South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-12-04
NE VS. OF THE DAY,

Ma. JOSEPH VASvACrER killed three
Wild Geese on the Shenandoah river, in
Jefferson county, few days ago, THE
number OF unskilied lsborers out of work
in Massachusetts is estimated to be as %
to in skilled employments THE ssla-
ry OF $40 900 per annum paid to Presi-
dent JEwETT of the Erie Rai.wsy is the
largest paid to any railroad official in the
U. s., and it is believed larger than any
paid to any railroad off Ger 10 the world.
lT is stalled that there are a, present one
hundred and sixty Chinese students in
Connecticut aud Massachusetts,. Elch is
allowed 500 per aunum by his emperor.
Mr.. CLARK, OF s.. Peter, MINI, up
on 6resking an egg found therein ser.
pens inches long. The hen that laid
that egg must have had the delirium tre-
mons "A LADY in Bradford, Conn,
was startled at finding pair Of trousers
hanging over a chair in her room upon a.
Weakening. Her own clothing, she found,
was goue a luna;ic, escaped from an a.
sylum in the neighborhood, had slipped in
aud made The exchange 10 the night. -.
The totsi production of pig iron in the U
S. has increased from 736, 21S tons in 1854,
TO 2,SGS ,27S tons 10 1873 The produc-
lion during the last five years has been as
follows: 1869, 1,9l6,64l; 1870, l..
So, 600; 1871, 1912, SOS 1872, Ssh
55S; 1873, 2,S6S,27S. .TuIs comes
from Oregon
There is a Postm ter from Salem,
Wac resembles the beast rode by Balaam-
He pays for his hash
With the Government cash
That he stole when he sailed out of Salem.
The Proprietor of Boston toy shop
has received the following mole from con-
science stricken boy: "Gentemau-I 70.
turn to you the money for a top took from
your store. am sorry for what havo done
and ask your forgiveness, Yours. A boy
who will try to do better" IN the ci-
ty Of Philadelphia the Prcsby,erians num-
Der %, 035 COMMITMENTS, being nearly
thousand more than were in the u. S. in
tho year 1908. - WITHOUT any desire to
brag, the detroit Free Press POINTS to
Michigan suuaower 10 feet high, aud re
specially inquiries after the health Of 9th
er suntiowers around the country -. II
til patient does not recover his health,
ought the physician to recover his fees? If
the doctor orders bark, has not the patient
right to growl D. "A GENTLEMAN in
the cigar business sends his annual gem to
the editor of the Detroit Free Press
''Tis autumn, and the leaves are dry,
and rustic on the ground
Producing in'ards of cigars
st a trihing cos, per pound"
LII is singular that mine waters
are only beneficial to the wealthy. We re-
yer knew a physician to advise poor man
to 60 to any watering place :. "A RHODE
Island paper relates that on Sunday after.
noon man named HILTON, u carpenter,
and formerly resident of Lowell, died at
his home 10 Pawtucketyille from the eff
fsc's Of the bite of a pig, receive about a
week previously L; appears that when
the animal bit him be paid no attention to
the wound further than to tie rag about
it. Some days afterward the wound swell
ed and mortified, and the services of
physician were obtained, but despite his
exertions to save the man be died Ir
has been estimated that of II 900, 900 wo.
men in America Il 100000 wear calico
dresses more or less that the split Of C.
economy has, during the past year, induced
them 10 forego one dress a piece from their
outlay that the average calico dress con.
tains II yards, aud that, consequently,
there has been a loss to the trade Of I21..
100000 yards. This is nearly the entire
product Of all the mills of Massachusetts,
for year. Work on the Valley Rail.
road between Stanton and Salem, Va, he's
been suspended PRoFEssoR SEELYE
will be the only clergyman in the 44th
Congress. GEORGE LABOR, aged 1l3
years, died at Sirousburg, Pa, on Saturday
last. ONLY a million of dollars per day
IS all it requires to ruu our government
.-..THE Ohio and Tennessee delegations
10 The next Congress are lawyers, with one
or two exceptions. The same may be said
Of Virginia THE ARCH DUKE CHARLES