South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-08-18
Gleanings by Late Mails.


who pleased them,) daughters should leave
their choice, IN a great measure, to the more
matured judgment of their parents. There
will probably be vacancy in that pulpit
soon.
A California genius has invented what
he calls the Eureka Boot-puller, which con-
sists of leather bel;, having two hooks at.
tached 70 II. He places the belt over his
right shoulder, adjusts the hooks in the
boot-straps, aud then leans backward, and
the tightest boot is conquered.
Western Journals report that twenty
three persons in the State of Iowa alone
have suffered an involuntary amputation of
their limbs this season, in using reaping
machines.
On Tuesday of last week WILLIAM
BLERscH, son of Ernest Blersch, who keeps
4 lanyard in Cincinnati, was torn to pieces
and devoured by Is ferocious dogs which
had been kept on the premises as watch
dogs The noighbors, who were attracted
by the cllmor, killed the animals.
The Thomastou, Georgia, HeraH re-
ports that one day last week, when the sun
was shining in all his splondor, loud
thunderclap was heard from the clear sky,
and the lightning struck and destroyed a
shade tree at the residence Of Judge Davis,
near the town.
AT a coal mine in Cooper county, Mis-
souri,, one solid block of coal was taken out.
which, when broken into smaller pieces
measured six hundred bushels.
"A colored orator at lancaster, Ohio,
the other day, demonstrated the liberality
of bis views by exclaiming d pray the
Lord | may live TO see the day when the
colored man may forget his prejudiccs so
far as to be willing to receive all other ra-
ccs as his equals.
Mrs. Anna Cochran died from n dose
Of chloroform on the operating table of the
Cincinnati dispensary, on Wednesday of
last week. The dose had been administer
ed preliminary to performing a surgical O.
peration.
"A Western girl wouldn't bother her
father for q new dress, but worked on a
neighbor's !srm until she hard earned one.
"A Georgia editor kindly offers to pub
liSh original poetry at 80 a line.
Mr.. William Snyder, residing near
Marksville, Page county, Va, and aged a.
bout 81 years, committed suicide on the 9Th
inst, by shooting himself through the head
with pistol.
Most people arc glad to give their O.
pinion. Lawyers usually sell theirs.
DIR. A. Mnter, Of Shelby county, Mo-,
during the war buried $4,000, principally
gold, in his orchard. The doctor died not
long since, and in his papers wero found
memoranda giving directions for finding it.
Il was discovered in two carihen jars.
"A woman at Oberljn, Ohio, collected
money for the soldiers orphans, and used it
to buy bonnet. She said orphans after
they got used to it could get along without
bread, but women must have bonnets.
Two foolish girls at Carksburg, this
State, advertise for correspondence with a
view to matrimony. They say money is
no object, as they have enough for all.
"A Canton, Illinois, farmer says Il
was going out past my corn crib the other
morning, when / observed a large rat, with
head erect, carrying a full sized ear Of corn
in bis mouth At the Same time his tail
was wrapped round another, and an extra
large car, which be was dragging behind
him
The other dag ship arrived in Lon
don from Shanghai with 5000 chests Of
spurious tea
Robert Hunt, butcher, died at Sa-
cramento, few days ago, from tho effects
Of bite on the neck from a blow fly.
"A SAD interruption occurred on the
9th inst, at wedding in Pittsburgh, pa.
AZ the beginning of tho ceremony the bride
was al health aod happiness At IFS con
cIu-ior she tainted soon after being ros
t0red % consciousness went into convu lsions,
and boz twenty four hours vas corpse.
"A Virginia editor hos como 10 the con.
clu-ion that q man might as we'll under
tako 90 hold himself az arms length and
turn % double samcrsault over a meeting
house stcep'o as 90 attemp; 10 publish
paper that viii suit everybody. The man
who made that observation bad an entirely
level head
q California squirrel hunter claims 10
have killed no less than 10000 in a singlo
season lie sells the skins for IS couts
each to kid glove makers, and receives 10
cents per head bounty from tic State. It
Is admitted that be Is Tie champion 10 the
squirrel line.
Life insurance policies arc put up at
auction aud sold to tho highest bidder IN
England, tho buyer sometimes making and
sometimes losing by tbo operation. Re
Gently policy Of C3O0O on the lifc Of
Liverpool merchant IN his 70th year was
disposed Of for $50, The merchant died
two days aftcrward, and the purchaser rc.
aIizod 10 forty-eight hours $4,000 out Of
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