South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-09-07
NE WIS OF THE DAY.


The manufacturing done ct Denver last
year. exclusive OF smelling, Was S.
100000. and tho capital invested in
machiuery exceeds SIS, Oo5, 600. A score
Of years ago this Wes;era metropolis
vas marked on the plains by few log
ha,s..- The drought OF the past Two
! months has done and is still doing great
| damage 10 the crogs Throughout. the
South side Of Virginia. Unles. there is
an early fall Of rain the. loss will be
incalculable. In some sections no:
more than half crop Of corn can be
made, and the same may be sail OF cot.
ton and tobscco, In some counties no
rain has fallen since June. -. Wheeling
cigar-nakers made and packet $780,.
600 cigars in August The steam en-
CINE Of thra hing machine. near Frank.
fort. Dakota, exploded Saturday, kill
ing four men snd irjuriug Eve others.
-. The French are experimenting with
new rifle, designed for Infantry use.
which is said to discharge three projcc.
tiles at time. Five valuable horses,
standing under a treo at Eric, Pa, we're
killed by lighting. tie only mark up
on them being melted shoes &. q. There
were $50 deaths from cholera in Up
per Egypt Oh Sunday. "A man board.
ed u train at Ogden. Utah, Sunday
night last; and covering eight passen.
| gers and two trainmen with his revolt
er, robbed them Of their watches a-d
money mad made his escape 1t has
been discovered that DIR. Glenn, OF Call
ifornia, who was frequently men,ione
as the greatest farmer in the world. vas
enormously in deb: when lie was killed.
his liabilities being not less than ST.
25O, 900. This is tn be pal off by sell.
ing q stock ranch in Oregon and anoih-
er i'll one Of the Territories Of The
northwest. DIR. Glenn was O native Of
Augusta county, Va. The cotton
press works in Alexandria have been
damaged to the extent of $1,000 by
| fire. Tho sister Of Capt. Webb be-
came insane when cha heard OF her
brothers death at Niagara, and she has
since been found drowned in the river
at Lady Smith, Natal. IA follow
working in a Maine factory where yonng
women are employed con,rived practi.
cal joke for the entertainment of him
self and his admirers. lie killed an
adder and left it among som, boxes
that were TO be assorted by tho young
women. Miss Stevens uncovered the
reptile with her hands. The shock
made her insane, and the physicians
say that she will probably die, and in
any event will be a maniac for life
In tearing down an old house near
Warm Spring, n. c., few days ago.
tue skeleton of a mail carrier " az found
with q mail bag containing over thirty
letsers of the date of 1927, some of
them enclosing old bank bills. :. One
nigut last week Mrs. S. II. Holden, Of
Hinton, was awakened from sleep by
the crying OF her babe, which was sleer.
ing In crib. Taking il to bed with
her she discovered in q little while thst
the irfart's head wss wet, and on strik
ing light found that q rat had bitten
n cash in the chila's check, FROM which
the blood was flowing profusely. 4
physician was summoned. who checked
the flow OF blood, which lie said woul,
have terminated fatally had il been reg-
lecied u short time -. Prof. brooks
Of Phelps. New York, and Director
Swift. OF the Warner Observatory-
have found a new comet right ascen-
| sion i6 hours 50 minutes and de-
clination north CT degrees 80 minutes
j lis discovery entities Sir. Brooks TO
the Warner prize Of 5000 The val
Nc Of exports from Baltimore during
the past month was nearly six mi lions
OF dollars. The University Of Vir-
ginia has lost another one OF its Pro-
fessors-Dr. Jno. w. Mailet, who goes
| to Austin, Texas .... A disease known
as the splenic fever has attacked the
cattle in Lancaster county, Pa; and is
raging with great violence. A large
number of cases have already proved ia.
tai, and The disease is apparently On
the increase, occosioning great alarm
among stock owners Fotty persons
wcro killed on Monday in Germany
on an excursion railroad train =.
| 1t Las been estimated that the Wash
ington Monument will be completed ere
the close OF 1886, il there is no delay
in the work and the contractors keen
mp The present supply Of stone, and tie
appropriations arc not permitted to run
out. 1t will be 42O feet high before
winter stops the work this fall, say tho