South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-11-12

NEWS OF THE DAY.


that the population OF the Union is a.
bout As. 25o. 900 There are one hun
dred and twenty-five parties BIZ the name
OF Smith in Wkceling Mountains of
isinglass, worth dollar per pound. is
the newest Black Hills attraction. =.
Hay burning stoves are in Minnesota
use The California orange crop OF
last season was the largest ever produc-
Ell IN the State. amounting 10 $3.50, 600.
.-..JeGerson Davis was presented ut
Fairview, Ky, recently, with gold
headed cane made from locust tree
which his father had planted ~ Mr.
Cod married Miss Fish at Sterling.
| Connecticut, recently :. E. Jim Fish's Ia
Their has just invented patent harness.
containing a Very Ingenious arrange
ment whereby the pulling of a string in.
stautly frees the horse from the vehicle.
49, North Carolina will be represented
in tho Cenenaial by seventy vari,t es
OF pine timber. :. Another of the speci-
mems for the; Centennial sent TO Wheel.
ing is very fine. specimen OF woo,tc;il-
ea ''}ew Pine" grows on Williams river.
| Cherry Tree river, .Gauiey, Cheat and
t.lk rivers, through the counties Of Ran
dolph and Pocahontas. This wood is
very light, still and strong, making il
useful FOR spats aha building generally.
49,. a Lake sNiilsreYaN. H.. child has
lately died of eating match heads -.
| The Grafton Senas,sci states THAT one
! night last week, the fireman of loco
motive on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road noticed that the engineer, Mr. Crum,
Of West Grafton. did not blow the whis.
tie on passing n station. and going up
20 him found him sitting on his box, with
his hand on the throttle, unable to move
or speak. The train was stopped and
! Mr.. Crum was transferred to passenger
train. when he was found TO have been
stricken with paralysis. The Centcn-
| NAL buildings will not be open on Sun
days during the Exhibition. Fifteen
cents bushel ia the price Of apples in
some parts of Pennsylvania .. The fall
/ sales Of short-horn cattle in Kentucky
during the last two weeks show an ag-
| grcgata of over half million dollars
I've have imported, since last Janu.
airy, $3o,0O0,000 worth OF dry goods
lraiity, thy name is woman !. "A South
Carolina grocer publicly praises a mem.
| her of tho Legislature of that State for
! not stealing n jar of lard when he had
/ first rate chance TO do so :. American
| broons are sweeping the European
market The last surviving child Of
John G. Calhoun. Mrs. FIoride Clemson.
! died recently in South Carolina. The
cultivation OF tea in this country has
hecn successfully attempted by NJ. d.
Manard, of Louisiana who has produced
perfect article, which sells at so a
! pound -. After the ith Of July next,
! Colorado will he II State in the Union.
With rs big n representation i'm the Unit.
ed States Senate rs Missouri, Illinois or
New York IA fatal epidemic, known
a. the black tongue, has made its APP
pcarance among the cattle OF st. Clair
county, Missouri. =. 1t is stated that the
Kentucky farmers have refused $40 AMI
Sll per hundred for their entire crops of
tobacco The Board OF Directors of
the Shenandoah Valley National Bank
| elected Mr.. Henry NJ. Brent. Jr., cashier
to FIJI the vacancy created by the death
Of his father ut Winchester on the 9th
instant -. We are pleased to observe
from our Pariiersburg exchanges that
Hon. j. y. Camden is recovering from
his recent severe illness a small girl
! in Lewis county. this State. was choked
to death by chestnut last week :. "A
prize steer weighing five thousand lbs.
is to represent West Virginia stock in.
tcrests at the Centennial There are
no old maids in Greene county. Iowa.
now. The last one. aged eighty-ive. got
married the other day Brigham Young
is reported TO he quite sick. and but little
/ probability of his recovery. Go j. p.
Cresap, Esq, of Randolph County, is
! spoken OF very favorably for Attorney
| General OF the State IA destructive
/ fire occurred recently in the town Of
/ Idly, Russian Poland. Over 200 dwell.
! ing houses were burned. Several per.
sons persisted, and 5000 of the inhabi-
tants were made homeless Ex.Sena.
tor Peesc. of Mississippi,has been remov.
ed from the Vicksburgh y. o.. The
corn crop Of Missouri has been so a.
| bundaTt this year, tbat,in some counties
it is selling at 3 cents per bushcl -.
| Jefferson Davis name has been brought
forward "a that Of Senator from Misss.
/ sippi. -. The General Assembly Of Vir.
| ginin will meet in Richmond on the lst
/ Wednesday in Decemb or .. .Whiskey
IS down in price as las iase before the
| war. being sold ut &c cents gallon. but
! the L. >. tax Of 30 cents Oh the gallon
| puts it mp ~ 81 49,. =. Henry T. Baker.
! colored naval cadet, has been dismissed
! the service e. A lot of land IN London
was recently let at rate which would
make its selling value 1880 or SO.
$4,000 an acre. This you'd be almost
exactly $S9 n square foot =. . Sixteen
! new national banks were organized dur.
: ing the last three months, with n circu.
! iafion Of Ti.0l6,1l0. President Grant
was aercnadcd on Saturday night last,
and in reply said lie felt assured that
The rag baby was suppressed, and that
the Republicans would control the Co
vernment years longer The Hick.
DRY. y. g., Press says: We have learn.
/ ej something new in the way Of getting
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