South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| tuced perfect article. which sells nj
| $3.50 a'ponnd. !. ,!At Wells Beach. VT,
they harbor curious superstition that
any one who'will take dip in the river
on June 26. will be free from sickness
for one year, and on that date hundreds
if,ck to the charmed waters -. Mrs.
General L. J. Jackson. and child have
been iavitea by the City Council ofRich-
moRd to become the guest OF the city of
Richmond during the dedication OF the
statue to her late husband There is
an American aloe i'm flower in the Oxford
Botanical Gardens the stalk OF which is
twenty feet high. and the diameter of
the flower is eleven feet six inches .
/ glass rollin2-pin has been patented
by Peter Cavalier. Yankton, Dakotah.
-. "A Boston murderer, in consequence
of his poor health, WAITS his execution
| delayed. :. General Beaurcgard is like
/ lyto become superintendent ofthe Louis
] vile and Nashville Railroad &. d. Mrs.
Julia Hickman, 1.-The Illinois Giantess,"
diei recently weighing 4i9 pounds. -.
l TwentyssiN thousand persons live on
charity alone in Philadelphia. Cold din
ners Three inches OF snow 81 Gran
( berry Summit on Saturday evening last.
which shows that the Frost King is on
the advance. The United States Trea-
surer now has sent to relative in In
d;anapolis what will soree day be n Gu
4 rious relic OF soft money" 1t consists
of Il cindcr about the size or-an apple,
and was formed from the chemicals in
/ S2,000,000 of Treasury notes which were
| burned some time ago . Mr.. Ownen,
Of Weston. is the oldest printer in the
! State, and probably in the United States,
| being 90 years old lie was apprentice
ell TO the trade in 1906, and worked ac-
( tive ut the business until shortly before
the war. He was ut one time partner
in the business with the late Horace
Greeley. IA large mirror in n house
/ in Bucks county, Pa. was struck By
! lightning, and the PARTICLES of glass SO
/ imbcddcd in the woodwork Of the room
that not apiece the size Of an inch could
| be found. TIE piano was also struck,
but the tone was not injured -. lie that
! loses his conscience has nothing left
wort;lkeeping 1t was Arthur 5. John
son, aged 20. of Baltimore. who jumped
! from the Washington monument in that
city on Tuesday of last week g. . Some
! OF oar exchanges complain that the c-
! WI - 400 - S5Opet blls GIL - uSIi
! They say the reason is that the rain di-
luted the apples -. Mrs. Lincoln, who
! Is staying with her sister 1t Springfield,
/ Illinois. accosts every one with Nov,
! you don't believe me insane; do you?"
- Between the 1st of September and
the 6:h Of October. 1865 bales of cotton
were received ut Norfolk, Va. .Pota-
! toes are selling at twenty-five ceats
/ bushel in Oakland :. Three years ago
! the first Protestant Church was reauiz-
eli iii Japan, with a total of 2i members.
! Now there are nearly 800 converts in
| Empire a tombstone has been dis
| covered in Vermont town whereupon
IS inscribed Il long cpitapli, closing thus
stature about 6 f., VT. 200. Death
! had no terrors" -. Anna Dickinson has
! Travelled 10000 miles 10y rail. land new
! CT even had man wink at her. She
must have kept her vail mp all the time.
- The modified epizoot has appeared
/ in Chicago. aad many horses are suffer
! ing -. 1t is stated ih New York that
! igcoa-shooting match, for 5000, has
4 been arranged between James Gordon
Bennett anil Travis Van Buren,, to take
| place in November - Franklin Pierce
! was the only President who ever went
out of Office with Cabinet as original
ly appointed -. The Martinshurg htdc.
] pe'ulei says that the epizooty has reach
cd that city, and great many horses
! are afflicted with il. Under the impress
sion that it will spread over the country.
! the same paper suggests warm stables
! and warm mashes of chop feed which,
| with attention, is better than medicine
! for the disease - Say "shoes and socks
/ shock Susan" five times rs fast "a yoh
can The SSth session of the Synod
! of Virginia commenced in StRunton on
| Wednesday, the goth Of October. II
/ contains ten presbyteries with 200 min
| listers. 26S churches and 20,039 commit.
| nicants - The pope will send mossics
| representing the MOGonna and ST. Ar
/ mes 10 the Centennial Exhibition at Phil
| adelphia. Italy will be represented
! at the centennial by royal committee.
! -. An exchange says, the woods have
/ n golden hue" Yes. but it will soon
4 blow over. We shall have the green
! back IN the spring ...On the evening Of
/ the l4th inst, Albert llaggart. lad a.
! bout ] years old, in attempting to board
! the Indianapolis, Cincinnati 4 ST Louis
! passenger train, lost his footing and
was instantly killed. -. Major John W.
/ Daniel, Of Lynchburg, Va. will deliver
! the annual address before the Virginia
Association Of the Army of Northern
/ Virginia. 1T Richmond, on The 2Sth inst.
Captain a. Il. Andrews, who has
been for eight years superintendent OF
the Raleigh and CASTOR and Richmond
and Atlantic Airline Railroad, has re-.
signed that position and accepted the
perintcndcncy OF the y. G. and y. W.
I N.C.roads with headquarters nj Raleigh.
New corn has been sold this season
in Alexandra for 1925 per barrel.
The increase Of attendance this year in
the public schools OF Virginia amounts
TO 10000 over last year General i.