South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-17
N Z w S OF THE DAY.

mRs. SOPHIA hICkSoN, OF ADAMS couu-
/ ty, Pennsy ivanis, has attained the advanc-
ed age of 104 years. She was born at
Staunton, Va, in ITO. =. FIVE years ago
there was not railroad 10 Colorado Now
] there are nearly seven hundred miles, all
10 operation. =. USING a cancelled postage
stamp cost a man $500 and costs at Utica,
New York, the other day .THE debt of
Philadelphia is SOC, 900 900, aud it is pro-
posed to increase it to $50, 100000. Phil
adelpbia can stand it IAN cid tree, re-
Gently Gu. down in Genesee county, New
York, was according to the count of its
rings, $50 years old "A New line of
steamers has been established between L.v-
erpool and Galveston. The FIRST vessel sail.
ed from Liverpool last week The latest
thing out is self-feeding Kerosene lamp,
which will positively not explode. - :
New aud improved plan of iron bridge is
being put over Pat,erson's Creek, by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. -.
A JEwELLER advertises his diamonds as
"pure and sparkling Us a widow tears" -.
RED headed girls are now called "BronSe-
knob Divinities" DAVID JONES, of
Blackington, Massachusetts,, undertook to
play practical joke by dressing up in fan
tastic garb and knocking at JOHN DAVIS
door. LOUISE, daughter of Mr.. DAVIS,
opened the door, when JONES rushed in
aud SO frightened the young lady that she
has become u maniac "A MAN 10 Indi-
ana laughed himself to death the other day,
and it wasn't about the female crusaders
either. IN Silt Lake City recently a
Mormon named JAMES WILSON publicly
announced that he would kill any man
BRIGHAM YOUNG didn't like if ordered by
the Prophet to do so. A New style OF
boys trowsers has been invented in b lston,
with copper seat, shee,-iron knees, rivi-
ted down the seams, aud water proof pock-
cts to hold broken eggs -. a Texas gen.
tlemau four years ago bought sow and
four pigs for FIVE dollars, branded them,
aud turned them loose. lie now enjoys
the proud distinction of being the 'Ilok
| King" of Texas. TROY sent 81 $50 bar.
rels of potatoes TO New York in ono week
recently IA Cow race for purse OF
500 is announced to take place at Grotou
Massachusetts,. THE will Of the late
JAMES NJ. Mason, boqueathing property
to the value &C 10000 10 his two dsugh-
ters, VIRGINIA and ELIZA o. Mason, has
just been admitted to probate in the Fair
| fax county court. 4 WESTERN pepper
announces the death Of lady celebrated
for tho equity. Of her character and com.
! plexiou" BERNARD, DANIEL, and G 60.
Doll, three brothers, all prominent bust
ness men of Martinsburg w. Va have
died in the last six months In 1912 a
paper of pins cost 81 QUEEN VICTORIA
rules over 234, GO, SOB souls :. TWENTY
SIX boats left the port at Cumberland on
Saturday last with coal for Georgetown and
! Alexandra. AT ST. ClairsviIfc, Ohio,
the ssloons are all closed. The event was
announced en- Friday last, by ringing OF
bells, fling Of guns and great rejoicing q. =.
| OVER million dollars worth of wall paper
is made annually 10 Philadelphia. -. a
/ fgb. be; ween Ibdisns and minute men ia
Brown county, Texas, has resulted in kill
Jog ten redskins. PENNSYLVANIA stands
first on the list Of Introducing States
/ Ohio second, and Illinois third =. a Ma.
RYLAND man has goose which has passed
its eighty first birthday FLORIDA nlii.
gators have given up trying to eat fashion.
able women. as the hustle is almost sure Il
choke them - CUMBERLAND county Pa
has preacher who weighs 333 pounds -.
SnAD are reported so plentiful in the ST.
Johns river, Flcride, that the farmers arr
using the f-h ss ferlilisers. AT Louis
vile, Kentucky, on Saturday last furni
ture fag'ory vas burDed, the eslimated los
being 500, 000... Ar Fort Wrangle, Alas
kp, the average temperature during to-
winter has been thirty degrees below zero
The coolest snap was 10 January, when th,
mercury congealed The members Of th
County Court Of Vernon county, Missouri
who w,ro indicted last fall for falling 4
publish, as the law requires, the foancia
condition Of the county, have just had thei
trial, and were fined $3.50 each LIS Ben
niDglon, Vermont, two sisters residing with
10 six miles Of each other, have not mo