South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-11
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ROMNEY. FRIDAY. JULY II, 1879.

ANO"NEI, chlDA1, JULY IL, 1879
The French minister Of the interio,
estimates that in consequences OF bad
crop the purchases Of foreign grain by
France would amount to ego, OOO, 900.
The amount Of petroleum produced in
Pennsylvania during the fret five months
ofthe present year was 7,l49.77s bar
reb. AT this rate tLe production for
the entire year will reach the enormou
quantity Of 100000 barrels.
The Lexington Gazette has ascertain.
cd from Hon. j. II. Tucker personally
that the danger TO his eye is past and no
further surgical operations are 10 be 40.
pretended. With quiet and the mod.
crate use OF the eye during the summer
months Dir. Tucker expects TO resume
full work in the fall. the opinion of DIR.
Chisholm being that the eye that has
been operated upon will be all.suiilcicnt
Tor the work OF his future life.
Don Cameron is said to have declared
for Grant, which proves, a contempora.
ry observes. that whisky is thicker than
either blood or water.
Prof. MARSHALL McDoNALp. State
Geologist and Fish Commissioner. of
Virginia. left Lexington las,.week to &C.
company Senator Blaine and Mr.. Ran.
dolph Of the Richmond and Ailechany
Railroad CO., in their examination Of
the mineral resources of the James Riv.
or valley. /,
Some months agO-threo Indians were
sentenced at Miles City, Mont to:be
hanged July for the murder of SOL
dier, but two of them committed suicide
by hanging in their cells md the third
was pardoned. A month ago another
Indian was sentenced TO he hanged July
for the murder OF q ranchman. lint
Sunday night he cheated the law by
hanging himself
Another cargo Of arms, manufactured
by the Providence Tool Company is
said TO be ready at New Haven for ship.
ment for Turkey. 1t consists OF Co.,
ooo rifles. valued at Sl7 so each. and
500, OOO.OO cartridges at cents each
the total value Of the cargo being pls.
ced at $19.5OO.O0O.
The Northwest has again been visited
by series of storms destructive to life
and property. The greatest damage
seems to have been sustained in Mime.
sofa, where in one place alone, the little
village OF Vasa, a church, an orphan asy-
lum and several dwellings, were DESTROY
ed, eight persons killed and thirty iniur-
ed, several severely. In other parts of
the State, and also in Iowa, Wisconsin
and Dakota, dwellings,, barns and other
property were destroyed, and a number
of lives lost by tumbling buildings and
by lightning
The st. Paul Pioneer Pres, estimates
that the farmers OF Minnesota will real.
iAe $4O,OoO,O00 for their wheat crop this
year. The Chicago Times thinks the ut.
most expectation Of the wheat crop OF
1879 is 30O,95o.oOO bushels, against
425,O0O,O00 bushels in 1878.
Mr.. j. f. Fulbright. prominent far
mer OF Polk county, Mo, has raised a
crop OF tea from seed procured in Geor
gia, 1t is OF the Young Tyson variety.
and is as good as imported tea.
So far as explored, the copper mine
on the farm Of Abraham Kober, in Up.
per Stafford. Montgomery county, Pa.
has been found to be three feet thick
and the orc worth 1925 ton.
American coal is selling at Geneva.
Switzerland, slightly cheaper than
French and German coal, and is regard
ed as much superior.