South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-11-20
N E WS OF THE DAY


gum envelope flaps IT is said tba, TENNY-
son has received 100000 from his pub
fishers for the sale Of his poems . . THREE
aud half tons of silver bullion was receiy-
ed 10 New York from a San Francisco re-
Emery, on the 10lh inst. .THE New York
law requiring that every child shall be sent
to school OF be taught at home q res into
force within a few weeks WHEELING saws
the Standard, Uses about 20,000,C00
bushels of coal yearly. ."WE pledge our.
selves to drink whiskey moderately" is the
cardinal precept of an Ohio temperance
society IA BILL has passed the Oregan
Senate which provides that husbands and
wives without children may be considered
divorced by simply ceasing to live togeth-
err. The receipts of all Eogland's rail
ways are 81 millions per week. Nice
rambo apples are selling in Mar,insturg 1t
60 cents per bushel. TUEucw catalogue
of Yale College shows the largest enrol
iDent of students in the history Of the Uoi-
veieity. The total number in all depart
meuts is 1881 THE gold Ids of
Souh Africa are yielding well IVES
tern grangers sell grasshopper eggs for rad
sh seeds. PLANTERS in Louisiana are
offeEiug to give away so acres of land to
permanent white settlers. -. OMELETTEs
made OF turtles eggs are staple delcacy
of Florida. ..OT the $50 pos,mistresses
IN Pennsy lvauia, not one has proved de-
taulter to the government . STEEL pens
are manufactured al Birmingham, England,
at the rate of Ii, 112 600 week, and sold
Tor three cents gross ONE Of the
young Ro,hschilds received 1871 600 notes,
$50 ,OOO,) the result of his betting on the
Gao iarewiich stakes at New Market, Eng.
land.- AT meeting of the gunpowder
trade in New York it was esolved to re-
reduce the price o! sporting qualities
four cents, and two cents for blasting.
The reduction is 10 go into effect at once.
lin average female is just now crazy
over hats. If she hasn't got a soft feli,
with rakish crown and a tbievish boxing
brIm, she Is crazy to get one, and il sue has
got one, she IL mad because she 3idn't get
tho other pattern. -. IT is said that Mr.
A. i. STEUART, Of New York, coutcm
plates giving his new marble house on
Fifth avenue in that city to the corpora.
ton OF New York, to be the ofiiciai resi-
denco of the Mayor. l. costs nearly .
600, 600. The managers of St. Johns
Guild, New York, say that a. least 20 600
men and women are out of employment 10
New ork city, and that whole families are
without the necessaries of life Hundreds
gather at the guild doors daily, camoring
Tor food, and the treasury of the guild even
to its reserve fund is exhausted. There,
lore the guilds volunteers appeal to those
who have food, clothing, and money to
give. SHORT dresses are coming Into
tshion again, and young ladies are
experiencing the old, old difficulty of get
ting No. foot into No 4 shoe. =.
The Boston Post estimates Buffers
wealth at million and qulrter Of dollars.
80. SINCE Oct. l two hundred and ftiy
cases of diphtheria have been reported in
Brooklyn, 81 Of which were fatal. For
the week ending Nov I there were 10 ca.
ess Of dcaIh. :. TIE trotling stallion Man.
haitian ran away at Newburgb, n Y, on
Saturday, and cut the cords of his hind legs.
probably running himself H. was valued
al 100000. The Bible is now printed
IN 200 languages. SECOND VICE PREsI
DENT KtYsER Of tho BIllimoro aud Ohio
Rilroad, was las; week elected President
IF the Washington county Railroad, rice
ROBERT Fowler, deceased There are
only 1858 surviving soldiers Of the Mexi.
cen war, out Of over a hundred thousand
engaged 10 that cou1.ct. THERE are
said to be 3S women now occupying pul.
pits in the Uaited States WOMEN in
San FraLcisci are by law deprived of the
right 10 stand up al the bar and drink like
men 49,. + CcORDING TO the BILLINGs phi.
losnphy-"Life is full Of kare ond lrubble,
whether yu 60 it single or bubble d. D.. IT
was bright boy who told bis teacher that
there were three secfs-iho male sex. the
female sex and the insects BY recent
order Of the Master Of Transportation Of
the Baltimore and Ohil railroad, no per-