South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-08-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

In Virginia they are making -four ol
peanuts, and II is praised. IL is custo :
mary in Georgia TO pound the nuts fol-
a pastry The Shenandoah Valley
rsj,ices IN tue fading OF some beautiful
marble in the neishborhoVd Of New
Market. IL i, learned that China as
purchased IS. COO. 900 worth Of arms in
this country. =. The Second National
Bank OF Warren. OHIO, closed its doors
on Fri'iay last. X. NJ Fitch, the cash.
Ter, is reior,ed To- he a defauiisr 10 The
amount OF 80. 200 or sSo.OeO -. TLur.
low Weed estimated his purchase OF CT
CARS during the 81 years of his life al
ssO.OOo.-..The idea that lisa thing is
,, not SO destructive It's i. used To he In
the United States. because the retwork
OF railroads and tel.yr.pi wire, less ,ns
the number of acct euis. IL met by the
record OF the summer. Fatal thunder
bolts have never been more common.
.-..One man in Lexington, Miss. has
shipped $50 900 pounds Of cot,onsced.
Rev. Cyrus Dosgett. bro:Ler OF tho ls,e
Bishop, died in Botetour. county recen.
ty. ...Tho immense crems,ory in
Rome Is in almost daily use. Crema.
ton is daily becoming more popular,
ana bids fair soon TO dispose OF more
corpses in the Italian capital than old
fahioned burial. The United States
has ID OLA saS-mills, with 637 in Qne.
bee, Ontario and Manitoba. La 1881
these mills ca. $50 600, 900 feet of uln.
ber....A marriage license was issued
at Cumberland few days ago TO COL
ored couple. The groom is IS years Of
age and The bride "a years Dur
ing storm at Garden City, Long Is
land On the 10Th inst. flock Of sneep
on tho a. L. Stewart farm were struck
10y lightning and f,r.y OF them XII led
and twenty injured There were 1872
deaths tom cholera in Egyp: Sunday.
BY the burning Cf The STABLES at
the kentucky State Fair grounds rucen-
t!y, At Lexington seven valuable trut.
ting horses were consumed; loss, $751;
QUO. The Chicago HERALD says u
pear orchard il Thomas County, Ga.
was soli five years ago for $3.50. 1t
was next sold for $3.50. the $3.50 hay.
ing been rccoupel from cuttings in the
meantime. O.e month aterward 81.
500 was oTlre ipr il, ard nov il
could not be boug,.t tos $25. 600. "A
naval man named Terry rode on his
tricycle. from London 10 Dover. and
there. developing lis machine into a
boat, with the wheels padding, pur.
sued his journey by water to Francs.
HE plaques seem To DC visiting Egypt
Added TO the Cholera and putriL water,
The worms are roT eating up their
crops \ little hoy was pickin.
blackoerrlcs near PATTERSON, n. j.,
last week, wien the owrcr Of tie field,
suriy country bGDpkin, appeared in
the distance, AMI after making all SORTS
OF hostile motions. started to chase the
little fellow, who became so fright. ned
that he was turJwu into spnsus from
which he dicl in day or two. Five
hundred thousand telephones arc in
use IN this country, says Professor Bell,
the inventor Peach shipments over
tho Delaware Railroad for the season
up TO Saturday eveaing last aggregated
$40 Carloads "A numbc. OF Chinese
were taken the other day 10 the N;w
jersey State prison to serve oat a sen.
teuce OF one year for an assault with
ictent 10 murder fellow countrymau
OF theirs. They did not mind the i'm
priso1ment q bit; but ied fl TO Kin
themselves because their queues were
cut off +. :. a Maine man owns n fox
which can play jcws-hnrp :. Thorn
as Williams, near Osseo. Wis, had five
horses and Thirteen cattle killed hy one
stroke OF light ing -. . The Charlesto n
Is. O. News and Courier publishe. re-
ports showing great injury TO cotton by
the droush. and stating that greater IN.
jury is threatened. The uplands crop
is estimated at ihtee.fourtas or ali ay-
orage crop and the SEA leland crop al
less IL is said that 500 600 cattle,
valued at sl3 600 coo, Craze Oh tue
Wyoming ranges. -.rHg cotton mills
OF the SJu'h already give employment
to something like 40, 900 operatives . :.
AT picnic on the mountain near
Huntsville, Ala, recently, Wilialn
Jones. one OF the most prominent young
men in The community. was in swing
While swinging a. great height the
FopC broke and he fell TO tho ground
striking on his head and breaking his
neck. His death was instantaneous.
III is claimed that the climate oi