South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-07-09
Odds and Ends.

L VcetN SoutS W tuc inenOry OF the un-
known soldiers who fell in battle there.
Iva typhoon visited Hong Kong.
May 3lst. The steamer Pogany was
wrecked near Macoa and l25 lives were
lost. One hundred and fifty junks were
destroyed and great damage done 10
property in Canton, Hong Kong and
Whampoa.
! Col. Thomas III. De Witt, for many
years secretary of the board of public
works OF Virginia. and chief clerk i'm the
second auditors Office, committed sui.
eide on the 30th ult. in the parlor of his
residence in Richmond by placing the
muzzIc of n rifle in his mouth and firing
it, blowing his brains out Deceased
was about sixty years old and much cs.
teemed in the community.
The Lynchburg Netcs in referring
to the recent trouble among the doctors
in Richmond, remarks 1--WE should think
that doctors in general might be satisfi.
ed with putting an end to other people
without trying that experiment on them.
selves"
The ladies' walking hats are divid.
ed between two extremes. Those that
are not pitched on the bump of self.
esteem are knocked down forward over
the eyes.
Il. u. Sine. the Cincinnati gift en-
terprise man, has been bound over to a.
wait the action of the grand jury upon a
charge OF using the mails i'm furtherance
of lottery scheme designed TO defraud
the public.
Farmers sons should learn how to
graft. and every spring change some
varieties OF fruit that have proved less
than first-class into first-class, either in
quality or productiveness. There are
but few orchards that do not contain
more or less trees that are Improbable,
because of the varieties they bear.
Our farmers are busy. harvesting.
From reports received from the different
sections of the county, we think there is
no doubt that our crop is heavier than
that of last year. The wheat is we'll fill
ed and the quality Wood
stock Herald, July 1.
HARvEsTTNG.-Many of our farmers
are engaged in harvesting, and the yield
of wheat in this county will be more a.
bundant and of better quality than was
anticipated few weeks back.-Win-
chester Ne,cs, Jmy2.
DWELLING HOUSE BURNED.--Mr. viii.
liam III. Mckee, residing in the western
portion of Frederick county, met with a
severe loss. his house being destroyed
by fire on Sunday, the 9th ult. All of
his furniture. wearing apparel, wheat
and money were burned. Nothing was
saved. Mr.. Mckee and his family were
away from home, visiting at the time of
the fire, and nothing is known as to its
origin, although it is believed by some
to have been the work of an incendia-
ry~-B.
1t is said that the inhabitants Of the
Nicobar Islands, n group in the Indian
Ocean, about one hundred an / fifty miles
south of the better known Andamans,
have a universal passion for the cast-off
hats of civilization. There is regular
trade in old hats between Calcutta and
the Nicobars. The value of the article
is measured in cocoa-nuts, the only pro-
duce of the islands. The chimDey-pot
is the favorite shape, the taller the bet.
ter; and the consummation of Nicola.
rian desire is the possession Of high
white hat, with n black band round it.
Such hat is said to be worth from fifty
TO siXty-fve cocoanuts, and is the favor
tie attire of the noble savage when he
goes fishing. clad for the rest only i'm
the usual waist cloth.
"A puzzled st. Louis man writes TO
inquire how il is that the sewing machine
companies Of the United States cannot
sell a machine in their own country for
less than sixty to ninety dollars, and yet
can make reasonable profit by selling
them in Europe, with the cost OF trans.
portation added. for from twenty-eight
TO thirty dollars.
"A good and noble man who chews
tobacco has invented n washable gutta
percha shirt front. lie will have n mon
ument Of navy and fine cut guilds erect
ed over his grave when he dies
DR.. VIM. d. Mcclure has twenty.
four acre field Of bottom land on his ri.
yer farm that has proved az valuable as
n gold mine. In 1873 he raised forty
bushels Of wheat TO the acre on il, 1874
over thirty bushels, and this year the
crop is estimated at thirty bushels, max.
ing in three years, over one hundred
bushels Of wheat 10 the acre. Putting
the average price Of wheat for three years
At Sl.25 per bushel. each acre produced
1925 worth Of wheat, OF all, $1,000 worth.
-~Ci0rke JoUTad.
The Western ticket agents on the
lines OF railway leading 20 the seaboard
arc bidding high in promises TO com.
pete with each other in securing passen.
gers for the East. Never a siren sang
so sweetly as they do now. Witness
the latest little hum: Land you in
New York OF Philadelphia sixteen hours
ahead Of any other line, sir. Finest
sleeping and dining cars w the world
sir. Chicken three times n day, and
! champagne thrown in gratis. Butter on
}. the plates, and molassec all over the IN
: BILE. Condncfora all of nions and re.