South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-03-08
NEWS OF THE DAY.

sissippi is to be among the wonders OF
tue Paris Exhibition 80. 1t is estima-
ted that the raising and manufacturing
OF tobacco in this country furnish en-
ployment to more than one million per-
sons. IA Pennsylvania schoolboy
has died from the effects OF butting his
head against the heads OF other boys. -.
At Glasgow Scotland, one iodine factory
uses up six tones OF sea weed every
year to produce this chemical "A
dog about the size OF red squirrel
was recently sold in Toronto, Canada,
for $4,000. Geo. l.. Christian was
elected judge OF the Hastings Court Of
Richmond, vice Judge Guigon, deceas-
Ell, Judge. Christian has,heen clerk Of
The State Supreme Court for seven years.
THE store occupied by Edwards
& Rogers,sd ealers in general merchan-
disc, Frostburg, Md, was destroyed by
fire on the night OF the 2Sth. The
building and stock were total loss.
.....-The United States assay Office at
New York shipped S2s5. GAO in silver
bars to the Philadelphia mint on March
lst- Cuban insurgents are surren-
dering in large numbers 10 the Spanish
authorities In England they are
adopting horse shoe made of cowhide,
and known SIS the Yates shoe 1t is
composed Of three thickncsses Of cow
hide compressed into steele mould
and then subjected TO 2 chemical pre-
paration. 1t is claimed for it that it
lasts longer and weghs'oniy one fourth
as much as the common iron. shoe that
it will never cause the hoof TO split.
nor have the least injurious influence
on the foot. 1t requires no calks; even
on asphalt the horse never slips. The
shoe is so elastic that the horses step is
lighter and surer. 1t adheres so close
To the FOOT that neither dust nor water
can penetrate between the shoe ard
hoof. $500. On the night of the 26tl nit I,
Miss julia Lewis, sged seventeen, liv-
ing in Prince Georges County, Mary
land, committed suicide by hanging
herself, 1t is thought the reduced cir
cumstanccs and misfortunes Of her par
ents were the cause of the rash act
There IA fish which is used as a candle
and is caught on the coast of Alaska. 1t
is abou: eighteen inches long, almost
transparent, and very fat which is white.
pure, and very sweet. The Indians dry
this fish, then light it at the tail, and il
burns with clear, sparkling flame
which the wind will not cxtinguish
John Young, inventor OF the clothes
wrnger, died at Amsterdam, n Y. re.
Gently, in poverty. He sold his patent
to Boston firm for 5000 before its
great value was appreciated Cat
tie are dying all over the State of Kan.
sas it is supposed, from eating smut in
the corniields. The dwelling of
Col. j. d. Brcce, in Clarke county, Va.
was destroyed by fire together with
most OF its contents.- .20,8j5 bar
rels, or nearly 5000 600 glasses Of La
ger Beer ere annually made in Wheel
ing. Upon this the Government GETS
$50 $50 tax -.-.. Richmond claims an
increase Of over $1,000 in population
since the census of 1870. $3.50. There
are 100000 people in London who
never attended any place Of worship.
$500 Eight thousand and sixty four
languages a: c spoken in the world
Texas this year made 100000 bales of
cotton, from which will be obtained
Si6, 000,0 pounds Of seed. This seed
converted into oil would bring over
$4,000, 600. .... Rev. j. II. Eccleaton.
Of Newark, n. j., who declined the
Bishopric Of West Virginia has been
chosen pastor OF the Monumental Epis.
copal Church in Richmond, Va.....
at Battle Creek, Mich, crazy woman
erdeavo.ed 20 make little cOlorel girl
white by using n scrubbing brush and
strong lyc on the childs naked body
The neigh bors rescued it only after it
had been literally skinned and was in
terrible agony ...... Major a. j. Sweeny
Of Wheeling la, received his commits
sion as one OF the paid l.. 5. Commits
sioners to the Paris Exposition The
Government pays him 81 POO salary and
furnishes him transportation Ian
ingenious water faucet, through which
water - drawn as cold as ice, is the in.
yontion Of Californian. Boiling wa.
ter placed 10 any reccgtac,o and allow
cd 90 run through, will be found cool
and fit 20 drink. The faucet contains
numerous small tubes enclosed in
larger ones. and between the outside Of