South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-08-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Sleepy Tom, blind horse. paced a mile
in 2:l2t, the fastest pacing time on rec
orb by two seconds -. Florida ships
about 5000 head Of cattle per month to
Cuba. Prince Napoleon is reported 70
have insured his life for Si5O. 900 before
leaving for Africa a Ere at the Chicago
stock yards on the night of the 25th uit.
destroyed Sl4 0C0 worth OF h; y and other
property The Pennsylvania Rcpub-
licans i'm State cor vention on the 23rL
ult.. nominated Samuel Butler for State
treasurer. Canada will soon establish
fourteen agricultural schools for In ,ians
-. Over 500 visitors are said TO be ~
the Bedford Springs -. The traffic in
eggs i'm this country is estimated To AZ
gregate $50 GOO, 900 annually. Hens
are prosperity -. Hayes is credited
with wanting q second term .rhe
United Presbyterian Church in the Uni
ted States reports so Ge2 members
! Nickle has been discovered in Banks
| county, Ga. II is said that cotton
goods are advancing -. "A rat weighing
ten pounds vas killed few days ago
at ChristiausbUrg, Va. japanese farms
average about one acre each in size, e il
doasn't take forever 10 hunt up the cows
| in the pasture. There is q single farm
in Kansas which ia reported TO have n
| river frontage OF over thirty miles
| Emig ration from Kentucky - the South
| west is so heavy il is believed the next
census viii show decrease OF popula-
ton. %. Gen. y. L. Bank eldest ,iaugh.
ter is said TO he studying in BOSTON for
the stage. Queen Victoria has 80 OO0,-
600 worth OF royal plate in her castle at
Windsor, bat this does not keen her
awake at nights There is one estate
in California half the szo OF the State
OF Rhode Island. 80 colony OF 100
persons has been formed of the opera.
tives OF Lowell, Mass, to emiSvate to
Coffee county, Tenn. The wheat har-
vest in Frederick county, Md, turns
out we'll. the yield being from 81 TO IS
bushels 10 the acre. 80. L. is said that
upwards Of two tons OF trout have been
caught this season ut Davis Slash Dam.
across North Branch =. . Masonry in
America originated in Boston, in 1893.
The first lodge, now st. JohA's. still sur
wives There are 80, 900 colored Nom
bers in the Methodist churches OF Ball
t!moEe. -. An inexplicable epidemic is
prevailing in New Orleans. 1t ia a ca
tarrhal Inflammation or the eye Stats.
ties provo the mortality OF Infants in
New York to be torriLle-not ore quar-.
ter OF those born there reaching the age
or one wear. --. M. de LessupS has ten
dered General Grant the Presidency OF
the lsthmus Canal Company. he ought
To take il. A bird in the hani is worth
two in the bush ...--A single streak OF
lightning, few days ago, killed eigh-
teen sheep out Of q flock in Vermont. .
Passaic county, y. j., was ovorrun with
toads on saturday last. They were from
a quarter of an inch 20 an inch in length,
and sgarmed IN the grass aEi weeds
like grasshoppers. The chickens marie
several good square meals that day -.
Out Of $50 missionaries in China 10 are
women. lit is estimated that thirty
million tons OF anthracite coal will he
mined this year, or 9, 100000 moro than
in 1873. .-.-.A French paper advises
its readers who may happen To TIC caught
in q storm to take shelter under Il
beech tree. as this tree has never been
known to he struck by lightning -.
The tceming West has yet another at-
traction In boy with n wei developed
tail. The appenlage is II inches long.
covered with 'silkcn glossy hair and,
Kangaroo like, ia strong and tough -.
a Detroit man, Who has Been invesligl
ting the subject, IS convinced ths. hors-
CO have dreams Texas cattle men
estimate that That the drive OF Texas
cattle ion 1879 will reach Us, 900 10 200,
600 head 800. Cincinnati hes n Society
for the promotion or Marriages.. 800.
The steamer state Of Virginia FROM New
York 'o- Glasgow vas wre 'kei OF Sa-
bic slaul tatclV Four ~ lies, five chill
dren, "A heal IF cattle AMI the cargo
we're lost.....An ola lady OF Berks
county, Pa. a2el 80 years, despite eX-
posiuatiOus, climbed cherry tree and
descending, afterwards, fell distance
OF 20 feet, striking a-aiast q stone wall
She was picked up Gcat. -. Thousands
of looms and bundreda Of thousands Of
spndles arc idle in England. Ia ore
district only six ont Of 100 mills are
running ......It "a reported that the Is.
&c .. railroad officials and employees
will be uniformed after The first OF sep
tomber. .-.A Missouri housc took fire
At night, and the first alarm came from
m old shot gun hanging on Tic vail. II
got red-hot and boomet away, and the
family hal time 30 save themselves
Philadelphia turns out 100000 gar.
monts year. and employs 5000 men
anil women % work. .....Thc barn Of
Philip Miller, in Garrett county. Md,
six miles west Of Frostburg. AiIcgany
county. was burned on Friday night
last. Insured Tor $1,000. e. over six
hundred Russian immigrants vith an
aggregate capital Of : 100000, arrived in
New York last week Ill appears
likely that the King Of Spain n ili before
long espouse the Austrian A-ch1uohess
Marie ChrIstine-a highly accomplished
and beautiful princess, Only a few
months Younger than Alfonso. The
Cuban census Of 1877 gives tic popnln.
ton AZ l.3il 400 lily the census
taken in Memphis on Monday last. cut