South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-09-15
Gleanings by Late Mails.

more scientific works than novels were is
sued last year.
Competitors for the prize to be given
/ by the State of New York for canal boat
to be successfully worked by steam, are
putting IN their claims and sending on their
inventions. STEAMBOATS, on canals, aud To-
comotives on common roads, are what, the
Aiexandrla Gazette, hopes yet to see In o.
peration.
"A queer lawsuit has arisen near Osh-
kosh, Wisconsin, between couple of Ger
mans, growing out of the late storm. 1t
seems that such was the force of the gale
that whole shocks of wheat were taken up
bodily and carried Into an adjoining field.
The owner of the field claims the wheat by
right of possession, while the loser of the
wheat claims he is short number of shocks.
Neither one knows definitely the number
of shocks he had standing in the field prior
to the storm, but the loser thinks he has
not as many by six or eight, and sues for
that amount.
"A Detroit merchant received a check
for $4,000 from penitent defaulter. The
amount duo being only $4,000, the mer-
chant gratefully made change with check
for the balance. He INDUCED in much pro-
fame swearing on finding the next day that
the 50, 900 check was worthless.
-In no one thing has iowa been max
ing more rapid progress in the last few
years than i'll fruit raising. The best judg-
! es say that the apple crop this year, should
no evil befail it, will amount to at least a
million aud half bushels, or nearly three
times as large an amount as in 1868.
What William Tell did as a matter of
fiction, Captain Travis performed as mat
ter OF fact, in Cleveland, the other evening,
where he SHOT an apple from the head of a
boy twelve PAGES distant, sending bullet
clean through the centre of the apple,
which remained undisturbcd on the bows
head.
DISCOVERED TREASURES The rentor
OF the farm belonging to the Rev. Mr.
IoWLEs, IN Prince William county, while
cleaning out a well on that farm, n few
days ago, found jar filed with gold coin.
How or by whom 1t was hidden has not vet
been discovered, and pending that discove-
ry question has arisen as to whether the
owner or rentor of the land upon which it
was found Is entitled TO its use. -IIcran-
dria Gu.cHc, iSrpi 6.
There is annually consumed 10 and A.
round Philadelphia 1875 1000 head of cattle
or an average Of 10000 per week. This
supply, as shown on the books of the West
Philadelphia drove yard, is drawn from
three sources, Lancaster county-Nirginia.
and the Wcst-the last rather general de-
signation including every portion of the
country lying west of the Alleghanies, with
the exception of Virginia. III.
The New Orleans Picayunc reports
the most encouraging prospects FROM all
parts OF Louisiana for the growing sugar
crop. If the latter portion of the year
proves favorable for cutting and grinding
1T Il thought that yield Of 225 900 hogs
heads may be expected. The Picaynne be-
liovcs that the State has the capacity 70
produce an annual yield of 100000 hogs
heads, and that these figures will sooner or
later be reached.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A LITTLE CgrGD
ia Saturday evening last, little boy
four years of age, was hanged by becoming
ontangled in a swing IL seems that the
little fellow was playing with the rope, aud
by some means became entanglcd in It's
coils. When the mother found it. il was
nearly dead Her screams were heard for
over mile. The family reside about four
miles up Elk river, near Charleston. 80 C0ur.
A year old child Of Emanuel Cornell. Of
New Brunswick, New Jersey, was left 10
cradle while its mother went into another
room. Upon the return Of the latter she
found the child had fallen from the cradle.
and 10 doing so It's bib caught Oh tho pos,
Of the cradle and the little ono hung sus-
pended by the neck All efforts TO rcsus
cilato il proved fruitIsss
ECO Over ono.half of the entire cavalry
force and nearly oBo-half Of the entire in
iuntry force Of the ". States army is idlinp
in the South, or no convenient striking dis
lance Of IL, on the pretcxt Of Ku Klux out.
RACES, but really 10 preparation for bayon-
citing free-suifrago
Mn. CHARLES WIrHRow, Of Waynes-
borough, Va, has been elected professor Of
Greek for lIampden Sydney College, Prince
Edward county.
Mn. JOSEPH MCNENAR, Jr, informs
as that he owns a COW which gave birth 10
three littcrs Of pigs within one year The
first, eleven in mum bcr on the 9th day Of
August, 1870 the next some time 10 March
nine in number; and tho third time was
on the 18th day Of August, 1871, when
She bad twelve more, making grand total
Q: ihiTty tive Pigs IN twelve months. Who
comes next ?-Hgorcfcld idc.
Mineral county has a debt Of only
S3.g75.
The New Orleans Times says Of that
young lady whose dross rescmblod ARCTIC
moonlight that sho was so brilliant "you