South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-07-14
NEWS OF THE DAY

W nave cost more to, celebra,e the vic-
toiy OF yorktown than il did 10 win IL
--.-For the six months OF 1882 the or.
hsai oil Immigrants in this country Az.
gFesa'ed z18.l53, against 200. os2 i.
1901 ----One man in Hillsboro county
floiiaa. has flock Of 5000 sheen
In Sweden they are now msnufac,urino
thread for crochet aud wing from piue
tiHoer. Ihel,hread il already in good
demand fol. export, and tie process Of
manufacture profitable .Jous W.
WOOD, highly esteemed citizen Of
LeesbuFg, Va, is dead. aged 80 wears
JAMES CROFT. a plasterer, was run over
by q train ON the Winchester and poto.
mac Railroad, near Summit. Point. W.
va on yesterday week, aud his head Sc.
Vereo from Lis body. - AT Burlington.
w., four children. aged 4. s.. and Q
years, .Eave been fatally poisoned, it is
supposed by eating wormy green cur
rants .JoHN w. GRIM. a leading hull.
der, OF Winchester, Va, died few iays
y
ago Mrs. Gen. GRANT calls ber Inns.
band 'Uiyss.' The Chicago convention
ahd the balance Of the A merican pevple
called him useless. IA colored man
while ploughiny near Opelousas. La. a
iiw days since, struck a ten .gal.oa lar
llied with Spanish silver coins of date
oil l1I9. The amount is estimated at
So.OCe to $4,000. Sparkling Milk
Wine is the name Of new prepar. ton
oil koumlss said to be fashionable food
or remoay Of late in England There
havo been remarkably large, and wholly
unexpected, discoveries OF Amber near
Berlin Germany Of late The mar.
velous durability of mortar In Ialy Is
attributed by the London Bajhley to the
fact that the lime remains in pit GOV
cred with water for two years before il
is used, whereas in England lime is slak
Ell and used the same day. Most build.
ing specifications even require newly
slaked lime. -. The prussan customs
Gave ciassed American canned beef as
lronwarc--preLty tough, bat suggestive
--.-Ihey are going TO build a railroad
10 eureka Springs As JasgPn HALL
stood admiring his catl le near Ta!la-
hassee, Fla, recently, nine os them fell
dead, struck By lightning ...It is said
that Virginia drinks up her entite whest
crop annually. The iianor drank in
Louisiana costs S47, 600, 900 s., 00o, 900
more than Tvs combined cotton and rice
crops Near WarientCn, Va, or Sat
ufdey afternoon Last, MEREDITH ROB
INsoN. manager for james Gates, while
loading wagon with old iron, threw q
piece on 'ckJt in The wagon, !.
struck pistol in the poke; OK The j.ch
ct, exploding ii, the ball ou5eriag Rob
inson's stomach, killing h.D aImoat in.
stanily.--. Grcenvillc Ohio, mss . ca Q
in which white man 10 tuning black.
80. Beware of all unripe and imperfec;
fruit ut this season, &c you would escape
sickness. ~ Il. FRiMBLE has sold
the Randolph Enterprise TO 5oswortb
Bros. and retired from the newspaper
business.--.In regard TO our army, the
"hole truth in nutshell is that there
are too many lIernal5 in The army
Smallpox has become epidemic in por.
lions OF Minnesota aud Indian Terrific
ry..-.1t is estimated that tie nnmbcr
of lives lost in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa.
Nebraska, Dakota anl Minnesota in the
recent cyclones VIII uot fall short OF
1870 persons, aud that tie total amount
OF property destroyed vill exceed So
100000. In tho middle of June the
snow lay thick at Balmoral, Scotland
and the cold was iutonse. Snow also
fell in Fifeshire and in Norfolk. Eng
lGud....A boy named nENDEasov had
lis finger bitten by another boy in a
fight at Ysz1o City, Mss, and died
from the effects Of the wound next day.
....H. BRIcRNEg, OF Emmi.ts5urc sd.
sged l4 years attempted TO jump from 9
| moving tram AT Deer Park, q few days
ago, but Tell and bad one leg badly
crushed, rendering smpuialion necessa.
ry....A coloted girl. living in Greene
county, Ala, il sixteen years old, six
feet elk inches in height, weighs but
sixty eight pounds. and wears n No.ll
Guilds shoe. The family OF CHARLES
+. L1TzLrR. % Port Deposit, Md, was
poisoned last week by estipg canned
corn boef, and only by prompt medical
aid were the lives of several of The mem
bers saved..-.Orer 10000 immigrants
arrived ut New York last week The
albany Tines says Whilst fishing for
shad The Other day, a Nowburcor cau zht
q twouiy-two pound bass. There's no
telling what ho might have caught had