South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-07-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The United States Senate on Satur-
day last passed the House bill allowing
Mrs. GARFIELD $4,000. Judge AL.
ExASDER RIvEs, of the District Court
OF She western distric. OF Virginia. has
rendered his resignation, TO take cfrec.
August L.. The Delaware peach crop
is reported as the larges. in the history
Of tue State The Governor o! Iowa
has distributed s2s.244. contributed
from various sources, for the relief of
the sufferers by the cyclone in that Stat.
THE Gallego Mills. at Richmond
are making 1909 barrels OF -four per
week, most OF which is destined for the
Brazil and other South American mar
kets. Representative Alexander IT..
Stephens has many namesakes in Gsor.
gia, even among girls. a Massachu-
sets farmer raised 700 bushels OF onions
to the acre las. year. Alligator fat is
now used for cooking purposes in some
parts OF Florida. "A Baptist church.
TO cast SAC, GOO, is 10 be erected at
Lynchharg, Va, towards which $50 900
has already been subscrib d >. The
Methodist. church in At,lcboro, Mass,
has organized an Anti-gossp Society.
.--.It is estimated that there will be
not less than 4 ,0oO, 900 bushels oil pesch.
es shipped from Delaware this season.
IAN earthquake in Now Mexico on
the 10Th inst. was quite severe in many
places. In Igula, the church is in ruins
and in fautcpec church fell, KILN, 4
persons. Tho average human life is
thirty years Small red ants are de :
stroying the army worms in Lyon Co..
Kentucky -. There are 6Sl prisoners
III the Virginia pcni;cntiary and 29l
hired out "A Chicago butcher has
been iinsd 500 for knocking out the
eyes OF cattle before slaugh,cring the M
49,. MANIA Phillips. aged 20 years,
died in New York Friday from lockjaw
cause by splinter entering her thumb
while she was scrubbing table A
rils ball moves l,000 miles per hour.
.--.At this time there arc twenty-five
circusss travelling in bis country
Electricity moves 22S, 900 miles per
hour. There is an apiic.t tree in
Fresno county, Cal. that me- assures six
ty inches around the trunk three feet
from the ground IL is estimated that
there is not less than ton uf iruit GU
The tree. Eng lsh farmers do not OK
peel much more than ha:f crop
Coal dust ia manufactured into bricks
IN France -. g UiTEtU's bones arc near.
~ ready II he wired. The skeleton
VII he one OF the curiosities Of the Ma
uonal Medical Museum -. The Di trict
OF Columbia was cs.ahlshe as the
Capitol OF the Unite States OH the 10Th
oil July 100 Senator II. G.. DAVIS
is using his influence ami active fr,rts
TO obtain an early fast mail on the Is.
Il y Il. RIA brick house in pnila-
de phia vas moved the other day dis.
tanco OF forty feet. There are &c. 600
men out Of employment in Chicago
or 100 Presby terian churches IN Texas
20 have no pastors The State DO ard
OF Health meets iii P&rkersburg to-day
.--.iowa has laid POI miles of rail this
year. Two million d1,lars' " nth OF
powder is manufactured in the United
States yearly -. Ten thousand persons
arc employed in the Departments OF the
Government at Washington Mr..
JOuN III, DEAN has been confirmed as
postmaster at Winchester Ca the
18Th instant there were fifteen cases of
smallpox in Staunlon according to the
report of Major Cochran in The TdILy
vyginian On last Friday week ROB
EXT CURRY. OF Pocahontas county, this
State, was dro1nel in attempting TO
cross stream near hif house, which was
very high at the time. lie was minis
or OF the German Baptist church, and
was about Go ears Of age. The next
day his horse was found half n milo be.
low the ford, still living and fast to q
| stump. 80. Rev. NJ. y. JAMES has beer
appointed pastor Of the NJ. l.. Churcl
South, Winchester, Va.
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WILLIAM stunt, son Of Jesse Stump