South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-03-13
South Aransh 5ntelligcnser
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. MARCH Is. is.s.


Among tho closiny acts OF the 46th
Congress wa the placing OF Gen. Gran;
on the retired list of the army The
cabinet nominations we're Confirmed
on Tuesday last wihou, debate.
The co'dcst wintsr in t~anfv-eiyhr
wears 10 what old settlers in Minnesota
say.
Col. JoBN s. MosBY. now Gnitei
States consul al Hong Kong, Chins.
says he has 40 favors To ask Of the new
. m'nistra'ioD. bu, accepts the result
Of the Presidential election rs the fu,e
Of war
H. is said that the South e'a. or
Alssks bas . cl,mas as mild =, Ken
lucky, while the North 81 'e has . eli.
mate 10 cold and rugged IS that foun,,
in the Arctic Ocean, twenty-five to 6f,y
belle" zero for three months.
OF the ssventy-six United S,ates
Senators. thirty-tuo are professors o!
religion. OF whom sixteen are Prcsby-
terians.
PERcY CARRINoroN, son of Mayor
Darlington. OF Richmond, was shot n
Josepb Martin in . Virginia Midland
train at Charlottesville on Tu"s lay
morning and die a: Z o'clock that
evening. The cause of the shooting
grew out OF dispute over q seat in the
Car.
There nere one hundred and forty.
two deaths from pneumonia in New
York last week.
An agriculturist al Oakland, Cali.
fOrnia, Is making . determined effort t.
introduce the cultivation of tea in that
State. He has ovsr. 1000 tea plants IN
very thriving condition. and when
they arrive at the age of four years he
will obtain japanese labor and pick ar d
cure. He docs no, entertain doubt of
success. lie has also q number Of
eampher trees that are growing well.
There are some very curious plants
in the island Of Madagascar. 1t is said
the sensitive plant. growing in album
dance about 100 miles south Of Tama-
'ave, is conspicuous object. With it's
delicate fpwers resembling tufts of pink
threads. and it's highly sensitive leaves
and leaf at ks. When touched the
leaves Immediately fold themselves up.
and then the 'e.f stalk falls. almost hit
ing the leav"s under the branches of the
plant. The pitcher plant also grows in
tue m rshes along the east coast, but
generally cut Of sight among the rush-
IS and sedges at the water aids. 1.-THE
end Of each leaf, which Darrows to q
mere stalk at the Zip. it carries q vase
IKE excresencs very much resembling
a pitcher, with lid and all complete.
luis pitcher seems provided for the
purpose OF keeping the leaves we'll cup
pied with moisture, as q considerable
quantity Of water is often found in those
receptscles. The lac lie # pIrnt ha.
hequrutlv been des ctihed. Ia the ysrs
west OF Tamatave great quantities Of
this fresn-water yam ma, he seen send
ing iis two-'otk. d q ,wer jost above the
eddyine of The wafer, IN which it hobs
backward and forward in q fanta tic
dance. The roo, is edibl. hu, the ia
ier-st of the ,,lsnt n ers in Is leaves.
which are abont eight 20 fourteen in
ches long. AID .sso'obe . square d T.
termed lace, or q skeleton leaf with
parallel venting, the whole space Ne.
tween being empty. These are sup
ported OF stalks Two or three feet long
just sufficient to raise the leaf to the
level Of the water
WILLIAM Brown, of Marion county.
this State, an old and widely known
citizen of that part OF the State. cele-
brated the vent Of the Democracy into
power once more by giving a bic din.
ner on tho Ash inst. The account IA
published in the Wheeling Intelligencrr
states that there We're about fifty per.
sons. principally relatives, that sat down
To the repast. Mr.. Brown was the CAV
est OF tn gay, when suddenly q piece
OF turkey that he was swallo wing lodged
IN his throsi, and in few minutes be
had choked to death. Had he lived
until The 9th he would have been 81
years old. He was anticipating this
birthday by celebrating i, in conn ection
With Clsveland's inauguration.
FoR LOVE SAG DIED.-Miss BELLE
MARTIN, beautiful AM accomplIy hed
young LAZY OF Augusta county. Va.
committed suicide on the right Of III G
slh inst. by shooting herself with 8
pistol. A leitor was found on her per.
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