South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-06-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

oVOpVUu SlsitorS On tfpe t0urth OF July,
at Philadelphia - Deecter has been
robbed Of $500 worth OF silyerware. =.
Cherries are selling here nc 10 cents per
quart. The number Of postal cards is.
sued last month was 1925, 500. a
steer from KY, weighing 5000 pounds,
is on exhibition at Philadelphia On
the 18Th inst, a dasghter Of Mr.. Andrew
Price, of Psse. county, Va, was bitten
by rattlesnake, and at last account
was in rather > precarious condition
The terms Of the present State officers
does not expire until March, l871....
Col. Ben. Wilson, resumed his place in
Congress on the 18th inst. and is now
sufficiently recovered TO attend to Con.
gressional duties >. Miss Engenia Hill,
u daughter Of General u. II. Hill, the
was few DAYS ago
married ut Charlotte, North Carolina, to
Mr.. Thomas Arnold, Of West Virginia,
nephew of "Stonewalr' Jackson -.
We had q glorious rain here on Satur.
day afternoon last :. a bold rasca, on
an Illinois railroad train pretended TO
be the conductor, collected all the cash
fares in two cars and jumped off with
the money. Mr.. Baird, the great iron.
master ut Gartsherrie, Scotland, who
has already given $2,50O.0O0 to Presby-
terrain uses, contemplates another gift OF
an equal sum for the same purposes -.
The cost of maintaining the poor of
Grant county, this State, last year was
S2,5H o.. Mr.. Ross, OF Philadelphia
is still prosecuting the search for his lit.
tie son. One Of the convicts Of the
Virginia pcnitentiary is serving out a
sentence Of two years for stealing an
orange. The theft was his second Of
fence. Texas is bent on reforming
the jury system. A bill has passed the
Senate providing that no mau shall serve
on n jury unless he can read and write
the English language "A woman
named CULLEN, who, according to fami-
~ records. is 1873 years old, was In court
ut Los Angeles, California, lately on an
application OF one Of her daughters for
letters of guardianship, tie object being
to prevent another daughter from talk
ing her for exhibition to the centennial
The court made an order forbiding the
old lady's removal from the county.
The average daily attendance OF visitors
at the Centennial Exhibition since the
opening has been nearly $4,000. The
locust plague is upon several provinces
of Spain. Six thousand tons Of the in
sects have been destroyed; and fifteen
thousand soldiers are engaged i'll killing
them. -. The French consider the wear
ing of diamonds on the street the height
of bad tasto. and a young lady, unmar
ried, who wore jewels would he looked
on as n parvenue - The NJ. +. Church
at Charleston has new 1856 pound
bell =. General +. II. Bagwell, prom
inent member Of the Virginia Legisla
ture, died in Accomac county, Va, on
the 18th instant, aged3 years. There
are sixty-ive newspapers and periodicals
published in West Virginia. The
Queen dowager Josephine of Sweden Is
dead =. "Wednesday last was the long
est day in the year. - The Bible socie-
ties exhibit the Scriptures in 200 differ.
ent languages. The West Virginia
penitcntiary now contains l57 couvicts
-. Birmingham, Connecticut, turned
out 124, i06,00 hooks and eyes last
year Tho whole number of ncwspa-
pers published in the United States is
1920. An average crop OF wheat IN
the United States is about 3000J0,0n0
bushels MIR. William Baker, "a re-
form member of the Baltimore city
council. was arrested in that city few
days ago on the charge of forgery
Spain proposes to put $4,000 reinforce
ments into Cuba within couple Of
months. Some $4,000 have gone that
way within seven years but have never
returned. IA family OF eight negroes
were poisoned to death in Lenoir, North
Carolina, by strychninc which farmer
had put into pork. He had lost meat
several times, and took that way Of
Furnishing the thieves - Dom Pedro, in
the short time he has been among US,
has seen more OF the country and its
arts md Industries than nine.tenths Of
our citizens have ever dreamed of.
The "hoad devil" has been found IN
Ohio, in tho person Of man named
Isaac Charles. living near Ada, Hancock
county, who it is thought killed bis pa
rents, murdered his wife. and is known
last week to have administered poison
TO thirteen persons. three of whom have
died and more arc likckIy to. The fiend
is guarded in Jail by large posse to
prevent his being lynchcd :. f.. Colonel
John S. Mosby, of Virginia, has an
nounced his purpose TO support Hayes
and Wheeler. "A Portland, Maine.
paper announces. the death of John
Neal, the we'll known author. lie was
born August %, 1893. Mr.. Henry
Adams, n gentleman aged about 70
years, residing near AdamstowD, In
Frederick county, Maryland, was in
stantly killed recently by falling over an
embankment. lie had been walking on
the railroad track, and in stepping off
20 avoid an approaching train, fell with
the above result. The tobacco factory
Off. w. Smith q company Lynchburg,
Virginia, was destroyed 10y fire on Mon.
day last. Loss on building and con.
tents $1,000; insured for $4,000.
Mrs. Sarah j. Spencer has the honor of
being the first woman who has address
ed a national political convention. She