South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

scorchcr- While the Radical party
had control OF both Houses of Congress.
three hundred and eighty seven acts of
general legislation were attached TO Ap.
preparation bills. The proprietor OF
the Pullman car invention reports that
paper wheels have run 400. 900 miles
under his cars without repair, while the
average running power OF an ordinary
wheel 10 from $4,000 to 10000 miles
Hrecian ladies' count their ages from
their marriage. and not from their birth.
.Jesait Redenptionists in Valparaiso
are destroying copies of the New fiesta.
ment wherever they can. The present
cotton crop Is one Of the largest ever
raised in the South; it will foot up to
over i've million bales. Gov. Zeb.
Vance, OF North Carolina has been in.
vited to deliver the Grafton Oh the Fourth
OF July ut Harrisonburg &. . Parkcrs.
| burgers amuse themselves catching Gar
hsh from three TO four feet long "A
negro horse thief set fire to the log iail
Ut columbus. Ky, to effec; his escape.
and was burned to death a steamer
is loading at New Haven, Conn, with
Sl,oVO.oOo worth of arms and ammuni.
tion Tor turkey 1t is never too late
10 mend. Even the devil has his darns
ing -needie. Three deaths occarred
las, Week from typhus fever near the
village of Milton, Ulster county, y. Y,
caused by drinking well.water that had
been poisoned by dead rats and other
decaying matter - Five Oakland fish,
erner, says the Democrat, caught 200
trout in the black water last week
/. Nj. Harvey, an English merchan. Of
Natal, Africa, has given 500. 900 to the
Eng lish Wesleyan Missionary Society
Tor foreign missions. The Baltimore
bWtetm notes as curious result of
MIR. Moody's work in Baltimore" that
not only has there been decreased de.
mand for beer, etc. but the consunp.
| ton Of milk has increased ten per cent.
The milk.dealers state that the fluid is
coming into general use az n bever AGE
in place of soda water, etc, as its cost
is less than half that Of the elrerYescent
drinks IA cypress saw-log recently
passed down the Sabine, in Texas, GO
! feet long ami ! feet in diameter, capa.
bic OF making $4,000 shingles The
FIRST ordination OF Chnaman to the
Protestant Episcopal ministry in the u
nted States took place in San Francis
co. May TO- jumping down rome"
Is what they call hanging. in Nevada.
IA Bridgeton N. j. lady has hair
eight feet long Tho annual meeting
Of ;he American Missionary Association
will be held in Chicago, beginning Oct,
%. Rev. K. ). Storrs, ID. D., OF Brook.
Ign, will preach The sermon. :. The 18th
anniversary Of Mr.. Spurgeon's ministry
, vas celebrated May 20 AZ his tabernacle.
when purse OF $3l 900 was presented
TO him. lie accepted the gift on the
condition that he should BIO SLOWED TO
appropriate the whole of il TO beneyo
lent purposes in which the tabernacle
is Interested About twenty bushels
OF new wheat reached Baltimore on Sat
| uruay from MiddieseX county, Va. and
tho harvest will commence in some sec
lions Of that State this week MARYLAND
farmers are preparing for harvesting
wheat, which will lie ready for cutting
In few days. Reports from All locaii.
ties say the crop is good ono A
Lexington (ky.) dame has mouse that
sqneaks bits OF tunes like mocllino
bird. lit is said Mesrs. Daniel and
Jesse Cosner, of Grant county, killed
five bear in one day. Mr.. nj. Goisel-
mans -four mill. on Cedar Creek. was
burned on the 9TH inst. Tho fire is sun
pcsed to have originated from the fric-
ton OF smut machine. There was an
insurance OF $4,000 on the property
John. Nj. Langston, United States min
lister to Hayti, died of yellow fever a
day or two ago. He refused TO leave
his post Of duty when the fever broke
out, and soon fell victim TO the scourge.
-. l.. NJ. Lowe, Judge Of the Corpora
ton Court Of Alexandria, died last
week OF paralysis =. Gen. Ilickenloop-
CT, the republican candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor Of Ohio, began business
! life as printers devil The Fourth
OF July is to be celebrated on an extern
siyc scale at Ilarrisonhur5, Va. -. The
Abingdon, (Va) Stamford calls the last
! term Of Judge Rvcs' court there, at
which nine Illicit distillers were senten.
ccd to the peniten!iary, the weakest
term ever held here" Mrs. Kate
Sherman, while intoxicated, attempted
! to rescue her four-year old child from a
| railroad track in Utica, n. l., SUNDAY
and ran IN front Of train. She was
killed. TIE child escaped -. "A gen
tleman in COpiah county, Miss, shipped
. his strawberry crop TO Chicago and sold
il for 10000 lie estimates that the
money product Of one acre IN strawber,
| ries is equal TO that Of sixteen acres of
cotton-tho land being the same
The Spirit If Me V,diey says: That Mr..
David Carroll, Of Rockingham, who is
now living in the 73rd year OF his age
| With his brother-in. law, Ar. John Ms.
wander, near Linvillc had a family OF
seven children. five Of whom wcro born
/ blind, and four OF the blind are still liy.
ing, several Of whom are good teachers
Of music The Culpeper Times saws
| "On Wednesday afternoon Of last week,
| during a thunderstorm, n young man by
the name Of Parker Aylor. living neat
/ Bloomfield. Rappahauock county, was
struck by lightning. causing instaniane.
Gus death. lIo was a. the time walking
from one barn to another. and IT, is re-