South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-11-06
N E w 8 OF THE DAY

'Has eoeie aio oVO,OVO more WOtueu tnau
men IN Grea. Britain :. The Mormon
Temple at Salt Lake was commenced 90
years ago, aud the walls are now only ii
feet above ground. INFORMATION from
Omaha, represents hundreds of people iu
state of starvation in Nebraska . ELIBU
BURRITT, ",he learned blacksmith" is
dangerously ill from hemorrbsge of the
lungs. IA DAUGHTER of the last British
Governor Of Virginia-LAD VIRGINIA
MURRAY, daughter Of the fourth Earl Of
Dunmore-is still surviving A CoMPA-
ny has been Termed in Savannah for the
mluufactuTe Of paper from rice straw.
NEARLY all tho billiard balls now in use
in the United States are made in Conuec,i.
cut -. The Alta Californian of the 10Th
says The vintage is now in full progress, and
the yield promises to be not more than l.
600, 600 gaillrs, two thirds light or dry,
! aud one-:hird heavy CT sweet wine. "A
little son of Mr.. THOMAS II. OsBouaN, re-
siding near Marlboro, Nd, fell from chest
I
his neck. NICE winter apples ore sell.
ing in Mnrtinsburg at 60 cents per busbel
---.A SINGLE lump of coal, Weighing one
and bali tons, was on exhibition at the
late Cumberland Fair. /. was mined at
BlrtoD, Md, by Mr ARCHIBALD BEyER-
IDGE.. DIPrHERIA is preea,en. 10
Wheeling. THE great tro,ting race at
San Frauc-co on Saturday last, between
Ocejdcns and Rulicrton, was won by the
former 10 3 heats best time 2;1S. WHEAT
in largo quantities is now being received
from St. Louis, by the Richmond AMI Pc
tsrsburg millers, via the Ohio river aud
Chesapeake aud Ouio Railroad SUB
sc ibe for the ".S2aM Branch InteLiytn.
cer." .TnERE are Il lodges OF Old Eel
lows in this State -. a WESTERN paper
announces the death of lady celebrated
for the "puriiy Of her character and COM
pleAioo. - Mrs. ABRAHAM LINCOLN has
been ooniucd to he, room for the past
months, and is JUS, uOw slowly recovering.
OK tho night of the 24:h, SIMON WOLF,
an Influential citizen of Byron, Greene
county, Ohio, was wayl4id, shot several
times, robbed of large sum of money, and
left dead in the road. Not the slightest
clue 10 the murderers has yet been found.
.---CoL, FRED GRANT who went to the
Black Iii Is with Custer, says there is We
ny little gold there. That settles i; for
where GRANT can't find gold it is useless
for others TO search. :. Tue burglars plan
OF binding aud gagging bank cashiers and
forcing them to give up he keys Of the
vaults may be easily frustrated Many
banks are now furnished with keys which
may be taken apart aud the pieces in,ruSt-
cd at night to several persons THEY
have kissing fairs in Iowa for the benz g.
of the churches-price ten cents kiss.
Blu; !: is not stated who is expected! 10 pay
the mouey-iho lady or the gentleman
AT Wauuaque, Possaic county, N. j. SA-
RAH CRoNK, a married woman, aged %.
on Monday lsst, shot and killed JAMES
LUKE, aged 65, who was annoying her with
offensive attentions. Mr.. .. II. GILL,
prominent citizen and for 30 years
member Of the wholesale tea house of MAR.
TIN GiLLET Il Co., Of Baltimore, died on
Thursday last. THE Honduras govern
meut have accepted an invitation to conlr.
bu'o to the Philadelphia centennial
JAMES VOORHEES,, son Of Hon DANIEL w.
VOORHEES,, OF Indiana, after studying las
and going through two weeks experience
az n practitioner, abandoned bis fathers
profession fer the stage, ard is now travel
ing with the FANNIE PRICE troupe
WEDNESDAY and Thursday mornings last
were about ms fogey or smoky as we ever
experienced. KANSAS is now the 10Th
State with compulsory education law up
on ito books. The coinage Of the U S.
mint for the past year, it is said, was great
or than for any previous year in the his;o.
~ Of the government since 1852, which il
good, If true. DURING the election Of
Eufaula, Ala, on Tuesday, d fficul'y grew
out Of the abuse Of negro, who bad voted
the Democratic ticket, by several Radical
negroes. This rapidly ripenod into rio, Of
large proportions, during which some 500
shots were fred. Six whites we're ound-
ed, one Of iLcm morally lhroo negroes
wore killed outright and 20 or moro woun-