South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-07-14
N E VS. OF THE DAY


markets, one day last week. ACCORDING
to reports from Vera Cruz the black vomit
is stu raging there. : DURING u storm in
Nebraska, on Tuesday right of last week,
train of cars was lifted from the track and
blown twenty feet from the rails, causing
serious injuries to some of its passengers.
---- mIDsUMMER's day, juno 81, was so
cold In London that people sat by their
hres- CALIFORNIA has made the FIRST
bar OF TIN ever manufactured in the United
states some years ago a man bought a
piece oil land in Chicago for SIS and u
mule. lie sold it, and is now not worth
cent, while the land is worth 81 900 900.
1900 Think of Florida cabbages weighing
nineteen pounds. G ERMANY has four
Journals advocating tho principles of yocot-
arlanIsm, or,as it is called there, Grafton
al mode of life" ONE year ago Sumner
county, Kansas, had not a single inhabi-
tant Now it has population of three
thousand, and of course, newspaper.
MIR. JosEPH HAWKINS, a young man, for
merly resident of Hamilton, Loudoun
county, Va, died in Washington, recently,
from hcmorrhago Of the nose A MAN
fell dead in pew in the church at Aupus-
ia, Illinois, just as the preacher had said
Some OF the congregation may never reach
home alive -. THE fastest railroad train
in the world, probably, is said to be a new
express on the Exeter and great Western
Hallway, from Plymouth to London, Eng
land, the journey of one hundred aud nine
ty-f9ur miles being arranged To occupy four
hours aud quarter THE latest use to
which paper has been put is for the lining
OF ice coolers AN Illinois farmer has
hundred acres set out with onions.
NINE-TENTns of tho pills and patent mcdi-
cInes aiioat arc manufactured in tho North.
crn States. IA CoNNECrICUT horse has
been taught to ring the door bell, but he
cant be made to wipe his feet on tho mat.
---- AN enthusiastic Radical paper winds
UP long article favoring GRANTS rcnom-
ination, by saying, che is bound to take
That Is tho principal objection to him
lie takes everything that is offered TO him
from pint Of peanuts to 800, 900 house.
$500 BEET-Roor brandy is attracting atten-
ton in Englnnd Sr. LOUIS has forty
eight school-houscs, valued Mt 81 $50 900.
THE colUrcd Senator, ANDREW JACK
SON JONES, of North Carolina, has su
cd gambling house in the city of New
York, for s., 600 list at cards TIE En-
press Eugene, it is reported, is in treaty
for tho sale Of her diamonds, valued Mt 81 -
600, 900. M. THEIRS says the Bank Of
France has 100000 900 bullion in It's
vault, and has a circulation Of only $780,
600, 600. "A MICHIGAN Sunday school
has introduced brass band ut its Sunday
evening concerts a CHILD of Mr.. Al
cxandor Ford, Of Rockbridgc, ten months
old, fell into a tub Of water, n few days
since, and was drowned Iowa stands at
the foot Of tho list of wliskey manufaciur-
ing States, having but one distilcry -.
THERE were manufactured in the United
States last year over half million sewing
machines NOBLE county, Ohio, has
sassafras trco eight feet in circumference
$500 Iowa anticipates a corn crop Of 100,-
600 600 bushels This season CATTLE in
Kentucky arc quoted at DC to Sic per 10
.--.TUEEE arc four female institutes at
Stanton, Va. .. .CAssIUs NJ. CLAY is in
favor OF Horace Greeley as a candidate for
President Of tho United States. REV.
DR.. JOHN w. FRENCH, Professor Of Eth
les and Law at the West Point Military A.
cadcmy, died there on Saturday last.
AT a recent English wedding the brides
pet terrier got iuto the church, aud upon
the administration of tho post-ccromonial
kiss went for tho bridegroom in n remark
ably domonsiraiiyo manner. TIE pres
cut harvest in France will fall below the
annual average Is Chicago, Tad Lin
coin, son Of President Lincoln, is scri-
ously Ill Of dropsy Ills recovery Is regard.
Cd as very doubtful FGou the third to
the 9Th instant over 700 watcrmolons
wcro shipped by rail from Augusta, Ga,
for n. Y...TuEHE arc $4,000 applications
for pension pending & Enacted upon in the
pension Office at Washington JIM SIMS,
C0lorcd who used fiddle IN saloons in Sa-
vauu1h. Ga. IL now a District .Iudoo IN