South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-29
NEWS OF ruE Day.

-, Tha sSaez .Canoi earnea over So
I ooo.Ool last year, and cost oser -. 600
600 ssIt will DE = wonder II other Cali
Norma banks don't bust in order to be-
come heroes Queen Isabella still
owes $4,000, b,tsshs Spist WORRY sover
it.. Richmond, Va. has now q pooula-
ton or over 1000. - Economy in youth
makes q cushion FOR OLD age iowa
has man who, never had any ewes
The. skin grows over the place usually
occupie.l by them the same % over the
rest of the face :. a miner who has
been prospecting in Alaska, reports hav-
ing seen numbers ofCariboo deer, noun
tam sheep, hogs, porcupnes. rabbits,
plfds Ia great. variety. swans, geese.
cranes, duck. all kinds OF game and
fish, and gold in paying quantities. lie
gives 1t as his opinion that there Is q
vast field OF the precious metal there -
that Alaska is a second California -.
John Ii. Nichols, q clerl, in the Wash
lnSton city post office, was ARE sted the
other day charged with Robin. letters
Of money, and the marked money of
decoy letter was. found on his person
.-- henry Brost, once an attorneys
clerk NJ Geneva, Switzerland, aud sub
! sequently captain in the. Confederate
army. has, according to letter received
| by +. Dinner. OF New York, Inherited
about $l50,o00. The gentleman has
not, however, been heard Of since the
conclusion of the war The Rev. w.
IL. Mi!burn, the blind preacher, will ac-
cept engagement to lecture the coming
! season. Mr.. Milburn has added several
| new lectures to those which have ALREADY
gwen hin reputation in Europe and
America as one OF the most pleasing of
public speakers - There is q piece Of
soap in Albany,1New York, supposed to
be a hundred Years old :. There rs a
dilatory couple in Tennessee that have
/ been engaged for TWENTY-FIVE years
| Shicago ut the end Of the year, will have
/ 10000 more houses than at the begin.
ning "A bell to weigh $4,000 pounds
IS being made for Independence Hall,
| Philadelphia ON the LIST of October
there were 942 convicts in the, State
peHltentiary-l82 white and $50 colored
personsTbeing an increase OF 1Ae over
the year 1874 Tilton gets $4,000 for.
100 lectures. The wicked shall flourish.
- Rev. Fisher, of Connecticut, has
Just married his I,600th couple :. Dig:
r.. B.-Chapin, ccntenariaa, OF Charlotsass
Michigan, has taken his oath thasshc IS
one hundred and five years old. aud l.a<'
practiccd medicine seventy wears cat
Memphis the other day, Beeelsar solt,
| for %l7, Tilton brougiit Sl3, and Mrs
Iiiton brought only SIS. .sikay were
wax figures =. -The 4fnammeth hotel
toy be bpat at 5 ,,Snis by, Boston capt
" 80 wild b. : stories 500Gect square.
~ lee ii58h nnJ aill contain 1000
ss,'@ss aeSioiansos ating $500 ko5gers
JosRRh 3svaas, while hunting acci.
denfHlsF slot and killed himself, near
| fosssssile. Pa-,ton the iStlilinstant
Countess OF Eu, the eldest daughter of
the emperor OF Brazil, has n son .
l4Acy Sterling commi ted Snicide in Bal.
timcrc OH the 18th inst, with morphine.
She was from Fredericksburg. Virginia.
IA northwest African expedition
leaves England next month for the pur.
pose OF surveying the African coast on.
posite the Canary Islands to locate a
harOor and missionary station "a. Bos-
ton papers report that Commodore YAM
derDilt las instriioted his agents TO pur.
chase $l,O02,000 worth OF produetive
real estate in thai city,. No less than 4
seven members OF the next Congress
WiIi answer 10 Che name ofW illiams ana
three To that o:lIarris =. Live fish, pick
erai OF trout, will keep a cstern free
from worms and bugs -. Miss Ida De-
morcst, whom the Grand Duko Alexis
considcrod the hanlsomegt woman in
The United States. has married Ne.
hraska doctor -. Ben. Boyd the notori.
Gus coUnterfeiter, has been arrested near
Fulton, Illinois =. Disastrous foods arc
reported in England. The Sovweigian
bark liu'da has been wrecked mir. |
James Cri5h In, ,JF., . weltknown and !
prominent citizen Of Garrett county. !
Maryland, died suddenly At bisrc5ilcnco
near Oakland or Thursday Of last week.. J
Two COWS. belonging TO Nr. NIc. |
kenzic, were killed by train on the
Railroad near Bfaly's Mill last week
A boy laviugthe cattle in chart,e allow.
cd them 10 wander on 70 the Railroad 1
track Richmond, Va. was alive with |
visitors on the 2jtn. Trains and other
convcyanccs wcrc constantly brinping
acccssion5 from every direction, includ- !
ing military co'npailics aud war yeter. /
ans, to take part in the dedication OF the I
NtoncwaH Jackson s;atne . Moses Il. 4
Handy and Charlc7 J. jones. late orile 4
editorial staff of the New York Tyib,u!c. /
and James IL. Bcals, Jr! late OF the Ros. !
ton Pest. have purchased the Richmond. |
Va. Enquirer. and will issue the fret
number under their management during
the present week, rs n democratic con.
sentative paper .Borman Chancellor.
OF Loudoun county, has withdrawn as a
candidate for tue State Senate. There
are Low in the field Mcssrs. Sinclair and
CIaughtOn, the conservative nominees
MIR. Williams, Of Loudoun. republican
nominee, and Hon. Lewis Mckenzie. of
Alexandria, who was brought out as an
independent candidate .. Jacobs the
farmer Of Homer. Illinois. who has been
on trial Mt Joliet for wife murder. has
been found guilty and sentenced to be