South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-14
N E w s OF THE DAY

49, THE Virginia Synod will convene at
Mount Jackson on Thursday, 9Th instant.
AUGUSTUS PICARD, OF Rochester, is
lO7 years old, and never tasted coffee, tea
or butter, but be likes his bitters, and is
on iuveteiaie smoker. -. In case Governor
Noses, of South Carolina, secures renom-
ination he will have pretty large party in
his support, composed IF the men he has
pardoned out of the pcnitentiary FRANK
| WALwoRTu, who shot his father, has been
removed from the State prison to the insane
asylum. "A TALKING snake is the latest
sensation iu Wayne county, this State. -.
THE citizens Of Cambridge, Guernsey Co.,
Ohio, are buying potatoes in B-l,imore OF
/ s3 so per barrel, for home use. THE
SUN of 500, 900 is expended annually in
the city Of Minneapolis, Min uesota, for -four
barrels. Ous mill firm alone pays about
1925, 900 annually for cooperage. :. Two
Michigan fam lilies lately celebrated with
much rejoicing the union of their houses
in matrimonial alliance, tue contracting
parties being respectively aged II and 10.
IA YOUNG woman who was recently tie
reigniDg belle of Boone county, Kentucky,
now gets drunk In the streets of her native
village. ;. EDGAR Ii. STRONG, of Kent
county, Md, sold his trotting horse, Gap
tain jack to DIR. SLATER, of Baltimore,
for SIS 900. This horse is said to have
trottcd his mile in 2:24 on the day he was
sold "A GENTLEMAN at Troy,N Y recently
attended the funeral of q deceased relative.
Just as the coffin was about to be lowered
in the grave he stepped out from the crowd
ers,deliborately opened penknife,
Clipped splinter from the rough pine box
10 which the coffin was encased, and coolly
proceeded TO wbittle out tootbpick. A
BURGLAR lately went through niue houses
in Charleston, S. G ard ell he realized
was one old watch and one bite from dog.
- lT is stated that there were 2 ZOO sew.
ing machines, upon the average, sold every
business doy Of 1878. A ST. PAUL pa
per says that brother editor has got tenn
perance on the brain and whiskey on the
stomach. We should call this compro-
mise. GALVESTON, Texas, has grown
very rapidly since the war. Her popula-
ton has almost trebcd during the past
ten years-. EARNEST SMITH, colored,
aged Is, who was convicted May last on
charge of rape, was hanged in Easton, Me-,
on Friday last - THREE horse thives were
taken out of jail at Ozark, Franklin county,
Arkansas, on Tuesday night Of last week
by about 100 masked men, and hanged.
A GENTLEMAN at Quantico, Wicomico Co,
Maryland, claims TO have raised one bushe
of Early Rose potatoes from one single po.
tato. CLOUD bursts of more or less iu-
tensity are daily reported among the can
vons of Nevada. In Colorado, on the 9th
er hand, they are complaining of drought
IA Detroit husband is in trouble for
whipping his wife because the baby did not
take frst-class prize at a baby show.
EVERY witness against BEECuER is thought
10 be insane by the friends Of the great par
son. JUDGING from tho number Of
drowning accidents this year, says the New
York Commercial, there arc fewer people
born TO be hanged than we had supposed
WIN SMITH, Of Fulton township, &C.
Gil county, Maryland, burnt his barn on
Friday, 3lst uitmo, in attempting to burn
a bumblebees' nest in some old corn fodder
in the barnyard The bumblebees were
entirely destroyed, so was the barn, wagon
house, corn-crib, crops, &c. Loss So 900;
reinsurance. - AN ingenious schoolma' am
in Polk county, Oregon, has invented on
effectuSl process to subduo refractory urch-
ms. She stands ihcm on their heads and
pours water down their lrouseIs legs.
THEY have white blackterries 10 Indiauap-
oils Or lecturer who recently appear
ed in San Francisco reporter Of that city
says:
Her feet beneath her petlicoat,
Like monstrous rate stole in and out,
as if they feared the cat
GENERAL Howard has started from
Washington for Oregon TO take commend
Of the department recently under GENERAL
DAVIS. IT Gusts $1,000 to dress fash
ionablO woman at Saratoga Gov. MosEs,
Of South CaroIinp, manages to spend slO,-
coo year on. Ola Salary Of SO 800.
DUHING July, ia Richmond, Virginia.