South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-07-15

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immigrants Greece has 100 news
papers, So OF which are published In
Athens-A Treasury official SAYS he
expects renewal of the How Of gold
from Europe TO this country.--The
Canadian harvest prospects are good.
The amount paid for pensions dur
ing the fiscal year ending June so.
was $62, 262, 397.-Thirty thousand
troops arc on duty in ireland.
deadlock IN New York costs the poo
pie OF that State over $4,000 day
1t IS said that the most noted Chinese
opium den in San Francisco is owned
by retired American missionary to
Chlna.-Bishop Harris of tue Episco-
pal Church in Michigan was a Con.
federate soldier.-Rev. Arthur Ell
wards, OF Chicago, and editor of the
Northwestern Christian Advocate. in
tends to make the tour of England &
Scotland on n bieicle. arc g.
J07 blind persons III PENNSYLVANIA.
and sos OF these live in Philadelphia.
About 1000 persons are employed in
the United States in the manufacture
OF maiches.-St. Louis purposes -es-
tabllshing dispcnsary for horses.
Philadelphia already has q cat asylum
and New York Il dog hospital. Near
~ all Of the twenty-seven thousand
inhabitants of the town of Alcoy.
Spain, earn their livelihood by maxi
ipS paper for cigarettes TheMar.
rage OF Musurus Bey, Turkish minis
ter TO Rome, and son of the Turkish
minister to England, has been annul-
LED By the French courts. The young
lady, who married him against her
mothers consent, has been locked NJ
III convent.-The manufacture OF
OIL from American cotton seed has
begun in Italy ON large scale. 1t
Is mixed with olive oil, and sold for
table use.-Sparl0ws are so much OF
a nuisance i'll Vienna that the author.
tiles have detailed soldiers to destroy
them with air Guns-MIs. Rebecca
Trout, widow OF the late DIR. David
| Trout, died recently in Front ROYAL.
Va.-A sample OF Australian oats in
Louisville weighed iifty-tErcc pounds
to the bushel, and were SAID to have
averaged one hundred bushels to the
acre,-A number Of buildings in the
vicinity OF Chanbersburg, Pa, were
injured by stown on tie 29th ult, a
paper mill was partially destroyed and
lightning struck u house about four
miles tom the town, killing four chill,
dren OF Mr.. Mish. --Thc Steamer
I'heaton exploded her boilers at NAYS
VILE, Ky, on the 9Th inst, killing five
persons and severely iniuring large
number of others. The harvest in
| Southern Kansas IS abont over. The
wheat is of excellent quality. but the
average is 10 bushels per acre as com,
pared with 10 last ycar.-A yonng
lady n New Orleans ate a cake OF
castle soap TO get rid Of frccklcs the
other day. Her funeral took place
few days al'terwards.-M Af5clin.
who killed his antagonist in dGel
near Autun, France, has been SEN
fenced to four months imprisonmc
ana TO pay twenty thousand to the
family OF the deceased. The Chinese
have G,9S3 ocean vessels, wi tn an ag-
grcgate tonnage Of 1853. 1886 tons
When thcy tried to force Miss Gay,
OF independence, Mo, into a marriage
against her Will, she kicked lho NM
istor's hat of, Knocked the young man
down, and rode Off on mule, with
one foot on each side OF him.-The
steam saw-miIl belonging to Mcssrs.
Allison, White & Co at West Point.
Va, was destroyed by fire on Thurs
day night Of last week. loss about
twenty thousand dollars; no insurance.
The mill is supposed to aave been
struck by lightning. Eleven deaths
from suustrol<e occurred at Pittsburgh,
on Monday last.-A party Of survey
ors on the Mexican Central Railway