South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-04-14
South 3raash Jntsliigsarsr.
ROMNEY, FRIDAY, APRIL IA. 1882.

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BREyiTIEs.-It is said that MIR.
JEFFERSON DAVIS has received twenty
one thousand dollars from the sale OF
his book. QUEEN VICTORIA keeps
GOLD aud silver plate TO the amount of
fifteen million dollars. What a nui-
sance it would be if she had to carry il
up stairs every night. II from any
cause you feel irritable, try the harder
70 DO little pleasant things. -. Blacks
burg has more vacant pulpits thsn any
town in Southwest Virginia, the Pres
oyterian. Episcopal, Baptist and coiored
Baptist churches of that place being
Without pastors. -. Remove wo from
woman and wo have man. Yes, and re.
move man from wo man and we Lave
woe. Some men make you feel as
though tho warm sun had just broken
through the clouds, while others make
you ieel as though sudden east wind,
with it's arms full OF cold fog, had
caught you with too thin clothing
At the Rhode Laland State election on
the 9th inst, the vote was as follows {:
Littleield, rep, l0,05S; Kimball, dem,
$500; Adams, equal rights, las; Lit
tieheld's majority over ali, 1888. The
Senate will stand Is republicans to s
democrats, and the House probably co
republicans to 10 democrats. Most of
the republicans favor tho recollection of
Dir. Anthony TO the United States Sen.
ste ioT fifth term. &. . One tribe CT In
dlans never will cut stick that has
raen on fire. They say that the Ere
has spirit which has entered the wood
and will get cut. IA Professor Gun.
ming, up Ill Michigan, is leciuring on
Gter Man p A Fort WAYNE editor.
who had been there, rises 10 remark
that it is generally the Sheriff or some
woman - .Conceit ia Ia nature what
paint is TO beauty; II is not only need.
less, but impairs what it would improve.
1.-The Commissioner Of Pensions asks
that lie DO given an additional force OF
1900 clerks III order that pending
claims may be settled within three
years. This would require an addition
FL appropriation of over one million Eve
hundred thousand dollars for clerical
services in the Pension office. 80. II is
said MERTNo sheep will yield from ten
to twenty pounds Of wool per head, and
the Cotswola even more. while scrub
sheep give only from three 10 six
pounds. The fne steep est no more
than the scrub and produce mach more
flesh, 20 say nothing Of the superior
quality of both wool and hssk. There
fore keep only good sheep -. The po,
tato bug is said to tie so nearly extinct
IN the State where it originator, ttat the
editor Of tie Canadian "EntcmologisL"
after diIigen. search in Colorado potato
fields, was unable to End q trace of tho
past-.-.!n CHINA they punish with
death the man who ad,llsoratcs food.
In this country those vino buy Tue fool
are the ones 10 suffer. The Mon-oHs
are scattering tAeir wives. TO eyado the
operation of tho law recently passed by
Congress, which makes living with more
than one wife mi-demeGncr Mrs ,
HENRY THoNTsoS, o. Geaesco, Illinois
lost Der sight by getting soiLe vaccine
virus into her eyes. Louisville onfers
Q million in case the Capital OF Ken
lucky is removed 20 dat city. The
| difference between dog and n boy con.
sists IN tho fact that when 9 doc finds T.
scent he docs net spend it fer candy.
LII is estimated that il Great Rri.
tain 375, iJl persons are engaged in I'M
dcrground work, conducted in galleries
eStendiUg 50,744 miles. The cro3
news from the West is almost uniformly
cheering. -..Six hundred Irish girls. all
under % years of age. recently landed
in New York. from the steamer CITY Of
Montreal. Eot n male passenger WAS on
board. Every girl had a situation pro-
viiod for her, by aociety organized for
that purpose. 49, The Duke OF yelling
toms saying connected With osrly Using
was not bad one; lat The frs. torn
in the morning be o turn CUT Our
country appears to be an organization
for the purpose OF paying pensious....
Peoples intentions eau only be decided
by their conduct....1he track Of tho
Icxss'McXican railroad is now COM
plotted CO miles, Co q point Within nine
miles Of Lampasas CUIrEAU sold his
clothes the other day TO Coup. the
great Snowman, for three hundred and
city dollars.-..A now work on etiquette
says: soup must be eaten with u
spoon Persons who are ia the habit
Of eating soup with fork or a knife
will be slow 10 adnDt such a p.v.(a,,-