South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-05-05

FISH RsPoAr~-- Re.4lpts a PA In
consih@e % faslio6. Since lsstA r4ndrt
they amount TO only $500 shaN, and Sc,
coo herrings.. Shad sold as from 81 10
~ psy hnearedt aui Aesrfuxp ftUns SIC
o0to SiS 20 Per.thousand. All counac.
ted Nth chr fisheries ere very mech de.
presssxfsend TIL o. 1876 10 aiensly prD.
nounced a broken fishery" IRE sba.,
fisheries on the Eastern shore have not
paid we'll this season. The fisk are gct.
ting Scarce. and fishermen are preparing
to suspend operations. Those from the
mouth OF the Choptank 70 Cambridge
hare already done so.&Aier. Gaz., 27fh.
A PRESENT OF GID WHISKY ron GEx.
GRANT -7We saw at the express once
. Few days since. package addressed
TO Cen U. $. Grant. at Washington.
and learned on inquiry that it was a
ease Of old Lexington Club whisky,
shipped him by Messrs. Jackson & Reed,
Of This city. both Of these gentlemen
were Formerly rebel soldiers. iut con.
clnding that nepotism aud Kidnapping
sprang rather from the character OF tile
whisky he drank rather than from his
innate viciousness. determined to cor.
rect the evils Of tire administration TO
some extent Try sending the President
some good ot,l.faahioned Bourbon, such
as he hasineyer drank before.-L.ring.
ton (Ky) Express.
49, ET The Stanton Spectator says -
There having been number Of thefts
committed in tho neighborhood, Mr..
Lewis Defefbmgb. 4 respectable and
worthy citizen. who lives about 4 miles
from stanton on the Churchyille road,
set n gun in. his chicken coop so ms to
be discharged should the door be opened
by thief. Abont ] o'clock on Satnr.
day morning last the guL was dischary.
cal. and negro named Eill Houston,
about 40 years of age. who lived near
the Federal cemetery near this city. was
found to havo been mortally wmnde.l,
the ball having entered ihis stomach
lie died on the afternoon of the same
day. vse ~ So. Eu') b0l
! TIT PHILOSOPHY OF IT.--The feeling
in California against the immigration of
Chinese is giving rise to peculiar doc.
trines. a minister in San Francisco re-.
Gently preached q sermon upon the sub.
ject, and showed that though God made
of one blood all the nations OF the earth
che determined the bounds or their babi.
tations." and having placed the Chinese
in China they had no right to come 10
| this country. Then Of course nobody's
got no right TO go nowhere Balt. Sun.
| k6 A train was carrying clergyman
and FIVE or six youths who kept soothing
Mt religion and telling disagreeable
stories. The good man endured it all,
simply remarkiug as he got ont: I'VE
shall meet again. iny' children" "Why
shall We meet AGAIN." said the leader
ofthe band. "Beca,ise | am prison
chaplain" was the reply.
! IVA Trenton editor makes the state
nent. for the good Of correspondents,
that they need not commence their com.
munications. Il take my pen in hand"
| rs he don't care whether they write with
either their toes or with the pen in their
mouth, 60 they sendithe news.
A YOUTHFUL SUrCIoE.-A boy nam.
ed James Al. Fair. aged Is wears. resid
ing on Long Island. committed suicide
on Friday by hanging himself His "a.
Their died some time ago, leaving him
$1,000 and II is snid the greater par, of
this has been lost by Encouragement
This preyed OH the boys mind and he
constructed kind of scatfold i'm barn
and deliberately hanged himself.
~ Good potatoes we're sold OIL the
streets from two country wagons. Thurs.
day. for 20 cents per bushcl. That is
down 10 the old anti-war figures
canber'dnd Cfr2ian, april 80.
a NOVEL RECIPE FOR IIEALTu.-Tbe
best place in the world for pretty girl
to get bloom upon her cheeks "a pure
and as fresh rs the Hush Of the rose. il
to stand over wash.tub and wrestlc
witii dozen Of her. daddy's shirts until
they are clean. She'll eat q square meal
md sleep we'll If she repeats the dose
often enough.-Er.
tgMr. John w. Garrett has given
$4,000 to the Peabody Institution Art
Gallery TO purchase casts or duplicates
of the best statuary. and such other
works rs may be deemed advisable. 90
| rs to bc placed in tho institute AT the
time of opening the gallery, which it
now seems will he within n reasonable
period. Is the building TO that end is
being prosecuted.-B Baltimore San.
EV Here's an argument in favor OF
cheese. Prof. Peek SAYS that in this
| country. where cheese is least used. one
physician to every 500 persons is reauir.
Ell. In Switzerland aud countries where
1T IL most used, only one physician is
needed for every 10000 persons.
ET DEMONSTRATING in the Branch
must be very good. A yoath, offered
Us some fine suckers day or two sgo
which he had caught with hook and line,