South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-03-06
GLE ANINGs.

csh o"tS ~ months OLD thai weighs
$50 pounds. -. THE Masonic rrsscrait,
m Epgisnd gave to charity las, yea,
S260,000. =. Mrs. LOWELL. vito q, on,
Munster 10 England, died in London T.
lev days SGD. -. The sub M Arine cable,
Of the world measure $4,000 r,iles.
A gigantic esrthworm has just beer
sent from the Cape COLONY, Africa, &c
the Royal Zpological Society OF Eug
Ian II is six feet five inches In length
and thick accordingly -. According 70
satisfies. novels consti ute nine .tsnths
OF ,be books read in Epgiana, ami nine
teen>twentieths Of the book. read in
The world Ore yielding $1,000 IL
gold to the ton has been discovered in
Ciermont county, OHIO. "A Baltimore
merchant tailor says lie frequently does
line dsrn'ng with hair from his wife,
head There ate 600 Masonic LODI g..
IN Texas AMI 10000 Masous. here
are GA divorce cases now pending In
Chics2o and 40 in Philsdelphia In
Dakota there 10 lake thirteen feet
"eep which IL frzsn solid to the bot
tom. 49, The Sultan nf Morocco has JUS,
celebrated bis l.o0O,h wedding. The
SULTAN Is not Mormon He Is a bog.
- Trichonosis was discovered in some
OF the meat seized on Monday by the
st Louis meat inspect "A falling
meteor recently killed Mr.. JUIIus RAB.
BE. farmer, near Somerset, Ken.
tucky 80. Tue first Amer lean bank was
established in Boston in 1886. .Ss,ur-
day morning about o'clock fire broke
cut at Hartford, Conn, and fifteen
stores we're destroyed. The Gre orip;-
mated In livery stable. Among the
edible fishes col ec,ed in the waters
| anou. Chsr'es ton for the New Orleans
exhibition by the st te FISH Comm:s
sioner OF South Carolina, are The foll,w.
IN: Amber fish, sailors ch"ice. crown d.
sheepshead, croaker, sk'rj ok drum.
snapper. club Dream, black grunt. null
let, base. salmon, trou and black fish.
80. Chicago IS SAID TO have within her
borders two thousand armed Socials,s.
80. Remarkable nirages are anon. the
atmospheric effects in Dakota. The
Darl'n ton %. To- Nc~s saws that a few
mornings since in that town the Wes-
in2ton Hills, over sixty miles eistant.
could plainly he seen in all their mag.
n'bcent splendor in the horizon of the
north. TIE miragcs occasionally spep
are phenomenal won 'ers. Yorktown.
himbal', and other towns arc plainly
, visible, boating as It were i'm The clouds
The nils on the west siac of the Mis-
souIi RIVER are also visible. and afford
tue observer a landscape picture the
oeauty OF which cannot be described NV
pen -. The very remark.b,e statement
IL made in the MedIca. Times that DIR.
FleiscGl OF Vienna has discovered thu,
the hydrochlDrste Of cocaiie sdr iuis-
tered hy 10 termicslly in doses of from
one-t~elfth to one. fourth of a gram will
cure morphioism, alcoholism and simi-
lar habits within ten days .Dako,a
is supposed TO he iani of blzz,r4s
and hypoborean coolness. bu, the Dead.
wood Pioneer of February 10Th remarks ::
All "f last week farmers tbrouylout
the valley were busily engaged plough.
'"g and preparing to SOW their s,riDu
crops OF grain. ...Tber are a number
OF sop trees growing in Tallabasse.
They are prolific fruilers, the berries
oelng about the size Of All ordinary
marble. having a vello~ish, s,apy CID.
Iearance, with hard bacx seed from
which the trees are propsgated. PEG.
pie IN Tallahassee boil .he fruit | 0 make
eoap. hut in China. Japan AMI other
tropical countries The berries are u-od
As substitute for soap just as tbcv
are taken from the trees ...Old farm
ers remember when it topk O pound of
butter to buy aprund Of nails. Today
you can buy pound OF nails for a
| quart oil SKINNED milk >. Doe of the
re" fealu'es in Southern timber il The
extensive manufac ture of furniture out
oil cottonwood -. The indications Of g.
steady Improvement i'm business
throughout the country are slowly bot
certainly improving. Factories. mills
and workshops are opening up from day
to dsy that have been closed or nm
ming on half time DIR. A. Whitehead.
one OF the Oldest dentists in VIRGINIA
died at his h"m near Petersburg MOI
day las, after lingering Illness. from
bhghCs disease. lie was native of
E"glond, aud YES z ycar, OF age. lie
vas widely known at the North.
Inc ex'e"s W wooden factory owned
by j. II. Clifton Sons, at " eston,
this STATE, With ell the machinery.