South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-15
NE WIS OF THE DAY.


7tb inst. aged 81 years. "A tornado
paused over part OF Galloway County
No.. Friday evening last damaging
buildings and other property. -. Their,
10 l.693. 5U wo'th Ut tsxsL.s proper
ty in Astoria. Os. joseph McCu.ks'
died at llagsrs.o~n Mary lsnd. on Mon
day night last Of loekjaw, caused by
running splinter un.lsr his finger nsil
....1bc bullion shipments from Salt
Lake las, week ags rs2sted seventy-;hrcs
Car loads. Down in Georgia they are
eating wAtermelons and cutting VIII NJ
West Virginia -unks second In the
c'ke making States. Margaret. Ay.
ers, residing in Frederick city Mary,
land. hal cue Of her eyes knocked out
few days ago by . stnne thrown from
n sling by boy .. There 10 a calf a,
Simpson. Taylor county. lkis STATE
which has avs legs and six feet. II j.
two mouths old. aud in apparent good
health..- he contract for building
lock No 2, Great Ksnanha river. Yves,
Virginia. has been awarded by United
States Engineer Craighill 10 Frank
iiefrishs. Of Huntington, Ia tor SIG.
us 50 IA ar-Ycsr-old girl in
Gainesville, 0eorgis, knit q $4,000
stitch tidy in three days. Gen. g.
L. Buell., who hal a portion Of his Jaw
removed three week. ago. died q: Nash
vile. I'm yeterday wsek. "A train OF car,
near Birds Point, Arkansas. VAS last
week stopped by the catorpillars. " hieL
coverei The iron rails for miles and bro,
the ctrs 10 . stand. The woods are
entirely stripped OF foliage and the
fruit crop - ruined. "A terrible cy-
clone prevailed nest Of Mckenzie, Ts L
a.. ON Last Saturday. The dock hill
place WAS completely destroyed by
LIGHTNING. -. There Is lot q woolsn
mill in New Mexico, and there are II.
100000 sheep grazing on ito mesas AMI
valleys. ...reser S.rsuse.a young wood-
man near Msckviile. Pa. died q terri
bile death recently. rho result either Of
a srak.'. or . black spiders bite His
d., WAS fsariully swollen AID .;i-color.
ed. HIS teo'h dropped out. aud Lis
throat Hni mou'h bsc.me gspgren ois.
ii. died in'spasins, as il h. had b, en-
bitten ny rabid animal. lie was in
perfect health before his Misfortune.
A large tank OF tho tidewa:er pipe line
company al Marcy. Pa, containing 8, =
600 barrels VI oil vas struck by light
ming on the CT" inst, anil consumed.
la LeWistOwn, PA gIr! named Sal.
lie Smith. who has hitherto made q
living by working in other peoples
Kitchens has jusl falIsa heir to $IU. 900
by tiie death VI an uncle. Before sho
got her fortune she hai no boau, but
during the past two weeks she has had
nineteen offers 81 marriage by dupss
that wouldn't notice ucr before. In
Vermont, ON QUO Of tue stage roads, h
beautiful girl Of Aboat eighteen drives
the stage and manages the four horses
with great Gtx'eriiy 80. Large tracts Of
land between Victoria and indIanola
Texas, have hal n hedge Of the McCar.
they lore Plantou around them, and,
though exposed to all kinds of stock,
it Is Sro"lng finely. amt in lew years
viii he fenos that no kini Of stock
will temp. to pass. THIS fence il ev.
eiiasIihg. and much cheaper tban rails,
wire OF lumber. "A Massachuset q
Yankee has invented a patent wLifIle-
tree which can be easily delarh, i from
carriage or wagon IN case tho horse,
run away, ap it is said TO work admi.
rably, tho horses becoming separated
instantly from the veh icle A lawsuit
about 500 worth Of land b.tveen Two
farmers in the province of Q ieb co has
just cpDc ID q conclusion. Tie cos,
amounted to $1,000. which the defeuted
party will have to pay. The victorious
party was ruined by ls~yers' fees.
lhe oldes: banker in The United States
is Mrs. Deborah Powers, aged ninety
three. OF the banking house of ID. Pow
ers & Sons. at Lansingburg. New York
..-.A needle satisfactory with 5000,
900 capital is TO be established in Uti.
CO, New York. Three hundred thou.
sand young shad we're placed in Sout /
River, (a tributary OF the Shenandoah.
at WsynssborO'. few days ago, by Hr
L. Davenport, OF the United States Fish
Commiss!on....lt is cssin sied that 2.
443, l53 acres OF school lands in Nsbras
ka. II sold now, would realize about
SIC, 900, OOO.-..Ths Yirgini, crseper
covering the FIRST Presbyterian Church
OF Syracuse has beJomo 90 lhickly pop
uiatcd with English sparrows that is wa.
found necessary 10 destroy . wagon
load OF uoata i'm nrJar ~ ,,,o.-s Al: