South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-07-21

NE WS OF TIM 0Ax.
Thus far coaorsss has apprs,ris,sd
over t1itty-six miles doasass for the
aprcvsmsstSf the uisSiesipfl river.
- 4 herd Of buffalo losssssn niles in
ieugth va teeen thy sssn near Glendale.
Montana. The deathslin Baltimore
last week were 2o6 and the births re-
ported 40. - OF late years California
has supplseda more than half OF tie
quicksilver consumed in the world
Owing tothe sigh price ofrbsef The peo-
plo OF Tavsns. Fla, have taken to eat.
ing alligator steaks, and pronounce
them delicious ..Of che SO. coo, 900 a.
cres of land in Mississippi less than 8.
600 600 is under cultivation. :. On the
4th. at Bayonne, n. j. five dwelling
houses were set, on Gre by fro crack RS.
and burned, At q total l.ss Of about $50
600. There have been six dss tbs
from lockjaw At Cincinnati and Cow
lngton Kentucky. within tho past three
days. The victims were all boys who
were wounded in the hand by toy pis-
tolls on July 4. In most cases the wou nds
were apparently trifling Lady Skies
we'll known in our northern Cities, wore
At a recent London wed ling white satin
spotte.l with black, and rel eati N bon.
net. and carried q rcd p,rxsol trim me,i
with roses. The search Tor p earls in
the mussels Of Ohio h as been o consid
cradle industry for years. The cult.
vation OF mushrooms is . paying branch
Of gardening in France. wEere this es-
culent is consumed every year TO the
value OF Sl.S0O, 600. A New OrIsans
paper predicts a $4,000, 900 bale cotton
CROP Mr.. G. w. PALMER. of Ssll-
vile. Va. recently made two valuable
additions to his splendid kerd vt shor,
horns. viz: One COW, at q cost oil IS,
o23 ono heifer at a cost Of 81, 900. -.
More reapers have been Sold in Geor-
gia this year than The entire cotton bel,
possessed one year ago.. Census la
bios OF nativilies show that there are
only l4.696 foreign born ci.lHcn. in the
state OF Virginia, and Is 265 in the sta'a
u West Virginia. -. Res. LEWIS T..
FRLLERs, n Venerable cit zen OF Fincas.
tie. Va. died OH Sunday last. .Clain.s
To the amount Of 100000, 0eG uIe IA
raiting the action Of Congress IA
trenchman AID his wife made tour
VI Z,0Oo miles on a tricycle.. doing about
ID m'les d'y,-..A paper bag IN anu
factory ha, comnenGe,l operations in
Ltnchburg, Va. the Murmons ex
poet IL. 900 converts from e ,rope this
season 49,. There Was a s!ight fire al
Homecoming, Md. on Saturday nigh,
last, the Presbyterian parsonage md the
rear eni OF the church having been burn
cd ...-A man was lost on tEe summit
o! The Mosquito Range. G dorado, Oh the
night OF tie 2l July, AN l frozs To :ieatI,.
An old man living near P,ttshu, oh.
Ia, Gays the Wheeling haeNigcacer OF
Tuesday last, pe!ieving that the Lord is
SOON TO visit tho earth with another
i"ou. IS building an ark after tie pat
tern OF the NJachian vasse'. 1T is 22S
feet IN length by AZ feet in width, and
~iiihave Capacity Of lone hnnlred tons.
The buiider.John X. Randolph by name
has been demonstrated with by his n"ish
bors line and again. but without feet. |
lie looks for tie aJoi by the middle OF
October, and hopes 20 finish his ark by
the Lot Of that mouth. in the mean
time h. Is making arrangements for the
reception OF as many representatives. OF
the animal kingdom a, he can fad, and
10 sending invitations to a great many
ladies and gentlemen whom lie wishe
to taXe out or tue wet Wilbur Beth.
ard. brother OF the man whs wanted To
shoot Guiteau in the court. room At
w ashin2ton, was run over by the cars
at Elmwood, Ohio. yesterday, a;:d kill
eel Since the yellow fever season
set In Sky -four ship captains have died
or the disease at Cuban ports. The
Stanton Spectator understands that
Ghere are now about dozen cases OF
smallpox ia that town, all colorei, and
all under quarantine. .Cholera is in
creaslng in anil about Toxic and Yoke
hama, Japan. The rsvages are not con-
foed to the poorer classes. several high
Officials having been attacked. The
daughter Of Prince Arisugawa, The EN-
peror's uncle, died after brief illness.
(. ..Oa last Saturday, Sir. JOnS DRYDEN,
IN tue s5ih year OF bis age, died IN
Charleston, / his State. lie had acted