South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-02-18
rvs OF The Day.

It 's announced that Portugal will he
represented AZ the centennial The
population OF Chicago has increased
three per cent. in three years Al
Cameron, Texas. . few days ago, a mob
Of fifty men broke into the Jail. and Ia.
king from cell negro who had been
tried and sentenced to be hung for the
murder ofa farmer. bound him to
stake, burned him alive anil rid,lel
what remained OF his body with bullets.
Michigan pays its governor only
$1,000 year. No poor man ever runs
FOR that Office. :. Henry Bausman. or
Lancaster co.. Pa. sold tobacco raised
last year on eight acres OF ground, ID .
California buyer for over $4,000 -
The teaching Of sewing is To he intro
duced in ali the public schools or Mas
sachuset.s -. We are informed chat n
woman aged So years. living in the vi.
entity of Bull Greek. Wood county, re-
Gently gave birth TO child /. :. The to.
tai number OF Changers i'm tho United
States foots up l,450.000 members -.
General Gideon j. Pillow has filed
petition in bankruptcy ut Memphis.
Tenn. assigning among other causes
in the petition the fact that he is held
responsible personally for his acts "a q
major general in the late war =. 1t is =
stigma upon q liindoo family if the
daughters are not married before srri-
wing at the age OF thirteen !. Arii-
cho!<es have heeI grown in Bates
county, Mo-, at the rate of 500 bushels
to the acre. and it is said that an acre
will tatten 1T least thirty hogs :. a
heavy thunder ssorm recently prevailed
throughout most or the eastern part Of
the State of Michigan during which
several buildings and barns. in several
places. were struck by lightning and
burned - There are snid TO be IS cut
nail establishments in tho Unite 1 States
-. There's woman in California 140
years old, who claims 10 he the Oldest
woman in the world. Qneer claim for
\ woman 10 make =. London has 5000
miles of ga' mains. $4,000 street lamps.
which burn 3.000,0 900 cubic feet of gas
each night :. There is o man in New
Hampshire who seais fourteen OF his
children TO the same school. The rest
are too small TO go ...Old Mr.. Fruits
ami old Mrs. Fruits. of Indiana may
we'll he called ..the first Fruits Of the
va N4i. VIC O4ic uCAie Ito NiiNt btlG Obi1tl
Ill years OLD :. A lady of Rockville
Connecticut. received note the other
day asking If a few friends could have
4 surprise party ut her house. She said
yes, ana took up her carpets and made
ample preparations. The evening came
and passed with not even caller
That's where the surprise came in A
breed OF dogs without tails has been dis
covered in Africa, and how the mjschiev.
Gus boys there utilize old tin kettles and
fruit cans, we cannot pretend to say.
IA gentleman OF Lynchburg. Va.
owns n set Of chessmen neatly moulded
in lead from bullets picked up ON the
Iva tlc.Gcll near AppDmattox C0urt-
house Hon. c. J. Faulkner declines
n re election to the Preside 'cy Of tn.
Berkeley Colnty A yyicu.tlrtl AID Me
chanical Association -. 1t seems that
there is considerable sickness in Mon
roe county, this State. which il usually
very healthful The Border JVcarhm.1,
says that Whooping cough. Diph;heria.
Pneumonia, and other pulmonary III
scase5 prevail in many reighhorhools.
and influenza in some of its numerous
forms is almost universal The reli-
9ious press ut New York for the past
week discussed the Boston forgcr. Win
slow, from the standpoint of his lypoc.
rasy. Religion is no moro responsible
for Winsiow than it is FOR Satan. nor
his f'orgeres more than for the crimes Of
any other successful scoundrel. Win
slows conduct WAS only the old trick Of
wearing tie livery Of Heaven TO serve
the devil in - The friends of Hon.
Henry S. Walker, OF Kaua~ha county.
are urging his claims rs candidate for
nomination tOrepre5sLt the Third Dis.
trict in the next Congress =. The
liillsville ] rJiujlm says: "Mr. =. T.
Shockly OF this county kille snake
few days ago which was quite curios.
ity OF its kind. It's length was about
three feet. 1t hal two we'll formed legs
with sixteen horns thereon and also
short horn on the end of its tall
The Ilagerstown Herald says Mrs. Col.
David Scmnebly living in the vicinity
of liagcrstown, completed her one hun.
dred and third year on Tuesday, and
that she expects to attend the Centen
NAL exposition next summer A han.
drcl and ffty men left Cheyenne. Wyo.
ming Territory. Monday Of last week.
Tor the Black Hills. Caravans are con-
tiuually moving thither d. d. The South.
ern States talk Of raising much coffee.
From q general statistical view il
appears there arc ono hundred and
eighty firms and manufacturing corpo.
rations engaged in the silk industry Of
America. Illinois has p uniformed
and equipped MALTA force Of 1886
men Eighteen thousand one hun.
bred and foy'yfour Gilman n came t..
this country last year p. One hundrcd
thousand sheep wero scattered Ivy
California snow storm . Hon. Lewis
Mckenzie of Alexandria is trying 90 mr..
cue through Congress bill authorizing
tie government TO guarantee the inter.
est ON the construction bonds OF the
Washington and Ohio Railroad TO com.
plete that work from SnickersyiIle to the
Ohio river. Ic our MooreGeld friends
are depending or this schems 10 get n
railroad outlet we fear they stand sor.