South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-10-23
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A sb2it sns'~fall WIS reported i,
A leg ny Gu ~. sd. Mons ~ I.
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/ Sem han isnme presents hsv
been md 9" iii L. Rub Cl~voian,
ny political ;dm'Ieis oi Ter ix,ber.
Gr.st Gl-niities cells ere hcin;
caught Ia. she h.hlO.s IN the Poto
mac.
A wick occurred q Gsscn Sprin,
on Weine day of lat wesk in ~hicI
Mr.. Samuel Montgomery. B. & O
cor 3uc,or. was seriously hurt
Rev. Samuel Jores tho oil tim'
Methodist preach r OF Marshal
county this State died las, weel
aged 88 years.
An exchange says ffso drinkers
will lie glad to kB.x that there bal
been a reduction Of ahou, four csutt
per pound 90 the green ar,ie;e.
Umbrellas ere now IN de Of paper
in France They are made water
proof 10y ge!atined bichtomate Of
potassium.
!, cpst Kern caunty, California,
$500 TO prosecute a man who Was ac-
eused Of taking co cents from another
and then he was acquitted.
A large planning mill and four
small houses we're burned ct an car.
~ hour Friday morning at Roanoke
Virginia.
1t ts said TINT Vice President King
OF the Baltimore and Oslo Company
was badly injured in q recent train
wreck in Indiana.
Tho corner stone OF the new West
Virsinia Colorcd Institute Was laid
at Charleston on Monday Of las,
week.
The Presbyterian Synod OF Vir.
GINA. in session last week at Roam.
oks, selected Petersburg % the next
place OF meeting.
A connecticut prohibitionist. who
had an overcrop Of aprlss, fearing
that IL be sold or gave them away
they would be transformed into cider.
dumped the overplus in mil pond.
A grand cntarsci has been discov-
ed in Labrador the fall 10 3l6 feet 4,
1872 feet moro than Ningsra. The
roar OF the waters can be heard for
twenty miles.
The colorcd penple-s department at
the Southern Insterstate Exposition
at Raleigh. N, c., was opened with
an immense procession and interest,"
isg literary and musical exercises.
The wettest place In the world is
atiCherra Pongee, in the Khasi Hills
Of Assam. Tile fall Of rain for
single month ranged from 1CG to 200
inches.
The Stars and Stripes ere to wave
200 feet above the ground. higher
than ever flag waved before, during
The Worlds Fair from an American
tower.
Ropewslker Dixop, who crossed
$50 feet above the Whirlpool rapids
at Niagara on threcsfourh inch
cable last July, has just drowned
while bathing.
Terrific storms RACED over all
England. iceland and the south Of
Scotland ls.t week which causaa q
vast amount OF damage to the sea-
side towns and wrecked a number OF
vessels.
An electric insect killer is the la.
test novelty In That line. II is form
ed by cover Of wire gauza, which
Ia placed over a lighted candle. The
gauze Is in an electric circuit and
when insects touch 1t they are killed.
One or the largest hop growers en-
the Pacific coast got growth Of
$500 pounds OF bops on sn acre of
8l6 hills. A yield Of ! 900 pounds
to sn scre in the average yard Is
considered fair.
The first largo quantity OF Ameri-
can spoDges ever sent 10 European
markets ives recently shipped from
Philadelphia. The lot comprised
5000 pounds each OF two kinds OF
spopges from the Florida coast.
Col. Forsyth, OF the United States
army, who served on Gen. Sheridan's
etsff, is TO wed tho daughter of DR..
Bacbe, of Philadelphia; and DR..
Bache will marry Col. For5ylh's
daughter. Both gentlemen are about
sixty years OF age.
A young couple were married a
few days ago on The summit OF Pixies
Peak. The ceremony was performed
in the open ar, with the bright
sunshine falling upon their heats,
With glit,eFiBg snowdrifts on every
hand.
Motif eighteen years has The wa
ter OF the st. Lawrence been so loe
az at present, Steamers have cxper.
fenced grea! difficulty in navigating
The canals, aud twenty-five have beer
obliged 10 lay up at PRESCOTT 10 avail
a chance 10 get down with safety.
Tie regular annual meeting Of IN,
Yves, Virginia Press Association &C.
Cured in Petersburg on Tuesda,
last. After the transaction OF bust
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