South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-10-05
VS. OF THE DAY.


effect last Monday The manufac-
ture Of tacss has been s,artsd in Balti-
more. Nav York City has erected
Sio,OoO,UIJ worth of new hu'lJ,a.s
tins year line pension payments for
this year will ar.oua, TO Si0o,000, o9o.
-..- Between fifteen and twenty thous.
and persons vie we'd the camels at Druid
Hill Park BllLimorc, on SUNDAY last.
1.-The National turnpike over the AL
ieghany M7untaias. from Cumberland
to Wheeling. TIA. nearest approach TO
perfect roal evsr ssen in the Uni cd
States. cost Si,7o0.O 900. or sls 0oo a
miic.-..The corn crop in Ge,e,i. and
FLORIDA IS said - DC lie best evor gro ya
IN the two States. The price of trade
dollars has been gradually advancing
since they were svep, out of circulation.
The rise - due - dem ,nd for tlem
that has ccmc from London for the
Chioese TIA c....lt begins t, look as
though China anil France will settle
their little difficulty. The Maine hay
crop this year will equal 10000 tons
-onebalf more than last year :. There
were 100 diatbs in Biltim IRE las. week
....la the year 1878 the con sumption.
oil copper in tho Unite S a.e, was ST.
100000 pounds, and since tha: time it
has steadily increased. LAST year il
was 1900, 900. -. Eight OF the gralu-
ating class OF the University Of Virgin
la, this year. have been called to pro-
tessorships in other colleges in the
South. "A severe wind storm q; Lex.
ing;on. Ky, Monday last blew down
Tie Cincinnati Southern Railroad Com.
pany's cngine-house and took or the
roofs OF tue First National Bank. the
Press Office and Baker & Mason's ware
house. Forshee's tobacco warehouse
was demolished. -. There arc 50 ma,y
Americ ms visiting France that Paris
correspondent: is led to ask is there any
ore left in America I? =. This country
produces 1000, 0OO.0NU PTS annually.
go. During Thunder storm Saturday
night last tie residence OF Harvey
Wheeler. situated in Amherst. n. H..
was struck by lightning. and Mrs.
Wheeler was killed. W~t.r being scarce
upon the premises. Wheeler extinsuish-
ell the fire with milk :. The horse non.
u'ation of the Unit,l STATES il now
over 100000. or abou. one horse 10
every FIVE human beings Astoria
Otcson, has 1000 popul ton in the fish
ing seaso', AMI 1000 the res, OF tic
year. She has dozen canning estab
iishmcnts, which yield $4,000. 900 n
year. The cause OF the explosion of
the California powder works, .i.ua.e-I
near Pinolc, Cal, Saturday last, will
never, probably. b known, as al! those
engaged in the room, comprising 40
Cn!hamen and one white over.eer, were
blown to atoms. Scraps OF their boil es
were picked up in different directions
at distance of a quarter OF n mile
from tho scene OF disaster In the
Dakota constitutional convention the
prohibition proposition was defeated by
vote Of Ga to So =. Mrs. Ann Mi liam.
OF Fairfax county, die last week. aged
lOl years. John G.. Gordon. Il. NJ.
Geary and Alb r. Cruzan, members Of
baud Of highway robbers, who opcra-
ted extensively in Maryland, Yves. Vir.
9inia. and Yves. PENNSYLVANIA. we're in
Pittsburgh on Saturday last, sentenced
To t|ensy years each in the Western
peni'en'iary The FIX is said to be "a
sure crop In most OF the Southern States
The cost of cultivation is trif
Firm in New York sells four leaf cIov,,s
at S. each. and has good trade in
them. DR.. Harvey Kyle. OF Bridge
water, Rockinghau, county, Va, died n
few days ago at an advanced age. lie
left an estate valued at $4,000. "A
monument has been erected to Cen.
Zachary Taylor at The old h ,mastoad OF
The family, four miles from Louisville
Ky. IA young boy at Sclell iburg .:lied.
ford county, Pa, attached two ropes TO
raftcrs, each with moose. for gymnns.
tic exercises. lie put his feet in ore
moose his head in the o:her 10 suspend
himself horiz jnta!ly. The rope hold
ing bis feet broke, md be was hanged
by the neck until he was deal Black
smallpox is causing great mortality in
I'pac1ula. Mexico. Out Of popu|a.
ton OF ten thousand twelve hundred
have died Of the disease. The ORANGE
crops of Florida are now worth over ST..
100000. Two Republican and two
Democratic members OF the new Con-
gress have died since their election, and
the chances are that three. possibly
four. Democrats will be chosen in their
places .-..lt IS fouul now that tea and
cocoa nrp CavI,p's p,,sf ,,,.;.. 90. -