South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-12-14
NEWS Of THE DAY.

but only nine hundred churches
The French Government has with
drawn the order against the i'm
portatiOn of American rork The
lead product OF Colorado is now grea-
ter than that of any other State in the
Union.........Ohio has had more muir
ders since the L.. Of June than have
been recorded in any Southern state in
10 months $685. An ex-member of
the Louisiana Legislature (colored)
stole and sold in Houma, three
turkeys Tor 81 50........The average
In Texas is one hanging to Thirty
murders------The Penobscot Indians
who have been part OF the history
OF Maine Tor three hundred years,
have intermarried until they have be-
come almost white 1.-The Boston
and Albany Railroad Company uses
nve tons OF passengers tickets an
nually Chicago for the past year
has averaged one divorce per day
Mor.nons are settling in Southeastern
Oregon in considerable numbers
A cigarette factory, with capacity OF
three thousand pc. day. has been
started in Springfield Ohio----Jonah
Martin, mere youth, of Randolph
county. this State, it is reported, has
eloped with his uncle's itie, Il wo-
man twice his age The Nor
borne, Carroll county, Mo, Indepen-
dent Is responsible for the following {:
John Sweetman, OF Howard county,
has twenty-tour children. Twenty.
one OF them are sons, all OF whom
were III the Confederate army and all
are Democrats. ........ France made
nearly $780, 900 by the sale of to-
bacco during the past six months OF
the present year From Canada
1854 ca tie and 113,725 sheep have
been exported this year------ Alfred
Tennyson, the poet laureate of Eng
land, has been made baron IL.
1880. there were seventy-tive female
and 65,o62 male lawyers in the Uni
ted States There was snow 10
the depth of four inches in Saltillo,
Mexico, on Monday last. The oc-
currence is unprecedented, and great.
y alarms the more superstllious and
ignorant of TIE MeXcans ........ The
Jim river in Dakota is said to he
the longest unnavigable river III the
United States, if not in the world, its
distance being nearly 900 miles 80. E.
1t is stated that during November,
1920 tons of coal were shipped from
Cumberland by theccanal 49,. Killing
alligators for their skin. aud teeth en-
ploys large force ofmen in Florida,
who have engagcdto furnish 500 900
skins to a French Tannery in given
time is said that President Ar
thur has the reputation of being The
hardest man TO interview in the Uni
ted States - Mr. Fair, of Nevada.
Is put down as the wcalthiest man i'm
The United States Senate Ills richie 5
aggregate $4,000, 900 those of Mr..
Miller; Of California, 900 900; Mr.
Sawyer. of Wisconsin, $1,000 900
Mr. i'rown, OF Georgia, 81 900, 600;
Mr. Palmer, OF Michigan, 81, 800 900;
Alr. Sabln, OF Minnesota, 81, 600, 900,
and so on 1T does not look as
though the Panama Canal project
would fail, when NJ. De Lesseps is
working fifteen thousand men and
has The money or hand to pay them
every Saturday night. Mon,ana's
mines are expected to yield this year
twenty million pounds of copper
he summary OF the season Oh the
great lakes. which is now complete.
shows very disastrous results. -
one hundred craft of all descriptions
have proved total losses, involving q
loss OF nearly 300 lives and $4,000
600. There has been falling off of
100000 tons i'll the seasons tonnage
report, owing to the late opening and
The closing OF navigation Rev.
George Washington Motley, the old
est minister of the Virginia Confer
ence NJ. +. Church south. died nj
Ashland, Va, Saturday morning last.
aged eighty one years .....Thc three
most valuable pearl necklaces in A.
Eerica are owned in Gotham and are
valued at SloO,ooo $4,000 4 $4,000
spectively 800 Three hundred color
/ - 'HN'' "'tNi VIC lsltt tlttllDIl III ' IT.
glnla held jubilee in Halifax county.
on the defeat Of Mahoue- James
L. Rely, OF Winchester. has been an.
pointed great chief of records of the
Improved Order of Red Men OF Vir.
ginia by the decision of supreme
courtsustaiuing the will of Mrs. Sarah
Ann Dorsey, Jefferson Davis retains
possession of her estate ........Some-
thing that everybody desires to get
rid Ola bad .old.......Dogs killed
twenty thousand slecp for Ohio flock
masters last year II hat was rather
q lively communication vh.cha Uni
ted States attorney in Texas sent 10
Congress the other day He arraigns
the United States district Judges in
his state for neglect Of duty, nepotism.
and other faults of grave character.
and charges them with folsehood in