South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-08-02
Soutt Brunch 1ntelliscnter.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY, AUG. 2. 1878.

baltimore in two days last week. the
largest amount ever received in that
city in the same time.
1VIt is expected at the Treasury De-
partment that the silver dollar coinage
for August will be between three and
four millions.
CVOur trade with England in beef
and mutton this year, it is said, will
amount to over s8,000,OOO.
sey Fred, Grant is, Of course, a third
tcrmcr. Pa has learned great deal
since he has been abroad he observes,
and would make still better President
next term
f0'Gen. Mcdowell reports TO the
War Department that on the night Of
the 18th ult., the Umatillas with Col.
Forsyth and cavalry column struck
tho hostiles on the east fork Of Birch
creek, Oregon, killing IL warriors and
capturing 20 women and children, and
GO or 20 head of stock. Tue Um atillas
lost two ponies. The ITmatillas. as pre-
viously reported. had already killed
Chief Egan and Is warriors and captur.
ed 800 cattle. The hostiles are demo or
allied and breaking up into small
bands.
SILVER FOR CuANGE.--Twenty-tw two
tons of fine silver bars. valued at $780,.
600, was shipped from tho assay office
in New York city on the Goth ult for
the Philadelphia mint for coinage into
the standard silver dollar.
C1' Secretary Schurz's secretary, who
an0wers all his letters in Gczn,,n,
French, Italian, etc, is -.iss Anna Il.
Irish, graceful and pretty young Ne
bras,;un of twenty-five, with elegant
manners, winning ways, and musical
voice, and q determination to study
hard. She is an experienced linguist
and short hand writer
~ Alexander ii. Stephens told u
Sunday school in Augusta, Ca, last Sab
bath that the first taste he ever had for
reading was inculcatcd in Sunday
school, when he was a 10y about nine
years old.
Ew' A party of tourists on Mount
Washington, N. H., last week, found
the wind blowing ga miles an hour and
heavy snow storm in progress. One
had his cars frozen and another two fin
9ors frost-bitten, while at the foot Of the
mountain the weather was the warmest
of the year thus far.
~ 1t is not generally known that in
tho oil regions of Pennsylvania many
Of the engines which pump the oil wells
are run with natural gas in stead Of
steam. The gas is conveyed from the
we'll TO the engine through an iron ppo,
being forced from the we'll through tic
pipe into the cylinder.
Ey An exciting scene was witnessed
at q pic mic at Winchester, H., not long
ago. The tables had been spread. the
banquet had been prepared, the coffee
stcaming and all hands were gIoating
-
when suddenly horde Of tramps burst
out OF the bushes, seized upon the viands.
bolted the lunch, and drained the coffee
pot before the agonizcd gaze of th pic
nickers. The tramps dined heartily
and marched Off in triumph leaving
their hosts to such reveries as empty
stomachs might inspire.
gVMr. aud Mrs. Henry Jergeson, Of
Vinita, Indian Territory, probably have
more children than any other couple in
the world. They are each about so
years old, and have been married about
GO years. They are the happy parents
Of o family consisting of 20 boys and l8
girls. or 50 in all They have had three
SETS of bankruptcies, five of triplets, and
any number Of twins.
~ The stage coach from DCadwood,
Dakota Territory, for Cheyenne, Wyo.
ming, was stopped at A. NJ, on the
23rd by six armed men, the mail sacks
were robbed Of registered letters and
other valuable matter, including at least
one gold watch, ana the treasure boxes
were broken open, but nothing was
found. The only passenger on the stage
was Rev. J. w. Pickett, whom they
did not modest. they coolly performed
their work Of ransacking, consuming
fully half an hour. and thcn ordered
tho driver 90 proceed.
t1The Minnesota wheat yield, it is
said. will reach tho enormous figure oil
aO,0OO,OOO bushels
tVThcrc arc in the United States
$4,000 Touring mills, giving employ
mcnt to over 10000 persons, whose
wages, amount TO about s2O,OOO,OOO