South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-11-03
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/, - O"sS' "A iSW udyS after,
having occasion to go into his cellar
a bright, glittering object caught his
eye among the coal. 1t flashed and
sparkled SO brilliantly that he went
to it and picked it ont aud carried il
to the sunlight. Satisfied that il was
a gem OF value he preserved it care
fully and II proved to be a valuable
diamond----There are at present no
fewer than ten establishments in
France devoted to the propagation of
bait for the use OF anglers, and one of
these breeders sells from thirty to
forty millions of worms per annum.
deriving u handsome income from
the business---- Acting Secretary of
the Treasury, French, has decided
that Chlnaman. having through
ticket from New York to any part of
the United States, having passed
through Canada on the Grand Trunk
Railway, is entitled to admission into
The United States without further ev-
ldence of his right than such ticket.
:....... Paint applied in fall, it is said.
l;tsts the longest. Ideas .Voltaire
says, are like boards men never have
amy until they grow up, and women
none ut ALL Fame, like high noun.
tains, is very deceiving ut distance.
Tor 1t does not reach the sky Trust,
says Socrates not Il woman when she
weeps, for it is her nature to weep
when she wants lier way---Tbe
Piedmont dispatch states that there
are abont thirty Jeeves butchered in
Piedmont each week and tic flesh is
all sold. There is a great deal of
small stock killed and sold in this
place, outside Of orr correct estimate
OF the number of beeves killed
The largest individual sheep-owuer
IN Texas Is n woman. known all over
the State rs widow Callahan Her
sheep, more than fifty thousand in
number, wander over the ranges OF
Uvalda and Banaeru counties in the
southwestern part of the State
Their grade Is Il cross between tho
hardy Mexican sheep aud tie Yer.
mont merino. They are divided in
To Hooks OF two thousand heal each.
with 'bossero' and two .pastoris'
IN charge OF each flock. At the
spring and fall shearings long trains
OF wagons transport tie widows
WOOL TO the market at San Antonio.
......... Wheat is bringing one Goll.,r
per bushel at Wheeling The Act,
inS'Secl etary of the Interior. .Joslyn
has decided in effect that seven Years
absence may be taken as proof pre-.
snmptive st n soldiers death. and
such proof shall. warrant the Issue OF
Il pension TO his family if other re,
qu'rcmcnts have been conlple.Lwith--
IN the fifty years from 1880 to 1880 the
amount OF money invested in cotton
manufacturers IN the United States In.
creased from forty million dollars 70
two hundred and IS million dollars
ani the bales consumed from 1ot
800 To two million Rev. DR.. Beat.
ty, the founder Of the Steubenville
tOhlo) Female Seminary, and for IF.
iy years It's principal, dieI on Mon
day last, aged 80 years. Some Years
ago he gave fifty thousand dollars 10
W as!in9ton and Jefferson College. ut
Washington, Pa, aud seventy thou
sand dollars 20 Beatty Hall, in Pitts.
burgh. He was one Of the few ,1eu
WHO have made fortunes ut school
te"ching. Notwithstanding his large
contributions 10 religions, eGuca,ion.I
and Benevolent institutions during his
lie, lie leaves an estate Of $4,000.
Sight lawyers of Nevada are emplov.
ed rs counsel in q 'avsGit about tic
ownership Of a like number of hogs
......... Diunkards a:c slifcring i'm lie
rural counties Of V iscansin. where the
local option law of tie State enables
;he total abstinence people to vote
down the public sale of intoxica nts
Heretofore the traffic has been con.
tmuod OFT of sight, Tut now tie rail.
road companies have prohibited their
employees from taking lqror rs
freight, and the dealers can therefore
obtain only very Unite | suppl es -
Editor Keller of the TuscunlLia Ala
bamian is a Southern journalist who
deserves Il medal for good sense. TO
n hot-hcaded politician who invited
him out 10 shoot and be shot at on the
so.callod field of honor, Mr. Keller
replied throughhis newspaper: While
| do not intend to reverse the princi
pies, practices. and professions OF my
life to stand npon the code duello. I
am ready aud willing at all times 90
right any wrong may do TO any hu.
man being. and equally ready TO pro.
tcct myself in the exercise Of all my
rights ard privileges a little more
such talk would work q needed revolu.
ton in Southern society. The railroads
carried million persons into Phila-
delplia during the week Of tile Penn
celebration; but trade was almost AZ
a standstiIl. neither visitors nor resi-
dents buying much while the shoy
was going on The hotels and thea.
tres made money ont OF the crowds.
aud the merchants lost heavily. 1890
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