South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-06-06
ME WIS OF THE DAY.

Gen. Butler has accepted the nom.
inotion of the Anti. monopoly party
Tor President. There were 1f2 deaths
In Baltimore last week Twenty
Que years ago there were twelve wo.
men doctors in the United States.
Now there are $50 and more coming.
------A national bank, with a CAPT.
tol of $4,000. has been organized at
Mt. Jackson, Va, with DIR. J. j.
Triplett as president----It is pre-
dlcted that Northern Nebraska will
one day in the not very far future be
the finest blue grass region in the
world......... Harrison county, this
State, has subscribed ESQ, 900 to the
car itol stock OF the West Virginia &
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Senator Farley, Of California, is said
to nave nearly lost his life by the
baneful effects Of hair dy e....... The
President has approved the bill grant.
ing loan of one million dollars to
the New Orleans Exposition. ........
Mr.. Underwood, formerly Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, has sued Gen.
eral Henry and others for 81, $780,
900 for combining HMM n lunatic
asy lum------ Charles A. Hinckley,
\
the paying teller of The West Side
Bank, of New York city, has stolen
$685. OF the banks money and left
for parts unknown. Savannah
has the Oldest opera house.in the U.
nited States------Every communion
Sunday Mrs. Annie Gordon of Bluff
ton, S. G. walks four miles TO church.
She is III years old---The West
is now supplying New York with
hotel inrniture........A Texas man
has invented n machine for washing
dishes. Now let him go ahead and
RIG up a whole hired girl on the same
plan, and he will make his fortune.
------ Canada's net debt is Sl59 ,466,-
7l4-about $50 per capita. ....Jas
Mackin, a young ruffian, shot and
killed an Italian laborer at Hayre
de Grace, Md, Il few days ago, Just
for the fun of it. The roor man had
given Mackin no offense whatever. G.
the murder was most cruel one---
George Anderson, farmer, aged Is
years, of Bowling Green, Ohio, was
beaten to death recently with hick-
DRY cane by his wife, aged six, y-fve.
Mrs. Anderson has been twice con.
fined in an insane asylum. The Me-
thodist General Conference has reso,-
we'd THAT t is 'inexped.ent 70 license
women preachers. The potota-bug
Is doing so much damage 10 Irish
potatoes at Onancock, Va, that in
some cases the crop has been plowed
up and the fields planted in corn
UP to Monday the peas and straw
berries had suffered greatly for wan t
OF rain. The sweet potatoes are do.
ing we'll, though there is complaint
OF destruction by the 'hea' in some
nelghborhoods and 'backshank'----
William Green, of Buffalo, N. Y,
was examining his revolver when his
wife playfully stole up behind him
and pulled his arm. The weapon
was discharged aud the ball Lodged
in her head Before becomfn mo- un-
conscious she exoneratcd her hus.
band from all blame. They had
been married but two weeks
Five children went home from n cir
Gus III Dakota deeply impressed By
the feat of descending an incline on
a globe. Finding smooth log ly.
ing ut the top Of steep hill, they
took their places o.! it in q row, and
set it rolling. They were all thrown
of and run over, three being killed.
1.-The Great Bridge connecting
New York and Brooklyn has been
open one year, having been thrown
open to the public May 24, 1888.
During the year 6,0S3,l loo foot pas
sengers crossed the structure, 5S7,-
o24 vehicles, and 5,151,22O car
passengers. The receipts were 1891.
no, but from this the expenses arc
to be deducted. AS the cost of the
bridge was over fifteen million dol.
lars, the gross revenue, it will be OBJ
served, is but little over 2 per cent.
OF the outlay----The strangcst of re-
cent marriage bells is Constance Bell,
OF Boykin, $. c., handsome twelve