South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-11-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

cuOeS 'B SsCObb. . = pom hlmSelt anu
his 500 wives the Sultan OF Turkey
spends slO,0O0.000 annually 49, AL
fses Young. son of the late Brigham
Young, is studying civil law in Paris,
49,. Fifty car loads of cattle were ship
ped from Fsirmout, this State. las.
week The native population Of
New York exceeds the foreign by
shout l25 900. - A company has been
formed in Wheeling TO carry on the
is TO plant a weed in garden Of now-
ers. San Antonia, Texas, spend.
S55, 900 a year on ST. Louis beer -
Mr. Edmund Lyon, Of Rochester, =. Y.
hiss just contributed $4,000 to the
Presbyterian homo missions - More
favorable reports OF tue cotton crop are
coming from all parts Of Texas.
Men drink whiskey AM imagine they
are strong and great, but it is all in their
rye. Gen. John X. Delaney, n prom.
inent East Icnnesse died last week.
aged 80 years -. 1t is estimsted that
Miss Astor's wedding presents were
| worth half 3 million The Reformed
Church at Holland, Mich. has decided
not 10 receive man Who belongs to
tic Free Ma7ons as member Of the
church, and has provided that no such
man s. all receive the Lords supper.
-. Jacob Abbott, the eminent author,
died in Pennington, Maine, on tho 3lst
ult, in the 10Th year of his age.
a Potts:own firm has just shipped n
car Of sad-irons to Germany -. y lie
is like counterfeit bill. 1t may pass
through great many hands, but il will
he found out at last =. AZ a concert in
Houston, Texas, last week, for the ben
eft Of The Hood orphans, $4,000 was
realized. -. Church work has begun by
. tie Episcopalians among The indians re-
Gently brought TO the Carlisle barracks.
About 100000 in treasure has
been uneat;hed in Cabul =. Pitts burgh
manufacturers Of glassware have made
quite nun Der Of large shipments to
California recently - 4 new dull flame
color between scarlet and cherry, Is
called EJna red -. Seventy sin persons
have persisted in the bush fires ia Bra
zh....Jn Georgia, many Swedish girls
are taking tue place OF co!ored help. --.
lie accumulation OF coal at Pit sburgh,
awaiting rivcr-rise, is the iargeaL ever
known, amounting 20 near ZO,O0U,OO0
tons -. HE raising cl bees has become
a business Of great profit among the
farmers OF Washington county. Pl. 1t
| pays better than wool, and tho dogs are
not as hard ON the bees as on The sheep
The house OF Thomas Gardner, of
Rockbridge county, Va, was destroyed
by fire enc night las; week, and Gard
ncr was burned TO death -. Why is a
young lady iorsa!icn 10y her lover like
IA deadly weapon? because she is q
cUt.ass The davidson Farm near
Neville, Pa, which once sold for Sl3O
an acre was recently sold ut 925 All
acre. England is growing wroth with
Turkey $500. St. Julian, new horse
IN tie trotting ornament has made his
mile in l2i. lie is owned in CaiIfor-
MIA ..... Shenandoah county has an
apple weighing twenty five ounces.
The farmers OF Iowa sold, last year,
100000 worth Of cggs......It i
said that Grant expects to spend part
OF the present winter III the Souh.
......Thcre were two inches Of snow
at Frostburg, Md on last monday
morning ....The Paris Omnibus
Company owns 10000 picked horses.
. Salmon are occasionally caught
in the Potomac Biologists estimate
the area Of the coal field of the United
States al over 2,O0O,OCO,oO0 square
miles, with al average thickness Of f.
~ feet. EX.Judge w L. Marshall,
formerly Of Baltimore. brotEer.in.lsw
of Tie late Gen. K. r. Lee, died in
California on the jth ult The black.
leg is killing great many cattle in tho
southern part Of this State ....An ice
bridge has formed on the river at Win
ncIeg, Manitoba. and people were
crossing on foot, on Monday last 90.
Small streams OF lava flowed from Mt
Vesuyjus on yesterday week .....In e.
recent discussion OF tho Governments
Indian Policy and its dependent iasucs.
at session Of tie American Mission.
cry Associa ion ct Chicago n white
man, negro, an Indian and a China
man took parf....Thc Parkcrsburg
state journal says the catfish in the.
river arc using ptrss,ls to KEEP from
b.Ius sanJurrt......Alcx W Scott
has been arrested in Coyurtou, Ky,
with SIPS counterfeit coiu and several
counterfeit mouIis in isposscstion 49,.
The body OF Lioutenar. Weir. who was
recently killed 10y the Utos. while hunt.