South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-03-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Nehado 10 uOfb- tu itutuenSe JUSTICES
in shipping Holsters to England A few
weeksago ship fromH alifax took sSs..
000iD cans for London. which represeu.
ted something like e55. 900 Holsters. and
q little before = shipment TO the value
OF $4,000 was male Forty mil.
lion bushels OF wheat we're Yrised IN
Minnesota in 1877 .-....On the 10Th
the insane asylum at Woloski, Sheboyea,s
county, Wisconsin, was totally destroy
ed by Ore, and four inmates persisted IN
the hames. John Ayers, who was
acting as spy for the u. 5. Revenue
agents in Floyd county, Va, was found
in the woods last week, assassinated.
IL is supposed it was done By the Illicit
distillers. Two years ago drover
started from California with 1000 sheep.
lie has just arrived in Texas, having
driven the flock all the way, assisted by
two well-trained dogs. The sheep have
increased in numbers, and frequent
stops Cor pasturage have kept them in
good condition. They are intended for
slaughter in the Eastern market.
During last year the United States sent
105, 100000 yards OF cotton goods
abroad, ten times more than was expor
ted the year before ...-. Mr.. JaoueTine
Smith. Of Clarke county. Va, died on
the 22nd ult.. aged 93 years The
population of Rome. which was in 1867
2l5,al3, rose last year to two hundred
& eighty thousand 564. From to 8, 900
! soldiers were included in each ennmera
ton. The most expensive railroad
car in the world costing So, 900. vas com
| pieted hast autumn b. the Pullman Co.
About the heaviest penalty ever imposed
i'll New York for perjury was pronounced
on the 18th upon Cadwallader Evans,
who was sentenced TO five years impri.
sonment fcr false swearing on the Wit
ness stand. His SWORN statement that
he had never. been an inmate OF n pen
itentiary was proven false Charles
Dickens, Jr., is now the chief partner in
n London printing establishment. -.
farm hand in Central Italy is paid
seven cents day. and considers him.
self lacky man to find employment at
'hat rate -...-.A choice lot of West
Virginia wool was sold at the Steuben-
vale WOOL house, few days ago, at
from 10 10 o3c per pound .----- Barnum
mas accumulated eighteen elephants foS'
the next biggest show on earth -.-..
"ehe'at CrooK Is on the war path, and
rs lie Is one Oh Tie most experienced In
u'ah lighters In the business, lively
campaign against the warllke Sioux
may oe anticipated lhe Lev. DIR.
Eia'ch' inc OLDEST member OF the Synod
vi 'S'"''' "'e" Oh thursday February,
H. "a. ''.s ''''''o III ''''cc i'i''m couh'
W >"Sln''' "Se' e'S'fIy SIX years
frog culture IS inc latest western IN
u"SV'S' AZ" 10 oe'"S syste'hacFcaIiy ear
r'eo on !" Nl'h"e7o''. IL is simple
process consisting chiefly IN the protcc-
Tin OF eggs AMI tadpotes from birds and
other enemies by means OF wire screens.
lie prodnct thus far reported amounts
10 3.ooo dozen legs OF which two third,
nave been shipped to st Louis ; where
they orinS an average or twenty cents
per dozen ..-'''A tooth The size OF
man, ana similar IN shape weighing
Twelve pounds was extracted from the
~" OF w'i'te elephant in Ceylon while
Vhe amman was unier the Influence Of
chioroioFm. lie dental operation was
perioFme" 20 Feheve the beast Of the
great pam caused by exposure of the
nerve owing to decay of portion Of the
oone he . troops were supplied