South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-05-12
NEWS OF The DAY.

nearly ripe Checks on the United
~tstes Treasury are now paid in silver.
.-.The banana crop of Louisiana il
the largest ever grown there :. Several
loads of exce;leat f,each-hlow potatoes
were recently sold At Girari. Pa, NJ ten
cents per bushcl -. There has been ST.
y;4.2soissu in silver from the treas
ury from April 10 To May 5 - Presi-
icn. Lincoln's son bob. is spoken OF tor
Secretary Of Stale in Illinois :. Diph-
liberia is sail To prevail TO an alarming
extent in Taylor county. this State -.
At the Jardn les Plants, Paris, q goose
recently died aged 203 years :. Chinese
mandarins wear six inch finger nails,
stained like tortoise shell Oregon
prodnccd 25O.000 cases OF canned salm.
OH last year James W. Deaderick.
the new Chief Justice Of Tennessee, hail
six sons in the confederate army -.
Snow fell Mt Oakland, on Sunday, the
3oth ntt., to the depth oftwo inches
Five Thousand stands Of arms and ST.
100000 worth Of ammunition has arriv.
cd at the City or Mexico from the United
States via Vera Cruz :. Jones fnds
that drinking like Ash makes HE head
straw paper in tobacco juice and use il
for cigar filings "A child was recent.
ly born in Mercer county. this State,
having toes OH each foot, and fingers
and 2 thumbs on each hand :. Daniel
Murphy, of Tulare. California. has
bought 5000 square miles Of land in
Mexico at two cents an acre. {. Middle
Tennessee will. within the next few
noa,as. slip 10000 lambs North :.
There "a n lunatic In colorado who
wants 10 ID away with the sun. and have
the world lighted by some plan which
he has studied out. lie has sent q me.
mortal 10 Congress TO that end In
New York City, last week, $3.50 worth
OF flowers were laid ON the grave OF a
pet dog, ant six people committed sui.
eide because :hey couldn't get enough
To eat :. An excellent quality and al.
most unlimited quantity OF mica (isin.
glass; has been discovered at Silver City,
Idaho =. Prussia has one lawyer to each
10000 inhabitants. In this country we
have one to S79 inhabitants - In this
Centennial year there are 10000 more
females than males in the City Of Broth.
eriv Love. A cargo orlard and opium
was smuggled into HAVANA, Cuba, as
coal. and the government cheated out of
| $4,000 -. Trains are now running re.
gularly over the new iron bridge at Mar.
row Passage. ...Ih lie Republican Con.
vention OF Oregon sends full delega
ton for Blaine but did not endorse the
Grant Administration. Dan Conaway
caught big bear in his trap. in the
., anaan Wilderness" on Saturday A..
pril 29th. which weighed near 70 n hun.
dred p1un Is. A British steamer has
arrived at San Francisco with over 900
Coolies. =. Mr.. Daniel Clark. an cmi.
nent lawyer Of baltimore, diei on Thurs
day OF last week. His life was insured
for $4,000 "A pet lamb belonging
to MIR. Ferguson, bit off the end Of
| finger Of Mr.. Ferguson's little child one
day last week -. A colored preacher,
| who stole two horses, was arrested late
" in Brennan. Texas, while delivering
asermon ;. A terrapin "farm' has been
started at Mobile, and its produce has
been engaged for the New York markets.
-. There is a cry in Boston Of .'Rah
for Bristow and Honesty" Bristow we
know. s:ys the st. Ions Republican. but
who's HONESTLY. There are said To
be over four thousand men in the Black
| Hills who are "dead.hroke," and -four
is worth S22 sack Mrs. Mary A..
Ford, Una" the we'll known Irish.A.
merican poetess, died few daya ago.
in The ,'ity Of New York :. The extern
sive mills of j. @. Miller & Co., and
eight surrounding buildings. at Culpeper
{. H.. Va, were destroyed by fire on
Tuesday morning Of last week. Loss
| $4,000; partly insured A Michigan
man died last week from rheumatism OF
the tongue. It's a disease from which
women are exempt =. Governor Tilden
has appointed woman as Commission.
er Of State Charities. the first woman, it
is said ever appointed TO office in New
York -. The Republican convention Of
West Va. met In Clarksburg on yester.
day Out of 100000 aiults in..Alsss.
sippi. 10000 are delinquent on the poll
tax list. ! lie City National Bank of
Chicago, with n cash capital of $3.50. 900,
has suspended :. Strawberries have
made their appearance in Wheeling, and
are selling at one dJllar n quart The
wool clip in the United States in 1869
was i60,000,000 pounds; in 1875. 200.
100000 pounds-an increase of 4O. 600.
600 pounds in seven years .. Messrs
Moody and Sankey have declined nm
invitation to visit Stanton .. The Par.
ker,burg Times says many laborers in
that city are ont OF means, and consc-
quenty cannot provide for the necessa-
ries Of life :. Captain Richard =. Parks.
Commemorative attorney OF Page Co.
Va, was convicted on the charge Of for-
gerry in the United States District Court
at Har,isonburg, Va. on Thursday OF last
"eek, ana sentenced 10 two years con.
| iiuement 10 the penitcntiary and to paw
fine Of $500. IL was charged that
/ Parks collected from client in bank.
ruptcy the registrars fee. for which he
gave a forged receipt in the name of the
registrar. and in addition failed 10 turn
| over the amount or the fee Boys and
girls under ten years Of age are not