South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-12-03
NEWS or THE DAY.


! woman in Ireland N NE age Of 10
/ years. The irightful mortality among
the children in New York is attributed
to impure milk .Thoreare tweuty.four
4 lodges knights OF Pythias in this State
....A lot OF Texas horses recently
brought Sil5 head gold in England.
1.-The old National Intelligence at
4 Washington, has been resuscitated, and
nor waves its banner OF President
Grant for third term I. !. Maine has
ten ex-Governors living. and all resid-
ing in the. State -. j. &. Dcnmead. of
4 King William County. Va. planted four
1 acres ofsliis farm ia'tomatoes this year,
and sold them TO q canning establisl,-
, ment in the vicinity for $500 .f3en,
Zinc ;,iId consno:i clay will clean mar.
4 bic q. The total v,s,ne ef .it lands a,t,
! buildings in West Virginia by the new
/ assessment, is $110922.03O. chair value
! according to the Former assessm ,nt was
/ SJ9,6SS.2o3; the increase ia. therefore,
! Sll, 2j3.S2I A Kansas wife. with the
4 help of three daughters, made more mo-
ney this year raising silk than her nus
baud with three boys made with a farm
raising wheat :. Hammer, one OF the
I negro candidates for the Legislature ia
/ Aibemarle coan:y. contests the election
OF Massic -. Mir. a. +. Stewart, OF New
York, has bought 70. 100000 francs
/ (S6O,OO0 gold the latest work OF Meis-
sonier, which is now on its way to this
country. 1t represents q regiment OF
I French cuirasslers going into battle an
satutlng their chief, Napoleon T., who is
: seen standing on Il hill in the centre Of
the scene :. George ". Storm, Tor ma
ny years a resident of parkersburg. IN
tends - execute a painting or Blanncr-
hassett Island and surroundings To he
exhibited ut the Centennial :. The val
Tie Of cotton lost tbs year Cor want OF
/ picking Is estimated 90 be over s.. OOO.-
OO0..- Fifteen cents a basbel Is the price
OF apples IN some parts of Pennsylvania
lam Eliza, Brigham Young's nine
teeath wife. has been lecturiny in Wheel
ing, telling al about the 'truc Inward
ness" OF the Mormon harem, anl The
doings of the Prophet -. II. NJ. Patter-
son, OF Monterey, Highland county. Va.
has been granted q patent for Improve
ment ON ice nails for hocsc.shocs -. By
census taken in March last the .popu.
lation Of Kansas is 533,373 1t is es-
tlmated that 1900 hogs have died Of
cholera n Morgan county, Illinois, dur
ing the past year, ana the disease still
RACES. Chief Justice Waite declines
beng candidate i0r the Presidency.
-. Paris iaundrcsscs use more chclai
Gals than soaps -. France produces on
IS one-hajfof the wood she uses Tor fuel.
American calico is the universal
currency in the interior Of Africa.
I ha ,f.,. 81
estimated at ~, 900 .000. .Thc'amount
stolen III 81. Louis by the whisllcy ring
IS estimated ut over $4,000, 600 Nc.
Donald, the revenue supervisor now OH
trial IN St. LoHiy for whiskey frauds. is
an Oil and intimate FRIEND OF the Iresi.
dent Grant, it is said, has now n 3l0,-
Geo team, presented to INN by Mellon
aid Tile head cook IT one OF the Bos-
ton ciabs draws salary Of -. coo and
never puts his daiicIte handsto pot or
Kettle The back pay Of Mr.. pinci!-
back, Of Louisiana, should he be finally !
admitted to the United States Senate.
would amount TO $4,000 4 single
bolt Of lightning in Dako5a lately killed
fourteen horses, and five steers. Rev.
DR.. Rosser in giving an acc punt OF his
ministry for the last year, stated TO the
NlrIini" Conference, at Danville. last
wec!, that he had preached four hundred
sermons. and witnessed between seven
and eight hundred conversions. Three
school houses located in The ncichbor.
hood Of funkstown, Md, were recently
burned br man named Swope, of Fred
erick county. lie has been arrested and
IS now in Jail at IIagcrstown, awaiting
his trial. lleis also impicatc in burn
ing his brothers barn -. DR.. III. liar.
Ncy. one OF tho most prominent and
highly esteemed citizens OF IIagerstown,
died on Monday last The majority
fortLc ucw constitution Of Missouriis 49,.
2jS .. Ihaddeus Stevens house-kcep.
en- Lydia Smith TO whom be devised So.
600, has suGI tho estate iUr six years
pay at 500 per annum - bermuda will
send some onions to the Centennial -.
An average crop of wheat in the l.. =.
is now nhout3G0, 0CO. 00Obushels The
tota. number OF c9lored members Of the
nest Legislature of Virginia will be -.
which rs considerable reduction on the
last session. There will be twenty.
Four contested seats in the lower House
Of ConEr nine occupied hy Demo.
cr3.s and fifteen by Republicans
Tho IlmuiIiou Noes says there is sor.
ghun enough in Caldwell county. Mis-
oiri. .o sweoten all the gooscberrics
aud old maids in any four counties in
tla rt.te... Webster wgs twen'y-onc
years compiling his Dictionary Eon.
ucr pays bis best LsdgeI story writer's
$1,000 year The Aiiegaby conn
tr. Nd. school commissioner h;ye made
ih.ir report los Che year ended scp;cm
ha, 5o. 1910. they employ % teachers.
1f whom As ore males and 81 females
The 'ctalnuwher ofpHpi.s IS G.23G. with
900 average attendance Of a.4iO- There
afo - echool-nouscs. 50 OF which we're
opened for The fall term There are
no# seven .'"aH canal boot- -ucccsarul.