South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-05-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

On Friday last, the grave of Gen.
Stonewall Jackson. at Lexington, Va.
was handsomely decorated. The sod
& evergrcens were neatly trimmed, and
bouquets and wreaths OF be autiful low-
ers and ipmortelles, were placed upon
the mound ..... The Sraunton, Har.
risonburg. Woodstock and Martinsburg
military have accepted the invitation to
be present on the occasi ion of the Con .
federate memorial services. on the 9th
OF June, at the Stonewall Cemetery.
Winchester Va. $500 Rev. w. j. Perry,
OF the Baltimore Conference, NJ. Z.
Church South, died at his residence in
Stanton, Va, on the 18th inst, of pull
monary disease, liz the 39th year of his
ge..-.-.A heavy wind travelled over
ST. Louis on Saturday last, at the rate
OF 90 miles an hour, unroofng about
l0O houses, uprooting trees and shrub
berry, and injuring several persons The
damages are estimated at $4,000.
a man named JAS. Jamison attempted
to cross the track in front Of an express
train at long Run, in this State, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. and was
cut into fragments. He was 20 years
OLD, and leaves very large family.
.---..At st. Louis, few days ago.
little Charley Cottrell. six years old,
playfully pointed Sharp's revolver at
his aunt and with the remark, Look
out, Aunt Lib, am going to shoot you,
pulled the trigger His aunt fell to the
floor, shot through the heart Ben.
Taylor, q colored man of Mississippi
has invented an engine applying the
steam to the circumference of the wheel.
IL will, If successful, rank him among
the first inventors Of the day 80. The
manufacture Of base balls employs
800 workmen at Natick, Mass .....J.
ID. Imboden, son Of Gen. Imboden, died
in Charlotte county. last week
The first crate of Georgia, peaches left
Macon GA, Saturday last. by express
for New York. Forty thousand crates
will follow "A Justice of the Su-
preme Court Of the United States gets
$1,000 year and q long summers
vacation $3.50. Mrs. Fletcher Webster
is about to build new house on the
site of the recently burned Webster
mansion at Marshfield Mrs. Maud
Giles. choir singer in ST.. Mary's Cath
Ole Church, Jersey City, n. j., OH We'd
nesday of last week accomplished the
novel undertaking Of singing unintcr-
ruptedly for three hours. She sang in
live languages .--.-. Three car loads Of
us. soldiers passed over the Il. & O. r.
IL. on the 2lst inst bound for the West.
The first new wheat Of the season arriv.
ed ut st. Louis, Mo-, yesterday, from
near Dallas, Texas. 1t graded No. 4.
and sold at auction for 81. 25 "A
heavy hail storm passed over Wheeling,
on last Monday evening, breaking glass
ana destroying trees, fruit grain, &c.
The extent Of the loss is not yet known
but it is supposed the storm covered
| but q small area. Vine growers
say the grape crop in South Carolina
will be a fine one this year. The
administrators of the late ex.Gov. Fran
els Thomas Of Maryland has succeeded
in selling in New York, the diamonds
| belonging to the estate for $4,000. -.
Six hundred dollars has been collected
In Georgia for tho proposed Lee monu-
mcnt, at Richmond, Va. One little
boy i'll Wythevillc Va, Willie Boiling,
! succeeded in raising over $50 for the Lee
monument. .---. 1t is said the war has
| cost the Russian Government GlOO,
| 100000. Near Providence, X. l.,
/ q bed ofsoapstone has been discovered,
from which Indians long ago fashioned
rude dishes. Many of The finished and
unfinished articles were lying nder a
mound, together with harder stone
axes for hcwing them out. In India Gle.
| plants arc extensively used in building
public works. Their great strength and
intelligence make them valuable assis.
tants to bridge builders and stone ma
sons. Some are used for moving large
stones and timber into proper position ;
others are employed as masons-mason
elephants is their technical name
These place large stones on n wall, and
move them with their trunks until they
arc on level. Few sights are more
interesting TO traveller than TO see
several elephants at work on bridge
Some are bringing timber and stone tc
the workmen, while others are laying
them in their places, and working n,
they were trained bridge.buildcrs OF
stoncma3ons. Col. Jos, J. B.Wright
surgeon and brevet brigadier general
u. $. army. died on Tuesday Of las
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