South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-09-24
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imitation balloons, can never landl
where IL wants TO stop.--One Dakota}
farmer has field which this year con-
tanned thirty-six square miles of wheat.
The steamer Schiedam, from Rot-3
terdam. landed $4,000 in gold barsj
at New York, on Friday last.-Prop-5
erty is valued lower now in IrelandJ
than it has been for thirty years.-5
Hon. X. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, New
York, has resigned his seat in Coma
gress on account of private business. Z
Apples are so plenty in n. Eng-s
land that their owners can't even gives
them away.-A slight shock of earth
quake was felt in Minnesota, lasts
"Wednesday evening.-The Prin-s
cess Eugene, sister of tho King of
Sweden, is enthusiastic to form a SOY
ciety OF the ladies of Swedish to sup.
port missionaries among the Laplan-I
ders.--Lewis Clark, the George1
Harris OF sUnclo Toms Cabin" isI
still living at Qborlin. Ohio, aud the
original 'sUncIa Tom is n clergy
man at Ontario.--The Queen of
Spain was safely delivered of o daugh-s
ter last Saturday. Both are doings
wcll.--There is no telling WHAT
church choirs will do if left to theirj
own way. The one which does theS
singing In the Presbyterian church in
Penn Yam, New York, clashes pairI
OF cymbals as part of its perform-E
ance.-The city of Mexico, Mo, /
had to pay Mrs. Davis $50 damagess
because she stepped in hole in theI
sidewalk and sprained her ankle.-S
Rev. e. Z. Adams, of Dunkirk, on:
the 18th inst, was deposed from the!
ministry OF the Presbyterian Church,
by the Presbytery OF Buffalo, for here-i
sy in preaching against the doctrine:
of eternal punishment.-Texas claims!
to have produced, this year, one-fourthi
OF the entire cotton crop Of the coun-j
try.-A prisoner in the Delawarei
State Prison was injured by a falIing]
wall, and has brought suit against the]
State for damages.-Dr. Tanner's]
audiences in New England are report
ted Gas thin as he was at the end of
the fast. "--The wife of wealthy
Boston sugar reiner was caught steal-l
ing lace shawl in q store, thought
her wallet was crammed full of mon!
ey, and her husband permitted her tot
spend all she wanted to.-All availa-i
bic colored cavalry recruits are being,
ordered to New Mexico to fight theI
Indians.-The White House is be-!
ing extensively improved during the:
absence Of the President. Amorri
other changes the billiard room hasl
been abolished.-Mrs. Lincoln, wife;
| of the late President Lincoln, is nowi
in Paris, and has entirely recovered:
her health Mr.. Frank Jones, thei
| democratic candidate for Governor Ing
New Hampshire, is 48 years old. HeF
began life at II as q tin pedler' AMI
occupation which led him naturally
into the hardware trade. lie after-S
wards engaged in tie brewing busi.E
| ness, and is now reported to be WORTH
s., O0O,0 O0.-A citizen of Hartford
Conn, has placed in the hands of the!
editor OF the Times of that city 81:
600, to be put on the election of Han ]
cock.--General Benjamin DutlerI
has this kindly greeting from the Lit-i
tie Rock Ark Gazette: "Let thei
Old man have q chance. lie is now!
approaching tha evening Of his Iife,l
and on dis head and among his rel
manning gray hairs the failing twilight
plays. Let it play. Away back bel
hind him. in the political west. therei
is red rnurky spot where his Old sun
went down. In front of him rises a:
democratic moon. Help yoursclf,'
old man. Take just as much OF thei
cake "a you can get, and it is reas-I
enable to suppose that You can get;
your share. I'm transmitting hisI
report to the internal revenue bureau,I
on the Goth inst, in regard TO the rel
cent attack on revenue posse nearI
Floyd Court House, Virginia Collec.;
tor Rives asked that carbine5 andi
men be furnished him to carry out
! the war against the Illicit distillers inI
that section He said that they werel
q lawless and determined class, but he|
believed that with well-armed force|
of men they could be broken up.|
| Commissioner Raum has considered|
| tuIS report, anu VIII lutHlSu COLLECTOR
Rives as many guns as shall be ne
cessary, and give him authority III
employ men sufficient to carry out his|
! plaus.--IIon. Lafayette S. Fosterl
| formerly President of the United
States Senator and acting Vice-PresiI
dent, died in Norwich, Connecticut
on Sunday morning last after a brief
| illness, aged IA years.--The g0v1
ernment having cleared out all the|
wood-cEoppers on tho Missouri riyerI
through the Indian country, no fuel
is to be had for steamers, and the
prospect is thatthcy Will stop running.
and the military and Indians will
| L.. L. I Z. $500 IL l =. ..------ L-