South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-20
south a;raneh Nn,elli9snecr
RoNNEY. FRIDAY. FER. 20. 1885,

in proportion 40 its population, say TIE
Ala Csiiiorsi. Than IN any other crv
on the con iu.nt.
b. whes, crop Of Americs has
douoled dnsing the pat ten years.
Over ,~snt, Thousand peop,s died In
Inaia last year from snake bite.
Ne" Orleans has "a larger proportion
OF ~omea 10 IN IA than any other Amer
len c,'y That proportion is: VOTES
five 10 :anr, and blacks four To three.
There i. enough silver stored in tn"
Ssn F'anc,-cp mint ~ weigh loo IONS.
CT. T. ,m,nL's salary a. private score
ta,v TO Governor Cleveland Wa $500
ayaa. A, privats secretary {, Pce,i
dent Cleveland It will only he SO. $50.
Gen Rs Grams, now California
Congressman. 10 IN ardent Roman
Cath' lic; his brother VAS Catholic
b shop. his son = priest and his Two
daughters are nuns.
Kate Field says she would rather be
q hired girl than the wife Of Mormon.
II that isn't just like a woman! She al
ways wants 70 be boss.
Clever counte,feits of the new Eve
cent piece have made their appearance
in Hagers,own, sd. LOOK out TOR them
here.
The entire length Of the Capitol
building at Washington, D. c., 10 75I
feet and four inches, and the greatest
depth is 324 feet. The area covered is
1871 square feet.
The Public Printers report for the
fiscal year, which ended Juno 80, 1884,
says that tho Seuate's printing costs
Sli9. l43. and that or cred by the House
$II6.333. An appropriation o. $2.615,
QUO is nsked for The ming h.cal year.
A family near Winchester, Va, .x-
hibited all the symptoms of hog cholera
after eating pork tha, had been kiile {,
somo time after the hog had recovered
AASAA VIZ SuOlotUs
Particles OF pure gold were brou ght
up on yesterday week by the sand p an p
Of the CAN'T Well At Washington, ia.
The good State Of Illiaols spen,,s
ten millicns Of dollars q wear IN the
cause OF ed cation. but to Offset this it
spends forty millions for liquor. A.
last as We get one idea into q mans
brain We smother 1t with four drinks Of
whisky.-Psoria Journal.
Th're are 100000 acres in Scotland
devoted 10 deer parks md thousands Of
Scotctmen consequence starving for
want Of labor and land to cul.,ya Q
Arc these things rightly
An Quo msa was so badly frightened
hy an Spparition the otter night that
his light hair turned jet black.
The weSltbiest men in She United
States Senate are the least inclined to
ora'ory.
The Pittsburg district produces over
20 per cent. Of NIL the glass made in the
United States.
TIN has been discovered in Calhoun
county, this State. The mine is being
opened 10y Messrs. Fsrnsworth AID
Hi eewsy. Mr. Fsrnsworth gives the
following as his estimate of the stratum !:
l5U feet in width, IL feet in Thickness.
and one mile long.
Seven wood choppers we're poisoned
a. dinner about trelv, miles from
Dullns. Texas, four OF whom died within
al hour. The poison was in the cuffse
that hey drank, and 90 investigation u
worm was found in The dregs, which VAS
pronounced by The men in the camp To
be a centipede.
A man in Lewiston. Me-, recently
bought q COW 0f local cattle des,er.
Some one jokingly asked him II he knew
that the COW was so old - not to have
any teeth in her upper jaw. The man
went home and. upon examining The
COW, found that she had no teeth in that
reg on and promptly returned the epw.
IL VAS with some difficulty that be wss
mnde to understand hat csttle never
have any teeth In their upper jaws
In piercing a child's cars for ear.
ring, Paris jewel Ter made the pune.
lures too high ny, thus causing MI
inflammation which resulted in the
chi!d's death. The verdict was HON
icIde through iupruderce.' and dam.
ages To the smo MT Ct $50 VS.
awarded to The parents.
Dr. s muel III Coffmsn. a highly
esteemed citizen OF Rockingham
county, died at hi, home near Iiar.
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