South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-03-20
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strscted Of water proof paper In Liver
pool. -. 1t 10 said that the country is
being flooded 1itb counterfet nickle
i've cont pieces. Tue Republic o
Mexico maintains an sgricuiturs COL
legs .. ito capital. the appropriations r
which last year were $3.50, 84s. "A
Kentucky bsllc glories in . head OF hair
which 10 5 feet 20 inches long Onio,
with thirt, Ave colleges. has more than
any other Safe in the Union. New
York and Indiana have twenty .eiyh
each, Pennsylvania has twenty six,
Michigan nine, and Massachusetts sew
en-. 1t is said that there arc 10 kinds
Of metal more precious than gold IA
remarkable yield 4 honey VAS recently
garnered ny II. q. Parks from his aiis-
~. near Riverside, Cal. TIE yield for
the season from tlirty.lhrse hives was
seven and . half tons, an average Of
| Ala pounds to The hive. -. II appears
thai there are over 5v psaite ntisrie. sai
$500 jAils in the Uni,et States. They
contain 30,OUO criminals, and their en-
timated cost Is $500.O0O 900. -. Truth
docs not consIs. II minute accuracy. but
conveyin: r,gat Impressions. IA pa
per CHIMNEY, fifty feet high, hss lately
been put up At Bre-lau. Compressed
paper pulp is said to be one Of the
least infAmmable of substances, and 10
make an excellent matcrisi for FIRE. proof
doors. There is not a greater dru ige
III The world than he that is undsr the
power OF reigaing covstousness -.
There 10 universsi regret 10 Eng land
! caused by he sad news of the APP
proacht Z death OF Gencral Grant,.
Whiie elephant hunting recently in.
the Garrow Hills, in Bengal, Lords
Arthur and Henri, Grosvesor captured
IS elephants in three drives -. Pliny
says: The eDJoyment= of this life nre
not equal 10 It's evils, even II equal in
/ number Mrs. HoYT the sister of
President CLEVELAND. vas born at
Portsmouth, Va. where her Esther VAS
pastor OF Presbyterian church -.
General Grants SALARY on the rerire;,,
list will be $l3,50O year He wilt
probably not live long enough to draw
quarters salary, however - Neck or
noshing.' remarked the lsn,lsdv IS STA,
handed that part Of the Quicken 10 the
late bOarder. 1.-The Ne. Orleans Elk
position has had smother Guvernm n
appropriation, Congress voting II 1865,
600 more, OH the last day OF the ses.
sion Square tosd shoes are gaining
popularity with gentlemer. DR.. VIII.
LIAM A. RUDDACK, who died recent,
in PeBnsy lvania, haJ durn2 the last
years Of his life been made miserable
by the delusion that thirteen women
we're after him with matrimonial lu,en-
him 10 marry her and feed ner on pea
cocks brains AID diamonds. The
doctor once thought OF purchasing a
large farm and stocking 1t with his
bakers dozen Of admirers. One OF his
latest vagsries Was to put on hi clothes
in an eccentric fashion, sticking his
arms in tue legs of hi4 trousers and
wearing his seeks on his hands 49,.
Robbing the IA 'es- he g,rls who steal
mems hearts "A good one is told on
L. Nj. Is. YOUNG, of Georgia. When
he was the youn est and handsomest
BIigadier in the army OF Virginia he at
tended ball in full uniform. AS he
STROBE across the floor, his sword dang.
ling and his spurs jingiing, pretty
girl. with the feariessness of youth and
beauty, said: General, why didn't you
just ride inr -. Earths rough yet
nobl st spell is-Energy Among
the men arrested a. a poker party in
Atlanta few evenings ago were IL
Sheriff, County judge, two members
OF the Legislature, man who WAS to
be mar ied the next Jay aut the minis
ter who ~ss o perform The ccremon,
-. Ou: Of every three persons 10 mid
lie hfe one does not hear 60 well vita
or car as The other Ouiun sociable
are The latest fashionable novelty %
Wyon 1erfi ory SIX ladies' tax.
al or on ~'ih item into Il room and one
OF tb,m lakes q bile out OF u. Then =
young eu,lcmen ia admitted, and b.,
after k,ssnq Oh 10 fails TO tell which
OF them bi, Che onion Ell tie q'rls ar,
obliged e. ks him .-- Eva noticing 3
flock "f noisy, cnauerrg n'acshrd-
said, 'Manma, guess they're bsvr
q sewing 'cIcty.....A hotel is to n.
built in Pit snursh, Penn seven starIe-
high, with The kttcacn nH t1r .a 1.o-,
and electric a,e esca - % avptt Dom.