South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-06-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

tnOuS9no collars q In0utc rent Tor cot
tage at Newport is considered by no
means remarkable. bat it takes a man
of means to pay it >. Mrs. Lincoln's
estate, which consists mostly Of United
States bonds, amounts to about $50, 900,
besides which she receives from the Gov
eminent n quarterly pension Of $780,.
Mr.. Wheeler, the Republican. nomi-
nee for Vice President, wishes it under
stood that he is not member OF the firm
| OF Wheeler and Wilson, sewing-macbine
men. California has more sheep than
she can pasture, and owners are begin
ing to kill them for the fat and pelts,
the flesh being thrown away or fed TO
the hogs :. Maine is not good place
for savings banks. Seven have gone
down within n few months :. Five hum
bred and fifty thousand dollars gold coin
was shipped from New York TO Europe
on Saturday last d. In Shetland, which
Is the part or Scotland whence Shetland
ponies originally came, some of the min
listers live on 800 year. They are
expected TO be as hardy as the ponies,
and to live as cheaply. One minister.
who has wife and four children, gets
about Sl25. There is no great rush Of
candidates for the ministry in Scotland.
IA newspaper publishes the follow
ing notice: Married, at F!intstone, by
the Rev. Windstonc, Mr.. Nehemiah
Sandstone and Miss Milestone, both of
Limestone. Look out fer birthstone"
Two unknown men were run over
! and killed within one hour on Tuesday
| afternoon last in Philadelphia on the
Pennsylvania railroad track at Second
and Venango streets -. Since the war
Pennsylvania has spent eight millions
of dollars in educating the orphans Of
soldiers. The Western fruit crop
promises To be tho largest ever produced
| and wheat never before made SO good
show. Recently seventeen persons
| were killed and thirty.seven wounded
by railway accident in Spain The
sultan of Turkey pays $4,000 for mu-
| sic in the harem. One might think that
the 1900 women there would make mu
sic enough. The Brooklyn church
choirs cost $4,000 year, exclusive of
I the Beecher music The snow.drirts
are ten feet deep near the Craw ford
House in New Hampshire i. A man
namea Thomas Welsh killed his broth
crin.law. Richard iiennegan, in South
Wheeling few days ago in fgLt,-
cause, an old quarrel and whisky A
! VERDICT against the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad company for $1,000 in favor Of
! the administrators of an employee nam
ed Whit t IN. who was killed near
! Ncwtown about two years ago. was rem
! dercd by jury in Winchester. few
! days ayo The Right Rev George ID.
I IF Of L.:
Church, died suddenly at his residence,
/ Lutherville, Baltimore county. Md. on
Monday afternoon last The West
! Virginia University has received two
twelve pound target guns from the War
Department The importation duties
on wool from Mexico. Mt Brownsville,
Texas. which this time last year amour.
ted TO over $4,000, this year do not ex.
coed $500. The Mexican revolution is
the cause. 80. A load Of wheat was sold
in Farmont, this State, last week, at
50 cents per bushcl -. On the 4th inst,
Mr.. Sam Jenkins, of Bear Run, Richie
county, was out hunting and returning
laid his gun under the bed in room
occupied by his family. His little child
aged two years, crawled under the bed
and in playing with the gun discharged
it. The load went through the baby's
breast, killing it instantly -. A man
named Quackenbush OF Batavia, y. Y.
will be hanged August Il for commit.
ting rape on woman aged seventy.six
Tile drought and locusts are rava-
ging the northern provinces of China
IA son Of Mr.. John Bonner, Of Cher.
~ Hill, Cecil county Nd. died of lock-
jaw on Friday morning. lie had taken
cold from the effects of bathing while
overheated. The levy for the expen.
ses Of Garrett county, Md. for the wear
1876 is $35,84i 81, and rs the assess.
ment is only S3,326, 643, the rate of tax
alton is 81 07f. which, added to the III
State tax, makes the Garrett county tax
81 25 on 500 Of assessable property.
-. There is n machine in Fbiladel-
pha which manufactures and polishes
type and sets it in the composing stick.
II is operated Ivy keys like piano
Mexico displays solid mass Of silver
worth $4,000. The will Of William
Is. AStor has been proved in highland.
where the personal estate il 94OO. 600
which appears to have been invested in
British consols. IA contemporary Oh.
serves tina. the potatoe bugs are crowd.
ing together along the Atlantic coast
watching for vessels bound 10 Ireland.
....Cablc's block, in Charleston, this
state, was wholly destroyed by fire on
tho 2lst inst, causing loss Of $40 900
80. Lewis W.,Wolfe, "A vcll.known rner.
chant Of Baltimore, died Of apoploxy on
Tuesday last Mr.. Blaine. accom-.
panied by his family and his private
secretary. left Washington city on Tues.
day last for his home in Augusta, Maine.
in n special palace car. Tho receipts
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal for
tho week ending June 26;h, amounted
to S3,9j7.G4 Amherst county. Va.
the Enterprise says made about $500, 600
clear money on her tobacco crop last
year ....No Chinese passengers were
L. Il a