South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-10-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.


animal bones were used in French SUI
gar refineries; in fact, the former were
as lately as 1853 sent from Algeria to
France. The new eating gun shoots
i,O0O rounds 4 minute faster than
professional gossip can talk. j. Pota-
toes are 80 cents, butter 20, eggs 10,
oats 20. corn So, and buekwheat 81 cts,
at Farmont, this State :. The Govern.
ment has instituted Suit against Gen.
John c. Fremont for $4,000, amount
overdrawn by him for services in the ar.
my IA fine flow of oil from an aban.
doned salt well has lately been discov.
cred near Charleston, w. Va. The Old
Dominion iron & nail works & the Ire
degar works, Richmond, Va, are driven
to thei- full capacity, and are doing
more work than at any time in the past
four years :, The statement of ". NJ,
Tweed. submitted a short time AGO to
the Attorney General. has been made
public. 1t contains the names Of TWEEN.
ty-one Senator'S pail for their votes or
silence. "A Sanfrancisco firm offers
to supply Chicago with Strawberries
next month if the demand justifes ship.
ments by the car load "A Philadel.
phia girl has one eye that is light blue
and one that is deep black /. F.. The coal
miners Of Pennsylvania are now no.
where on strike. a general resump.
ton Of business is established. :. Gen.
lie Duo has been appointed Commits
sioner OF Agriculture vice Mr.. Watts,
whose resignation was requested by the
President. The large boa constructor
in the New York aquarium has just
given birth to fifty young ones. The
mother is thirteen feet long, the young
er ones from two to two ind half feet
long, "A Canadian priest lately sued
ayoung man. whom lie had married, for
his wedding fee, which he stated at SIS.
The jury found for the defendant on the
ground that the youth had received no
apprcciable value. Alexander Steph.
ems has so far recuperated that he is
able to walk alone on clutches without
the aid Of attendant. Mr.. Hodnet living
near Lockhart, Texas, raises enough of
the genuine Chinese tea to supply his
own family. 1t grows and produces
well -. Utah is said to have produced
three-fouTths of the supply of refined
lead in this country last year. The
lumber interest OF Oregon amo UNITS to
nearly S2,O00,000 annually -. The lar.
Sest crop of oranges ever known is ex-
pected in Florida this season i. The
largest single interest in the country is
the railroads, representing total of
nearly $4,000, 100000. Imagine this tied
up or subject to a daily depreciation,
as has lately been the case, and some
idea of the cause for hard times may
be gathered 80 Hubs are now shipped
from Charleston, this State, to New
York and New Orleans Eggs sell in
Maine at $3.50 dozen. In order to
give them this value the shells are first
perforated with two holes, the original
contents blown out, and the vacant
space filed with whisky. All on nc.
count Of the Maine law. Another is
the patent faucet, which turned one way
yields vinegar and the other way ale
1.-The Rockingham Register states,
q few days since n gentleman in Brooks
Gap went out squirrel hunting, and
taking his seat upon log killed one
hundred squirrels without moving from
the spot. He says at least five hundred
more passed by when be was sitting,
during the day. They all seemed to be
running eastward There are 11S
students in daily attendance at the Nor.
NAL school at Fairmont, this State
About $2,000,000 worth of fire arms
have been recently ordered from New
Haven factory for the Turkish army -.
An effort is making to divide Dakota
Territory. 1t is now twice as large as
any of It's neighbors Five sisters
who are nuns in Canadian convent
have turned into the convent treasury
their combined fortunes, amounting to
$4,000 . Subscribe for the MteHi-
gencer; ont borrow. Til Pc
tersburg correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch records the following
dream and its singular fulflment in
the recent melancholy death of young
Branch Clay in Petersburg. On the night
before the accident his mother dreamed
that her son was brought home dead by
six men, and yesterday morning, so i'm
pressed was she by the dream, she ur-
gently begged him not TO leave the
house. lie rather laughed at her fears,
and little later was brought home i'm