South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-07-26
NEWS OF THE. DAY.

Owned 1850 acres oil laly and 43 Slaves
has been placed in tho AL phouses of
that county. Five thUusand aero
OF Texas LAID. on the Medina river. have
been sold TO English capitalists for
1900 There are FIVE glass facto-
ries in Mafylasd and sw5 an West VIZ
GINA =. .sSsmerseaa---s ii~er quarters
are cut in two by the Mexicans, and
freely circulated as bits fl25c) on the
Rio Grande frontier -. The straw
berry crop rof the Eastern Shore wasn't
failure. The net profits of tho grow.
ers are estimated at S3i2, COO. ~. :
There are 362 shoemakers at the wau-.
pun Wis., Pcnitentiary The larg,
est vessel that has been at Hartford,
Conn, for numberHof years, has Just:
arrived with n cargo OF cochineal, valu.
ed at $1,000. Fou, ladies have been
| received into. the order,of deaconessess
in an Episcopal clelrcn in $, Syracuse,
New York !.E-.-.It takeslfve thousand
bees to weigh a pound. i.ns. Mrs. Eliza
Barbour, mother Of Hon; James Bgbour
died in Cnlpeper, ON tho 2nd = inst. at
the advanced age of 81 years. =. Eve,
ny sheet OF postage stamps Eis counted
twenty-six times while being made.
Ex-Judgc WIT, ,Mrcolpo one OF the
oldest members. Of the, bar in the Uni
ted States, died at his lloine, in Oyster
Bay, Long Island, on Thursday last
lie had ,teached'the pStriafcltal age of
% Years. -,t,,,-, Ia the, Gascopade Riv-
CIR, Missouri the fish arc dying byithou-
sands. from enting the worms that drop
from the overlangins maple trees, &.
The Fall, River, Massachusetts mills
arc starting up. again. an indication that
the GOTTEN cloth trade is reviving Z. :.
ALBANIA is having too much rain for cot
ton -: . Rev Mr., 13eeciier is on, lis
way to California to lecture. :. -. Sam
Bass, the notorious train robber, died at
Round Roeli.J Texas OIL Sunday, last
lie nfusoCtto inform on his accomplices
sayingati@asragainst his pfolession.i2.,
Oliver y. baldwin, for. moro thaa I / years
one OF the editors Of The, Baltimore Saa
died az his residence. in Wayerly, Bal :
tinoFe o county,, on 1-the 17thliinst. OF
Bright's rtlisGise'ofthe Kidneys aged rs 5
years William Diimore, aigeU 81,
WIS strack and killed by Lightning in
Garrett county - last week. ..s-.. There
were sc cases of sunstgoke- in baltimore
on Friday last. three Of them fatal ~.
Chicago papers speak chcoiiragingly OF
the prospects or a revival Of business in
that city. .-.-. Europe mourns with a
merica the loss of Bryant. :. ..One Of
the prominent industries OF Saratoga is
irog-hshing Thitty-nipe families
from Bremen have joined the new colo :
ny, Texsylvania, in Baylor county.
Texas. :. Mrs. William Richardson,
an elderly widow, residing at Locust
vile, Accomac county, Virginia, while
seated on the porch OF her residence s.
Don't 0 o'clock on Thursday night of
last week, was fatally shot by some one
unknown, whether by accident or design
has not transpired. The. affair caused
considerable cxciteme in the locality
where Mrsa Richardson was well known
and highly respsdte5J. :, n 30, A balloon
ist named J., ID. Atchison, while making
an ascension as Elinwoo,l, ,I!lnoss on
the 22dinst was killed. Instantly By fail
ihg q distance OF 200 feet :. The
damage TO the. growing crops in the
| No thwest BY the late storms and ex-
cesstyo heat averages II per cent. in
Wisconsin5 ~ per cent, in IOWA. 81 per
cent in Minnesota 1.-THE peasant OF
Belginm not only feeds liIaself but his
horse on coarse black rye bread. ...-.
a National Temp GRANGE Gnrnp Meeting
is TO be held dt Lawrencc,g Kansas, Au-
gust 3Gth. Tic railroads IL is said
have reduced the fare to one cent per
mile la startling tragedy which
occurred in Albemarle County, Va
on Saturday last has thrown that com.
munityiIt intense oxcif ement.a Mrs
Sist cut the throat Of her colorod scr
yant-woman from car To ear. The wo.
man died in few minutes. Il seems
that Mrs. Sist and the woman were
pecling peaches together. when they be
como involved ms quarrel, tic latter
calling her mistress "stiDkihg liar
Mrs. Sist is now said TO be dcranged
.-....A convention OF The young Mems
Christian Assassination, 20 be composel
Of delegates from the wlible world, viii
meet in Switzerland next month $50.
Some horses were stolen in Vinton. Ark.
and only one OF the thieves was caught