South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-03-07

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Der of bees to France every year
Fruit trees are in full bloom in Ala.
mo City, Texas. General Me-
Cooks theory about Indians u that
they should be fed exclusively on
Paris green. Over 81, OFT 600, 900
taxes on distilled spirits have been
collected by the government eince
1862 Pensions of 5000 q year
are paid to the widows of Presidents
James X. Polk. John Tyler, and
James A. Garfield. ........ California
now produces over loo 900 boxes of
raisins per year. lady dentist
in Paris advertises that shc hires out
sets OF false teeth for dinner and sup
per parties------Moving time APE
proacheth, and as usual q large num-
Der of the people of Romney will
take up their beds and walk. "A
party of Baton Rouge, La, bird hun
tiers recently killed 1,4oo robins with
no other weapons but sticks. ......A
movement ;s on foot to build home
for INDECENT ex- Confederate soldiers
at Richmond, Virginia. The two
and-a-haif-year-o daughter of Mr..
G. O. Mann, died recently in Herman
do county, Alabama, from eating
flowers of the common yellow Jas.
Decentralization Arthur hos an
efectual method Of reaching the
hearts of his opponents. Good dim
Eera, a contempory says, do it------
A person at Ashland, KY, claims to
live on ninety cents month-the
cost OF a Lushel of cracked wheat.
He was formerly dyspeptic, but
now enjoys good health ex-
plosion of dynamite cartridges in
Harrisburg. Pa, Saturday last,
damaged sixteen buildings. The
houses of Isaiah Pearson, G. s.
Brown, j. Clancy and G.. Eckert
were shaken apart. The wife and
two children of Brown were cut BY
filing glass Wednesday of last
week was the beginning oflent which,
ends on the 18th Of April. .......O Over
100000 people are employed in lace
making in F:ance-----Rev. Sam
uel w. Crittenden, q Prcsby
divine, of Philadelphia, died Sunday
last....... Rev. r.. w. Mitchell, of
the NJ. T.. Church South, preacher
on Jefferson Circuit, was married on
the 12ult. 10 Miss Matte Hook. of
Clarke county France leads the
world in silk weaving----The wool
crop of Texas brought 81, loo, 44l
last year. Woman ls the sweet
est present. that God has given to
man. The yield of sorghum in this
country in 1852 was valued at ST.
460, 1896 OF IA scorpion five in.
ches in length was recently discov.
cred in hard-boiled egg by gen.
tleman who had sat. down to dinner
in Athens, Ga. The egg was sup.
posed to have been laid by hen.
Jacksonville, Florida, ships an av
erage of LOCO boxes Of oranges dali
w.. james Swartz, q we'll known
citizen OF Frederic'i county, died last
week, aged 80 years The Chemist
and Druggist (Eng) states that in
twenty years the sales ofsingle pack,
ages OF patent medicines in Great
Britain have increased from 6,661,-
667 to 1S,457, 900. The number OF
Vendors, formerly 1913, is now
19,404 Roanoke City, Virginia, is
to have cotton factory on an extern
sive scale. 1t will cost $500 900 Of
this sum Philadelphia capitalists have
subscribed 5000, 900, and the bust
ness men OF Roanoke 7 $4,000 1t is
thought the additional $50, 900 will
be raised in a few days.........M Mich.
acl w. bowman, one of the wealth.
est farmers of Rockingham county
Va, died Monday last ----- Accord
ing to the Lyon Medical, women
practiced medicine and surgery over
century and half ago There
were til en- in Lyons forty-three mag
ter surgeons and thirteen widows OF
surgeons in regular practice. All
doctors widows had the right to prac
tise medicine and surgcory........A
litlgant at law should have three
bags: one Of papers, one of money
and one Of patience------A man who
has been in Siam states that the so
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