kent county which
weighed ten pounds. It's color was almost
white, aud the mushroom remained in n
perfect state of preservation several DAYS
after being severed from its parent STEM
Richmond Dispatch.
A MONSTER BUNCH. have receiv-
ed from r. s. Lockett, of Brighton. a
bunch of White TokAy Grapes, weighing
nine and half pounds. II is large lift
for small boy.-Sacramento Union.
eS The murderers of the aged brother
and sister of John Harper have not been
discovered as yet, although several shrewd
detectives have been sitting the affair
This is almost as APPALLING as the Nathan
murder, aud certainly more bloody. In
connection with this tragedy the Licking
ton, Kentucky, Press Of Friday tells most
remarkable dream of one Of the members of
the Harper family. The Press says ga
circumstance rather startling in its nature
regarding the Harper murder was msdU
known 10 us yesterday. We were inform
ed by Mr.. Frank Harper, that the wife of
Wallace Harper dreamed the Saturday
night before the murder, that Jake aud
Miss Betsy were both killed by negro
man and boy, and that the man had long
whiskers. The description given of the
man answers exactly to that of Tom Baker,
one of the negroes arrested upon suspicion
OF completely in the murder This is very
strange but what seems straugest is that
the horrid picture should have haunted the
dreams OF lady relative of the deceased
only the day before his murder. We are
not given to superstition nor inclined TO
attach Importance to dreams, but, if this
one was made known before the murder we
think 1t one of the most remarkable occur
rences in modern times.
A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.-A bow named
RICHARD BRowN, living in West Milton.
Saratoga county, New York, bad terrible
struggle with bull one day last week lie
went into field back of the house where
there were number of cows and young
bull, when the bull started for him furious
ly, goring him iD the right leg, tearing the
flesh out and throwing him in the air On
reaching his feet the lad succeeded in catch
ing the animal by the horns, and strupg ed
heroieally for his life. Now under the bulls
feet-Dow dragged 10 the dirt-now up a.
gain lutching at the beasts eyes, and al
most in despair of hep-when nearly ex-
hausted unexpected succor came. The
cows, attracted by the believing of the bull,
rushed around, and the boy succeeded in
getting one Of them between him and the
mad animal, so keeping tho position until
able to leap over the fence, after doing
which he fell exhausted on The ground -
The struggle was terrible indRed Tho
ground was dug up for rods. Every bit Of
clothing was torn off the lad. His right
leg and shoulder were badly gored, aud his
body a mass of bruises. Finally reaching
the house, he was not recognized by his ia.
Their. 1t IL thought the lad will recover
from his wounds
LARGE RATrLE-SNAKE.--A large snake
was killed last week by DR. William G.
Reel, OH Cheat Mountain, in Randolph
county. The snake measured nine feet and
nine inches in length, twenty seven inches
10 circumference aud a musical arrange
ment of twenty-niDe rattles aud a button.
This Is one o. the largest snakes ever kill
ed in the county, The skin of the snake
can be seen at DR.. Reels Office, by any
one, to show that the measurement is cor
rect.-PdrhersJurg Gaz
Ey Second Lieutenant Darwin G.. Fen
no, of the Seventeenth Infantry, who was
once stationed in Winchester, has been
found guilty Of embczzling the public funds
and gambling. He is cashered, ordered
to refund 81, 800, and scntenced to FIVE
years imprisonment in the pcnitentiary at
Saltwater, Minnesota. The President has
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