South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-26
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10 i4-C LOU ilf.I,fD- were macs, S9C Lds-
low. and now the production Is greater
than then. Cause. immigration and ci-
vilization. -. Pennsylvania ranks first
among the number producing States,
with an annual production of $28, $685.
965..- a baltimore beggar has retired
from business with a fortune of S26, 900.
There are about 100000 slaves in
Cuba, and it has been said that the aver
age life of o slave there is bat seven
years. A man named Ford, an en-
ployee OF the Shenandoah Iron Works.
in Page county, Va. had one his arms
torn of in apiece of machinery last
week The value of the sardines an.
nually caught in the Mediterranean is
estimated % S1.o00,oo0 =. Camels and
dromedaries arc becoming 50 plentiful
in Nevada that they are rapidly sup.
planting horses, mules and oxen as
beasts ofbprden -. Boston has youna
lady forger aged sixteen, who IN tha.
way made raise Of $4,000 lately.
The United States Pension Agent in
Washington has received information Of
the death OF apensioner in Georgia, aged
nlnety-nine years. who left son sixteen
years Of age. a rather curious arbi.
tration came or at Selingsgrove, Pa,
last wesk-thc parties being Henry Wal
ter and ellis IIaytmcn, and the conten-
ton bond OF 1000, which the latter
had given conditioned that he was not 10
visit the formers wife. THE arbitrators
gave Judgment for $1,000. =. Rubber
horse shoes are the latest novelty. Their
cost, as compared with those of iron. is
about one-third more, and their weight
forty Per cent. less. 1t ia said that hors.
es suffering from cracked or contracted
hoofs ere soon cured by their use. -.
The Equitable Life Insurance Company
ofElizabeth, New Jersey, has failed -.
Mrs. Lena Foster, OF EdgeGeld county.
5. G., was murdered on Friday last b.
some unknown parties while her hue
band Yves ut work il the field. The
State Librarian OF Ohio hadn't been
dead week before eighty-two people
asked 10 be his successor. Recently.
six children, cut Of family OF eight in
New York city, died OF diphtheria with,
in . few days of each other :. . A woman
in Dawson, Ga, accidentally bit her
tongue or the other day, and since that.
her husband gets home every evening
two hours earlier than usuel .Burg.
lars have gone through the chancery
clerks Office at Vicksburg, Miss. lamp
ering with books, papers and official
bonds, and stealing the books Of war.
rants on the special and poorhouse fund
containing stubs OF warrants last issued.
and blanks for current uze. 4 Read.
ing (Pa.) girl who recently married, find
ing that her husband couldn't get leave
of absence, said she was going to have
a wedding trip anyhow, and started Oft
alone -. Weston, in New York. recent
IS. walked 45l miles in six days. A
cargo OF 2,T00 sacks Of Rio coffee was
sold Mt auction in Richmond Va, on
Of last week, ct prices rang
ing from III to 10 cents, gold. One Chi.
cago firm bought 500 bags - A bear
weighing coo pounds was killed in Lc,
gan county, this State, recently. =. 1t
appears that tAe Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad haa fine run of freight over
their road on Sunday last. Tnere were
"a cars or their fast freight, and over
the Conneiisyiile rou:o thirty ears, max
ing an aggregate Of PA car loads of
freight. Grasshoppers are reported n
considerable numbers near Carlisle, Ky.
making ready for the spring campaign.
The applications for Office, in Wash
ington, ere said to be perfectly over
whe,min@ The State debt OF Nilsson
ri on the frsv day ofJGnnary, 1875. was
being n decrease Of $9O8,-
600, since January /. 1874. - The con
test between the rival railroad corpora
tons continues unabsted The St.
Louis Dispatch says that the only wo-
man in the congregation that BeeclIer
did not kiss, IS far as shown by the tes-
timony, Is Mrs. Ececher. 1t is said
England has n million more women than
men :. The wheat crop in Texas pro-
misses so heavily that if nothing occurs
to mar the prospects, it will tax the in
geuuity Of the farmers TO save all they
raise -. The Milleri.es now keep the
day on which they arc going up n pro-
found secret -. In Missouri wolf scalps
are received in payment Of taxes and
are worth s. head -. AN economical
farmers daughter in Massachusetts, put
OF her wedding day because eggs were
mp 10 forty cents 4 dozen, and il would
take two dozen for the Wedding cake
i-sll I'uA4tlL5 o ! ne Ill9lei pula Her
aid proudly announces that 219 twins
were among the productions OF Phila-
dclphia in Che year 1874. The crop, Of
course, will be ripe for thrashing in d
bout three years ... In Boston, Mass.
on Monday night lest, 4he body of Mrs.
Mary bingham. q widow. aged about 80,
was found ia The cellar Of her mothers
residence. last Boston, under circum-
stances which indicate that she was
brutality murdered, although the mater
is g, present involved IN mystery. The
face wa- t.aGully bruised, AID prl sent
od n siCkCa.ug appearance. Tie mouth
was filed Wish gravel, which was placed
ia SO soiidly tlat q knife was required
to remove it. in The vindp.pe there
was found @ iar-e stone which was with
difficulty removed. There were several
cuts on the back Of tho head. with one
or two in front and under the chin
There vcro also marksou tho neck as If
she had been chokcj There were spots
Of blood ON the floor nnd wall indiccfi-,s,