South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-05-01

/ Miss NELLIE GRANTS intended, Mr..
SARTcRIs has 100000 a year. THE
/ Baltimore Gazette thinks that "hord N o.
ney party and "cheap money party" are
looming up, aud will be the parties of the
future THE new city directory of ST..
Louis just published, puts the present pop
ulation Of that town at 473 500 souls.
INDIA rubber trees have been found ON the
| S.. johns river il Florida. WHEAT
grown on the prairies Of Arkansas is pro-
nounced to DO superior to that of Illinois
by correspondent of the ST. Louis Demo
crdt "A MISSISSIPPI jury valued Mrs
MONTGOMERY at S25 900. She was killed
on the u'hern Railroad at Abbeville, and
Mr.. MONTGOMERY is rich man Mr..
Moses CRoNCHERs, of Concord, N ii &,
who was bitten by a cat over a year ago,
died recently of hydrophobia &. CAPTAIN
w. d. FooTE, of st. Louis, has been chal-
legged by Mr.. II. T Brooks, of the Ga
zette OF that city, to duel, for calling him
"a contemplate scalawsg". :. CHARLES
WALKER, negro who was hung at Thorn
asville, Georgia, last Friday, made on the
gallows singular request. Raising the
cap he asked his friends to pray for the
counsel that had defended him. He then
met his fate with composure. THE last
edition of the London Slang Dictionary,
under the bead Of "Bunmer," says: ain
California men who profess to be journalists,
aud 80 obtain free dinners and drinks, are
called literary bummers" THE Mississ-
iPpi Legislature has passed an act requiring
liquor dealers to obtain the written consent
Of majority Of the men and women who
are of age 10 the town where they propose
to sell, before licenses can be granted.
a MAN in Maine recently willcd all Lis
property to his wife. She is SO deuced ug-
ly he knew nobody would marry her for
double the amount, and so it will be safe
for the children :. IT is said, that in Chi.
40, wealthy criminals can always escape
punishment by Furnishing substitutes, who
willingly undergo whatever punishment
nay be awarded, for stipulated price, even
to the extent Of paying the penalty of their
ives....ON Sunday night, the 19ih ult.,
there was terrible snow storm 10 Weston,
lowe, md three persons were unable 10
reach thcir homes, and persisted 10 The To-
tense cold =. PiTTsFIELD, Massach usctts,
fired guns and rang bells over the veto.
DR.. RUFFNER, superintendent of public
instruction, calls the fifteen Southern States
the ex slave. - MAINS livery stables, in
Howard street, Baltimore, on the Oath uli
were partially destroyed by fire. Six fine
horses, valued at $1,000 each, were sulfo.
Gated by smoke. MAINS loss on stable is
S7,O00-ONE cattle raiser in Texas is
preparing to brand $4,000 calves this sea-
son.. Mr.. WIN. N. GARNER of Culpep-
er county has a calf which measures four
feet from nose to tail, and is only thirteen
inches high. - CHICAGO, April 27.-In
the criminal court of Chicago to day Judge
GARY sentenced DR.. PAUL SCHGPPE, con-
vic'ed Of forgery, to three years in the pen
i.entiary. His counsel declare their in;on-
ton Of taking the case to the Supreme
Court on writ of error. THE contract
Of the Spanish government with the G. &
o Railroad for coal for its navy in Amer
lean waters, calls for $1,000 tons. A
SUIT involving s3,000,OO0 for life insur-
ance against the New York Mutual is pend
ing in Philadelphia. The question is
whether the insured party was murdered
or committed suicide. THE Rev. j. b
BRowN, Of Rusaellville, Arkansas, found
that donation parties were insufficient TO
eke him out living, so he took to manu-
featuring counterfeit money Mr.. BRowN
was arrested with two accOmplices, s. A
Buck and DANIEL MITCHELL. BUCK
purchased the materials, BRowN made the
money, aud MITCHELL circulated it. A.
mong the articles found was a book called
the "Cabals," purpcriing TO be a guide to
all the mysteries of counterfeiling . Mr..
ALEXANDER II STEPHENS passed through
Alexandra, Va Saturday night last on
his way home from Congress TO Georgia,
compelled 10 return on account Of bis health
which is 80 bad as to be alarming to his
numerous friends. AN old gentleman at
Columbia Falls, Mo-, aged SO years was
recently married, the ceremony being per-
formed by bis SOD, aged 81 years. 1T