South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-11-13
soutl. 8raaelt Sntellisemrer.


for the way it played the dickens with
Radical calculations on Tuesday Of lac,
week was SIN
1t is said That under GRANT the
number OF Federal Office holders las increas-
ed from 54,2O7 to $1,000 What would
be the Increase under third term?
~ The Court Of appeals, Washington,
ID. G, on Saturday last, in the case of
Gov. Bowie as. the B,lrimore g. Ohio
Railroad Company, sfhrmed the judgment
Of the cour. below, giving ,ho Governor
$4,000 with interest from June Alb, 1874
as compensation for the laming aud rem.
aeIing useless of the race mare Australia,
BY fall, through cireless less on the part
of the railroad employees, while che was
being put upon car at tho dopo, in
that city.
~ IHE sale Of cAdetsbips is ore Of the
masiers TO be Investigated a. the comioo
session of Congress. Congressman Srow
ELL, OF the Fourth Virginia District, is
charged with receiving 81 900 for the last
appointment made by him TO West Point
s0-Ir is stated that there are fully 40.
900 people in Kansas and Nebraska who
are either now, or will shortly be, in abso
lutte want of The necessaries of life. Pro.
lessor SMITH, of S.. Louis, earnestly ap-
peals to the people OF the whole country
10 send them aid in the shape of provisions
and clothing as speedily as possible.
SSrTBE average value of the trade be.
tween Paris and tho United States il said
to be somewhere near SIS 900, 900 per an.
nun. A large part of this is for fnerv
and fancy goodS--jewelry, hats, gloves,
buttons, ribbons, &C., &c. Silks alone
figured to the amount of 81 600, 900 in the
last annual official report of the American
Consul General
ED On Sunday night last, AMOS SHINE.
negro who was elected on the Compro-
mise ticket, was attacked by seven negroes
at HOumao Terre Bonue parish, Louisiana.
e1MMs ran, and being pursued, turned and
fired upon the party, killing one and wound
ing another. SIMMs Immediately surron.
dered himself, aud was sent to i,iI, and
was guarded during the night by tauaa
oil citizens. 1t is reported that threat.
were mado on that night to lay the town
10 ashes, but all was quiet on Monday.
HARD ON Stock DEALERs.- Last week
there was an unusually bard market in the
East on the stock men. The Grafton Sen.
'tnet "learns there were several dealers who
lost from sl0 10 $50 on cyeyv heat Of
cattle they bad in market-one man from
this county (Taylor) being particularly IN,
fortunate in tina, respect. We understand
that cattle for which was paid here 81, 4
and 1t cents, sold in Baltimore for 81 and
not over 3 cents-scme selling for 81 cents.
a circumstance occurred which it is said
was never before known 10 Baltimore
viz: want OF room with which to accom-.
modato the supply Of stock-sevefsl deal
ers hiding 1t necessary to herd their cattle
10 the streets until previous lots were sold
tnd taken from pens they in turn would
occupy. We arc at loss to account for
this extraordinary cvent-and we imagine
the dealers arc at q loss, also. We sympo.
tbise with the losers"
IF new tonic called boldo has bscn
discovered. Bodo is tree found in Chill
Of height Of 5 or 6 feet, isolated on noun.
famous regions, with yellow blossom aud q
Terdant foliage. Its bark, leaves, and bios
som possess a marked sEomatic odorIesom-
Ding mixture Of !urpontine and cam
phor. The leaves contain largely an ca.
scntisl oil. II contains an alkaIoid which
~ already called "boldinc." It's propey.
ties are chiefly as srmulant TO digestion
and having a marked action on the liver
It's action was discovered rather accidental
ly-tbus Some sheep which we're liver.
diseased were confioed 10 an enclosure which
happened to have been recently repsired
with boldo twigs The animals nte the
leaves and shoots, aud we're observed n rc-
cover speedily. Direct observations prove
It's 'ction-tbus, one gfsmme Of the tinc,.
IRE e1ciies appetite, increases the c;rcul,.
hon, and produces symptoms of circulate
~ excitement, and acts on the urine, which
gives out the peculiar odor Of boldo.
SUDDEN DEATH IN THE PULPIT. Rev.