South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-12-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

mon Church ------It is now openly
avowed BIZ the presidents friends
that Arthur Is a candidate. $500. 1t is
asserted that in the State OF Maine.
there is one divorce to every ten mar.
riages The United States takes
the second place among the copper
producing countries of the world
Chill leads with $4,000 tons for 1882.
and the United States follows with
$500 tons for the same period -.
II Is said that the number oc men i'm
England who cannot read. has been
reduced i'll ~ years from 1,5oo, 900
TO 1000. 900 .........lowa dogs eat c.
nough annually to feed loo, 900 work.
men, and cost $1,000. 900. The
growth OF the West is truly marvel.
------Nebraslla's School Board has n
surplus OF $lSl,ooo from the sale of
school lands, which three months
hence will reach 800, OOO----Talk of
new bankrupt iaw is being revived
IN the east----I mere were l42 deaths
In Baltimore last week .....It i, said
that vaccination for yellow fever IS
succass ------li is said the cod-fshing
season in Iceland this season has been
almost failure. .......A farmer of
Suannee county, Florida, has gather
cd two crops OF peaches from his trees
this year------A gentleman in the
lower end OF Wythe county, Va, has
4 Hook of turkeys Of the wild species
which he has domosticated .A
cyclone swept over the town of Alta
Ia, III Mexico, Il few days ago, destroy
ing every house i'll the place and kill.
ihg number of people. There
are twenty eight farmers aud forty
lawyers in the Ohio Legislature e.
An aged colored couple in Terre
Haute, Ind, who have had twenty
hive children, four ofwhom we're kill
ed IN the wal, decline Il pension say
ing that the government had done @.
nough Tor them in eumanclpa:inr
their racc------Thc ara of Dakota
territory is 90, 500 900 acres. or inst
tour times that of Ohio. Lewis
u. Smith, sexton Of the church in
East l'oaton where w. ii. Cudworth.
It's pastor, dropped dead on Thanks.
giving Day, died similar death in
the church Saturday when Mr.. Cud,
wolth's body WAS lying there in state.
......The West Virginia Central and
Pitts burg railroad will be completed
to Fairfax Stone this week, at which
time rains will run to that ONT
The new pastnre Of Cart. King, in
Coleman county, Texas, ia to contain
100000 acres, and will be the largest
tract o! land within one fence in the
worl! -----Thc town OF Albany. His.
was almost totally destroyed by fire
on Monday morning last. The wea-
tner was at zero, and there was great
suffering. Several persons were fatal
ly injured ------1lon. Ell Stanton, Of
irantsvi!Ie, Md, lost valuable barn.
including large lot of grain, two
sIeds and several horses by fire on
Sunday morning last. The loss is
generally estimated at Sl,5oo, of
which 5000, is insured GEORGIA
has confederate pension list amount
ing to twenty-five thousand dollars
per annum. One hundred dollars are
allowed for loss Of leg above the
Knee; seventy five dollars for the
same loss below the knee; sixty dol
lars tor an arm above the elbow. and
forty dollars an arm below. Under
the present law, all persons who have
sustained such losses are carried on
what Is practically pension roll, COM
ing up regularly every three years for
inc amount III cash. COunte rfeit SIS
gold pieces OF the issue of 1869 are
i'll ation.......O'Donncll. the
murderer OF Carey the Irish inrormer
has been convicted and sentenced to
death - Raw oysters are recommen-
cd as a cure for cold .-- During the
last fiscal year the go eminent dis
posed OF 1,930,769 acres CT public
lands and 389, 1885 acres of Indian
lands. The receipts from these sales
were 81 1883. During the year
l,2lO miles of land grant railroad
were constructed, making the total of
such roads 1890 miles. The COM
missioner SAYS that the best ,i.,hor