South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-11-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NoTheiious IL. Bogert, one oil the Oldest
practicing physicians in New York
died on Saturday last. Russia ac-
knowledges to 10000 killed aud wound
ed since the beginning CT the war. (.
Twelve hundred bills have already been
introduced in Congress this session
Goldsmith Maid is withdrawn from tho
turf; aged FL. From 1900 to 90.
600 alligator skins are tanned yearly
FOR boot and shoe manufacturers :.
Geo. j. Barry, chief engineer in the
United States navy, died in Philadcl
phia, on Saturday last. =. 1t is denied
that the Canadian Government has
granted a reserve of land TO Sitting
Bull and his band i. The New York
Day Book has suspended publication
-. a colony of Danes have purchased
10000 acres Of land in Kossuth county,
iowa. In the peuitentiary at Auburn,
n. l., there are % clergymen, AZ law.
yers, IL doctors. and three printers
This represents pretty fairly the aver
age morality of the four classes. Rev
a. w. Mann is the only deaf mute min
lister who ever oiflciated at the marriage
OF deaf mute. lie united two couples
in the bonds OF matrimony recently .
Rev. w. j. Lowrey, well known Pres
| byterian minister, died ut Louisville
Ky, last week "A colored wagon
driver was attacked in tho road and
killed by two tramps in King George
county, Nd, last week -. The largest
tree in Kentucky is burr oak near
Frankfort, 50 feet round at the roots
and l41 feet high. IA bee tree near
Waldro, Fla, contained eight feet in
length Of solid comb, the hollow rang
ing from six to nine inches in diameter
1.-The fire at the Patent Office wa:
not 50 disastrous after all. 1t has Just
been ascertained that not single mod.
el Of perpetual motion machine wa;
destroyed. LIT is SAID that figures
won't lie: but the Detroit Necs thinks
the figures of some women are very de.
fe ctive TO say the least :. Among the
novelties Of the coming Paris exhibition
will be youth fourteen years old with
feet shaped precisely like his hands.
He can use them for the same purposes,
and plays upon the piano with both
hands and feet, having n peculiar chair
which enables him TO curl his body into
the necessary position. He is very
good performer. 1t is said that VIC
| raise in this country 1880, 900, 0OC
bushels Of Indian corn q vear-one
bushel for every human being on earth
49,. On Sunday night the large Hotel
and Store Of Capt. Dunlap, at Dublin
| depot, Va, was burned TO ashes. All
the contents of the store were DESTROYED
save few books and papers Two
hundred Eorses and mules, besides q
large quantity ofother property belong,
ing to OBriens circus company was
sold Mt public sale in Richmond las,
week-thc company have determined ia
travel next season by rail Miss Sal.
lie Wood, aged 20, resident of Colum.
bia, S. c., upon her return home one
evening last week, found Sam. Henry
neighbor, awaiting her. She invited
him into the house, and just as ho eros
sed the threshold, he seized her and at
tempted an indecent assault, but She
was too quick for him and freeing
herself from his grasp. seized a pistol
and shot him dead on tho spot. The
man was married and had two children
80. Earthquake shocks were felt NJ
various points in the New England
States about two o'clock, A. NJ. on the
4:h instant ..-.At the last show in
Paris 90 different kinds of grapes from
one district, were displayed. They
| have already had four inches Of snow IN
northern Illinois. Ohio has 3Sl.OOC
acres of apple orchards. and raised this
/ year 100000 bushels OF apples.
Inc Under Secretary for India esti,
mates the cost of the Indian famine a
eleven millions sterling .Wayncsbo-
70, Pennsylvania, q town Of 500 in
hohitants, has but one family of colore,
/ persons. e. Foster Blodgettt died a
Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday last
An Ohio woman just completed quill
containing 5000 pieces d. D. More thar
10000 dollars worth Of Southwest Viz
I ginia beef was shipped fresh from New
York to Liverpool during last month
....At Milford, in Warren county. Va.
an eagle measuring, seven feet from
tip TO tip was shot last week, while il
the act Of carrying Off large pig
Harrisburg. Pa, has shipped 200
bushels Of chestnuts this season, and ex
poets to chip 1000 bushels moro