South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-12-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.


in Office :. The Duke of Sutherland
owns. 1.l76,463 acres i'm Scotland.
There were thirty-four deaths in Wheel.
ing during last mouth. : !. "A Baltimore
oyster eater found q pearl worth $500
ON half she'll at an oyster stand lately.
- In England q judge has decided
that you are liable in damage for keep
ing noisy rooster Elias Smith has
been appointed notary for Morgan
county. by Governor Jacob Toledo
Ohio. has Chinese female physician
practicing there - Broom handles are
now painted by machinery i'm Amstcr-
dam, New York The old navy.yard
in Philadelphia was OH yesterday week
sold for 81 900. 900. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, it is stated, was the
purchaser. John w. Walton. OF Oska.
loosa. Iowa, has the champion breeding
SOW OF the country. She had forty pigs
in four and a-half months. ..Vice-Pres.
ident Wilson bequeathes his property
to his mother-in.law, and an adopted
daughter. :. .Winterset, Iowa, has pro.
duced an apple weighing two pounds
and two ounces. In Virginia, Mr.. Al.
len Hannah has married Miss Hannah
Allen, and now Miss Hannah Allen is
Mrs. Hannah Hannah, and is, perhaps,
the only woman in the world whose
whole name can be spelled backward
the same as forward. That's what's the
matter with Hannah ia wife and
mother of sixteen has been granted n
divorce in Sioux City. The Judge told
her to be careful, for he would not grant
her another divorce until she was eigh.
teen. -. There are four thousand steam
vessels in the United States. :. Mr.. .Jo-
seph Cooley, for many years resident
OF Winchester, died near Middletown
Frederick county, Va. last week, at the
advanced age of eighty-six years. :.
The girls in this section are mad because
the spin back" will not permit them to
skate. Among the California exhibits
at the Centennial will be building con-
structed of pine cones. BENZ. Rout.
zahn. residing near Hagerstown, Nd.
raised $4,000 heads OF cabbage the past
season, on which he has realized 81 800
-. A girl in Berl1s county, Pennsylva.
MIA, only twelve years old rises daily at
four a. NJ, milks thirteen cows and pre-.
pares breakfast for the family. Her
hair isn't Changed" and she doesn't
wear n one-legged dress =. On We'd.
nesday night Of last week. says the Ha-
gerstown Ne1cs, barn near Hagerstown,
and belonging to Mr. Emmert, was de.
stroyed by fire, together with six hun.
dred bushels of wheat. several horses,
young cattle and farming utensils. The
lire was the work Of an incendiary -.
The 20 cent pieces have proved a failure
in California. The San Francisco Post
says: Nobody seems to want either to
pass or to receive them" Send them
up this way. -. The Senate OF Virginia
has in it as members, seventeen lawyers,
five doctors, thirteen farmers, two to-
bacconists, two (FederaD Office holders,
one merchant, one iron manufactures.
one hotel keeper, one banker and insur.
ancc agent, and one preacher, colored.
-. Consul General Seward will proba.
bly, succeed Avery rs Minister to China.
- Genera! Nathan Golf. Jr. ofC larks.
burg, is nominated as Republican can.
didate for Governor by the Fairmont
Vest Ii,y:nim -. Mr.. William Edison.
formerly of Winchester, died in Cum.
berlaEd on Wednesday Of last week, of
fashion. William w. Comps, ESQ.
residing about six miles from Leonard.
town, Md, has lost within about sixty
hours OF scarlet fever three interesting
children. aged respectively three, five
and seven years. The disease is sup.
posed to have been carried into the fam.
lily by German from Baltimore, retail.
ing dry goods and clothing President
Lerdo, Of Mexico, has ordered an invcs-
t!gation Of the circumstance Of Captain
McNally's raid into Mexico in pursuit
of cattle thieves. Captain McNally's
company has been presented with $500
by the citizens of Brownsville, Texas.
for their services Il. At large meeting
in Boston on the 9th inst. of the Meth
odist Epispocal Sabbath School Union
and of the Tract Society. and also week.
~ meetings of preachers, comprising
nearly 200 ministers, Bishop Haven urg.
ed rs q measure of safety for the public.
the denomination of General Grant for
President. His views were adopted by
q unanimous vote. What do you think
of that ;. Pit is said that when Chi.
nese bank fails all the officers have their
heads cut Off and flung into the corner
with the assets, and it has been 500 years
since there was bank failure in that
country. Is that SOP. 49,. In the Circuit
Court Of King William county. Va, n
few days ago, Miss Della Il. Mill recov.
cred OF James I. Littlepage for breach
of promise Of marriage $4,000. .Thos.
Jefferson's views on dueling and dane.
ing are given in some old letters which
have just been published in the st. Louis
Republican. lie wrote chem in 1925. in
response TO n request TO have rooms set
apart in the University OF Virginia for
instruction in the use of the small sword
and in dancing. lie refused 10 grant
the iirst part Of the request the other
part was favorably regarded, it's object
in his opinion being the establishment
& not the destruction Of the lives OF our
young citizens" Dancing" says Mr.
jefferson, sis generaly--and justly,