South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-28
N E VS. OF THE DAY.

on SATURDAY last sol ,OOO gold as interest.
..-.THERE are 90 counties in this State
that grant no license TO sell liquor. :. A
FIRE on Sunday morning last a, Buena Viz
ia, Butler county, Pennsy lvanis, destroyed
about 80 buildings, consisting of stores, Of
fees and dwellings. Loss SIS, 900 The FIRE
is supposed to have tecn the work of 60 10
cendiary. - JONI HARPEP. the owner of
"Loufellow,' is dead /. 4. The Atlantic,
Mississippi aud Ohio railroad recently paid
into the State Treasury OF Virginia Sl5,-
1913 60 on account of taxes The farmers
near WilliamspOr', Washington county,
Md, are all complaining of their hogs be-
ing affected with hog cholera, quito mum.
Der having died tic pas, week from tina. ia
tai disease. MADAME RUMoR states that
ladies' stockings are 10 be embroidered, and
she ought to know. :. WE cannot say how
many aspirants Hampshire has for the Leg
ieli'ure. -. .SLIGuT frosts were reported on
the low grounds around Lewistown Me,
on Sunday last ST. Louis has detective
who rejoiOes in the name OF eggs. lie must
be theNesi.orof the police force in that city.
---.OvER $4,000. 600 worth of property
has been buried in the American lakes
since the Introduction Of steam. THE
military expenses of Germany for 1874 is
estimated at $4,000, 900. &. .Ir took
breadth Of carpet twenty miles long to GOV.
or the floor of the United States Hotel, at
Saratoga . THERE are wild peach trees in
Nevada. The peaches are small and bitter.
....TEMPERANCE is encouraged 10 the
British Navy by giving the men who do
not want grog its equivalent in tea & sugar
or in money - .ANGERoNA, the site of the
Valley Female College, at Winchester, has
been purchased by an association of promi-
nent MethOdisis. THE leading White
mountain houses employ seminary and COL
legs students Of both sexes for table walters
----THERE arc at present about forty man
ufactoIies of the various kinds Of rubber in
the United States, represe niug an nggre-
gate capital of about sl3, 600, 900, and Civ.
ing cctige employment to nearly 10000
men, women and children BAILIE Ply
TON, well-kuown Southern politician, has
had large estate in Texas left him by n
deceased nephew. IA LADY barber has
been driven out Of Dubuque by the mar
ried ladies' of that place. The latter thought
she scraped acquaintances too easily 80.
THERE are insnne asylums, with 5000
insane persona, 10 Massnchu c 8. THERE
is tree 10 Florida, at Lake Harris, which
is sail to yield 1000 lemons annually. -
ST. PAUL produces over 8 1000, 900 barrels
OF -four year. IA CALIFORNIA newspa.
per chronicles the fact that a dcfaul,ing
county treasurer from that State has "turn.
ed up in one Of the FIJI Islands, where be
has a plantation and q flock Of native wives.
-. WHAT'S in a name /? Chicago has an
undertaken maufed JOY, a pauper named
RICu, aud policeman named LAMB.
DURING the last Ten months we have i'm
ported nearly eighty millions less than for
the same period in 1872 8. "A. T. STEW
ARTS advertising bill for one year amour Is
to abou. $500, 000... THE cclored cadet,
SMITH, who gave so much trouble at West
Point, for tde last 4 years, failed to pass
fhal cxaminaiion,t is said, and was drop
ped from the list. BRIGHAM YOUNG has
mGGe will giving his wives 10 children
apiece. LIT is now estimated that il costs
tho people of the United States Sc, 900 coo
yearly to keep their teeth in repair 80.
VICE PRESIDENT WILSON apparently fav-
ora Mr. WAsHBURNE Minister TO France,
for next President. =. .DURING the storm
on the evening Of tho 12th inst. Mrs.
BRowN, of Port Republic, in Rockingham
county, Virginia, was struck & instantly kill
ed by lightning. She was sittiug at tho
supper. table, between Der husband and son
when the bol' descended striking her dead,
leaving the husband and sou uniniured ..
Rev. JAMES LATANB, who recently resign
ed as minister Of the Protestant Episcopsl
Church on the groubd Of opposition to RI
tualism, has been formerly doposod from
the ministry by BIsHoP JOINS, Of Virgin
ia..-.THE Louisville Couricr Journal
says ;--"After careful persusal Of Mr.
BEEcnER's statement we feel so thorough
ly convinced by its logic and eloquence that
we ere almost tempted to believe, that if
not really guilty, be May possibly be com