South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-09-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.


barbkrism, writes young Baltimore
arOMmer. Alex. II. Stephens thinks
that Governor Allen IL one OFT the abiest
and most remarkable men the country
has ever produced =. There are four
capital eases in the Jail in Cumberland.
Three for murder and one for rape. -.
Mr.. Thomas Amber. Of Fauquicr coun-
ty. Va. died on thes4th inst. in the S4th
year OF his age. He was highly esteem
ed by allwho knew him !. Nv iilism and
Mary College offers free tuition to ten
scholars selected from such as have lost
q parent in the Confederate service
Ia few days ago. says the Moore.
field advertiser. two men working in n
quarry near Moorefield. undertook To
drill out blast that had failed to go of.
when it exploded carrying or their drill.
but. singularly enough, injuring only
one Of them slightly The time has
come around for mixing the schools"
again, and there is trouble in the land
from New York to New Orleans. When
will people discover that black and white
are antagonistic colors: "A conductor
on tho Chicago and Northwestern Rail.
road recently kissed one Of his lady pas
sengers. a Miss McCracken. She re.
sented his action. and instituted suit
against tue railroad for damages on the
ground that sho WAS kissed by the whole
company through the conductor. as n
gent. An Illinois JURY awarded her ST..
600. which i, SS3.3a from each director,
or ten cents nom eaca stoeithoi.1r.
Since the Col. Baker affair the female
hummer is practicing new dodge in
English railway carriages. She watches
her chances, and whenever gentleman
is alone, she sits down in his hap, and
throwing her arms about HIS neck, says.
"You had better settle with me or Il will
Rakerixe You Mt the next station"
Large sums OF money haze been thus
black-msiled out OF gentlemen who
shrink from notoriety, and It is coming
TO be hart work to get a man into car
with = woman he doesn't know :. In
keotstik, Iowa, . few days ago, the ne.
groes forced themselves into tire public
schools in every wnrd, against the rul.
ing of the school board, AMI now civil
rights out there is in the worst kind OF
oCtor. =. Mr. G.. W. Sheetz, OF Western
port, Md, few days ago. presented our
friend OF the Piedmont Independent TWO
BEANS one measuring 71k incircs AMI
the other 26l -. The London police
force consists Of 1922 men = Paper
vest fronts are the latest masculine or
uafDent. DIR. Thomas B. Edmiston Of
Weston, Lewis county, this State, died
suddenly in that place on the 18th mat.
after an Illness os not more than AZ
hours. lie WAS n young physician OF
great promise. ;. Oregon has town
named Pay Up, and they are talking OF
calling l. See-you-to.morrow. -. Natug-
alists have decided that no hen can lay
over six hundred eggs. Therefore when
you have checked Off Mt that figure you
can sell her for aspiring chicken a re-
markabie marriage recently took place
in British-Intiia i'll the presence Ola large
congregation. The bride had no arms,
and tho ring hadsto be placed on the
third toe of her ieft foot. At the con-
'c,usiob OF the marriage ceremony she
signed the register, holding the pen
with her toes, in a Very decent ahand."
- Eighteen thousand men arc to be
sent from Spain to Cuba by the 18th Of
widow of the celebrated Confederate
General of cavalry, has become an in
structor in tho Southern Female Col
lege at Richmond, Va The liabilities
of Schuehardt & Sons, bankers New
York, who failed on the It'll, are eGti-
mated ~ $l,lQ0,000, OF which $4,000
are in this country - . Commodore Far-
rvs flagship, the Lawrence. sunk in Erie
Pa.) harbor sixty-two years ago, has
been raised. and the bottom found TO be
in good state OF preservation. She is
to be exhibited Mt the centennial The
Georgetown Courier is lahoring jealous
ly for the rctrocession of that place to
Maryland a sweet potato plantation
of 700 acres in Atlanta, Georgia is ex-
pected TO yield 10000 bushels of the "a.
vorite edible =. 1t costs Canada only
50 to care for each Indian. 1t costs the
United States more than $50 per Indian.
But, then. we have our moneys worth in
having Indian Rings The safe OF
Francis Sargent & Co., in Boston, was
robbed on the 18th, of 1929 i'm bank
bills, checks and notes. Two men en-
tered the establishment when the book.
keeper happened TO be alone. One Of
them engaged him in conversation. and
untler some pretense induced lliEi 20 20
into another part Of the building. 4
confederate slipped into the counting.
room, and with burglars tools priced o.
pen the inner door 0fthe safe, the outer
door being unlocked. ami decamped.-
The theft was not detected until after
the parties had left :. Four eonvicts
for the government penitentisry at Al
bany were taken from West Virginia on
Saturday last >. Wisconsin claims
population, exclusive Of one county that
in 1870 had 3,l66 Inhabitants. Of 1885,
$40. - Fire women's centennial com.
mittee of Cincinnati have unanimously
voted to- send $4,000 as free gift to the
new building 20 be erected on the cen.
tennial grounds at Philadelphia for the
display Of women's work The full
returns of the vote for Governor Of Cal
ifornia are given ~ follows: irwin.
democrat. 81, 1928 Phelps. republican.
40 gZl RidwaII indepondont "a cQn