South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.

." DN"O'S, winch gives employ tneuS
10 about 200 men. IA English horse
dealer shipped to Liverpool from Phjla-
deiphia last Wednesday % head OF
American horses. Senator Simon
Cameron thinks Gen. Grant will surely
be the Republican nominee for the pre-
sidency-that mo mower on earth can
prevent 1t" -. Don't be swindled by
giving more than 80 cents for the Mexi.
can dollar. .-.St. GUtha,d Pass In
Switzerland is blockaded with snow
....henry {. Carey, weil-known
writer upon political economy, diei at
MS residence in Philadelphia. on Mon
day last, at an advanced are -. Eng
iish bicycles 10 the amount OF 81 900
have been imported and sold by Bos.
ton firm s'ace last Nav. IA farmer Of
Schohai,e, n. Y, has agreed 10 deliver
N December next, at ALBANY. five tur-
Keys, which shall weigh sixty pounds
each. He $ 10 get 1928 .or the Eve
y. Louis conresses To- having six men
lying IN Jail zoe murdering women a
telegram from Louisiana. Mo, the
home "r Psof. Wise, The e onaut, saws
that Chas. Wise, the Professors son,
has given mp all hope FOR the return OF
ms father, aui believes tlat he and
George BUrr are lost. -. Sing NJ 1T 4
colprei camp. IN, citing at A6bevjile, 5.
t.. was heard five mites "A vessel is
being fitted up ~ Campbellton, \. g.,
TO carry frozen salmon 10 England
a religious paper turns solemn pas
sage OF Scripture into weak joke, by
saying TO It's subscribers: HE harvest
Is past, the summer IS ended, ant ne
arc not paid" ---Twenty-one new rar-
ro>ds are projected in Oa,o this season
1.-The elephants Iusk seat by Cete-
wa'c 10 the British TO s;gni;y the wish
OF the ZuIus Cor peace is seven feet long
and eighteen inches thick. DR.. Pniiio
SchsT estimates ;hat all the Mo,hodisls
N the United States number $4,000
VO0-.- 1t - estimated that West Viz.
ginia III 1879 produced over 4,000, 900
bushels OF wheat The gold mines ia
Fauqnier county, Virginia, are said TO
he very rich, If they could lie developed
Some oil the ore is worth So ton, and
the gold extracted is wor,h S2l an
ounce Hon. John I. Harris. of lIay-
risonburg, Va, is not any longe. a ere.
adjdsser IN the COOL but has declared
IN faYor OF the McCGlioch settlement
----Ail manageable young ladies' are
wedding bellies waiting to be Hinged
The Plumbago mines near Boyertown,
Berks county, nre shipping fourteen
tons Of black lead daily Wealthy
hcgSnTs are becoming quite common in
New York. An Old woman mendicant
was arrested on Sunday la. whose
bank book showed tie sum OF $50 900
to her credit The British troops
formally entered Gabol on Sunday last.
"A Swiss colony oil seven bundled
persons now in Tennessee devote their
time TO cheese-making .....A raccoon
was He'd III Preston county recently
by colored gent, that weighed thirty
pounds, and measured Ggc feet from tin
TO tip. -. VI hat age do the ladies prefer?
Marriage ..---.It is said that 2O,00Q
men ale now con strike" in this couu-
try The owners of the Lufay
Cave, since the recent decision in their
favor, have resumed tie improvement
OF tie pas cages through it, aud are pre-
pairing TO make further explorations.
1t IS claimed that more than fnv Der
! cent. Of Lhis years cotton crop ~ Mis-
| s!saippi was produced by white labor.
.-..--Ihe New Testament has been
translated into japanese by the Rev d
l.. ii. Gulick ...-.. Another market has
been opened for American msnurac
lures. Quite recently large quantity
Of American cloth has been purchased
! Tor India. The man who won
take paper because be can borroS
I inv i4Ao III NttLtAt ~ LbdCulDC WlkU WulGl
he can cook bis dinner by the smoke o.
his neighbor's chimney John Quincy
Adams accepts the Democratic nomina
ton for Governor of Massachusetts
1t is said that $4,000 men in New Yorl
city earn their living by waiting or
! hotels, restaurants, boarding house,
and private residences ..-.,. Letters arc
pouring in on the English paper9 accus
ing DR.. TaImadge Of being an unscru
pulcu5 and merccnary individual. nnt
/ bis lecture as money making venture
which was not conducted very credit
| ab,v......In Port Jeryis, New York
Henry IT, Parnum, prcside1t Of Oh,
! National Bonl of Port Jcryia. and on,
Of the woalthiest men in Orange county