South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-05-05
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There arc in Wcst Virginia 49, no
|salcss, 32Df which are ,n,ouey cr,ier of:
6ces- The New York T-iisse spen,
o~er &c. 600 on postage last year. and
the TINES or the same city, $4,000.
BY q recent 'ecree OF The Aika.lo OF
Japan. 5ournaiists,are not 70 DC required
10 pay any postage hereafter. There
are fity-f0ur Presbyterian ministers in
brooklyn. New York. without q charge.
-. The hog cholera is prevailing 20 an
alarming extent in Illinois, Freneh
paper mills use machinery made in the
United States. Italy will be repre-.
sented Mt the Centennial by 926 exhibi-
tors. Of whom 155 represent the fine arts.
=. England exported f315.098 worth
of books in 1873 -. The finances OF
Spain are in q terrible way. Her debt
is about 50, 600. 900. 600 Shenandoah
county, Va, has not had finer prospect
for a 8 coi crop of wheat than she now
has for years :. The new Bridge over
Narrow Passage will be one OF the finest
in the State--costing one hundred thou.
sand dollars -. No Western State. it is
said, will equal the display OF Kansas
a. Philadelphia. =. Charleston. s. c., is
now shipping from $4,000 to 10000
quarts of Strawberries daily Texas
Railroads pay an annual tax OF $3.50.
600. .Thirty-nine countries exhibit IT
Philadelphia Now the tramps call
themselves Centennial travelers''l
The Texas wheat crop for 1876 is csti.
mated at ,l2.000.000 bushels The
Allentown, Ia. Iron Company ha, over
81 600 600 worth Of pig iron OH hand.
80. Katie lease, the famous race mare,
has heen sold to Judge Mil, of san
francisco. California. for $3.50
Thomas Davis & Co. of Baltimore, i'm.
porters of salt. have suspended Lin
bilities 100000. Ohio has l.546
Oranges within her territory :. La the
department Of Loire, France, over q, 900
women are employed in the glove trade
....Ihc store house of II. L. Haines, at
uppervllie, Va. was burned on tho night
of the 23rd ult.. intending his entire
stock of goods. IL is covered by insur-
ance - The Perry county, Ohio, coal
region hare sent to the Centennial n
shaft of coal feet square and l2 feet S
inches high, and weighing II tons
Cotton and woole,. goods are cheaper now
than before the war. - At Lyhchburg. Il
few days ago. little son OF \. L. Botelcr,
.Jr., fell from tie Midland Railroad
Bridge into the canal, distance OF
twenty feet, and narrowly escaped
drowning. lie was rescued by Is man
III boot nesr BY and rcsusctaicd hv
the application ofproper remedies. The
little feilos - q grand son Of Honorable
Alex. 4. boteler There are u couple
OF women revivaiists travelling in Texas.
One breaches and the other exhibits n
magic lantern IL is said Chat the
100000 Cinnamon ia California save
and send home annually Sl5,G06,00
-. Ernest Pack, aged seventeen was
murdered and robbed OF his watch by
unknown parties near Altoona. Pa, las
week :. Two hundred and thirty thou.
sand cubic feet Of the best pine lumber
are used in making the 10000. OoO, 900
matches which the United States annu-
ally produce General Howard. Of
" hitehaii, South Carolina, was murder.
ed by negroes on the 18th alt, for pur-
poses OF robbery :. .There are $500
Goar mills in Russia. driven nv wind.
water, treadle. or steam =. Ii has been
decided that the sum Of 200 being the
residue Of the funds collected in Eng.
land for the StoneTail jackson statue.
shall he invested in safe securities, and
the interest devoted 10 procuring gold
Ledai foi presentation TO the frst grad
nate IN each class, year by year. OF tic
Virginia Military Institute "A we'll
known merchant in Richmond who pr.
or n 4.
dred thousand dollars, died few iavs
since in the city aimshouse There
are twenty.six candidates for the Dem.
ocratic nomination for Governor of Ga.
Tic small poy has made its appear.
snce in Shenandoah county :. Three
thousand two hundred and sixty-six
barrels OF -four were shipped from Rich.
mond TO Brazil last week =. Ten mil
lion feet OF lumber and one million of
shingles were destroyed by fire at vii.
Transport. Pennsy lvauia, on Friday night
last. belonging to Herdic and Maynard.
and Renstead and Flynn. and Herbert
and Mankey. Loss about $4,000
large insurance :. General Roger 4
Pryor IS one of the delegates Mt large
from New York to the ~. Louis Con.
vention... Only nine States voted in
favor OF Sunday openings at the Cen.
tcnnal =. Hiram Rcidle, of Lykcns.
Ohio, died On Friday last from the er.
ieots Of a bite OF vicious horse
1 he Treasury Department is issuing 20
cent silver pieces to exchange for frac
tionai currency The population Of
ireland decreased 1929 i'm 1875.
Carl Sburz, II ~ said. sunounces that
he will support neither Blaine. Conkliup.
nor Morton for the Presidency. bat will
stump tie county against either should
tie nomination bs secured by one OF
them Tho New York delegates will
20 10 St. Louis q unit for Governor Til.
den Tor President 90. There are in IT,.
ginia LIZA Baptist churches, CG7 Ran.
tist preachers, and 1898 members.
Georgia has elected Blaine dele.
gates TO Cincinnati Judge j. W.
Brock enhrOUnh. OF f.eyif,vton Va Ia III