South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Ihpi'y 'hS!i1 w E,'f'O 1''iStnS. Ja-
rancsc make waterproof boots ont of
paper. Mr.. CE.s. McVicar, Of VIII
, chester is l:uil,'iny carriages for En-.
land. -. There arc ten printers in the
United State Senate. .....h slab Of
wool marks the grave CT S:oncwaIi
jackson mother, who Was buried On
IL, c'ainencc 100 feet above the river a,
Hawks Ncs;. Virginia. Tie Paterson
y. j.. silk mills employ ~. 900 bands.
$780,. Denver. Col, is dgvcicC:n. into
rendezvous for artists; indeed. many
have made it " place Of permanent
residence --... Illinois is said to he
the largest horsc-produclng State in
the Union. An Ohio woman Lream-
ell that she saw her husband kissing a
certain neighbor's wife and she awokc
and struck him across the face and
broke his nose Upwards Of So
600 American cattle were sent 10 Eng
land in 1879. !--..An III Dorado Uo.
wa) man keeps thirteen hands dressing
fowls for Boston. &c .cral J. u. Im-
bodcn, formerly Of Richmond, va, is
experimenting the mining of iron orc,
IN Scott county, Virginia The cut.
! ting article-Shears When . man
Is wrong AMI won't admit it, he always
gets angry -.... Maria Pascuala. an In
dian woman. gave birth, recently, TO
six children. three girls and three BOYS.
She lives in Conlova. Mexico.
dispatch from Washington says That
Mrs. Lockwood, attorney for Jessie
Raymond, is preparing to bring suits,
for seduction, against half OF the men,
hers OF Congress. -. During the past
month Chicago packers have sailed
3o?'0oo hogs, against 171,O00 for the
corresponding period last year.
An Ohio girl sued man for breach Of
promise, and proved him such mean
sconndrel that the jury decided that she
ought to Psy him something for not
marrying her -. The Boston Post knows
Of one man who thinks Roscoe Conk-
ling the greatest statesman in The world.
That man is Roscoe Conklnc
Work has lccn commenced on a glass
house Mt Cumberland. Tom Thumb.
who was once such a nico little man.
has grown fat. He is also beastly
little drunkar,l, and is said to be gam
bling and squaaderiHg his fortune as
fast rs no can- -.-A large eagle, while
soarinG in the mir at New Hamburg.
Virginia, few days ago, was struck by
lightning 49,. Nearly all tie striking
repair hand. on nc CIubcrIanl and
Pennsylvania railroad hsvc accepted
ten per ccut. advance and resumed
work .--..lt is sail that p years ago,
Mrs. MARSHALL. Of Whitewater, W;scon-
sin. gave birth TO tTipIets boys and |
same Te'' c'crsyn IfM "a * ienzic, drak-
ar,l hell a pistol at barkecper's head
al Portsmouth, Va, and pulled the !;
trigger. The charge failed 20 eSpso'ic,
and the man pccrcd curiousiy into the
barrel. At that instant the bullet came
cut and killed him ......ln Cincinnati,
OH Friday last, Title Wolf, IL years OF
age, was cholled to death by q toy ba!-
loon which she had in her mouth trying
to initiate. ..-. The Oak Alley Prcsby-
terian Church in Pittsburgh was the
scene Of riot between the Woolside
and anti-Woodside factions, the occa.
sion being the election Of trustees. Az
ter lively squabble the police restored
orler and the anti-W oodsi,'e people
! withdrew from the church. Two sets Of
trustees were chosen 80. Mrs. Minister
/ Christiancy has sued her husband for
divorce on the ground Of cruelty ......
a machine has been Invented in Boston
which will turn out $4,000 paper boxes
daily. .. Edison has a salary Of $685.
| 900 year from the Company lIo serves,
besides royalty from all sorts Of patents.
Alex. II. Stephens weighed only
seventy one pounds at tho end Of the
war. At present he weighs ninety.
three -. Senator Thurman was attack
cd with vertigo while speaking in the
Senate on Monday last and had to be
taken into the cloak room. lie is now
much better. Col. Dickinson, prom
inent citizen Of Fayctte county, ". Va,
died on the 22nd ult. flc served that
county for number o! years in the
Legislature, and .wos OF intclligc MT and
worthy ctizon. >. Vicksbnrg is inviting
Grant to como ard take it ogaiD .-...
A complete system Of tclegraphing is to
DO established bY the Chinese govern.