South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-02-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

1 rapidly on the increase throughout tue.
country. -. Business and bank. failures
still continue. carrying many hundreds
down with them. :. "A FIVE year old'child
diedlin st. Louis the other day from eat
ing poiso nous canoy q few days before
..-...lt is estimated that $4,000
drinking men have signed tho pledge in
Missouri since the first of September last.
- Rhode Island lisa convenient little
State. All tue members Of its Legisla-
ture board at home. A few from the
more remote towns carry lunches, and
! thus save running home for the MONDAY
meal. =. The wine crop OF France for the
year 1877 is estimated at 1,240,9l7,9S6
gallons. or 320,289.580 gallons moro
than in 1876 -. An exchange very cor
rectiy remarks that ''the man who wants
to break down party lines generally
trains with radicals. Coal oil is to be
transported from Butler, Pa, to Balti-
more ina pipe, q distance of23Otmiles.
This will greatly affect railroad inter
ests Jamaica began quinine plant.
lag in 1860, and now has $4,000 trses,
of which experienced chemists report
most fayorably. The experiment made
by the Government is regarded as a
complete success. Presideut Porter
and the, Rev. Dr.. Bacon are to have
chairs. made out of the largest elm in
New Haven, which has just been cut
down. IL was nearly 1G2,years; old and
was planted by the Rev. Joseph Moves
The deposits in the savings banks
of the United States are estimated at
o0U,000,000. Among ship-
ment OF oysters recently received in
New \ ork, was one large bivalve which.
when opened, weighed over quarter OF
apound. ...--'A woman i'm Iowa recent.
~ married her eighth husband What
fasteneigh-ting creature she must be
$500. Every Saturday night President
Hayes family and few friends meet
in one ofthe rooms Of the White House
to sing old Methodist hymns, according
to home custom. :. There were four
sudden deaths in Baltimore on Saturday
last-.wo OF them from heart disease.
$3.50. The first horse railroad was built
in 1867 49,. Gold was first Discovers
ed in Californiain 1913. The first
steamboat piled the Hudson in 1907. 4
..-.. The fl 81 watches were made a.
Nnrcmburg in l847. The Oldest
human. heing. in the world is Sonero
Reras Glen, q Mexican woman. who
lived in San Gabriel Mission, California.
SiIo,is 40 years OIL. Her age ia de.
clarcdto, he a matter Of umdisantel re.
cord. $3.50 AZ new and dangerous coun
terfeit on the. trade dollar is now in
circulation. Ills somewhat lighter than
the genuine coin. 49,. Envelopes were
first used in 1889 -. The. fisst mir
pump was made i'm 1854 -. During
the past two years there have been over
4f.0e0 emigrants from Canada, TO, the 1
United States. This includes all class
es Of laboring men and their families.
Oistkese. in one, year, there were over
5000 skilled mechanics or about H.
QUO initwo years One Of the rich
est goll discoveries was male, on the
18th Of last month, at the Ranta mines
short distance west of Puebla, Col. |
Dir. Mum, an old prospector. struck
lode Of ore which, assays the enormous
sum OF $4,000 in gold and 81 100 in
silver per ton There is great ex.
element among the workngmcn in
California, and serious outbreaks are
feared. The cause is said to be cheap
labor among tho Chinese ....Dr
Linderman. director OF the United States
mint at Philadelphia, has explained
his views in reference to the effect Of
the Bland bill. lie fayors, dollar Of
425 grains and an international silver
conference, and says that the ninety.
two cent dollar ofthe Bland bill would
drive gold out Of the country. lie
thinks the 5000 1000, 900 Of gold i'm this
country can DO and ought TO be brought
into circulation. :. a fashionable Lon
don dressmaker was prosecuted recent.
y by the Inspector OF faetories for bav-
ing kept her.girls employed from eight
o'clock one morning until five tie next.
She said this was necessary, in order to
complete an outfit for marriage in
high life; hut the magistrate being un-
able TO see that this justified her conduct.
fined her $50, or SO for each girl en-
ployed. .....Flat pockets Of lac are
seen on the most elegant dresses. ......
Onions in New Mexico grows 10 the
| size OF an ordinary water nail. and ono