South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-06-02
NEWS or ,ratac DAY

| Over 700 immigrants arrived for the
West by the steamship Strassburg, at
Bait more OF SundaJ last = The Wash
| in1,on monument has reached height
OF 27o feet 20 feet, o; s.one having been
added siuce May / :. JESSIE JAMES. iris
said, was delegate TO the Chicago Con-
ven;ion.....A MCDONALD GREEN. Esq
editor aad proprietor of tho Gu pepper,
Va, Exponent, was elected Mayor Of
that place ou yeste, day week - Ia
Washington City number Of PERSONS
engaged in selling Louisiana ami uava-
ma lottery tickets have been sent to
jail. Hon. ALEXANDER ii. STEPHENS
SAYS If nominated for Governor of Geor-
eia by the regular Democratic Conycn-
tion ho -ill iun; and If not. he will
not run In Cincinnati, SO far this
year, there have been 2.0lS deaths from
SMALLPOX ALEXANDER =. Matthews,
ut one tine one OF the leading stock
raistrs ard vca'tliost citizens OF
wy, CO.. Va, died Saturday, eyed II
years. -. The Wheeling La,cliiye ncer
says: An immense wheat crop is ex-
pectcd along the river country below
ParkersbnTg :. Lately in London. Eng
land, me,:'oal society obtained evil
dence of severe iead poisoning having
been caused by "a use of fashionable
'hair-vashes. -. California was coded
TO the United States by Mexico in lS4S.
-. LIZZIE MooIE Of Fremont, Ohio. II
years Of age. has become totally blind.
She had rubbed her eyes after touching
vaccinated arm d.. Moan WEBsT ER,
the euthCr OF Webs'er's Dictionary. died
May 29th. 1843 $50. he latest invcsti-
cations inform US chat the United S atcs
contain II 33S blind men, and S,9T7
blind womea "a Chicago corset man
ufacturer Gums smell, accidents in his
factory 10 pr, Giable .cccuut. When q
work girl broaks nco5le or whaIcbone
costing less than bali cent, he fines
her Eve GEMS; for breaking two-ccnt
bohhin, ten cents; for L drop Of oil on
| the floor or work, tw cnty cents ard va
! iious sums foi Hardness and other mic
! GemeanCrs. go that the cost of pr),iGc-
! ten must b.. co... iiu ably Jesse Cd ~
the s. tenn e.. Forty years ago Scna-
,or (cS:, Ass cis'e j i-tice HARLAN aad
T.. GRAFT EnowN were three very wild
and very red hea led boys on the same
square in trankl;n, Ky, an going to
school To Tho same master The cen
! sUs shows thai there are more Chinese
| than natives OF any o'iicr reign coun
Try III California. ia fast, Chinese
cheap labor has already driven out
white Labor &C every kind in the Cola
en- State - Ten ears more and then
/ the Chinese iuust stop coming TO this
counlry, 81 vs. = bill just passed by
congress an 81 uei by III, ptesidcnt
....iI is now slated shat thc assassine
CT CAvEHnIsu and burke rifclted their
escape by wearing ,he garbs of priests.
49,. Tho Kar&whH Valley is 100 miles
in length from the mouth Ut ~. Pleas
ant TO The KanaNba Falls, and the nv
era e width Is over q mile :. a New
York ulan has died FROM crysipelas re
su'ting from being bitter by & cat a
S%cdc recently, Who took fellow
countVman To montreal hptci anil
paid the bill fjr both, was murdered for
his Kindness rs SON rs he closed his
eyes in slanber. The butcher went
down 10 The offico with the carp: bags
OF both, and Landed over some bloody
coin 10 the clerk, a piece OF stupidity
which led to his instant arrest AN
Indiana farmer believes ih..t famine i
near 1T hanl, and for several years has
refused to sell any OF his lar!e Wheat
crops. The grain fills nearly al the
buildings on the farm, inclu linz the
residence, and much Of i. has spoiled
.... Over 200 men are busjly engaged
at work Oh the Railroad bridge al Pt
! Pleasant. The place IS destined to be-
cOmc one o. Importance. TX. Cover.
nor Matthews, Of 'hi3 STATE, president
OF the White Sulphur Springs Jockey
| Club, visited the Pimlico races Last
accs.-.-A hundred German immigrants
who lately arrived al Castle Garden
/ Ncw York. are Low on route 10 supply
tLe places of miners in Tie Marylond
/ coaI rorio1.... Three hundred thousand
young sLad have been recently placed
4 il Tho Po'oa &C o. Harpers Ferry 90. "A
bicycle race in Washington Ci.y on Sat
urlay evening last drew on. many thou.
sand Of spectators. Oae race of five
miles Tas son i1 seventeen minutes and
L.uY -llur canls Atnanln Of hinh