South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-07-20
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DR.. Thomas Z. Scott, tue Oldest and
one Of the most prominent physicians
OF Petersburg, Va, died on the morn,
ing OF the l2th, aged so years. De,
ceased was nephew of Gen. Win.
field Scott and an uncle of Gen. T.
i. Starke. He was q member OF ia
Virginia Med;ca! Association -. :. \
northern syndicate. has bought 500.
600 pine acres in southern Alabama
and Mississippi. and sent thither i'm.
proved machinery tor converting into
lumber, RESIN anl chl~coal these
whilOm vaileiess forests The TreI.
surJ department on THO 18th in4t., Is.
sued warrants for ihe payment OF
Sii $1,000 on account Of army and
navy pensions for the fiscal year eud
ing June 80, 1SSf.....TAe Alaxaa =
dTia Gazette says: "a school OF :
bout o dozen pcrpoises, which had ev-
ldcntiy got run OH tboir course, came
up the river yesterday evening about
haitpast siX O'Clock ard attracted
considerable attention along the shore.
1t Is SUPPOSED that they followed one
Of the Norfolk boats TOO fI up the
river and getting lost they miatoo!s
the source for the mouth OF tbs river,
and came in this direction. Numbers
Of persons Witnessed the novel sight
OF seeing the monsters rolling about
III the water, and watched them Gag
erly till they disappeared in the dis
lance Of the river. A school OF POI
poiscs was never before seen this far
M the river, though occasionally one
or two Of these fish have been seen OF
this city......Whe Smyrna Del Times
says that John Guidsborou2h has a
Durham Attorney calf, eight months
OH, which gives a quart OF milk dali
iy----Minnie McConu, n member Of
the Salvation army 1T Wheeling. was
arrested Sunday evening Of last week
for stealing $3.50 fro ~ lady by whom
she bad been employed There IS n
natural bridge IN Arizona which, tits
seld, far SURPRISES in size the well
known natural ridge in Virginia.
"A Big Tree Since Baltimore
was settled gia't poplar tree has
stood near where - now the corner
Of Jefferson Place Second street. On
the 18th inst, 3 men with axe5 set 10
work TO fell it, They started in on
the job early in tie morning. AMI
found tie tree 70 be eighteen feet in
circumference 4 group Of iders
watched them chopping away all day,
and by nightfllI tho work had 50 far
progressed th,t i seemed % If some
mammoth animal hId niJble1 gir-
die around tho big trunk 1t will
take over two days % cnt down The
tree "A bachelor compares q shirt
button TO l!te because is TOO often
hang br q t,rcal....A citizen Of
Reading, Pa, is the owner Of curl.
Gus plant, known as the urga tree.
which came originally from Bustra
ia. It's about three feet j. height,
and ,lc flower d. large and Of dccp
red color Wicu'hc .1u sets i's leaves
fold aud tbe ends ofiic twigj coil pp.
aTTarenuy g5'r. 10 siecp Tic
yo1nger leaves AWAY 20 70 slscg
first When removed from the POT
in which &c natures. nc leaves bcgin
70 stand ont IN al directions, aud the
whole plant quivsrs az 'ho11l curag.
cI. At tic same time &c gives ont q
sic ,en'us peff1me...T Thirty thou
sand heal OF sheep have recently
been shipped from California 20 How
ard county Texas, where they viii be
ranched----A practical farmer recon.
meuds the growing OF two crops OF
buckwhcat Ir suece sion as p means
of cxtirmiua.ion wirc.wOrm4 They
wiz not eat hrnSwheat rHd arc tors.
co 20 death .-.t.t i.3 .s, 'Das
t0e growth r timber iu E.1a ~
rr-r.v increasing beyond tleco1sgmp
t3u y was feared 81 'ho fr ct-
tllg Of tlc state tI1t The timber
would disappear in a few years