South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-05-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

color - the coffee tint Russia hrs
one hundred legal hohdAys ..'The sys-
tem OF cOmpUlsion II education is said
I 10 cost ia London about $4,000 a year
- Three hundred and tifty Bohe mian
immigrants passed through Grafton, on
/ the l4th inst, in a special train boand
Tor the West Pleuro. OK.
lists among cattle 10 an alarming extent
on Long Island. n. Y The ore Weld
/ OF California for the month of March
\ aggregates Si6l ,24S. 8. q. Butter may be
hao at cents per pound in Sharpshurg,
Md. and eggs by The dozen for the same
J hgure -.-.A Child two months old,
weighing p pounds, is the sensation at
Barnesville just now Profes PEI
ters, OK Clinton, n. Y. has discoy-
cred planet OF the tenth magnitude.
49, New York detective whose arm is
disabled. caught thief by the ear with
his teeth, and held him till assistance
arriv ed 49, MIR. Ross has visited over
/ 600 lost children ali of whom were be-
':eYcd TO be Charley -. a cute Yankee
in Kansas sells whisky in u gun barrel
instead Of glass, that he may avoid
the law. and make it appear beyond dis
pute that lac is selling whisky 10y the
barre! IA rich vein of leal ore has
ceen oiscoNere on the farm OF Mr.. John
l. Hill, Carroll county, near Spring
Mills Station. Western Mary land Rail
road Spades are trumps now; white.
wash king; and scrubbng queen -.
Rats breed every six weeks -. "A can
didate is never tioklad when the voters
scratch lim 4. =. 0Re acre is considered
l 81 " hDTgniprr fol
vannah man fattsns his horse on rice for
cents day ."Baildiag fence" is
what it is now called when man sets
up the pins in political way. Gen.
Grant las never refused 10 take some
thing, and the report that lac il insane,
lacks any foundation whatever. The
kansas migration has resulted in the
word ''eSodustinI' Brooklyn y. y,
~ last adopting women preachers 80
More cattle are passing over the Texas
and Kansas rail this spring than ever
before .--.A cnc-legged pedestrian in
klmra, y. L., has Is ued challenge TO
one-legged residents OF his State 49,.
akoOb Khan has ended the Afghan war
10y sGrren6ering soul, body aud boots 10
the brIliSa. Chicago claims TO have
thousand lawyers Twin boys,
with tGii suits CT whiskers, were recent
IS born 20 the vile OF Mr.. james Under
wool, ct Taylor county, Ky. Judge
/ CHICK, OF Shelly county, Ky, has $50
acres IN corn; planted il himself in l6I
days In the five days operation oil
the Baltimore dog pound last week SOC
dogs were received. 7o6 drowned, and
, 2! sold and reclaimed. The drowned
o. c,,ln fn n =, 90. = "A
hundred -. a factory ia Hanover, Ger
many, makes lass IN close imitation Of
marble, and the tables, the floor tiles,
( etc, which 1t turns OUT are preferable to
matblc on account OF their superior hard
| ness. The Western Union Telegraph
/ Company pays out 5000 year Tor
| pens : At Tcrre IIautc. Ind, on Tues.
| day last, VIM. Nelson, negro, was sen.
} tcnccd TO pay fine Of 5000 and he
/ imprisoned in the pepitontiary for one
! year for marrying q white woman.
! Alexander Gallagher, o railroad contrac.
Tor Yas drowned Oh Monday last, near
/ Ch1riestown, Jefferson county.
/ Whether the American people VIII gov
, Cru themselves or be governed by SOL
. dicrs Is now the question. James
/ W. Ficlil;n, of Fauqujer county, Va,
lost hy dogs last Friday night 50 sheep.
go. LjtJle darkies in Florida are called
. alligator blackberries -. Mr.. Samuel
Montgomery of R@cEbrIdge clipped 8
pounds Of wool from nine sheep
Young lSdies are fond Of birds-s1 are
cats The fire ia tie keystone mine.
near louisville, Pa, is still burning, and
it is feared that the cJiiiery will have 10
number OF men and boys ont Of employ.
men, for several months a dear
country 10 live Stagnation The
trial Of Thomas Bulord for the murder
of judge Elliott, at Frankfort, Ky, has
been transferred TO OWcnton, in Oven
cOanty. Ky, July s.. Speaker Ran.
DALI thinks Congress will not adjourn
before the fret OF July IA Now coun.
toriej, 81 note on the National bank o.
pawlng, y. Y. has appeared in New
York city. IL is altered from tic Tam
aqua and Hanover, (Pa.) plate issues
which circulated largely few months
ago a Mississippi planter says that
he will he one Of thousand to giye$jL
year 90 send Southern negroes &c
Massachusetts Clarke county. Ky.
has 1919 colored voters. who have tax
able property TO the value OF S49. 1888
Japanese parGsols come in new and i'm
proved styles this spring =. Rev. Mr
Ialuage has been granted thre,
months vacation and will sail for Eu
rope May The heavy verdict O.
$2G,j0O has been obtained against thD
Grand Trunk Railway Company by on
Injured passenger. Between Milwaukee,
Junction and Detroit Junction, dis
lance Of FIVE miles. the trucks Of th
Grand Trunk and the Michigan South
crn run side by side. The train OF
which Charlie, IT, Wor'hen wsJ riding
raced with another on the rival line
Worthen stood near the open door OF
. car, ready TO get Off at Detroit Junction
when the train shot past tho station
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