South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-09-03
NE wS OF THE DAY.

n uianulactory AT Indianapolis
turns ont daily 100000 of the neat
little wooden dishes In which butter
IS put up.-The census returns give
Arkansas total population of Si0-
O00.-Vermont is the greatest maple
sugar producing State in the Union.
It's annual yield is about 9,0OO, 900
pounds, worth 500, 0oO.-According
TO the figures of the Louisville Conr-
ier-Journal, the Republicans are a
modest got as fan as stealing goes.
During the past twenty years they
have only stolen six billion douars.-
IL Is estimated that not less than one
[, thousand American ministers OF all
denominations are now sightseeing
In Europe.-A set of dishes lately
placed in the White House, cost fifteen
thousand dollars. The Ohio man
who is drawing Tiiden's salary, is
putting on Girs.-John Elicit, aged
is, while playing base ball at St.
johns, N. B., on Tuesday of last
week, was struck on the neck by a
ball and instantly killed.-EIon. jas.
A. Seldom, distinguished citizen of
Virginia, aad late Secretary of War
OF the Confederate States, died few
days ago.--A water-spout burst along
the line ofthe Cleveland, Mt. Vernon
and Columbus Ohio railroad on We'd
nesday afternoon, Of last week flood
ing the tract to depth of five feet in
some places and delaying trains
Garfield accepted a fee Of five thou
sand dollars in q case that was before
Congressional Committee, of which
he was chairman.-Prof. Joel Ettin.
| ger, musician of considerable repu-
tatlon, and native of York, Penn
sylvania, died on the oath ult., in
Staunton, Virginia-45 young la
dies have taken the veil as nuns at
the Convent of Notre Dame, near
Baltmore.-%aIt IL said Mrs. Ellen
Grant Sartoris will spend the coming
winter In New York city.-The
bee hive is the poorest thing in the
world TO fall back on.-The CITY
of Bristol from New York to Liver
pool lost l27 head OF cattle on the
passage, and the Eduardo from Balti-
| more lost thirty ---sCouuterfei
i; remarks the Danhurv News, has
! finally got down 20 where it really
| concerns us Bogus ten cent pieces
arc adoat 1t is said that CARLYLE
neither reads nor writes, but lies or,
sofa and longs for death. lie vii,
| be 81 IN DecsmDe-.-@The Boston
POET of Monday last contained q let
ter from. Ex-Postmaster- q eheral Hor-
alto King, in which he declares in
favor OF the election OF Gen Haicpck.
; and gives lis reasons why Garfield
should not be elected --Postmsster
General Maynard, just returned from
Turkey, says he thinks that the Turk.
| lsh Government will Use every means
topunish the murderer ofDr. Parsons,
the American missionary, and will
. probably make money indemnity to
his family.---A cyclone struck
Dodge Centre, Mimi, OH Thursday of
last weok, destroying the Baptist
Church, steam grist mill and feed
J stores, ana damaging other buildings.
--Ebcnezer Norton, a young man
Of Ithaca, NoS York. personated his
! dead fisher, and, with tue cid Of =.
4. " agoaer, lawyer, obtained Al
90 pension money. Both Norton
and Wagner were arrested.
Jug the year 1879 the earnings of the
railroads in the United States were
over i've hundred aud twenty-nine
million dollars, or nearly double the
entire revenue of the national govern
Imert.----Ihc brother Of the Queen
OF Itaiy 10 making a tour Of the world
"a 3 rational war vessel. Of which he
Is captain.----It Ia eaid the United
States army uses up about half o NIL
hon pounds OF tobacco every yea.
II coming twenty million dollars In
I5lTey and twenty-five million dollars
in gold at the San Francisco mint in
1873, there was lost only 500. The
carpet, which had been down five
years, was taken mp last spring, cut
into small pieces, and burned in pans.
The debris was put through the same
process as mining dust and yielded
two thousand five hundred dollars.
in the Upper Gatinean region,
IN Canada, over one hundred deaths
have occurred among the Indians
from smallpox. Several bands have
been divided up into small parties
and are travelling north, leaving the
dead unbUried Tho United States
have contributed about five millions
OF dollars during the past year to re-
liove tho distress IN ireland.
japanese make very curious aud
.@ndsomo kind Of copper by casting
il under water, the metal being high
= Ncat"d md re water also beinc
lot TIE result il n beautiful ross
colcred tint, which ia not affected by
rXoosn'e 20 tAo atmosphere. file
Demo"rofig eampaiEu frca are buru-
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