South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-12-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

weekly one hundred soaspf AmSxfcap
beef. The aggregate army OF the U,
intel States numbers 1881 men )
Nineteenth Duke OF Airdrie."a short.
horn bull belonging to Emory Cobb,
aud valued at. $4,000. died at Kanka;
kec. ILL.,, on the goth -. The population
of Baltimore has trcbled u iti,in tie last
thirty years -. Miss Elizabeth West. or
Hamilton county, Ohio. has recovered
$4,000 damages from tho estate Of +.
noch Hayes for breach or PROMISE
Hayes died since the commencement OF
the suit -. Alexandra. the famous
French glove maker. made fortune OF
7,000,0O0 francs solely from his glove
contracts with tho late A. +. Stewart,
andre did the work : :. A Boone county.
this State, firm recently marketed H..
600 pounds OF ginseng Lit is said
that not car or train now starts from
Chicago for New York on which the &C.
taal expense of moving it does not cx.
ceed the receipts --.A cricket ball
struck boy. aged Is. behind the ear In
London. lie fell senseless, and died
in two hours 1.-The packers Mt Chica
so expect to pack 100000 hogs this
winter. =. Illinois gathers 100000, OeO
bushels of corn this year Mr.. Jacob
Stull, an Old Defender, died at his res.
idence near Frederick city, Nd, last
week, aged 81 years There is child
in Union, Ky, with perfectly formed
foot where the hand ought to be -.
Felix Rogers. of Philadelphia, died from
loss Of blood resulting from cutting his
corns. Jefferson Davis arrived at
New York on the 25th ult. on the steam.
er Adriatic, from Liverpool "A col.
ored weather prophet Of Alexandria,
Va, has discovered that cedar trees are
without berries" this fall, and says t.at
therefore, this winter viii! be mild one.
IAN India-rubber omnibus is about
to be invented, which, when cram FULL
will hold couple more A Boston
thief tied young lady 10 the leg Of
| piano and then ransacked the house -
This is another reason why folks
shouldn't keep pianos. The Califor
MIA State prison contains 1859 prison.
ers - Eleven hundred girls are EN-.
pioyed at one artificial flower factory in
France, none being over twenty years
of age =. Five white students OF the
Crozier Baptist Seminary in Alabama
have left because a negro has been ad.
mittcd "A great deal Of spurious coin
is in circulation in northern cities :. :.
Tie deposit Of rock salt is found TO be
enormous in Nevada. In recently o.
pened quarries it is sawed out like mar. !
bic, and is almost pure . i. Paris con.
sumcs twelve millions OF lecches annu-
ally $4,000 was the II per cent.
royalty collected on the sales of beer
and soda water in the Centennial /.
DR.. ). j. James has grown black tea at
| his place five miles from Thomasyille,
Georgia. which compares fayorably with
tile best imported from China "a
fair count or a free fight" is the way the
st. Louis Times sums up the situation.
...At church festival in Madison
county, New York, on Sunday the 10Th
ult., floor gave way, precipitatiDg some
! fifty ladies' anil others to the floor, be-
low. seriously injuring number. !. n.
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| ID. RniIin. late colored member of The
Legislature Of Virginia, was tried in the
Criminal Court OF Washington on Sa.
turday and convicted on an indictment
of receiving gold chain stolen by one
OF his clients from w. ID. Classic I. :.
The United States have sent to the In.
glish market during the last year, 10.
322,0Sl cwt.. or 2s,6O2,S9 bushels OF
wheat :. Tie London Times has been
trying American-made paper, and prais.
es it as the best article in the market
...Dr. II. +. Baldwin has been re-
elected Superintendent OF the Western
Lunatic Asylum ut Stanton :. Riycs
Coleman, grandson Of Judge Riyes, died
suddenly last week at Bethel Academy.
Fau1uier county The majority for
Tilden in Maryland is $1,000 -. To
bacco leaf Of quality as fine as that OF
llayannah, it is said, is being raised in
the San joaquin valley or California
80 Irene House, who killed, her hus-
band, the notorious divorce lawyer OF
New York, is writing lecture on the
evils OF divorce IA Moundsville pa
per says youth Of that place awokc one
morning recently, and found 'possun
in bed with him The Legislature OF
Virginia will re- assemble on Wednesday
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