South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-05-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.


has bte reduced 70 So a5s- !snsgeon
\ John +. Randolph. unitca States Arpy.
died last night in Philadelphia, aged So.
$500. The Democrats OF the Kaaawha
district instructed for Kenna for Con-
gross in their convention on the 18Th
inst. Walnut logs, thirty feet in
diameter, are carried by rail from Ten
nessee to Pensacola, and shipped to
Europe 1.-The Chicago democrats
are working q strong Seymour and Da-
is boom. 49,. About $4,000 petitions
have been presented thus far to Con.
gress-the largest number on record
Part Of q trestle on the Charlottes-
Vile ana Rapidan railroad, near Orange
Court House, fell Wednesday, KILN /.
Alfred Madison and seriously injuring
William Peregoy The German army
lost p officers and men by suicide last
January, an enormous portion, but ap.
parently not unusual, since no comment
is made on it 1.-THE Catholic immi-
grafton Tito this country from 1920 to
1873 numbered 3,l5O.232. The number
OF COMMITMENTS in that church in the
United States is reported at 100000.
.-.--.A Michigan boy committed SUI.
eide because his mother SEQ ID cd him
for smoking $50 common and dc {.
moralizng have the opium smoking
haunts become in the city OF Denver,
that tue city council has taken action
for their total abolition. :. The United
States had but 1916 enlisted men en-
gagged in the Mexican war, of whom
10000 died in Mexico, 1000 have
been pensioned and 1925 deserted.
The wool clip Of Southern Indiana this
year is reported to be the best ever
mado in the State. 1t will aggregate
$50, 900 pounds, taken from 255,000
sheep. .....A cyclone at Rosebud Ian.
ding, Dakota, on Wednesday OF last
week, completely demolished all the
warehouses which were used for storing
Indian supplies :. "A block OF business
buildings was destroyed by an incendi
airy fire in Salvisa, Kentucky, on Mon.
pay last, causing loss OF $50 900.
Postmaster James, Of New York, has
declined the Office OF Postmaster Cen
era', which had been rendered him 49,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pope Of Cleveland,
Ohio, lost five Of their seven children
from diphtheria. anil last week funeral
services were hell over the five little
collins, and the children were laid side
by size in one huge grave. . Rouma-
MIA and Bulg ,ria are ready % buckle
in to each other. Each country has
withdrawn its representatives from the
other.... Several fine crops of wheat
in Orange county, Virginia, were com.
pIctcly destroyed by a hailstorm on
yesterday week. While the Balli
more aud OHIO freight trains were reg.
alating near No. IL Mater Station, so
miles east Of Cumberland on Monday
last, ore ran into the rear OF The other,
throwing engine and cars from the track
making bad wreck and blocking both
l tracks, delaying all trains about six
| hours. Mr.. Beecher seems to think
Colonel Ingersoll would make very
good Christian if he would keen his
mouth shut. The Snead gold mine,
in Fluvanna county, Virginia. has been
sold to Wilson e Kennedy. Of Philadel-
phia, for $4,000. one half cash -. a
London physician cured q lady OF deaf.
ness by taking her into the Cathedral
tower near one OF the bells as tho ham =
MGR fell upon il. The force Of the sound
fractured the obstruction 70 the ear.
A narrow-gauge railroad from Grafton
TO Beverly, West Virginia, fifty miles,
is projected. A company has been
formed, and some OF the stock has been
taken ......A young lady named Sheep
changed her name to Lamb before she
had been in Michigan IS hours. She
went Yves; in quest Of youth -. Within
a radius Of rs miles of Bradford, Eng
land, there are million and half PEG.
PIC CHSd9eu III WOTSJeu manufacture =
lone. The ten commandments would
not be a bad platform but it is feared
The majority OF candidates are unwilling
to ruu on them John b. Schcrcr, ST.,
worthy citizen OF Stauuton. Virgin
ia. died Oh Friday last, in the GSth year
Of his age. .....A young man who has
recently taken \ wife sayo lie didn't find
II half so hard TO get married as he did
to get furniture. .-....W. W Keen, the
well.known Dsnvillc, Virginia, tobacco
dealer, planter and speculator. died
there recently Senator Cameron,
Of Pennsylvania, privately expressed
great doubts about Grants nomination