South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-01-26
NEWS OF THB DAY.


b able to bake bread and 70 knit stock
ings before marrying -. During Chrisfl'
mas week dfty-four dcaths from violencs
we're registered in london :. TIE wealth
ofthe Rothschilds. all told. l. seventeen
billions OF francs Two hundred and
fifty Thousand pounds of dried apples
were shipped from broadway depot. in
Rockingham county. last year There
are three hundred and forty students at
The University OF Virginia Thirty
Thousand men. women aud boys are
said to be out Unemployment in Chicago.
LIN Paris. KY. few days ago.
turkey was killed which when dressed
weighed thirty five pounds. The.liver.
heart and gizzard weighed four pounds.
1.-The army records show that Ken.
lucky raises the tallest and Connecticut
the shortest men in the eanntry. RoI.
land. the escaped Chnmbersburg hank.
rob5er. has been recapturcd in Chicago.
49, The grave OF General Lee is kept
constantly adorned with 1orcrs. "A
man named Michael J. King vas killed
last week on tho RAILROAD between
Parkersburg aud 8 ration. this State
The fortune left by the late Commodore
Vanderbilt is estimated to reach the
enormous sum Of eighty millions OF dol.
lars :. Last week Mr.. Jacob Grim's
OF Preston county. this State. shot and
killed his wife. in carelessly handling a
revolver. which he thought was not load.
Ell Ohio has "a colleges and univer-
sites General Fitzhugh Lee. repre-.
senting number of gentlemen, has
presented TO the State of Virginia
port ait OF the Confederate oavalryman.
Major General j. l.. Il. Stuart sixty
deer have been killed in Kanawha Co ;,
this State. during the present winter.
-. The Michigan Southern Railroad
Company. it is said. will contest suits
for damages on account of the Ashta.
buia disaster, claiming that the breaking
OF the bridge was IAN act OF God" for
which they cannot be held responsible.
Ihey will endeavor to prove that the
bridge was ordinarily safe, and that cold
weather weakened 1t. Should they be
defeated. tho amount Of judgments
would amount to about half a million
dollars Twenty five years ago.
Missouri boy left his home and started
out to become President Of the United
States. That boy is now one Of the
best shoemakers in the Ohio State Pri.
son =. Great foods have prevailed or
the Ohio and other rivers. The losses
sustained between Pittsburgh and Cairo
amount to Sl2.00o.000 :. Charles Col
Inns, chief engineer Of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railroad, coan-
mitted suicide ut Cleveland. Ohio,~iast
week, by shooting himself with revol.
yer. 1t Is believed that anxiety on ac-
count OF the late disaster mt Ashtabu,a
had affected his reason and caused him
to commit the deed am willing to
risk my reputation as q public man."
wrote + iward Hine to the Liverpool
Wercury, III the worst case ofsinali-pox
cannot be cured in three days, simply
by the use Of cream Of tartar. One
ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in
pint OF water, drank ut intervals, when
coid, IL certain revcr-failing remedy.
IL mas cured thousands. never leaves a
mark, never causes blindness, and a.
voids tedious lineerings" The man
who talks least is most apt To keep his
word 1t is neither the means with
which man starts in life. nor the want
Of means which makes him man
Upon one subject arc we all agreed
the wish for better times -. A recent
scientific book has the songs of birds
set to music - piece ofpaper printed
or written and pasted on n postal card.
subjects il TO letter postage Faith.
fitness and sincerity are the highest
things. a Chinaman. arrested in San
Francisco the other day. was found to
have on coat of mail male OF cloth.
cotton batting and paper, thick enough
TO turn a knife or bullet. Il also hal
pockets for knives and ha:chets. and
ring to hang an iron bar on An aged
PhiIadelpLjan-i il SO desonti hat lac often
drops on his knees in the street and
loudly prays for those whose sinrulness
he witnesses. -. II is stated that 10000
Fh'ia'elphia families will break up
housekeeping on the 1st OF January.
and start around the country making
Centennial calls. Revenge is sweet -.
a Colorado woman has collected Gfty
bushels Of grasshoppers, and scalded
and dried them for winter chicken feel.
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