South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-04-07
NEWS or THI9 DAv.

many sqssre miles SIS New York, Penn
/ sylYsuis, and the New England States
combined. -. Missouri paid last year In
Internal Revenue taxes, 81, 40 Geo. -.
TIE number OF National banks in the
/ United States is 2.l5S. -. There were
l47 deaths in she city OF Baltimore last
/ week .--Tbere are in Kansas 2s9 Pres.
/ byterisa churches, with l2,O44 mem.
bsrs. Queen Victoria's boy Leopold
has just been voted fifty thousand doll
iars year for life, by the House of
! Commons. The cook or the Astor
house i'll New York las four thousand
dollars year and he can sling hash in
seyenty-t1o characters The bill
which Furnishes wife heaters with forty
lashes has been signed by the Governor
of Indiana. Now lick her IL you dare
lone of the youngest babies in Min
nesota has a mother eigbty-three years
DID, Mr.. BENTON, Mr. WEBSTER, Mr.
CALHOUN, Mr. CAss and Mr.VAN buren,
were sill born in 17S2-100 years 20.
-. Pinkeyo is killing the dogs in Fay.
cite county, Kentucky. IT ia feared
that terrible plague will follow the
going down OF the great food in the
Mississippi. - Russia claims to have
phosphate deposits large enough 10 fer
tilize all Europe for sn indefinite period.
The KaLoka Herold notes the mar
rage Of Mr. James Sprstt, aged g, and
Mrs. Sally Wyatt, aged 81. As our CO.
temporary intinGtss, winter fingers in
the lap Of spring.. -. There are one
hundred per cent. more divorces in
Philadelphia yearly than in any other
city Of the Union. IA Boston shoc
maker has received an order for pair
OF shoes for an Indiana girl. They are
TO he sixteen inches long by seven vide
The girl is aged II, and weighs l55
pounds. Graduated sugar is adul,er.
ated With Gltranarine, suiphato of tin
and slun 49, Chicago has the largest
Hebrew population Of any other city OF
equal numbers in tie world. The
town of Grundy, Va, county seat OF
Buchanan county, was almost destroyed
by FIRE on Saturday night last. The
court house, jail, two hotels and many
dwellings-di! the heart Of the town
we're consumed -. Il is stated that tho
express companies have started mon
ey'o5der system after the manner OF the
post Office orders; and conducts the
same at about bali the expense 70 tbr
purchaser Fifty thore~l,l panes OF
glass Wer' b.oken in Wheeling during
the hail storm, IS noted in orr last
number, and property destroyed 20 tha
amount OF twenty-five thousand dollars.
Hail stones as large as eggs were pick,
ed up after the storm had subsidized
Mr.. &nd Mrs. JAKE Bnooils CT ARGUS
Alabama, have reformed home from a
trip TO Florida. They loaded their
three children aud baggage on two
hanGcarts and Travelled afoot, Camping
cut on the way. The journey was un-
dertaken, jake sGy9, for health and re-
creation, and resulted satisfactorily il
both respects. ~ South Carolina lady
bias made feather fans OF the valuc CT
81, 500 for prominent New York firm.
80. Fishermen 10 Talbot county. Md.
report The shad prospect aa very poor
this season $500 March certainly went
out like little lamb. -. Cincinnati peo.
| pie wish to hear the name pronounced
'Cincin-nah..ee." not "Cincinnatta."
....At a Georgia negro fuaersl the
mouTnerj came near being buried with
The corpse. The floor Of the house in
which they we're gathered gave way and
The whole crowd fell into the cellar. No
damage was done, but az one brother
remarked: 70 de Lawd, do deceased
got shucl up right smart Twelve
hundred immigrants arrived 81 phila.
delphia or the 3lst uli. Seven months
ago Poaghkeepsia lady broke oil n
needle in tho palm Of har right hand
and was unable to extract IL. The
wound hoaied in = few days, md on the
2Jlh alt. the needle came out Of her left
hand "A argo amount Of building is
nov going on u Stanton. New houses
arc 8priuging up 10 every direction
ECeENE u. BuEouEH, nephew Of tho
Rev Henry Ward Beecher, aos arrest.
cd on Tuesday last, the 9Th inst. in
New York upon an order granted by
The Supreme Court year ego in a civil
suit. Horalio g Angle, tie plaintiff,
chargc1 chat be gave Beechcr and Buel
/ T. Hitchcock mining stocks valued a.
fifteen thousand dollars FOR tract Of
land in Arkansas, and that he suisse