South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-09-14
NEWS OF the DAY


makers, who turn out 10000 machines
year.---ft is stated that there ere
3,0s5 paper mills In the worli -.
Boonsboro. Washington county. Nd,
has erected monument to the memory
OF Washington IA factory for manu-
featuring tno.asses out Of sugar cane.
has been opened at Front Royal. Va.
with capacity of i.500 gallons per day.
West Andover. Ash,abula county,
Ohio, is said to have the largest cream
cry In the world. IL works up the
milk OF l.3cO cows daily Tea cul-
ture is growing in The South. and the
nun Der OF families who use the domes-
tic leaf Is Increasing. -. In Norway a
hrSl-class dinner costs only 20 cents.
Texas las l39 miles Of railroad.
49,. Frank Carpenter o: Sodus, ~. Y,
pared sxty-6ve bushels OF apples in
nine hours ..One ofths largest pearls
in the world was recently discovered in
the pearl fisheries off Lower Caiifor-
MIA. Ii is the size of lime, measuring
one inch IN length by three.fourths Of
an inch in thickness. :. The wife or
General Robert Toombs. Of Georgia. is
dead. Andrew Hartman choked to
death recently. ct the Bait lefield Hotel
Gettysburg, by iece of beef lodging
in his thros: =. Plans have been com
pleted for the new silver vault To be
built under The cash room of the Treas
ury Department. 1t will hold 2S. 00O,-
600 standard dollars ...Of 1897 in
sane people in the united States, a.
4OS are males and 1850 are females
while Of rs, S95 idiots, 45, 1909 are males
on only 81 ,5S6 are females. Ed
ward Siabler, said u DO tie oldest Post
MASTER il the United States, was buried
from his homo, Sandy SPRING., Mi., on
Wednesday OF last week. lie was 80
years o: age ---.i he recent resurvey OF
the land between Mexico and this
country viii rosalt in the Unitcl States
gaining possession OF much valuable
land. The orange crop of California
this year is said 10 bo The largest ever
known in ;hat State, notwithstanding
the fact that many trees we're damaged
by be February frosts The lime crop
on the contrary, is much smaller than
usual - John G. Flynn, newsJoy. OF
Cincinnati. has retired from business.
having accumulated fortune Of 22.-
900, IN thirteen years. He has gone To
DGryer TO engage in The hotel business
.--.Andrw IL. Smith Of Rohrersville
Nd, while searching for potatoes in his
garden, noticing hole OF pesculiar
shape, thrust his hand into it and was
bitten. Acute pain was followed Ivy a
col ions Aow Of hleot, lie had been bit
ten by lar c eapperhead MIR. Gar.
retie, of Pine county, Ga, was recent
y struck By lightning, but not hurt.
the electricity mercly taking al tho hair
from his heal. wiich vas left perfectly
bald According 10 the census report,
Illinois pays Oh. mora m,ney for fen.
'S '''ii any "'heF Hta'e In The Union.
e'"7y " S"'' comes next There are
''e ""''eu ''A'oS o'o'o'oUo miles oil
ienca. and it has in all cost sonethiro
over 01,000,000 During the census
year alone $78,G29, 900 WIS expended
'or FENCING fufpo'cs.--.A York conn
y '"''her OF NehtaSNa states that off
- Ten acre" nc SOM $40 worm OF wheat.
'h' y't''' was 'hir'y-C"o bushels 70 the
'cF'' ~ '"o'' nsaro' farmer can
pay Tor q new '"rM ont OF The proceeds
u e'cA crop -a"' pay S-o an acre Tor
IAN ~ '''' ZAP Il. King OF
4'N''' ms '''o"' % W. head OF cattle,
a""u' Z'.0o' "eN' "i horses Hna $4,000
'''"'' oi -H'eP "'S pastures amounting N
e"' "sH'ee" - 'one'"'"g over l'VOo,-