South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.


the Borapar family. The will OF the
gooG-nat1red lady who undertook TO
leave fortune TO jeff Davis, is 10 be
contested by her relatives Texas
State troops have had a fight with the
Indians at The head OF Conch river. One
Indian was killed aud several wounded
- Joseph Standing. q Norman preach
er, has been shot and killed by mob
In Cstoosa county. Ga. Middle Ten
nessee has 800 brandy distiIleries ia
operation. The Charleston, s. c.,
cus,om-hoase cost the government, 81
ooV,ooo, ana was twenty wears building.
-. General VIM. +. Barry, colonel Of
the Second artillery, in command OF
rort Mcdenry, Baltimore. died. on the
18TH INST -. Missouri has factory de-
voted 10 the manufacture OF eor,,.coh
pipes and is q1ite proud of the new in
uustry Over one hundred thoa sand
persons attended the funeral OF Prince
Napoleon the 18th inst "A negro ut
Dallas, Texas, believing that God de.
manded the sacrifice Of his family. gave
poison to his wife aud three children
but an irreiigious physician sn,esfered
and saved their lives. John lone,
convicted in New York City. of the rob.
berry of the Manhattan Savings Bank of
three million dollars, securities, &C.,
has been sentenced TO the State prison
Tor twenty years. The Wheeling Re1.
sster says it is the intention uf the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad to replace near
ly all the wooden bridges west of there
with iron'th summer ".Jobn linn
ter. OF Missouri" recently appointed TO
Salt Lake Judgeship by acting Presi.
NH - H.
man, after all. He lived in Missouri on.
y long enough 10 get in debt twelve
dollars Tor Office rent, which is still un.
palo 1880. Lancaster county. Pa, during
1873 manufactured l03, 264 800 cigars,
anu The revenue to the government was
Sol9,5o5 80 80. The postage stamp
KNOWS its place after it Inns been licked
once. The body OF man named
BOND supposed insane, was found near
Deer Park on Saturday last, with stab
III Tue breast. Assaiiants unknown. -.
IN iaTls thirty-iive years AGO stores OF
III Kinds were open on Sunday morning.
Now all large establishments rre closed
ahN only lev Of the smaller are open.
IN Italy, too. labor Is mach moro restrict
eel On Sunday than formerly ...It is
said ttat Secretary Thompson, OF the
I navy, tavors killing the yellow fever
germ IN infected ships by some process
Of experimenting. 1t is suggc sted that
the ships he FIRST towel out 10 sea. sat.
uratcd with coal oil and then set on FIRE.
IA lunch given TO General Grant
and party II Canton, China, consisted
Of eighty courses. The supelir
dent of the approaching census Of The
United States, General Walker esti-
mates that the returns will show pop.
ulation Of over 46,000.000, which would
be about 100000 more than in 1870.
! The remains Of four Governors Of
Ohio, Mcssrs. Tifiin. Macarthur, Worth
ington aad Allen rest in the cemetery
at Ch!!llcothe- -. A farmer in Holden
Me., who had placed q large umbrella
IN his corniiel'l TO frigliten away the
crows. says that on wet day he found
a large flock safely sheltered under it
from the rain 49,. Rev. ID. W. Fisher.
ID. d.. formerly Presbyterian pastor at
Wheeling, has been elected President OF
Hanover College, Ind -.All over
the country the wheat crop is said to be
unequaled, and bread ought to be cheap
another year. The annual expenses
OF the Government, according TO an es.
innate recently made in Washington.
are $4,000, 900. -. Twenty six Amer
lean women practice law. .Advices
from Port-au.Prince, ilayti, state that
mob had attacked the Senate, and many
members were shot. Six steamships
left New York for Europe on Saturday
last. Among the exports were 10000
boxes Of cheese and 10000 bushels Of
grain. Touch green apples very
| lightly. -. United States Consul Cum.
mings died at Ottawa, Canada, on ycs>
tcrday week =. John r.. Edmonds,
Boston merchant, is in Jail for forging
| paper to the amount OF over $S0,0OO.-
lie confesses the crime The au
tlIorities of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
roal have contributed $50 towards the
| payment of the expenses of the recent
Fourth Of July celebration at Harrison
burg, Va. ....Mr. Waite used TO be n
circus clown. Since his conversion he
has been lively evangelist. lie has
! put up in Portsmouth, New Ham pshire.
a gospel tent which holds two thousand
people 1t being proposed that Texas
should sell 20,000,O00 acres Of land TO
! pay her public debt and support her
public schools, it is stated that the land
would not bring dollar on acre, and
Lence wonld not accomplish the object.
....-.The colored citizens of Atlanta
and DeKalb county, Ca, decorated the
| grave Of the late Col. Aston, on Satur.
day last, in memory OF his friendship
for the colored race. A memorial ora,
ton was delivered. - Monday last was
the 18th anniversary OF the FIRST Manas
sas battle. ..-..A Texas man has pat.
ented a gate for railway crossings which
is lowered automatically by passing
trains. and raised rs soon "A they have
gone by....The population Of Mexico is
officially stated at 9.G5G.777.. There
arc 400 indians at Fort Ellce, Manitoba.
ia q starving condition, aud the number
~ being daily added to. President
Hayes has accepted an invitation to at