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


There are now 4t0 gtauqcs in this
1 state. with an aggregate membership OF
-cou; too Texas claims 70 have
apopal'stion OF about I,275.00o Tea
enilpee IS continually gaining ground
IN Georgia many families never using
any but thc hcme raised article. 1t
Is said that General B.sbcock will resume
his duties NJ the Executive Mansion.
Tic Virginia House OF Delegates on
Wednesday, OF last week. agreed to ex.
tent the Session thirty days from the
2Stiues1 . vote CT S3 TO 81. - In Indi-
ara tiiey are manufacturing and ship.
! ping wagon wheels to Germany
1iiere will ne an official daily newspa.
rpuolisiIcd ON the centennial grounds.
aud liuniScr of minor centennial pub-
iUatioos. -. Eapor blankets are mann.
I factared in England :. "a Pittsburgh
newspaper says that a. man in that city
has sued aedefitist for $4,000 for pulling
out the wrong tooth -. "A movement /,
ON foot for the introduction Of wheat in
TO Japan and the substitution OF it for
rice AS the principal article of food in
that country Lansing, the cashier Of
tho Kern Valley Bank, ut bakersfield,
California. WHO was arrested. has con.
iessed to having robbed tue bank and
disclosed where the stolen funds were
deposited. All have been recovered.
"a Vermont girl eloped in boys
clothing. She evidently pants for
matrimony =. A Mortified, Minnesota.
genius has cut from q piece OF paper,
seven by ten inches, tree with perfect.
! iy proportioned trunk and branches.
with 1870 leaves, and sixty birds set.
tied Oh it -. The Alexandria VA
Gazette states that among the indict.
mehts found by the grand jury ut Cul.
pepper County Court, on Wednesday,
we're two against j. Il. johnson, late
president OF the Bank OF Cnlpeper
also one against his son. Roger Johnson,
for sending Challenge TO Mr.. James
/ w. Green, who hat been Instrumental
IN exposing the alleged frauds OF John.
son. So A Springfield, Missouri, man
went 10 Philadelphia big with the wish
10 buy the sole right TO sell cigars on
the great national show grounds. When
they asked him 5000 for O single
stand site he came away sorrowful. =.
I The receipts Ct wheat Mt Chicago for
4 1875 amounted to 81 ,087,30 bushels.
against 95,6Il,7l3 bushels in 1874, O
I decrease of l4,544,4ll bushels :.
/ General Il. l.. 1liomis, Of Georgia, is
sboat TO enter the service of the khe.
dive Of Egypt Six men, four Of them
Indians, one white man and one negro.
are 70 be executed at Fort Smith. AR.
kansas, on the 2ist OF April :. Prof.
Sill;man OF Yale College, has discover.
Ell u chemical process by which German
silver aud brittania can he made TO ring
/ like gold aud silver . r.. General Burn.
site-is the late 1t nag trotted out for the
Residential course. Rev. l.. &. Lang
lev, white preaching O sermon in Mission
Church, Brooklyn, New J ork, on Sab
bath last. fell down in the pulpit. He
seemed 20 feel an lines, coming on him,
sank tack in q chair. S.id before lab ,is-
lance reached him lie was dead. A ply
stefan who was summoned stated that
death was the result of heart disease.
- The four mile heat race for the
purse of $4,000 given by the Pacific
Jockey CLUB was run ut San Francisco
on the 22nd ult. 1t was won by the
aged horse Foster, in two heats. Time, |
Z 1884 and Z: 53. Rutherford second in
both heats. The others. Hook Hooking.
Katie Pease, Chance. Revenue, Jr.. and !
1olden Gate, being distanced in tie
first heat. - Among the New York law
yers it is said that David Dudley Field |
income is 1919 900; Samuel g. Court. |
ney's, S200.003; Brown Hall & Wander |
POOLS $685. 900, L. w. Stoughton's.
5000, 900, and VIM. NJ. Eyarts', $3.50, 900. |
The Unwelcomc grasshopper has
appeared ill Northwestern Missouri
Judge Eli y. Norton, solicitor of the
United states Court OF Claims under
President Johnson, died in Washington
recently. after u brief illness :. d. The
i"ndon University has resolved in favor
OF comforting degrees upon women -.
HE County Court of Kanawha recently
refused by q vote OF ten to two to issue
liquor Incense the coming fiscal wear.
Two cars of Young boods from
Washington county and that neighhor
hood passed through Cumberland on the
2Sth ult., on their way to the Black
liilis... 1t is officially announced that
Don Carlos has abandoned the struggle
Tor tue Spanish throne and sought ref
age IN France. NlarfOri. minister for
the Spanish colonies under ex-Oueen
Isabella, has been released from prison.
-..l he Spanish ministry have not yet
determined whether TO allow the ex.
Queen Isabella to return to Spain or not. !
..-.A girl, four years old, daughter of
William Berry, Of Counorsvile. Massa-
chusetts, was locked in room, Friday. |
by her mother, willie the latter was ab. |
sent on an errand. The child's clothes |
caught fire from n stove, and she was
burned TO crisp when discovered. :.
The signature Of the King of Italy has |
been forged 90 = bill for POO. 900 francs, !
il is alleged hy the Marquis Nontegaza. |
mir. Rentz. the new clothier In ian. /
bury Massachusetts, has excited public /.
curiosity by having large apple paint. |
ed ON his sign. When asked for an ex. /
PLANTATION he quietly inquired: "If it |
hadn't been for an apple where would
Tie ready-made clothing stores be to.
dayg' a Chicago paper makes the
important announcement that General