South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-05-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.


ncriea. LII health 10 assigned as the
reason for has Sudden determine xson
.-----h is reported that the Cabul
troops in Herat, Afghanistan. are fght.
ing among themselves The manu-
factare OF oleomargarine has made sear
grease scarce article ..-.T hirtccr
hundre: and sixty.eye immigrants ar
rived ut Baltimore, on the l9;h inst
from Prussia and Austria lien
Joseph 4. Brown. who has been appoint.
ed United States Senator Gordon's sue
cessor, says he will not resign tho presi
dency Of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company. "A man in Naug.
attack, CT. has invented new india.rub.
Der shoe, called the "Zephyr," which
weighs less than two ounces, and can
be carried in lady's pocket. Con
federato memorial day was observed at
Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday OF last
week with the usual ceremonies
1t is reported that an excursion train
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, Cal.
tornia, on The narrow gauge road, went
through trestle at Santa Cruz Tuesday
evening>last, and that ten persons were
killed and sixty wounded. Tho
drought continues III jamaica. Water
10 sold for six cents gallon. Live
stock are dying OF thirst. Fears are
entertained for next years sugar crop.
...-.-The Cincinnati Southern road
finds its passenger traffic so abuudan.
that it has reduced the rate to 2 cents
per mile ...... Fifty seven car losds of
strawberries we're shipped over tue Del,
aware railroad from tho peninsula Oh
Wednesday. OF last week Gold is
found in fifty.six counties in Georgia,
silver in three. copper in thifteen, iron
IL forty-three and diamonds in twenty.
six. III. L. RAIDER, student OF Roa.
noke College from Botetoart county,
was drowned last Saturday while bath
ing -.-...M. Mckay, CT Oswego, N.
T., had been bothered at finding his
click stopped mornings. He had it cx.
amincd, but tue rcpairer could find
nothing wrong. He Watched, and dis
covered. the family cat to BIO the cause
OF the mischief. Attracted by tho tick.
ing OF tue clock, she climbed up to the
shelf. pulled open the door, and PAVED
tie hands around the dial Till il stopped
1.-THE beetles promise to destroy
the coming crop in Russia. -. Mrs.
Belva A. Lockwood, OF Washington,
ID. c.. was denied admission to the bar
Of the New York Supreme Court Mt
Pop3hkccpsic, recently, on the ground
that under the State law only ma,es can
be admitted TO the dignity -. -l;xcrr.
sions arc now advertised between Gin.
cinnati and 81. Louis, distance of a.
bout $40 miles. for 81 90 for the round
trip. Of $50 miles. The strike of
the Omaha Smeters is over. No blood
was shed. The total liabilities Of the
suspended Reading, Pa. Railroad a.
mounts to $l20,8T5. 100. Con. Gon
has been rc>appointed United States
Attorney for this State. Plenty OF
.ain-would be q blessing New
York pays more for tobacco than for
bread. Dealers say that there are smok.
crs in that city that average 100 cigars
week, and whose cigar bills run up 10
thousands Of dollars per annum.
General Hoods son Duncan has been
adopted by Miss Clemcntina Furmiss,
wealthy Now York lady, and has been
placed n. school near Rcisterstown.
Maryland, TO DO educated -. :. Rev.
X. L. Dabncy of Hampton Sidney, and
Major A. I. Robertson. Of Lynchburg,
sailed from New York for Europe, last
week. The latter goes particularly 10
induce emigration to Virginia ....
Washington gossip has it that three
members OF the foreign delegations in
that city ere engaged to American la.
dies. and will be married before the
close OF tho year -....A runaway cou-
pie stood before Justice Jarvis at States
Vile, Moth Carolina. On the 25th, to be
married. just as he was finishing tho
ceremony the justice dropped dead, and
tue parties hardly know whether they
are married or not. ...A centenarian
exssoldier, who recently died in a Rus
sian village, continued his business OF
tailor until death, though lie had been
blind for forty years His sense OF
touch was 40 acute That he could distin-
guisb different banknotes. lie used to
thread his needle With his tongue
A cyclone struck Mitchell, d. T., or
Tuesday evening last, doing much dam
oro fTryc ma, varo LfitoI oil fou >