South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-05-11
NEWS or rsaE pay.

per cent. IN transportation to this couo
try; pinsapp!es. 50 per cent. AMI CO.
coauuts per cent. Mr.. Blackshear,
OF Thomas vile. Georgia. has already
picked aud shipped North this season
ever 10000 quarts OF strawberries.
James Devlin Of bridgeport, Frederick
county. recently buried q. boy eish.
years Old. victim of diphthcria. lhis
makes the tenta ch;ti tho fa,he: has
followed 10 the grave IA letter re-
ceived .. Ell Paso, Texas on Saturday
las. from Gen. Crooks Office confirms
The reports Of having crossed he Mexr
lean border. Indian trails being found
80. Roters Miller, OF Window, Min
nesota,has suceeededin making syrup
from the sap OF box elders. which is
/ represented 70 DO lighter than maple
I syrup snd OK a fine, paiatahlc flavor
/. IS SAID That it makes . very pure white
sugar. There has ueyer been Re
iaa.tcr an3ag the " omen mail or .ia,s
I OF The United States. -. Mey ls.h Will
! be Confederate decoration day in Rich
mona Two Young women o, the
birthday party Of jesse Taylor, Finaly,
Ohio, moved his chair from under hi,a
as he attempted to take a sea. between
them. jesse fell and broke his neck!
One u the young women ia now a ma
n;ac through grief. -. Tomatoes, not
many generations ngo. were known as
love apples ard considered poisonous
Last fall there were SO. So, 9J2 cars of
tomatoes pn. nD by the canning cstab.
lishments OF the Un;ted States. Mr..
William T.. Russell, OF Cumberland. who
died Tue.Aay OF last week left al e.
tatc OF $4,000. HE will btquea,hs
$40, 900 to friends in Cumberland and
the rest 10 relatives in Philadelphia.
Governor Butler has written "a letter 20
Secretary Fclger, calling his attention
TO Tie recent landing Of paper imni-
| grants 1t the port OF Eoston lie !, OF
the opinion tina. if there il no law -
prevent this, il is within tho SCOPE Of
Tue diplomatic power of the United
States TO make such repro sentat:ors to
the government OF CronS Britain as
will correct the evil. 1t requires two
million eggs each year To manufacture
the psper upon which Photograph are
taken. The ken is an important factor
in at 3 we'll rs domestic economy.
IA man III Chester, Connecticut.
fond one Of tie old George Wasaiay-
ton buttons while digging near q fae,o-
ry few days age. The button i, OF
copper, little larger than All Cd ta.h-
Toned cent, an. bears in the cJa tra the
letters g. W. with Cos Bees our
President around The outer elge. L
! is "a valuable relic -. a severe hail.
storm 1T Denver, Coio!alo, i; supposed
10 Lave completely raincd .he rrui. crop
in that neighborhood Tho iIai!-stoncs
some Of them an inch in diameter, lay
six inches deep in the street ..Dr. 4.
!. Todd, OF Wheeling, whose re equation
as the proprietor OF Tudds pills is FL.
uliar 80 nearly every West Vi!giniAn.
died last Monday aged sc years A
pea: orchard, in Thomel county. Gco,-
ga, was sold i've years ago Tor $3.50.
1t Was mex. sold for $3.50, the $3.50
Loving been recouped from cuttings in
he meantime. 4 month acterwarl
$4,000 wac offered fer il and nov il
could not be bought for So 600. -.
JAY Gou!ds e5tim .ted estate ia mole
than one third of The sum now held by
The u ted States Treasury. Florida
built nearly $50 miles 0s railway last
| year. There is said TO bo ore ply
stefan 20 every thirteen families in the
United States "A lady spent over
100000 of her own money during tie
war IN aiding wounde., soldiers IS now
living In great overty in AshevilIe. y
Co.. December, 1882, was about as
pleasant as the first Of slay, 1883. in
this latitude. Oscar Taylor. Of Mer-
riwehtLef, Georgia, wont tSl:e $1,000
for Confederate hall dollar. Its
no, often hat Zig corporation like
southern iacifc Railroad proves inoom.
potent In contest against o penuiless.
single-handed nan, and We record the
fclowing 10 note the reception: a
Southern Pacific oag.noer, wailo sCour
. ing tn; country for water OH the desert
about twenty four miles from tha Col
ofado River, saw a few little tufts OF
grass in q little valley. lie put work
men to digging in tic ground ard ,le-
veloped about four inches Of running
water furnishing bountiful supply for
al purposes. ~ the worx progressed.
they abandoned tho spring porarily
prospecto- came along aud stopped
at the spring 10 d-iak Of the pure la.
uid. Perhaps TIC intensity Of his thrs'
induced him 20 gee longer into O. pu,c