South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-01-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Frank &c lie, tho publisher. died in
New York ON Saturday !. /. Alicssry
County. MI. furnished 50 prisoners 10
the renitrn,iary last year. Allegheny
county, Pa. is using about l2.OcO tons
or sson week "a. d. Anger. OF O.
hio, has boen appointed postmaster at
Washington. ID. c.. Hon. Luke pry-
or, the new Senator nom Alabama. was
once an ha,nbic ox-driver. The Ken.
lucky senate has decided By large
msluriiy against a bill proposing 10 adj.
NIT women to tho bas Half the pop.
alation Of the globe is concentrated. In
CLira and india. There are 1873
convic,s in the Missouri penitentiary.
Woman have been admitted to the
bar in eight States Mr.. Fenton n.
Henderson, one Of The. ties. known citi-
zcns Of Loudoun CO., Va. few weeks
ag' lapsei into fit or melancholy, and
has been placed in q luna;ic. a - Plum
..-.fhe original base-barner-your
mothers slipper. -. Edison va. horn
near Dighy. Nova Scotia. his parents
removing to the United States when he
was very Dung. Chester county. Pa.
has Brahna ROSTERS which tip the bsam
ct ID pounds. :. The manufacturers of
pepper collars so!emnly asscverate that
no. amy salt OF n senic, lcasl. z,nc, tin,
or other poison ores or deic,erious sub.
stance is used in The preparation OF pa.
per collar stock" :. Edison says 1.-The
light Of other days has been effcc,uaily
extinguished' -. Mr.. John n. Mea,le.
a prominent citizen Of Frederick CO..
Va, and nephew Of the late Bishop
Meade, died on Monday OF last week Of
paralysis IA county in Texas is said
to have expended last year $1,000 for
preaching, 100000 for tobacco, and
$4,000 for whiskey =. There is tea
plantation in Georgetown, S. c., which
IS paying its owner profit. :. In CAL
vert county, MI. 4 strange disease has
teen I.laJ ing havoc am mr. the horses.
1t ii. ST shows itself by swelling in the
lower part OF the chest, followed by
stiffness, and, in every Use, w death
There is reported only fourteen
thousand saloons in Chicsgo. No won.
der that the Republican convention
viii be held there. Capt. e. l.. Pierce.
ay""ng lawyer, Of Efie. Pc. was chok
Ell to dcntli at thinner OH Sunday last
while trying to swallow large month
iui OF meat. bottle OF brandy was
found in his pocket and il is supposed
he hst been drinking Over one thou
sand cheese factories are operated i'm
the State Of New York \ vessel car
REC !" London lately 1 800 cases Of cam
ned sam n.'.- ~ Libetty, Frederick
county. Nd there lives colored wo.
man, who may lie said to have one
hand an'' three feet Her right hand is
perfectly natural one. but the left has
all The appearance OF a foot, the thumb
and fingers being as short. as toes and
having the appearance, of toes :. The
new Gil we'll near Charleston is running
about D barrels pr day. -. London la
Gies are wearing their hair short 80.
About one hundred and fifty colored
emgrants from Mississippi are strand
cd in st. Louis. without funds or friends.
-. JEFF Davis was seventy-two years
old on Saturday. -. Miss Matilda Metz
ger, popular young lady Of Wheeling,
w. Va, fell dead suddenly Sunday
morning on leaving the breakfast table
Some OF the new ribbons are edged
with feathers William Snyder, liv-
Ing five miles from Mooreliell, the Err
aminer states. killed an eagle the other
day which measured eight feet from tip
to tip OF the wings. ..-..U Upper Fau-
quier, Va, is very much stirred by an
elopement of a negro man with a daugh-
ter of Mr.. Nathan Corder, one OF lis most
respectable citizens. for the purpose OF
marriage. This country is now max
ing more than one-thrd Of all the paper
in tie world The National Bark in
Mar!insburg is paying q semi.annual
dividend of five per cent The West
Virginia bird law prohibits the killing
OF any quail or Virginia partridge, be.
tween tho first day OF January and the
18th day OF October The VIII ceiling
Register states that craTe was captured
by i NJ. Pomroy on Friday evening
last, which measured from the sole of
his feet TO the top of his head six feet
Eve inches, and weighed 1856 pounds
This bird escaped from Richmond. In
diana, and for several days had been
roaming through the walnut groves of
jackson, Roane and Writ counties. Of
Ills Slate liz wnainLnn L. p..l.o-.