South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-12-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Ch'sV'' STATES Will helm the nr-t Oh
next June. Sir William Bix<ll. the
eminent English painter, is deal. III his
18th year. Our cotton goods are sold
in Maj chester half cent pound
cheaper than her own .There is n
brisk demand for American harvesting
machinery in Aus;ris and the New
Zealand Islsnds The United Sts,es
has 9,l91 conyicts "A new we'll at
Houston, Ga, is said 10 emit cur
rent OF yes so stroug that two mills are
run ~ it. An artesisn ~e!i-at Bird.
vile, Texas. only $40 feet deep, .pouts
over 500 gallons of water per hour
The advice TO look before you !eap
holds good in leap year ..... Advice
to ures.mahers-Be sure you are right
anu then gore ahead $500 boom in
wooi--ihe cola.ed exodus A num-
ber o. Swiss cOlonisls have just pur-
chased $4,000 acre. in Nebrasks.....
The fhiis'eiphis "rel.sraph" refer. To
General Grant Ia "our white sleph.at.' -
----..Miss Mildred Lee, daughter OF
General Robert +. Lee, arrived in New
York one day last week for an extern
sive tour around the Sorli Hen
~ Ciny,s only living chilli is Mr.. John
b. Clay, OF Lexington. Ky. The
whole thing in u nutshell-the chestnut
worm The public debt was de
creased in November $779,S23. The
cash IN the treasury on the lst Of De
cemher amounted TO S2O7,2l7,6SS
IL Is pr posed to make Grant Captain
General, with fifty thousand year to
spend Tor the rsst OF his days. 80. The
Elliott county, KY. regulators" cap
tured four petty thieves, on last Satur.
day, fatally shot one, who resisted. nd
whipped the others numerically
oelm, The great horse, died in Cincn-
natl few days ago. lilo was thought to
be the largest horse in the world. lie
was nineteen hands high and weighed
$50. -....Thc Kentucky Co.rt OF
Appeals has decided TO grant new
trial To Buford, convicted of the mnr-
ser si Judge Elliot a recent obitu-
airy notice snys: M. Smith rAs all
estinab!c citizen. He died with per-
feet resignation. He had recently been
m"rried.' 1890 lj0, 900 persons are sur-
terins from famine in Silesia
little daughter OF j. West ia ParLers.
burg last week was fatally injure] by
falling on pair OF scissors The
negroes of Georgia own property TO the
amount of -, l24 .S75 The citizens
OF Jacksonville. Fla, are luXufistinr in
green peas and fresh cucumbers
The American demand for iron is suca
that tue lmporLations have become euor-
nous. 1t is coming to Baltimore fsstcr
than the custom house officials can han.
die il, and train following train loaded
with 1T Is dispatched to the west day
and night. Local estimates arc ihs,
The receipts will average one thousand
tons daily !or The next TWO years
Mr.. Eikins, ex-Dclegate from New
Mexico, who has maze fortune in min.
ing speculations, has Just Dough, 9lG0..
700 house i'll New York. He is married
20 daughter OF Senator Davis, Of Yves.
Virginia. Senator Baldwin, the new
Senator from Michigan, is one Of De-
troits millionaire boot ami shoe mer-
chants. IA JOINT resolution will he
offered in Congress 10 amend the con
slIlutlon so as 10 make a one. term pres
l'ency oil SIX years DAY Gould has
ended trip Of 1900 miles on railroads
controlled bY himself. The whole run
mas maze in eight days. Mr.. John
GoclIenour's house, HeRr the German
Baptist Church, three miles North OF
Woodstock, Shenandoah, was burned n
few days ago. Nearly all his furniture
was burned with tie house. The G-c
caught from Az ash bucket Gonzales
has been arrested and closely confined
IN Mexico for conspiracy Tae NUM-
cipgl election in Boston on Tuesday
last, resulted in the re election Of Nav
or Prince. democrat, by plurality
OF 1858. Prince received 1876 Steb-
bins, Oopublican.) 1G,o5&, King green.
bsck.) 3j7, and McDavl,t, (Butleriie,
297......A child in Auburn, Moinc.
whose life was despaired or is said to
have been cured Of diplleria IS doses
OF lime. Small Jumps % lime were kent
constantly Stacking near its mouth for
over a dsy end a helfuntil over q barrel
Of lime was thus slaked. The Child was
though TO be dying before this remedy
vas employed. II Lresthcd tie fumes
of the lime constantly until cured.
an English woman, now in this country
has ordered from New York jsweler
n bangle bracelet Wbich is to cost the