South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-03-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tho gold and silver products Of the
mines OF Colorado Territory. during
1875, is estimated at . total OF 1851.
800 :. About 10 Eastern consurnptives
die i'm Colorado every week :. A green.
back convention is called 10 meet at Co.
lumbus. Ohio, on the 9th Of April
Uncle Sans unimproved property mea.
surcs 1.154. 600 900 acres. :. "A German
weekly newspaper will shortly be start.
ed at Cumberland. I. The spring silk
hat is less bell crowned and the brim lie
narrow and rolling. Il seems almost
incredible. but there are four hundred
and fifty eight churches in New York CT.
ty Mrs. Julia Ward Howe says il
will not be many years before the voices
OF Massachusetts women will ring in
the Legislature and the halls Of Con.
grcss. Too many rings there now.
Valentine, the Richmond Sculptor. has
finished n marble bust OF the Hon. John
Il. Baldwin Of Staunton. Va 1t is said
TO be excellent The shiftloss Ken.
tuckians are lying back now for show.
er OF knives and forks The u. s. Sc.
nate is blessed with ten widowers. :. "A
revolution is in progress in Mexico. A
battle at Oaxaca 10 reported, in which
the government troops were defeated
with loss Of 1900 men. anil all their
artillery and wagons :. Judge Reid.
the sable Scion OF South Carolina, sent
q man to Jail for twenty days for calling
lady friend a duck legged heifsr'
There are twelve more female doctors in
Philadelphia. Good for centennial in.
valids. .Ofthe $4,000 persons employ
ell in watch making in Switzerland. ore.
third are women. "A citizen Of Somer.
vile, Mass, WAS surprised by the deliv.
cry OF coffin at his house; and later q
hsarse and eight carriages came. It was
the joke Of . lunatic >. A citizen Of
Washington, actuated 10y Influences re.
ceived at the revival meetings in pro.
gress there, hos remitted $3.50 to the
Treasury. in payment of duties unjustly
withheld by him :. Every member OF
the Kansas House Of Representatives Is
provided with twenty daily newspapers
during its session. at the public expense.
I'm places where they are digging
for sulphur ut Steamboat Springs, Ne
vada, the ground becomes SO hot at the
depth OF four or Rye feet that the work.
men had to handle the sulphur with long.
handle' pitch!orks E. Charles II. Barth.
q clerk in the quartermaster's depart.
ment at San Francisco. has defrauded
the government Of 100000. He was ar.
rested, but subsequently escaped from
custody. The production Of the trade
dollar has been SO great in California
that nobody will receive it except, at u
discount OF Ave to ten cents London
pays nearly one-third Of the whole in
come tax of England. .. The trial OF
Roger johnston. at Culreper court
House. Va, charged with having chal.
lenged Major j. w. Green to fight duel.
resulted in a hung jury :. A negro
named Gabe Walker killed man in DE
Sha county. Arkansas, to get fingers for
charms against the devil :. There has
been SIS deaths frora yellow fever in
the last ffteen dsys at Rio Jsneiro =.
A loaferish young Californian married
u nervsnt girl. and after day or two,
deserted her. Three months Of dissi.
patton in San Francisco killed him but
before his death lis mother died, ieav-
ing to him, ss her only heir, about $3.50.
600 Thus, the girl gets q fortune -.
The Augusta (Ga.,) Ice Company ore
now manufacturing about So 600 pounds
day in tue expectation of northern
demand "A Mexican girl living at
Tusceolo has three we'll developed arms.
She can do up her hair without cram.
ming her mouth full Of hairpins The
Philadelphia carpet manufacturing bu,i.
ness amounts to $50 100000 annually.
or nearly as much "a the whole United
much as all England did last year -.
Severe frosts have killed the early crop
Of vegetables and fruits in South Caro-
lima and Georgia Martin Burkhart.
who vas crushed by q wagon on the
Blue Ridge several weeks ago. died at
his residence in Winchester. on Sunday
last The prairie sections OF Southern
Minnesota are fast being covered with
forest growth since the stoppage ofprai.
ric fires. Willow, wild apple, hazel, oak
end aspen trees spring up spontaneous
ly. The farmers, too. have taken pains
TO cultivate trees, and groves have be.
come so numerous that they are never
lost sight CT in travelling The Amer.
lcsn EpiscopAlisns have opened church
in Rome The examination of An.
drew Holloway, ex.superintendent OF
the Indianapolis Qndisns.) Postotfice,
charged with having received $4,000
from William G. Mason for securing him
a contract for repairing mail pouches at
that place was commenced on Saturday.
Women are allowed to vote in Wy
omin9, but they are indifferent a. to
who or what they vote fo-. At recent
local election there n fellow running for
town clerk bribei eighteen female yo.
tiers with one pound OF chewing gum.
....General Roger A. Pryor started
from Brooklyn, on the 22nd inst, for
Mississippi having been retained to de.
fend Governor Ames in his trial before
the high court Of impeachment
1t is said that seven Chief Justices have
occupied the Bench Of the United States
Supreme Court; John Jay, six years
John Rutledge, part Of year; Oliver
Ellsworth five years John Marshall,