South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-08-26
NEWS OF THE, DAY.

have 10000 tons OF wheat II 100000
bushels) for export.-Reports TO the
Agricultural Bureau show that fall.
ing off IN the wheat corp will not be
rs large. as was expected. The will OF
the widow OF the late ex-Presidcnt
Fillmore, makes public beque,ts TO
the amount OF nearly s5o,000.-A
good many Cumberland county. Pa.
farmers are using pulvcrised lime
stone rs q tertilizer.-The coffee
shrub grows about 16 feet in height
Rich and extensive silver fields
have been discovered upon Indian
lands near Fort Sill.-There are $50
miles of railroad under contract IN
Colorado-An English writer estima.
ties that there are forty thousand a.
merleans in England. Thousands of
farmers in Illinois will be unable to
raise sufficient grain TO carry them
over the winter on account of the
drouth.-Mr. Pullman, the inventor
of the palace car, is now residing in
Edinburg, Scotland.-On FRIDAY
night last there occurred in Bedford
Pa, very extensive fire involving
the destruction --of about forty-fve
thousand dollars worth of property
on the principal stl eet-The Treasu-
ry officials are confident that a flow OF
European gold will soon set in.-Rc-
cent extensive rains in Colorado have
caused considerable damage. Nearly
all the railroads in the State have
been more or less damaged. Fears
are entertained that Sitting Bull will
cause fresh Indian outbrcak.-Phil-
adelphia has an average of one hun
dred 4 forty.onc deaths OF children per
week.-Boston has provided over six
million dollars for a worlds fair in
lSS3.-Excessive rains have damag-
ed the harvcstsin some places in Aus
tria.-The excitement over the dis.
covery OF oil springs in Germany con
tlnucs.-The idea of enormity of the
quantities of Hour manufactured in
Minnesota may be had from the fact
that the Washburn mills of Minnea
polls alone turn out car load every
thirty five minutes through the twenty
four hour day.-A cripple, travelling
on his hands and knees, hes underta-
ken a journey TO Texas, starting from
Montreal. Tie seems confident Of his
ability to perform his task-It is said
more sickness occurs among farmers
Immediately after hayibg or harvest
ing than at any other season Of the
year. They work too hard. Potter
Dahl, OF Chicago, bitten b. dog last
March, on the 18th inst, died Of hy
drophobia. "A detective sent by
the Russian government among the
Nihilists was discovered attending e
meeting He was placed upon Ia.
bic in the center Of the room, and HE
throat cut from car to ear. Dead
men tell no tales ia the NihiIistic
Observation-Disclosures Fcavell, q
conspicuous MillerItc and second AID
ventist, died at Newark, New Jersey, a
few days ago. He gave away three
fortunes because OF his faith in the
near approach of the end OF the world
Tile King of Spain forbids Cuba
from participating i'll the cotton expo
sition ut Atlanta, Ga, mainly on ac-
count of the scarcity of money in the
Treasury. wild Texan mustang
was caught in Caroline county, Md,
last week. Where it came from no
body knows. Thomas f. Woodward,
Il well known hotel manager, former
~ OF Stanton, died at Williamson.
Va, on the 18th inst, from the effects
of an overdose of morphine.
vice received in Paris, France, state
that the explorer Stanley is lying
dangerously i'll halfway between STAN
ley Pool and the mouth of the Congo.
He has so little faith in his own roco.
very that he has made his wiII.-It
is now conceded that with a Temper
ance ticket in the field the RepubIi.
cans are likely TO lose Ohio this fall.
Maud S. made tlIe fastest time
on record at Rochester, y. T., on the
l1th inst, making a mile in 2:101.
Tho largest brass band i'm the
world--the ten thousand commercial
drummers in the United States.-
Mr.. w T. Scott has discovered some
rare chickens i'm Wilcox county, Ga,
owned by Mr.. David T.. Smithhart.
They are said to be without feathers.
but are covered with down. OF
course they cannot fly Mrs. Eliza
beth Worcester, the widow OF the late
DR.. Joseph f. Worcester. author Of
Worccstcr's Dictionary, died at her
home, in Cambridge, Mass, few
days ago; aged sevcnty-hinc years.
Thousands Of English Sparows
built their nests on the suspension
bridge over the Allegheny river at
Pittsburgh, of straw. hay. aud other
light combustible materials. and the
other day the bridge was destroyed
by fire. The president OF the com.
pany thinks the nests were set on fire
| from sparks from passing steamboats,.