South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-03-17
N E VS. OF THE DAY

will cure cold in the head FRANCIS CREE
LEY, aged so, often said he would be will
ing to die when he had seen his youngest
gr1nd-daugh married He attended her
wedding the other evening, near ST. Louis,
and, taking part in the dance, fell dead
without groan at her feet-OUT of six
million owners of real estate In the United
States, more than two-thirds are farmers
AN Indiana far ner recently sold three black
walnut trees on his farm for $4,000
wYHEE, Idaho, is now shipping S4l 900 in
bullion weekly.-THE smallpox is raging
In New York. One hundred and thirty. FIVE
cases were reported to the health officer on
Saturday last This loathsome disease is
said to be rapidly spreading through the
clty.-THE fences of the United States cost
moro than the houses, cities included more
than the ships, vessels aud boats of every
description which sail on the ocean, lakes
and rivers more than our manufactures,
with all their machinery, and more than
any one class property, real estate excep-
ted. Those of New York are put down at
Sl44 600 900; those Of Ohio ut Sll5.0O0,-
GOO, aud Pennsylvania at 500, 900, 0OO.-
At this rate the money invested in fences
alone is more than equal to the national
debt. AS fences require to be renewed, ON
an average, once in ten years, the annual
cost tn the country Is not far short of 5000, =
O0O,OO0.-THERE is a spring az Lutting, the
Cape of Good Hope, from which an inham-
mable gas escapes. The water tastes like
coffee Gov. Brown and Gen. Blair were
both born in Frankfort, Ky-A LITTLE
boy in Muncie Ind, made his father New
Years prescott of $50, which he had earn
ed doing odd jobs during the summer.
The greatest luxury of wealth is one the
rich little avail themselves of-the pleasure
of making the poor happy -THERE is some
thing to initiate even In the uncivilizcd
Cinnamon. They celebrated their holidays
by paying their debts, forgiving their en-
emies, and shaking hands all round. '-MEN
OF means are often the mcanest men -
PHILADELPHIA has 20j carpet factories. -
THERE is an ice factory In New Orleans
which turns out sixteen ton of ice per day.
running six machines which cost e25 900
each in gold. The water is pumped M
from the Mississippi, purified, and frozen
into blocks about two feet long, a foot wide.
and three inches thick. These works were
established in 1866 Mas KINGSLEY, in
her recent lecture in Lima, New York, gave
u,terance to this remark "Show me fam
lily where woman's rights prevail and |
will show you home full OF disscnsion and
strife While, on The othor hand. show
me family which is ruled by its rightful
ruler, and where the laws are wisely admin
istored, and [ will show you family
where love is the guiding star, and peace
and harmony Is ever found. "-Ir is esti-
mated that there are 5000, 900 COWS in the
couutry,the diary product of which annual
ly is 8, 900, 600, 600 pounds of cheese, and
512 900, 900 pounds of butter.-THERE are
four candidates for the Presidency of Mex
leo already in the fed, and two others are
threatened .-HIRAM Pool, who was to
have been tried at Sonora, Cal, Wednes-
day, for the murder Of o. T. Harrison:
hanged himself in his cell the night preced-
ing One hundred and eighteen steam
boiler explosions occurred in the United
States in 1870, by which 32G persons were
killed and 227 wounded .-FoUR men nam
ed BURKE, WE'RE, GwINN and DENNIS
were severely burned from the gnitirg of
boazine while cleaning one Of the stills of
an oil refinery at Parkersburg on the 18th
Dennis AMI Gwinn have died form their
injuries. The others are in fair way for
recovery.-A BILL to abolish capital pun
ishment has been defeated in the Massa-
chusotts Senate. -CHARLEsToN was visit
ed by another disastrous fire on Thursday
morning last. Two new buildings, erected
on the site of what is known as the "burnt
district" were totally destroyed, together
with their contents The fire was undOubt-
eddy the work Of an iuceDdiary. Of
the mountains Of Washington Territory
Rlinier-threatcns n volcanic eruption -
The heat of the summit has become so
great as to melt the snow. Heretofore.
during the hottest Summer weather. the
melting Of the snow was but partial There
Is constant emission of steam, aud some
persons living in the vicinity report smoke
from the mountain -SFERM candles are 20
be substituted Cor kerosene in lighting cars
on the New York Central railroad A MI
NER named Hoffman, who WAS working
sutside If the worGugmcn's union, was
was shot in bis bed, az Mount Carmel,
Pennsylvania, last Friday night, aud tho
end Of his house afterwards blown out with
powder WAsHlNGIOS has six'y.ivo chur-
chcs.- boNG Engagements. writes Young
lady, care going ou, of fashion, youu. men
being az last convinced of ,bo stupidity
OF making matrimonial proposals unit. thoy
are iu position O. fulfil their promise at
once '-InEBE wore twcuty-,brro battlcs
during Che late Franco German war; be-
sides, there were f5rty-nino engagements
and combats, which had almost tho pro-
portions Of battles. There were twenty
sicge-, comprising tho three immense strong
holds Of S'r1sbourg, Metz md par.s-A