South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-06-26

ing the emigration statistics, is said to be
81 900 more than in 1901. THERE is
great deal of yellow fever 10 the West In
dies just now 80 Mrs. CAMERON, wife Of
the Hon. SIMON CAMERON, died at Har-
risburg, Penney lyanis, on Friday last. :.
a GANG OF thieves have been arrested in
Blacksburg, Virginia, consisting of one
white man and eleven negroes SALT
LAKE CITY has population of &c, 600, and
the Territory LIZ, 900. AN Increase in
the price Of jute, it is thought, will raise
ladies back hair. . In Monroe county.
this State, q great many cows arc dying
with a disease known as the "stagpers."
---.ONE of the most aourishiug dressmak-
crs in Paris is said TO be Connecticut man
Tine farmers in Illinois are importing
Norman horses. The animals are heavily
built, and arc specially adapted for agri-
cultural purposes. 49, THE Brook Ign Argus
argues that whes young woman begins
to pick lint off young mans coat collar,
it's sign that tho mercury in her Their
mome,er is goiGg up. THE name of
BENJAMIN MONTGOMERY, colored, replac-
es that Of JEFFERSON DAVIS as payer of
taxes to the annual amount of S2.447 on
two OF the finest plantations in Mississippi.
-. flashed is the latest and most graph
&c way Of saying that man has been run
over by locomotive aud ten or fifteen cars
IA BEAUTIFUL illustration Of woman's
love has just been exhibited iu Liverpool
a woman, to shield her husband, who was
charged with removing tho end of her nose,
swore that she bit it off herself. A MI
CHGAN paper sarcasiically remarks that ga
few of the Marquette ladies observed Dec
Grafton Day last Saturday Their efforts,
however, were all confined to their own
persons" 1T took a bishop and four
clergymen TO marry Que young lady in New
York last week. She wasn't dcmonstra.
tive either. GEN. JAMES SHIELDS is
| spoken of as a candidate for Senator from
Missouri. =. IT is said that not less than
100000 NOrtherners have, during the past
winter, visited the South, on pleasure or
business, involving daily expenditure of
nearly half a million Of dollars. Mrs.
AUDUBON, widow Of the celebrated natur-
alist, died at Kellysville, Kentucky, on
Friday last, aged SO. She was lldy of
unusual Attachments, and was the constant
companion of her husband in his labors
and travels, and visited the principal courts
of Europe in bis company. In Califor-
mia, stylish young men arc known by the
length of tho alligator boots which they
wear at balls. a young man who really
cares about his looks wears boots yard
long. CHIEF JUSTICE DIXON, of Wis
consiD, has resigned his position because he
got only $4,000 year. He can do better
practlciGg law. - THREE crates of peaches
from South Carolina and as many from
Georgia were 10 the New York market Sat-
urday last; price from SIS to Sc. she
handled his gun carelessly, and put on his
angel plumage,' is the latest Western obit,
uary notice. ACCORDING to the Oakland
Gal Tribune the Local Option liquid mea.
sure is as follows: Four gils make one pint,
two pnts make one quart, four quarts make
one gallon, md five gallons make one legal
drink THE Washington Star denies
the story that GEORGE ALFRED rammed
his umbrella down the throat of his antag-
onist and then opened it. =. LEWIS SHA,
LER,while b,thing at Cincinnati,a few days
ago, was seized with cramp, and EPHRA-
IN CARUTHERS went to his assistance, but
was drawn under water by the struggling
man, and both were drowned. CLARK
EVANS, who murdered WM. HoLBERT in
Illinois, was taken from Jail in Carrolltown,
on the 20th instant, by mob Of disguised
men and hanged. VERMONT this year
turns out 100000 pounds Of maple su-
gar, worth ton cents pound =. The re-
/ ports of tho condition Of the cotton crop
give moderately fair showing -. .CwINa
to tho yellow fever in Havana, vessels ar.
irving ct New York from that point are
guaranteed. "A NUMBER Of New EnQlan
furnaces have recently suspended operations
'he companies not having orders enough to
clear out their manufactured supply Of pig
iron. Now tho green apple doubles the
little boys into quarto form Hon d.
. =. : i 4