South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-10-13
Gleanings by Late Mails.

Potatoes are selling at thirty cents
bushel in Maine
a SNAKE SToRY.-A Mr.. Stevenson of
this city declares as fact that whilst he
was out hunting yesterday on Irons noun
tain about two miles east of town. he came
/ upon snake, which be succeeded in kill
log, that measured eleUen feet and three
inches an length. Mr.. Stevenson is a reli-
able man and asserts the above as positive
I fact Cumberland Ne,cs, Oct 6.
Tho trial of II. D. Black, at Freder.
lick, was not commenced yesterday, on nc
/ count of other business occupying the court
1t Is not known when the trial will begin.
III.
"A Chicago church, which was compile
ted some months ago, had debt Of $780,
GOO hanging over it. A few of the mem
/ bers put up margin, and bought one hun
dred and eighty acres of suburban proper
I ty for the benefit of the church, and they
have already sold it at sufficient advance
to pay the debt of the church. This spec
uiation is called "a Eew way to pay church
debts. '-1ierdndrjd Gazette.
The department of Agriculture it is
I
of some five or six hundred bushels of new
variety of fall wheat. 1t is known as the
'Fultz' wheat, and originated in Pennsylva-
MA. The grain is small, and it is said the
stalk is very short, but it yields heavily.
and weighs from 60 to 60 pounds to the
measured bushel-I6.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION FOR RE-
vENGE.-Dr. William Estep, Of Ohio coun-
/ ty, West Virginia, was shot at on the st.
ClairsvilIe fair grounds on the 2Sth ult.,
/ bya Miss Carman.-The Wheeling Regis-
/ ter says that an Indictment was found a
gainst DIR. Estep some two years ago for
| producing an abortion on Miss Carman,
which was not tried because Of the absence
Of material witness of the State. TIE
accused was reported TO have seduced the
woman. The present shooting is supposed
! to have been a consequence of these events.
The ball grazed DR.. Estep on the left arm,
near the elbow.
-Christiausburg, Va, is laughing over
venerable turkey gobbler that has built
nest, and is now gravely sitting upon four
apples. A barrel of cider is not an;icipat-
ed as the result of the set
la Clark county, Illinois, recently,
/ two drunken men drove a horse nearly TO
death, giving him all the water he would
drink when heated, and then, to cure him,
gave him q quart Of whiskey The horse
soon became furiously drunk, and ran off,
capsized the wagon, killed one of the men,
broke the leg of his companion, and then
ran until be fell dead.
DIR. JACOB THOMAS, a well known cit
/ izen, residing near Adamstown, twelve miles
/ from Frederick city, Maryland, shot with
pistol, on the 4th instant, a young farm
er named John j. Belt, also we'll known.
! The ball passed through Belts lungs, near
the heart, and 1t is believed will be fatal.
| DR. THOMAS came to town and surrender
cd himself, and was released on 81 900
/ bail, but with the understanding that he
will be re-arrestcd and held for the grand
jury il Belt dies. The affair grew out of
an old grudge. T. alleges self-defsnce.
In England the price Of beef rarely
reaches twelve cents per pound And this
Is the case when farmers hold their farms
as yearly tenants. These farmers buy stock
cattle, or cows or sheep, and then buy corn
or linseed cake from America, on which
they feed them. Why, then, can they
sell their meats at twelve cents per pound ?
/ The answer is that the English farmer
\ feeds his stock for the sake Of the manure;
and tie more stock be feeds the better does
/ 10 pay. There is no other explanation.
They say that General BRIcE, tho
head d the Pay Department, will not be
removed because be gets drunk a good deal,
and the President likes him
DIR Charles r. Wood, Of Manchester.
New Hampshire, convicted of causing the
/ death Of Elyira Woodward, through mall
practice, has been sentenced 10 twelve years
bard labor in che State Prison.
In tbc Court Of Quarter Sessions in
F Philadelphia on Saturday last, Judge Pierce
fined Edgar VI. Chipm1n, a member Of the
bar SO for contempt Of Court, iu having
declared t1 % witness while under oxami-
nation that De was guilty If perjury Tho
Judge said that witue ln tae stand, lr
whilc attending court, D. cotiiiol Co prOlec-
ii5u from ali oufages of Dis feelings or per-
son; end tbat although in order % elicit
.ho truth lba ingenuity and even the bold
ness of counsel may be- exercised toward
witness who is obstinate or refractory, OF
who prayarcatcs 90 go beyond this aud
charge bin with flIseh5ol Is 20 pass from
che domain Of reason aud examination into
that Of passion aud outrage upon tbo pro-
prieti.s Of Che occasion, che dignity Of the
Court aud the rights Of the witness The
use Of insulting language toward witnesses
by counsel IS not uncommon iu courts ~
Justice bat the infection Of a penalty for
such conduct is a novelty.-N y. SIN.
Figures won lie Won't they .-