South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-29
NEWS or THnc DAY.

~ S6S', 10" 80 teW PefSsu'S s'onusy
was about so degrees. Fire, were bull,
and oyercoats were worn. :. "A little
girl of Petersburg. died suddenly last
week from the effects OF eating too much
ice cream and other cold things. 3. There
we're fly deaths from yellow fever at
Havana last week. d.. Daniel II. Bur-
CESS has been resppoin;ed sanitary In.
spector for tho United States. Private
advices from Vera Cras state tha, yell
low fever is making fearful ravages ..
mopg Europeans and Americans. Tie
heat NJ Vera Cruz is said to be almost
unprecedented. Charles Keiser has
been arrested at Baltimore for gold.
plating and ceiling 6ve-ce1t nickel
pieces. keiser was held at 81. 500 bail.
1.-The export Of ostrich feathers from
the Cape last year was unprece dentedly
large. The prices obtained were onor-
nous. An American silver dollar,
made in the year 1904, was recently
SOLD in Philadelphia for $40. 1t il
asserted that the largest ivory factory
in the world is at Csn,rebrook, Coun.,
where sometimes sl25, 900 worth Of ivo.
~ is bleaching. :. "A careful estimate
places the losses by FIRE in this country
for eight years at $500, 447 eco, or s74,.
ls0,95l Per year. :. Italy produces
more silk than China, and the two ma.
tons furnish nearly three-auarter's OF
tho worlds supply. 1.-THE widow OF
DR.. Glenn, tue great California farmer,
expects to realize this Year 100000
from her grain crop....A Roman cor.
respondent writes that, after long ex-
perience ia Italian cities, he gives tue
palm to Rome for q summer climate.
on account Of the regularity OF tho
evening breeze and the GOODNESS OF the
nights. by following tue natives pre-
cautions, summer in Rome is both pleas
ant and safe. Johnston and Beau
regard are the Survivors of the Eve field
generals in tho Confederate service
Johnston is general agent OF an insur.
anee company, aad Beauresari is the
Adjutant General OF Louisiana The
Planters Cottonseed OIL Works. IN AL
glers, L.. was struck by lighsa:ng Oh
The, 24sh set on fire s. entirely Destroy
ed. This was the largest cot.onseed
OIL mill in existence. The loss is rough.
!y estimated at n million dollars "a
gang Of beggars. two men and three
women, Of most forlorn aspect, were ar
rested IN Massachusetts. Ga them wus
found 5000 in money, all made during u
Two mouths tramp. China is pur.
chasing munitions Of war in the Uni.
tod States upon large scale, presum.
ably in view Of the probability Of war
with France growing out OF The Ton
quin difficulty. -. a manufacturing firm
in Pittsburg has made q new departure
in the use OF glass, q patent having
recently been granted to ,hem for the
manufacture Of glass shingles. 1t is
claimed for this material that il il moro
durable. stronger, ard more impervious
to rain than slate oriany other sui stat CO
now used Paper railroad ties are
said to be The latcs! invention. 1t il by
o New York man, who calculates that
II 10 necessary 10 despoil 800, 900 acres
of forest each year 70 supply the TO-
O0J, 1000 ties nee led (; that the life Of
wood tie, is only five years, while a pa
per tie, which need cost no moro than
wooden one, will last twenty-five years.
...Great distress is reported among
the fishing families aleng The Labrador
coast owing TO tho deten ton Of their
spring supplies by the jaW Of Gulf ice
along their shores. 1t is feared that
some deaths from starvation have al.
ready occurred 80. Queen Victoria is
sixty -four years of age. and on the goth
day OF this month he Majesty had
reigned over tho united Kingdom forty
ak years, She has been "A widow for
nearly p years. Dalton VI. William
q boy six years old, lives in O.teryille.
Ill.,, and is Al efficient telegraph opor-
ator, capable Of sending or receiving 30
words q minute There IL nov n,
Marshall, Texas. seven years OLD, also
claiming 20 be skilllul telegraph OPP
orator, and Z trial te5t Of their skill is
to take Plnce between these baby op,
erators.-..One OF the costliest, il not
one Of the greatest, buildings in the
world when finished, will be the NY
State House a. Albany. So far i, has
cos tie state $l4,223. 900 aud the end
. 'org way 90. The architect osti,
mates tina. Si73l, 900. more will be re-
qaircd. Of which 100000 will 20 into
the stai-cases 800 600 for lined glass
100000 for bas-rclicfs. sSo0.OJO for
Porches, $4,000 FOR carving, S72o..
600 for tower. and $1,000 600 for