South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-07-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

600, and of Salt Lake City about 81
OO0-Garfield now spells out his mid
die name, Abram, under the belief
that the Illinois boys will rally around
him as Old Abe-Forty-six deaths
occurred ut Havana last week from
yellow fever and two from smallpox.
In the district Of Lautan, near Bres-
Ian, Prussia, recently a water spout
killed fifty-six persons and DESTROYED
one hundred houses-Gen. Grants
income Is reported to be $4,000 n
year-The war of the rebellion cost.
first and last, according to a return
Just made by Secretary Sherman. So
796, 792, 509-Carl Petersen, the Gel
ebrated Danish explorer of the Arctic
regions, is dead-George Dick died
OF sunstroke ut Lehighton, PennsyI-
vania, on Monday last, in the grave
he was Acknowledgements of $780,
900 was taken in Mt Chicago hotels
during the Republican Convention
in that city-Germany prohibits
the importation of sausages and pork
from the United States. The prohib-
ition does not include hams, sides and
bacon-The killing of William Jones,
OF Campbell county, Georgia, by q
posse OF revenue raiders, on the 9th
ult.. has caused great Indignation
there. Prominent citizens OF the
county held on Indignation meeting
yesterday, and passed resolutions de-
nonncing the conduct Of the posse and
demanding q full invcstigation-Gen-
eral Grants failure to congratulate
Garfield is widely commented on
Seven steamers sailed from New
York for Europe, OH Saturday last,
taking 600 cabin passengers-The
steamer City of London, from Lon
don to New York, reports passing
some twenty icebergs, two of which
were over fifteen hundred feet long
and three hundred feet high-An i'm
mense Democratic ratification meet
ing was held in st. Louis, Saturday
night-Theopholus Holmes, Lleuten-
ant General in the Confederate army
under Lee, is dcad-For the ctluca-
ton OF negroes at the South the A
merican Missionary association has
expended 100000 during the last
nineteen years-In Titusville, Penn
sylvania, a few days ago, Mrs. Joseph
Bushnell died from the effects of kiss
ing the dead body of her father ten
days ago, while attending his funeral
in Pittsburgh. Her father died of
erysipelas, and at the time mentioned
she had q sore Oh her lips, through
which her blood was poisoned. Her
little daughter, Ella, is not expected
to live, from kissing her mother
Grafton and West Grafton, this State,
have population of 3,674-J. NJ.
White, residing near Weston, WAS
buggy riding with his daughter dur
ing the storm on Sunday, June ID,
when limb of tree blew on him,
killing him instantly, and also break
ing his daughters arm, and holding
her in n pcrilous position for some
time till assistance came. The horse
never moved, which was all that saw
ed the young lady's life-At Elk
hart, Indiana, on the afternoon Of the
18th ult., George Elliott, q young
man, borrowed pistol from a friend
OH the street, went back into his moth
er's house and called Miss Mamie
Darcy, his afiianced, into bedroom.
saying he had something to tell her,
locked the door and began firing 1T
her. She fell after the second shot,
and he then placed the revolver to
his own head and shot himself dead.
Miss Darcy recovered consciousness,
but physicians pronounce her case
hopeless. She is anative of Dunl<irK,
New York, where her parents reside.
Elliott was insancly jealous, and was
also given to drink. He had seen an
other young man walking with Miss
Darcy in the afternoon, and this was
the immediate cause of his act-In
Wheeling, on the Goth ult., while the
Democratic ratification meeting was
being held on Capital Square, and
while salute was being fired, the
cannon burst, killing man named
Hugh McCarrick and boy named
John Neidert-Texas papers say that
the fund for the benefit of General
Hoods children has reached only S17,-
684-J. Il. Omohundro, better known
as Texas jack died ut Leadville,
Colorado, on Monday last and was
buried with military honors Tues
day. Texas Jack was n native of
Albermarle county, Virginia-Gen-
eral Roger A. Pryor addressed Han
cock and English ratification meeting
in New York, Monday evening
Senator Withers, of Virginia, has
been the victim Of a severe accident
on his farm, and will bo unable to
leave his room for ut least month
On Saturday morning, the 18th inst,
the farmhouse Of Mr.. James G.. Long
at Monterey, Highland county, Vir-
ginia, was accidentally burned, infiic-