South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-09-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

were S703,l46 20. and expenditures
/ s543,65l Al. Eighty Engli5h farmers
with their families have arrived at New
York from Liverpool. They will settle
in Texas. Gen. Francis Walker is in
favor OF having ladies' in many places
make the canvass in taking the census.
TO advertise we'll is an art. Ii is
tho nre OF money-msking -. Grain
still maintains high prices in Great Brit
[ aiu --...A severe frost has done i'm
mense damage TO growing coffee in Rio
lie Janeiro. The Leadvilie cemetery
already has three hundred graves. and
whisky, howie knives and the bullet are
daily adding TO the number. The
crop OF pinespplcs this season is es,i-
mated at double that OF former years .
When an Euglishman speaks OF corn lie
means wheat. Corn, in the American
sense, is not grown III. England -. Prof.
! South, OF Munich. thinks That monu-
ment recently discovered in Lower
| Egypt was erected by Moses The
celebrated Rowland Hill died in London
on the 9th ut aged "a gears. -. Ia.
ron lsidorc Taylor, traveller and author,
is dead. Texas is furnishing Kansas
with dronedsries. - Shipments Of live
! cattle between Montreal and Grea;
| Britain are increasing Senator
Wade Hampton's leg still gives him
great deal of trouble. -. Boston has
fifty four banks and 700 policemen.
There are $3.50 bTeweries in the United
States -. There are 1920 rag-pckers
in New York city. :. Nashville boasts
Of 100000 worth OF Improvements in
six months. Fred. Douglass will
speak at n State fair 10 be held by the
colored people in Montgomery. Ala.
1t is stated that an iron and zinc mine
has been discovered on the farm Of Il.
o. Pearre, in Linganorc district, Fred.
erick CO., Md, and that large. force
willgshor;ly be put to work in it $500.
The selsry.oi Sheriff OF Philadelphia is
Sl7 900; perquisites, $4,000. lit
sounds funny to hcsr OF on old lady
kissing her favor;te COW, but then there
are lots Of girls who are dizzy enough TO
let = calf kiss them a horse cold by
n farmer living in Columbia township,
Tuscola county, Mich. last fall, TO 9
man in Ohio, recently appeared ct the
gate Of its old home, after having trav.
eled over 800 miles. IL left.thspremi.
SEES Of the owner about a month ago, and
was supposed to have been stolen.
Six weeks ago the wife of ex-SheriG
!. William Ii. Kern, OF Philadelphia, was
bitten by pet dog. On Tuesday cf
last week symptoms of hydrophobia ap-
peared, and on Friday last she died in
great agony. Asa Packers estate
will yield 100000 year to each OF his
three children. The United States
will raise wheat enough this year,to sup
ply the world. This is new country
but q very..well bread ..one Augustus
Schultz, formerly consul at Coquimbo
Chilli, died nj Rye Beach,! on Saturday
last -....A colored Presbyterian in
Kentucky has given S4,480 in cash to
buy house OF worship. Tho New
Orleans Times announcesi that new
religion has started in Texas. II seems
to u. that if they swoutd pay more at
tention to tho old one they would get
along great deal better. There is
no chance for continuous trouble among
sewing-girls; they're all the time max /.
ing up. Houma, La, has a cypress
tree seventy-two feet in circumference.
Three women, mother, her sister
and daughter were. found murdered at
Wsynesville, Ohio. few days since
Whenever Eve wanted new dress she
turned over now leaf. If your foot
is asleep, DO not ,bc alarmed the poet
tells us the sole is not dead that slum.
bers. "A business is said TO be carried
OH in England, France and Germany
for the manufacture Of fac-siniles OF
Unitet Estates postage stamps, which
are sold 10 persons who are making col.
lections of postage stamps .....The
Frcnchis haryest. will be finished this
week. The crop is deficient "A la
dies cavalry company Is forming TO make
its appearance at the Caroline county
Md, fair TO be heldHat Bethlehem
Ask your neigh'.cr,to subscribe for,lt
Intelligencer. Don't forget it q. e.. Sena-
tor Dan Voorhees,, Of Indiana, has n son
who is making political speeches for
! Ewing in ONO ...... Rats are said TO
hate the scent of mint, but we suppose
the poor creatures never tried il in iu-
leps The iron trade Of Pittsburgh is
30 prosperous that the works have sold
up 10 their capacity for the rest OF the
year at prices that will net them $500.
600 profits Samuel Hood, an old and
woll-known Philadelphia lawyer, died
on Thursday week =. The total produc.
ton of. silver for thei last half syear in.
Guiding that Of Colorado, is estimated at
Sl7,000,000 and that OF gold at So O0O,-
600. This falling Off in the production
has doubtless contributed.to tho: recent
advance in the price of silver go. Chi.
cago packers, since March ], have kill
ed aud sailed $4,000 hogs, against
1918, 900 for the corresponding period
last year and l.09j 900 in l877.... Mira.
Lincoln says that Charles sumner made
matrimonial proposals 10 her not long
after the death or her husband Pub.
lie opinion is second conscience d. f.
ia weak and vicious people who cast
the blame on fate. .Twenty-one sheep
were killed 10y worthless dogs in one
ncighborhood in Somerset county, Nd,
last week ....Thc Page Courie, says :
Mr.. John X. Booton has within the
last week sold TO Alex. J. Brand. Esq.
agent for Philadelphia company Of