South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-19
N e W 8 o r THE DAY.

c. G. Whittlesey an old and promi-
nent lawyer and writer on Law subjects,
died in st. Louis on the 9th instant
Staunton is about Incorporating a new
national bank, to be called The Angus.
tn. Spinal meningitis is killing ma
ny horses around Indianapolis. "A
minister by the name Of Chalk has late
ly been sent out into Africa as a mis-
sionary. He ought to be able to make
his mark on those dark people. :. Mrs.
Neighbors, wife of the late sheriff Of
Frederick CO., Md, who was In the enjoy.
ment of her usual health on Saturday
last, whilst In social converse with some
visitors, was taken suddenly i'll, sank
back in her chair. and died in two hours.
80. Dayy Crockett's heirs claim halfthe
town or Austin, Texas Since 1867
the Ohio penitentiary has cleared over
S5S,000. Texas is said to be capable
OF supplying salt for the entire popula.
ton Of the United States. For max.
ing az button-holes and sewing az but
tons and 80 ''stays" on flannel shirts, n
sowing girl in New York gets 25 cents.
...There are said to be 1855 Sun
day school scholars in New York city.
- Miss Fogle, Of Hawkinsville. She.
nandoah county, put on her bonnet and
shawl and started to church on the 7th
inst, but fell dead in the yard :. An
insane man blew his brains out ON a
train on the Northern railway, near Con-
cord, n. H., the 18th inst, and another
passenger becoming faint at witnessing
the fatal deed, went on the platform for
air and fell of, receiving fatal injuries.
Hon. Francis Thomas, at present Minis
ter to Peru, is expected to leave that
country for home the present month.
The Sultan of Turkey EMPLOYS in
his palace 5000 servants of both sexes.
lie pays and feeds 800 cooks, 500 gard
eners, 500 coachmen and 600 more to do
odds and ends about the house. To feed
these people and their hangers-on 1,2OO
sheep and 1000 fowls are killed every
day, and 10000 francs for lights are ex.
pended. He has only 700 wives-the best
married man in the world. Bully for him .
-. AT ball in Reading, Pa, on the 18th,
young man named Frank was serious.
ly stabbed by married woman named
Kline. Minnie Sherman Fitch has got
her diamonds. The st. Louis Repub-
Hcoo' reports that q cargo of -four shipped
from that city for Liverpool via Balti-
more went through in twenty-three DAYS.
1t Is glad to know that the business of
exporting flour from st. Louis to Liver.
pool is upon the increase" The San
ia Barbara Press reports that barley in
that part of California is now ready to
harvest, and that one of its neighbors
will plant his land in corn as soon as
the barley Is taken off, and thus gather
two crops in one season. . The Maine
Legislature talks of abolishing capital
punishment Twelve States have a.
dopted compulsory education laws
New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachu-
sets, Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas, Tex
as, Nevada, California and New York.
-. or all metals known, silver is the
best electrical conductor. :. On the 18th
inst, at Cotton Hill, this State, Peter
King, Buck Mcclure, NJ. i. Hazlett,
John Thackery and Hugh Swope were
drowned by the upsetting of skifr in
New river. Mrs. Louisa Clarkson
mother of RI. Rev. Bishop Clarkson,
died in Omaha, on Friday last, at the
age of TO- Austin Drake, only son of
Chief Justice Drake, of the Court of
Claims, died ut Washington on the 9Th
instant. San Francisco erected two
thousand new buildings last year.
France complains Of too much coin in
circulation. 1t does not trouble us much
IN this country. -. The number of deaths
in Baltimore last week was 1872 The
Supreme Court of Illinois has decided
that railroad company cannot be held
responsible for baggage left uncaled for
by the owner. One Of those terrific
storms which at times sweep over por-
tons of the South and West desolated
Rienzi, Mississippi, on Monday last
-Four persons were killed, and several
seriously and many slightly injured
The total number of immigrants who
arrived at the port of New York during
the month of February, 1875, was 1866.
of whom 3,479 were males and / 1897 fe-
males. The receipts of the French
postoffice in 1873 were, it is said, about
twenty-five millions, and the expenses
were about fourteen and q half-or only
about two-thirds of the receipts. Thus
the office was money-making institu-
ton. Five thousand eight hundred
and three sheep are reported to have
pNSH NiiAIt ~ bOpS III 4NOIlu ChTOllna
the past year. >. In Italy out of popu.
lation Of 24,000.000, 100000 are I'M.
able to read and write Freddie Ten.
NY. Of Allegheny, Va, is little fellow
of only ten years Of age, whose parents
recently left him at home TO stay all
night with his younger brother while
they paid n visit During the night
Fred was awakened by the smell Of
smoke, and found that the house was on
fire, having caught from some Goals
which had fallen from a stove. Catch
ing up his little brother, he placed him
outside the house, then got water and
put out the flames, and after all danger
was removed, replaced the child in bed,
retired himself and slept till morning
when he called in the neighbors 10 see
what had happened. lie had been char
ged 20 take care Of the house and his
little brother like man and he had
done so The bridge spanning the
Susquehanna river at Pittston, Pa, was