South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-10-03
South alraneh Sntelligeneer.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY, OCT. 8, 1873.
DDS AND END ..

gold that single ounce Of the pure metal
may be drawn out into wire thirty-three
miles in length.
"A MAN near Dubuque harvested fifty
acres Of wheat alone, alternately cutting,
binding aud shocking lie cut, bound ard
shocked five acres in one day
-THE Devils Piekets' is the new name
given to the youug men who lounge about
the church doors on Sunday evenings wait.
ing for their sistcTs.
A GIRL named LUCINDA SMITH, al a
dance in MaysvilIe, Ky, called a Justice
into the room, sighted a revolver at CHAs.
Brown, and CHARLES married her with.
out lnuTmur.
FIFTEEN persons have beea killed in
Ohio during the last year by weapons sup
posed to be unloaded.
A LARGE fire occurred in Stauntop,
/ Va, on the 22nd ultimo, by Which the to-.
bacco factory and s;orchouse Of j. l.. TIM
BERLAKE were totally destroyed. Loss from
50 600 to $1,000
GAINES, the iron merchant of Liver
pool, in letter to the press admits that j.
ron may be probably purchased in New
; Nork for shipment to England, and says he
is convinced that the American trade IS lost
to England One hundred tons of American
bar iron scld last week at Liverpool, at Gil
los, thus undcrseling the English market.
"A NEW STYLE Of swimming collar,
made of intlrted rubber, aud adopted 10 hold
a mans head above water, has Just been in
vented. 1t should be in demand among
congressman who hayn't refunded.
ANOTHER fearful murder and suicide
took place on the 9th ultimo in pLil4iel.
pbia. THOMAS Is. PARKER, a retired iron
merchant, iustigated by the demon jealousy,
fatally shot his WIFE aud then blow out his
own brains. PARKER was a man of wealth,
and lived in considerable style, but al lis
money could not purchase for him peace of
mind and happiness in lis domestic circle
THE HIDDEN SERPENT --Oae bright,
spring day | walked along the brook side.
All at once a little cluster of violets caught
my eye. There they were, as tidy as u lit
] lie Sabbath school class. They we're the
first had seen that year. | FASTENED to
gather them, without looking for any dan.
ger at hand. But scarcely had my fingers
touched them, before a LITTLE red fJrked
tongue was shot out toward me- The ser
Pent was there. All thought [, qhis is
the way with many little charming plea
sures-they hide serpent Every te upt-
ing sin hides something more than snake
Watch, or you will be wounded
A GOOD wife is to y man, wisdom and
courage, and strength aud hope, aud endu-
rance. y bad one, confusion, weakness,
discontinue and despair
"A MERCHANT Of this place went to bed
as usual the other night, and placed 1cll
of money, amounting 20 nearly 800, wrap
ped in brown paper, under his pillow. Next
morning no went out, forgetting bis green.
/ backs. After while be rc turned home
Only to Gnd bis cash non est Tue sorvan.
4 had made the bed, thrown the paper on the
floor, aud swept it, among other waste pa
per, under tho hro-grate. 4 search there
revealed the corner Of O $50 bill, and tic
ashes Of the rest !, might have been rea-
sona6ly supposed by pa-ser-by that chat
merchant cussed- for he did. - Weston DIM.
-MIcu9AN has snow-storm5 already.
In Iowa the price Of marriage u.
ceuse has been reduced 70 o quarter Of q
dollar. Cheap enough
-ARRANGEWENTs are being made f.r
an early issue # the new twenty, ten ard
two dollar National Bank notes.
TIE revenue from The tax oa tobacco
during the last fiscal year was S., 400, 600,
being s 1000, 900 10 excess Of its estimate
Ar the NJ. Z. Conference 10 South
Bend, on the 18Th uIiimo, Bishop STMPsOy
committed himself warmly 10 favor Of wo-
man suffrage as the only possible mean
Of putting down the houses Of infamy aal
liquor saloons Of our country.
-BALgNoge IL making brandy out ID
pcach skins. Those who drink 10 viii slip
up, probably
Mis- MARY GALLor, formerly %
Guilfrl, Vermont, died 90 Che 14lh ulI,
OF drpsy S.uc5 1861 sh8 bad boon t8p9.
cd sixty three times, onl Tie average n
mount Of water taken away 10 time was
ifty-cight pounds, making total q 1901
pounds or 457 gallons Of water
-LADIE, should be very careful indeed
about ihe adoption Of b7bi's which may be
iohclited. a North Carolina baby was
born recently with false hair.
-GEoRGE w. ZgpR1va has been arres.
ted OF Caldwell Station, West Virginia, fr
robbior The posted flee q. ttatTlacc. Near
Is sII 'he stolen money, nbou. 8j, 700, was
'I-.
On. LivGVGsrcSE has arain come ID
the surface. storms, an Eoglish trayoll .r
has arrived in Parish from Central Afr.ci.
and reports that be met Dr. LrvIN9srovE
last june and parted from him on the ls'
Of July, at which time The doc:g. was ia
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