South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-12-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

fraction Orville, Ohio, boasts OF n
glass coffin factory. The first 10: of
glass collins have been sent to under
takers in various parts Of the country.
IA barge belonging to Gray's iron
line. having on board nearly nine thous
and kegs of nails, struck a pier of the
Bcllairc bridge on 29ih ult. ard sank.
- l.. III. Bucking ham. district attorney
for the third judicial district of Nebraska
died of heart disease in Omaha Jon Fri
day last. a council of physicians has
decided that the disease was the result
of violent boating exercise while attend
ing Yale College. The deceased was
twenty mine years old - Apples are
two cents bushel in North Carolina.
lit is observed that modern history
affords no example OF man Of so who
Was so important to ho country as was
Theirs Two Siamese twin oysters
were recently found in the Chesapeake.
They we're joined by ligsture running
from heart to heart =. Monroe. Ga.
has had wedding in which the bride
was bat twelve years oll.-- Pennsyl-
wanna has the largest number of SUNDAY
| schools among the States $50.
The San Francisco Alta estimates tina,
the drought has cost California $50. 900.
600. Two slight shocks of carthouakc
we're felt at Portland, Oregon on Friday
last "A confidential clerk of the
Rothschild5, in Paris, lately abscouded
alter robbing his employers OF overSa6O..
ooo The money had been nearly all los.
In stock speculations :. . The Conoco-
cheague which passes thro' Chambers
burg, Pa, was higher than ever before
known. and the losses sustained along
its course. and especially in Chambers
burg. are very heavy &. : The potato crop
Throughout Great Britain, it is said. is
unusually light. The Exposition now
going on ut Philadelphia draws large
crowds daily Wild turkey and par.
triiges are 5 , abundant in Warren CO..
Va. that families are substituting them
for pork and beef -. The lallest man in
Indiana is Andrew j. Hart, OF Balm
brl ls". who measures six feet eleven
inches and n haR in Lis stockings
Napoleon Violet. the bank messenger
~ Montreal, Canada, who absconded
with about 81. 600 Of the banks funds.
l "a. Z N, 4
y minister says that while visiting a
coiorcd school in the Southern States
he asked tiny Oakley what he studied
for, and what was his object i'm attend.
ing school. Iiesita ing for a moment
or two, the little fellow answered, ITO
git office. An iron Mountain, 10000
feet high rivalling the famous iron mour-
tain OF Missouri, has been disccv .red
in Co.Iax county, New Mexico. The
orc is almost entirely pure iron. aud in
connection with the immen C quantities
focal found in Colfax county this huge
deposit OF iron orc must at no distant
day become the source o!industrics which
will gather and support large an
thriving population -. An Iowa man
obtained n divorce from his wife AMI
then hired her for cook. The woman
is delighted with the change, because
now she can have new dress occasion
ally, aud little pin money in her peck.
ct.--.A brig has arrived in New York
bringing 1000 cocoanuts a Rich
mond paper Fcport9..that Miss Lizzie Van
Lew. late postmaster of that city, has
associated herself with business man
in the manufacture of plow-points and
castings. The Richmond. Va. papers
say the streets in the lower--part of that
city were never before so clean as they
arc nova result Of the floods =. Mr..
William SchaeTer died at his residence
III jefferson county on the 27th ult.aged
SO years, 4 months and 2G days. lie
was one OF the few native born citizens
OF liarPer's Ferry who grew up with the
National Armory of that place, and be-
come one Of its most skillful artisans.
go. Gov. Hampton deserves credit for
dlscouragng, in his annual message. all
movements looking toward rcpudiation
Of thc States obligations -. The moon
will eclipse Venus on SUNDAY night next.
go. Hot lemonade. il is sail. will relieve
n cold however severe e.. Whisky is Che
best remedy for diptheria, according
TO statement in the Scientific american
for Dec ]. 10 is said TO destroy The
dipihcric poison ms quinine destroys
malicious poison in the system 49,.
Gov. Hampton in his annual message
to the general Assembly strongly de-
| pIecales Lhe rcpndalion Of The SLnie,s