South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-08-13

banking frm OF Woodroof & Spence.
Lynchbuag, Va, dieh In that city on
the Alta inst, aged 20 years.
The boiler OF . Steam thrasher ON
the farm OF Mr.. Ben. Harlaus. in Msury
county. Tenn. exploded on Yesterday
week, killing Cuban Harlan, Howard.
the engineer, and colored man, instant
ly. and wounded z others, two of whom
willprobably die.
THE CALrronNIA WHEAT Cror.-
The San Francisco Chronicle OF I'll 26th
ult., says: I'VE can add nothing to orr
remarks last week regarding the wheat
prospects Of the State. Our original es.
innate of the surplus Of wheat at $50.
900 tons we still consider as near the
mark rs we could make it now with la
ter information before u.s."
CoMTrrTED.--Georgc Duval was com.
mitted to Jail on Thursday evening, in
default of $1,000 bail. charged with
breaking into the shoe shop OF p. l..
Peters, and house OF j. NJ. Perry the
previous night, and abstracting articles
of small value. Duval had been drink.
ing.-Keyscr Tribune, dug. Z.
BEE STrNGs.--Any absorbent will give
relief. But perhaps nothing is more
effectual than lean raw meat. The sting
OF bee or wasp may be almost instant
ly relieved by it. 1t is said 10 cure the
bite OF n rattlesnalle & relieve erysipelas.
"A servant girl in Philadelphia, who
never had an offer of marriage before.
has had sixteen since she fell heir to
100000 month ago. Love is mighty ;
so is cash.
tVA sad story Of bereavement
comes from Virogna, Iowa. There were
three little children, the oldest being 5
years, two of whom went to the barn
to find hens nests. They found one
and crawled to il, and one of them
thrust his hand forward to get the
eggs, when he quickly Withdrew it. say
ing the old hen had bitten him. The o.
ther said lie wasn't afraid, and thrust his
hand forward, when he, too, was bitten.
Both then screamed, which quickly
brought their mother to the spot, when
it was discovered that they had been
struck by 4 rattlesnake coiled in the
nest. The mother seized the little boys
in her arms and FASTENED TO the house.
where new horror met her gaze. In
| her haste to secure the boys at the barn
she had set down boiler of hot water,
into which the babe had fallen. In so
minutes all her children were dead.
One of the greatest curiosities in
Japan to stranger is the wonderful va
riety Of coins that are used daily. In
some instances it takes 1000 pieces To
make one dollar. These are called
''cash," and are seldom received by for.
eigners, who, rs a general rule, refuse
to take them in change. Imagine max.
ing trade of five cents and giving a
man fifty cent piece, then receiving in
change $50 ofthese coppers. This coin
is peculiarly made, having square hole
in the centre. They are about the size
Of our dime pieces, and nearly two.
thirds the thickness. Next to this come
the quarter of cent, and the half
cent, eighteenth Of cent and the two
cent pieces. In silver coins they have
the five, ten, twenty, fifty cent and one
dollar pieces. In gold the one, two, 5,
ten, twenty dollars, which are very pref
| ty coinages indeed. Next to this comes
the government series OF paper money,
in various denominations, ranging from
five cents to one hundred dollars. This
money is made on quite inferior paper
to ours, and from general appearances
will not last like the American money.
AT West Point, day or two ago,
an attempt by several of the older ca
diets TO "deviP' Cadet Irwin, of the 4th
class. who reported in June, did not re-
suit so favorably TO the hazing party as
they might have wished. AS Irwin was
walking his post on guard ut about mid
night they attacked him with the design,
it is stated, of rolling him down the side
bank of Fort Clinton. The assaulted
cadet stabbed one Of them in the thigh
with his bayonet and dubbed two Of
them over the head with his musket.-
They we're carried on littcrs TO the hos.
pital, md will probably let that cadet
alone in the future.
-Beecher and his friends are Oft TO
the mountains. The new edition Of the
scandal suit does not trouble him in the
least, and his friends rejoice because he
is not troubled. He spreadeth himself
like green beech tree, in the branches
Of which tho blue birds sing and the frs
ky squirrels play. Surrounded and o.
vershadowed thus what does he care for
scandals?-Rich. ERq
Passing up Beaubicn street yester.
day gentleman saw n man sitting on
the steps OF dilapidated old house. and
looking so sad and friendless that he
halted and asked Anybody dead in
the house?" Next thing 20 H." sighed
the man, "a lie scratched his knees
through hole in his trousers 'the old
woman's got an idea that she wants TWEEN.
ty-one yards in a calico dress -
Free Press.
Simeon Boufrard, the famous rag.
pickers' banker OF Paris is dead. lie
was over eighty, and for more than forty
years had pursued his calling OF lending
money 20 rag-pickers at fifteen per cent.
interest, taking whatever rags they
might possess as security. In this way
be had amassed n fortune Of several