South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-05-05
NEWS OF T1tf; DAY

bS'tau,uEc on Cuuf@J IsSt RON hfemG1.
ana Sere sent Yves, by rail The deb.
OF the Yitainin State Agricultural So
ciety is about SO 600. The actual
expenses OF the Gui,esu trial ,yers SI5..
00e Portland, Oregon, claims pop
ulation of %, ZIG, besides 2, 800 Chinese.
49,. The country uses over 500 900. coo
/ postal cards year This is ! million
day, or several tons every twenty
four hours. DIR. EUsu W. Brock. a
distinguished physician of Morgsnlown,
this State, died on The Path ult. -.
There are AGO vessels on Tie American
lakes. The supreme court of Georgia
rules that voluntary drunkenness is 10
excuse for crime. The wife Of Ssus-
tor EDMUNDs is TO receive gin of >
silk quilt from the women Of Utah as a
mark OF their appreciation OF her hus-
bands recent services. The Chicago
Presby;ery passed resolutions, on The
18th, thanking President Arthur for ye.
tong the Chinese bill. -. A ratjlesnake
in Sweetwater Valley, California, six
feet long and twelve inches in gi.th,
with twenty-five ra;tles. Was stuug TO
death by swarm of bees :. The fam
lilies OF two wsn lynched for cattle steal.
Ing st Pueblo, Colorado, have sued the
comfy for $4,000, on The ground that
the men were not properly protected by
the officers. The cost OF tho delivery
OF tho mails in tie large cities far ex-
ceeds tie entire cost Of The post office
department during Andrew Jackson's
admInistl alton. The wife OF Lieut.
Gov. TABOR, the weGlthiest man in Col
orado, IS suing for separate minnie
nance. She figures his property at IS, :
Geo, 600, snd asks for an allowance OF
S5O, 600 = year. lie is said 10 have Of
fc7ed her FL 600. eco outright If she will
agree to divorce which she refuses TO
do The Importation oC caasties from
Germany 10 ;his c1uaLry amounts to
nearly so, 0G0 binds every year. The
importation began in lS47 -. Wash
ing'on society is amused over an in.a.-
uated Indian, from Arizona, who fell in
lore with a beautiful ysung lady. n
Washington belle, anil urged her 10 90
with him TO his wigvam. Kowsche, the
young brave, got The milton AID IS dis
consulate The steamer Glamorgaa,
which arrived al Boston on Monday
last from Liverpool, ran 100 miles thro
tba southern edge Of an ice field. and
curing that time passed fully 100 large
icaDergs. on which were seen pole.
henrs and large number OF seals -.
FsNNor says the auroras in tieate a cold
aud wet susnmsr. = ViCksburG fru
has sold three thousand barrels OF oil to
he used OF cat'lo te keep OF guats
5 4. WICK ERs, sheriff OF Pulaski coun.
", Va, has arrested for horse stealing
C. V. CARNHALr, OF Fsullier, charged
with poisoning hiI wife aud fugitive
from Justice, for whom tho Governor OF
Virginia Offers q ra1scd of two husdred
and fifty dollars The Wood River
Times sSys 1T the town OF Grssnviiie,
California, Nhich contains but two cab
iEs, ara about SIXTY man, who live IN the
opsn air and slsep on the snow. They
sleep on tie snow with tloir blankets,
or on poles LAID on ;op of the snow,
which is three feet deep, but melting
fast. There being no chow to work,
they pass tie time playing cards, smok
ing their pipes, and apinEing yarns.
To-day there are 1890 post-of,ices il
the United States, ana The same time
.ast year 4l,5l2 -. Coasts, tho
preacher sen! froT Campbell county
Va, last year to ths penitsntiary for ten
years for adultery, died last week Of
typhoid pneumonia The Secretary
OF the Treasury has cent check for
$4,000 10 VIM. II. Vanderbilt TO m.ol
tho qusr;erly interest on his Sixty nil.
lion dollar bonds - Thirty Que muir
dcr5 laye been committed in Pit,sylya.
MIA county, Va, since July [, 1915. and
only one man hung The allowances
= 10 GarGelds doctors, IS made by the
House, arc: 10 Bliss, 22j, 600; Ag-
nav egd Hamilton, $4,000 each -
key b9rn. B9yuJ5n AMI Or. Snsan Ell
son, $4,000 each. Alexander John
son, eyed u, sHd samuel Campbell,
aged s., wei, known cji!zsns OF Lou.
doun county. Virginia, aro dead 800.
b Or Macy WALErr who wears full
rig of male STORE clothes, hiss been ap.
pointed a clerk in tao Pension Office
She was assigned 20 duty in tie MAIL
division Of the olhce. where there are no
females employed. The lady employees
wilI have nothing 10 do with lei.