South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-12-24
NEWS OF THE DAY,

In Michigan -. Rev. William Mex
Walsh, OF the Methodist Episcopal
church, died :. his residence in Hedges.
vile, Berkely county. on the 10th inst.
49, -Oys catching in the Chesapeake
and It's tributaries gives employment to
$4,000 people. - Twenty million one
hundred and .hirty-eight postal cards
I sTere issued by The Post Office Depa,t
ment last month. the largest issue by :.
! least 100000 ever made in the same
time =. Six panthers have lately been
seen in Garrett county. Md. -. Opium
is si.25 n pc1rd in New York: this
time last year it WAS ST.. There are
C2.250 be.gars in Paris, two thirds OF
| whom are females. :. .Twenty.one Hi
nois railroads arc in the hands OF rcceiy-
ers. =. Some Norwcgians have discoy.
cred large lake, about fifteen miles
from Beaver Pass, in which the fish are
| so thick that man could walk across
the lake on their backs. A New Mex
leo farmer has $1,000 head Of cattle. and
they call him ''cow king" lie must
be bully fellow. 1t is pretty cold up
| in Montana now. and the saloop.keep.
ers have already begun to saw their
whislIey into two-bit chunks. There
were sevcnty.ninc deaths from small.
pox in Cincinnati last week Z. &. A bold.
audacious anG successful robbery took
place in South Washington on the night
of the goth. An unknown and masked
white man called at the residence of Dir.
Haney. who resides On Sixth street. be.
tween l. and NJ streets, South Washing.
ton, near the steam boat wharf during
his absence. Mrs. Haney responded to
the call, and just rs she opened the door
she was struck TO the floor by the caller,
| who immediately went through the house.
taking therefroni five hundred dollars in
money and other valuables, The man
then walked of, Mrs. llaney being ura.
bic to speak for half hour afterwards.
Samuel Lappin, treasurer of the
State OF Kansas. was forced to resign his
position on the 2lst by order OF Coy.
crnor Osborne. Ten days ago it was
discovered that heavy forgerics had been
committed by some one, by which the
State had been victimized to the amount
of 10000, and it is claimed that Lappin
was the instigator, If not the psrpctrator
OF the forgeries. Lappin's bond is over
one million dollars, SO the State is Sc.
cured against loss. He was elected at
the last election by the Republicans -.
a fashionable woman's clothes weigh
twenty-four pounds, exclusive of hat,
iurs and rubbers, while n mans Outfit
hardly goes over fifteen pounds. This
Is free country, and any woman is at
liberty TO carry as much rs mule can
draw II she wants to. The other day.
Detroiter (says the Free Press took
home book containing several anec.
dotes showing the power of imagination,
and, after reading them to his wife. he
tenderly said "Now Augelinc, you may
some time imagine that you hear me kiss
ing the scrvant.girl in the other room,
and you see how base il would be to &C.
cuse me Of such thing John Hen
ry," she replied, In smooth voice, ''if
L ever imagine such q thing, You'll need
doctor within Is minutes, no matter
what the book says!' The pleasure
of taking ones breakfast i'm bed, with
lively baby to kick over the dishes, is
what no bachelor can md out /. . a re-
markable attempt to blackmail +. Gil.
dowslly, one Of the largest furniture
dealers in Boston, has eliminated in the
exposure of the plot and the arrest of
Ezra 5. Goodwin, a private detective, rs
chief conspirator. Goodwin induced
former employee Of Gildowsky's 20 swear
that the latter hired him TO set fire to
his (Gildowsky's) factory in II, in or.
der TO defraud insurance companies
Goodwin claimed to represent the com
panies and. armed with false affidavit,
demanded $4,000 of Gildowsky or ex-
nd Iot. 4
the services OF detectives, and osten.i.
bly, agreeing to pay portion of the
blackmail, entrapped Goodwin in a room
where lie was arrested. He is now in
jail in default Of $4,000 bail. Mr.. Fogg,
who made the false affidavit was also ar
rested. IIc came from Florida in order
TO carry out the scheme .. There is n
man i'll Indiana who takes thirty.tWo
newspapers. and you might rs we'll try
To ride whirlwind on sidesaddle rs
TO attempt to impose upon that man.
-. Teacher-"W hat is the definition
of flirtation?" Intelligent young pupil
1t is attention without intention"
The public Is warned to look out
for queer sos Of the postal currency,
and soft fvecent pieces. Counterfeit
-. According to one of our exchanges
the Changers are going to lire both
cheap and comfortable az the Centen.
NAL next year They are going to hold
grand encampment near Philadelphia
sometime in The summer. Sixty acres
of land have been leased, and an i'm.
mense building is TO be erected, in which
rooms and accommodations arc TO be
provided az cost Of not more than 81
head each day. This Is done, the
Changers say, TO avoid the extravaganza
and impositions OF hotels and boarding.
houses. The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has consented 10 lay double
track to tho exhibition grounds, TO be
used exclusively by Che Changers. The
ran will not lie more than twenty min.
utes The new building is to be lighted
with gas and supplied with hot and cold
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