South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-06-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.

VOU.VoU. could have Oeen bought AZ
sl.25 per aero. Hog cholera has
made its appearance in Garrett county,
Nd. and is proving quite fatal 1890.
The Cuban revolution is at last ended
.-....A party from Oakland, Md.
caught Alp trout one day last week in
the blackwater- --... Two hundred and
thirty-two men were killed by coal
mine explosion in England on Friday
last. 1890. At an aristocratic wedding in
Chicago, last week, the ceremony was
performed on the lawn. -. Barnum's
circus recently took S9S.O0 in "a days.
There are now seycnty-two post
mistresses the United States .....
Several cattle were killed on the noun
tains of this State during the snow. by
eating 'stagger weed and laurel. 49,.
A bust of Mazzini, the Italian patriot.
has been unveiled in Central Park, New
York DIR. Sharp, of Volcano, was
elected President of the West Va,
Medical Society for the ensuing year,
and Martinsburg was chosen as the
next place Of meeting .-.-.A pet ca
nary was buried IN $40 collin in Pail
adelphia the other day. 49,. Patton
Thompson, of Russel county, Virginia,
died last week, from the effects of ar :
senic, absorbed in remedy for cancer
put on once day, given him by a
tramp name Jno. Lloyd, hailing from
Danville. Lloyd was arrested, but was
released. The cure was TO be made in
twenty days, and Thompson died on
tue fifth day An Alabama jury re-
Gently gave woman, whose husband
had been killed by railroad accident,
$25, 200 damages, AID added: We wish
to God we could give her more ......
a fire at Mt. Sterling, Ky, on Friday
last destroyed $4,000 worth Of proper
tv There arc more novel writer's
in Great Britain than in any other
Country Elk President Jefferson
Davis has recently, through q decision
of the Court Of Appeals OF Mississippi,
come into the possession of q valuable
property. 49,. While clipping long
wooded sheep the other day, q farmer
in Texas, encountered two small mac.
cas;n snakes, which had ensconscd
themselves in the fleece close to the
skin. and he narrowly escaped n bite
I'll unril ,rf .iti yat, Df
Camden county. Missouri, has been
arrested for selling G'teen cents worth
OF tobacco without having n license.
go. Mrs Elizabeth jenkins, mother of
Mrs Surratt, who was hanged in Wash,
ington in 1868, died at Surrattsville,
Prince Georges county va, last Friday,
aged SO years -. May was colde.
than April, and now June threatens
to outdo May .-...-It is stated that
the murrain has made its appearance
among the cattle in Warren county, Va,
several farmers having lost over twenty
OF their cattle -. Capt. VIM. l.. Clark
has been elected Mayor Of Winchester
go. Moro postal cards are now used by
the United States than any other nation
.-... SIX prisoners for the penitenJiary
were shipped from Martihsburg last
Saturday night. --...It is not necessary
to pillow and SOW tools-they grow OF
themselves. Limited States Senator
Sharon, of Nevada. has not been in his
seat for over two years IA Western
editor has been found who gives tue
lie politely. lie allulcs to a statement
as mot harmonizing with existing actu-
atty. .....A horse Of Mrs. Elizabct!
CofnaE was stGng by honey bees which
caused death on the 9th day afterwards.
The horse had been ridden To friends
house, and was hitched at tue stile, a.
bout twenty yards from the apiary;
when the horse was first noticed many
bees were on his head and neck, pierre
ing him with their poisonous darts,
causing violent sickness, and swelling
of the parts stung. This is a warning
to never hitchyou horses or erect stiles
near the apiary. So says the Grccnbrier
Independent. Sealed proposals for
the hire Of from 80 to 100 conyicts at
tho Moundsvillc peniteutiary for term
not exceeding FIVE years, will he rcccjv.
cd up 10 June 2Jth.-....H Hon. Lewis
Mckenzie las been nominated FOR Post
master of 4 lcxAudria.E Early 20 bed