South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-05-15
N e VS. OF THE AY.

subscribed over 5000 in one day for the
Louisiana sufferers -.ON Wednesday of
last week a party of 10 Russian Mennoni-
ties arrived in Nav York per steamship
Westphalia, from ii ,m5urg, aud left the
following day f,r D,ko,a, whore new J.
ony Is being fIrmod .THE snow is re-
ported 90 feet deep on the Blue Mountains,
Oregon -. DonGE City, Iowa, shipped O.
YER 100000 buffalo skins during the past
year. ."SIAMEsED," is North Carolina
for getting married. WHY should a mag
isirate be very cold ?--Bscluso be repre-
sents Justice. The weekly paper printed
Ia the city of Mexico in English on sun
days, is thirteen dollars yesr-just a quar-.
ter OF dollar number Or the twelve
members of the present L ,glsh C.binet
eight arc authors. Iowa erected | .266
school houses lost year. Two hundred
aud forty acres of land, with improvements.
two miles from Like City, Florida, lltely
sold Tor ten cents an acre . Born the
V:rginit Military Institute and the Wash
iogton aud LIE University have fewer stu
den's than last session ANY candidate
for Office in Cmahl who wears a shirt col
lar is considered a bloatcd aris,ocrat
convict escaped from a Georgia all recent
y, with the all of no other implement than
hair pin. THE California wheat crop
,rill ha
dicafoT says that Captain G. 4 Roller.
of Mount Sidney, took forty-soven pounds
of wool from five sheep, last week Miss
CLAUSsEN, the daughter of prominent
merchant in GALENA, Illinois, died few
days ago from the effects of injuries sus-
tanned 10 jumping from a loft distance Of
about i've feet THE largest valley in the
world is the valley of the Mississippi. Ii
contains 100000 square miles, and is one of
toe most fertile aud profitable regions of the
globe. COMMODORE VANDERBILT has
added another one hundred thousand Ia the
gilt OF q half million dollars for T-oivor-
Sty OF the Sluthern Methodist Church, to
be located tcu Nashville, Tennessee. Ir
is stated that while the railroads in British
India scarcely pay more than expenses. the
canals return large profits TWENTY FIVE
out of seventy deaths in 81. Louis, las,
week, were from lung diseases. Up
WARDS ofsevcn hundred wild geese are said
to have been killed by ligh,ning during a
terrific thunder storm, in Suffer and Butte
counties, Cal f)rnin, somo days since
Mr.. BFNNETr, proprietor Of the New York
Herol3, and JOHN WuIppLg, young law.
yer, Of New York, ran a foot rec, n few
days ago, distance ten miles, for So GOO
The race was won by Mr. BEYNErr-,imc.
o1a hour, lG minutes aud 50 seconds. The
IriLaac says That $50 coo changed hand,
on the result. The next race VIC suppose,
will be banter from BENNETT for crawl.
ing match on all fours, distance FIVE miles.
backwards or forwards. .TnE entire pop
uAtion Of Australia is estimated az , 600.
600. Tue island continent has au ,rea al
most as large as the whole Of Europe
FAANKLIN j. Moses, the negro Governor
o! South Carolina, owes debts in excess Of
lis assets Of about $3.50 600 This seems
to be scarcely credible =. Coal is now So
a too 10 the city Of New York and lie Is
$50. 1.JAMEs II. Piles, a negro Chan
ceIlor Of Sardis, Mississippi, has been con.
yictcd Of stealing the law books Of the law.
yers who pleaded 10 bis court. The New
York Her0ld says: owe note that villa,
is called "Thc Decoration Association Of
Illinois" has resolved that i, will make no
distinction on Decoration Day, bu, will
strew flowers on lhe graves Of the Federal
and Confederatc soldiers. This Is wise and
tender. Let our brothers find peace and
fraternity uudor the roses" To these de-.
coratous it is what should be done in oil
scctious-uo distinction. .MR. WV Il.
RANDOLPH, ono Of the Oldest citizen Of
Hourico county, Virgiuie, died at his res.
idence few days ago. 1t is srii be pos
scsse1 considerable means aud rare literary
attainmeuts Mr. Il was more than once
a member Of The General Assembly. "A
SEW bonnet made Of cork has been invon~
ted, and is now nll Tho 20 a contemporary
hopes that The papers viii not make light
Of IT,. Hos. ALFXANDEu II. SrFrurNs
since bis return home hos considerably i'm
proved 10 health, being abio to sit up most