South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-07-30
South graaeh antelligtueer.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. JULY so, 1875.

II Before the war. when Mississippi
was prosperous. her taxable property was
valued at 5000. OOO. 900 and her taxes a.
mounted to less than $500. 600 per an.
mum. Now her taxable property is e..
timated at only s154.s0O. 900, but the
taxes aggregate over s.. 0oO, 600 q year.
1.-THE Agricultural Department has
statistics collected in seven States, which
show that In January last there were in
those States on hoof 14,2Io,sO0 hogs.
These were divided as follows: Indiana,
100000; Illinois. 2.O34, 900; Iowa, s.
$4,000; Missouri, 2,082. 900; Ohio. l..
$4,000; Kentucky. LOG. 900 wiscon.
sin, $4,000. 1t is estimated that re.
turns from other States will make the
hog crop for this year over $4,000, 900.
VA lad partook on the 5th instant,
quite heartily of some cucumber salad,
in Philadelphia. and then drank ice wa.
ter. lie was taken ill and in less than
two hours thereafter was a corpse. A
lady in the lower part of the same CITY
died from the same cause.
IVA funny incident is related of q
constable IN Adrian. Michigan, who ar.
rested prisoner in n distant town. He
handcuffed the prisoner and himself to.
gether and laid down to sleep. In the
morning the handouts were on the con-
stables writ's, the prisoner was gone,
and with him the pocket-book, money
and watch of the officer.
THE SECRET OF HEALTn-First. keep
cool; second, eat regularly and slowly
third, maintain regular bodily habits !;
fourth, take early and very light suppers
or, better still, none ut all; fifth. keen
clean skim sixth, get plenty of sleep
at night; seventh, keep cheerful and re-
spectacle company; eighth, keep out of
debt; ninth, don't set your mind on
things you don't need tenth, mind your
own business; eleventh, don't set up to
be SHARP" of any kind; twelfth, sub.
due curiosity. So says all exchange.
MARROW EsCAPE.-On "Wednesday
week, says the Salem Register, Mr.. John
w. Johnson, of Big Lick, Roanoke
county, while engaged in cutting with
mower, was thrown from it, and fell
in front of the blade. the fingers of the
cutter bar piercing his arm and shoulder,
only sufficiently for the knife to slightly
scratch the skin. The cutter bar cut
away both of his shoes, and the blade
OF the mower also cut off tho buclsskin
gloves which he wore. His escape from
a horrible death was truly wonderful.
LV'"It is poor rule that won't work
both ways" is good old maxim but not
always sound. One rule at least has
been found that works only one way, and
il is not bad one either. Out in In
diana, some time ago, two persons con-
cluded to enter into the relation Of hus.
band and wife, but it was mutually n
greed between them that the marriage
should hold good only so long rs it was
mutually agreeable. After a time one
of them concluded that it was no longer
agreeable, and that it was time to sepa-
rate. The case came before the civil
court, and the judge has decided that
while the marriage holds good the di.
vorce clause "is void in law and vicious
In morals" Injecting HoteHigencer.
Tyrone praiseworthy feature in the
management Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. is that they never
let up on their defaulting officers until
complete restitution is made. Some
months ago their agent at Columbus de.
camped leaving deficit in his accounts
81 some $1,000 or $4,000 lie was fol.
lowed to San Francisco, arrested and
brought back to Columbus, where he
confessed he had lost the missing mo-
ncy At faro playing, and gave the names
Of the winners. The gamblers, all but
one. gave up the amount OF their win.
nngs from tho agent. The one who
teld ON 10 his swag is an ex.County Aus
Hi''r. and Secretary OF the Home Insu-
rance Company, named Baker. The
after has been arrested and his proper,
'e has been attached. The Railway of
fc.als will push things" until restitu,
fou Is completely.
tV-It is 70 be hoped that the arrival
~ the United States gunboat at the
mouth of the Rio Grande, on the 18th,
F afford some security 20 the settlers.
Two hundred and soventy.fve seamen
Lave been dispatched in steam launches
t1 cruise up the river. II this does not
r.te protection, and President Leredo
Does not adopt some more vigorous
means % keep his thieves at home, thon