South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-10-27
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STEWART fine dwelling house cost over
IL 1890 the population of
Chicago was 10 persons, many Of whom
were Indians and half-breed- In 1870 it
was 2y9 ,22I Moses II ERNDON, cOl0red.
has been lodged in jail IN Harrsonburg,
charged with rob5jng the store Of 4. Grove,
at MeGaheysyille, on the night Of the 18th
inst. He entered the store by means of a
skeleton key e. No single revolutionary
pensioner exists.--Only ioIty-nine widows
who married revolutionary soldiers preyi-
Gus to 1901 arc now alive. The COM
DlerciW .l3Ceytiser states the iotal losses
of insurance companies by the Chicago fire
at Sj1, &c, 600 49, EMANUEL SHAFFNER,
u quiet and respectable farmer, residing
near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was arrest
ed on the l9tb Instant, upon the charge of
having poisoned two wives aud mau nam
ed Sherlock . ANOTHER effort 10 demon
strate aerial navigation is soon 60 be made
IN Washington. Dir ) MAUPIN, pro-
fessor az the University of Virginia, was
thrown out of a carriage on the 10Th, while
returning to Lynchburg from the fair
grounds, and was 50 severely injured that
he died at ten o'clock the same evening
THE name Of New Jersey IS to be changed
since the swallowing of It's railroads by tue
Pennsy lv1uia company, and it will hereaf-
ter be known as the State of Tom Scott 49,.
FIVE Indians and two white men, belong
lug to surveying party on the Canada Pa
cihc railroad were burned to death recently
by fires in the woods. THE worms in
the chestuuts are unusually large and fat
The Chicago Journal publishes list
of the churches, missions, converts, and
other religious houses burned in Chicago,
from which it appears that they were SIXTY
nine in number -WASHBUBNE has writ
ten letter to HoIr, accepting the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor Of Massa-
chusetts. TEXAS papers estimate that
ten or fifteen thousand Germans alone will
arrive in that State the present autumn.
THE first book printed on this continent
was in Mexico,i in 1914 THE colorel popull-
ton Of Washington has increased3O, O0Osince
1861 The losses of II. MCCORMICK,
in Chicago, amount to'9750,000 lie will
rebuild the reaper factory aud warehouses
at once. - BLIND Tom, it is said cleared
S4l 900 last year. THE consumption Of
paper collars in the United States, in 1870,
was 225, 900 900. A GEORGIA Justice
is said TO swear witnesses on Patent Office
Reports. If reports true, it's patent
way ILLINOIS has lao, 800 more horses
than any other State in the Uni IN TIE
call for Constitutional Convention in O.
hio has carried by over 100000 majority.
So says our friend of the Wheeling hteiii-
genccr, but coies, he intended to say, instead
of dollars-au error of the compositor -.
The chestnut crop in this portion of the
State j.. the largest that has been known for
a number of years The price per bushel
has in the last few days fallen from s. 30
to 81 So says the Fncastle, Va, Hsrcid.
...ON Wednesday of last week the pro
prictor of mineral water establishment in
Cincinnati committed suicide by drowrin.
himself in a vat containing $50 gallons Of
mineral water His body was not found
until upwards Of 200 gallons Of the fluid
had either been sold or bottled W for drliv-
cryC1.... OVER $1,000 goo are required
quarterly of the United States Government
10 pay pensions. DEVILS DELIGHT
is the name Of Kansas village. And yet
the "Devil's Delight" ers are NOT happy.
TIM wholesale dry goods dealers, in
New York, are putting up prices on ac-
count If the Chicago demand -TuE two
regular kerosene accidents came off on the
10Th instant, by which 6lrs. MARY Am
DoNNELLy, 10 Newark, New jersey, and
Mrs Many NcCuNNELL, in Philadelphia,
were burned TO death SLAVERY in ST
am is 20 be abolished in January, 1872,
aud the masters are to be paid for their bond
men. THE humber Of persons ia Chica-
~ applying Tor relief has diminished from
80 1000 60 $4,000 .IN San Diego Cali
i1rnia, on Friday last, CHARLES WILSON
was sho, doal by a j. Fanwick. who t.
alleged 10 have previously seducad WI
sens wife. -CoLoNEL THOMAS w
GHOsyEN0R the city prosecuting attorney
of Chicago, was shol dead 90 Friday night
iast, by Theodore Y Trent, n member ol
thc First Regiment ~ Chieego volunteers
and student Of tho Chicago University.
Treat who was arrested, claims tha, he
acted under orders Nearly 800, 600
immigrants have landed in lba United
~t'es during the last ten years TWELVE
silver bricks from Colorado, valued ISIS .-
OUJ arrived 40 indianapolis on Wednesday
of last week 1T is SAID that A. 800 bales
of cotton orc used every year by the ladies
-'oa add 2. their attractive appearance &C.,.
a PRIVATE of Colonel Iarrili- command.
30 -rlrHnhurg South Carolina under
lrrc ..r advising citizen CD fsa rather
'lln .'.r anil take iha chances of judy.
Bonds court, if Doe thought any negro bod
n Grind no rr4fr-t if.r a ru..-. gv trN.