South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-13
The coin product last year was 795,
600 .00e bushels, wheat 81 5000. COO, oal
6s3. 100000.

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The cot Of carry ing bushel Of rain
from Chicago to New York 81, lake and
canal wds, in 1868 rs cent?. and by
rail- AZ cents. 10 1882 ,hese figures
we're reduced to 8 aud IA cents. respect.
lively.
There are 74i coal mines In Illinois,
tie total output nf which Last year was
9.i0l.000 tons. valued a, sIs.l64,97s.
The total lumber OF men emp Dyed by
these coal mites IL over 5000.
Tie Glenn cattle ranch near Black
Rocl. Eevasis, oh was part Of ire
estate OF the late Hugh J. Glenn, has
been sold to Miller & Lux. TIE sale
carried with ac'Usl title to 5000 or
5000 acres OF land, and inc.u.'ed about
5000 heal OF cattle, with n number Of
horses. The cattle brought $25 q head
and the land 81 an nc, G. amounting 10
about s250,000.-Yolo (Cai.) Democrat.
II is reported that cattle arc passing
through the severe winter on the wcst-
ern plains pre- ~ we'll.
Land rent is ruinously low in Hsmp.
ton county. South Carolin". according
to a Southern paper. Valuable land
which rented for $2.65 per acre las,
year has been obtained for IS c. nts,
with few bidders. s, me land rents will
not pay tho taxes upon the soil, and
all because OF tho scarcity of labor.
The manufacture Of artificial ivory
from homes AMI scraps Of sheepskin is a
new industry.
The Apache Indians have 3 fixed rule
that q man ard his mother.'n.law must
never visit or SEQ each ,o.her.
1t is estimated TINT il will require
$50. 65o.56 to complete the State House
ut Charleston. and an appropriation for
that amount . asked.
Tie late Senator An.tony's wine
cellar in Providence, II. l., has shown
up 5000 bottles of rare vintage.
A versc;ous Blue Grass lite m tells us
thrt girls Ia eastern Kentucky often
marry ut IL and are sometimes grand.
mothers ut "a.
M. W. Durham The Illinois breeder,
curries and brushes his 600 Percheron
horses by steam power.
Statistics show that in both Europe
and America scarle' fever is more des-
tructiSe Of life than the cholera.
California raised in 1884 a bushel O,
wheat for every man. woman and child
in the United States.
The wife Of The late President Gar.
field has been sued for $25, 600 by a lady
Of Cleveland who WAS run over by Mr..
Garfelds carriage
Tariff roforiness saw that Penraylva
MIA has sent Souts two of her treasures
Sam Randall and The old liberty bell
both badly cracked.
The snRual production OF silk in the
United States amoan's in value to S45,
100000.
Fly years ago The average weight of
beef cattle was sou pounds and now it
is 400.
A machine is in use at Melbourne,
Australia. for shearipg sheep By steam.
IL Is made Of brass, something in the
shape OF a small tro vel. The motion 10
got mp by a turbine wheel about three
inches in diameter, and this is geared
into another wheel, on which ia Fixed a
cutter; in front is a comb, which serves
as q guard against cutting the skin Of
The sheep. The steam is conveyed from
the boiler by tube Ct india rubber.
This tube or pipe is double, having one
inside the other. The inner one is the
interj'et or, ard The space between the
two is the objection. The machine 10
used in the same fashion rs the shears,
but cuts much quicker and far cleaner
without The lsa't danger Of irjuring the
fleece Of the sheep.
Handsome u. S. flags. made out OF
silk grown and woven in this country,
have been presented TO both Houses of
Co gresS by tie Ladies SILK Culture
Association OF the United s ates.
The college which has tho largest
number Of graduates In Congress is the
University OF Virginia; Harvard stands
second and Yale third.
A man in Michigan has been award
ed $4,000 damages FOR being kicked
down flight Of stairs. Some men are
born lucky, some achieve lucF, while
others arc kicked down stairs for luck.
a NJ 'disnn street girls answer to the
current ccnundrum, 'Will the cosing