South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-08-28
ITEMS OF NEWS,

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A movement Is on foot 10 erect q
monument TO Stone~all Jackson, to
mark his birth place, NJ Ciarksburg.
Out in Nebraska a storm Of hail.
stones about five inches in diameter
is reported.
Strawberries grow even in cold
Alaska, and now is the season for
them.
f. G. Pendleton haE purchased
tho Augusta White Sulphdr Springs,
IN Augusta county. for sl4 900.
Nathan Lightfall, the inventor of
the handcar now in use on nearly
every railroad. Is dead.
GRADUATED sugar has dropped TO
four cents pound in the cities and
will likely stay there.
Oats in Iowa will average so bush.
els to the acre and in places will
yield 100.
Receipts OF peaches In Baltimore
last Thursday were estimated at from
$4,000 to 100000 packages.
A train Of five cars constructed
wholly OF steel has been on exhibi-
tion in Chicago
II was q queer coincidence that on
the day OF Mrs. Folks death letter
arrived in Washington addressed 10
her ,"care Of the White House,.
Monsieur Eifrel, the architect OF
the famous Eiffel tour. has offered to
C instruct tower still higher at Chi.
cago for the Worlds Fair.
Thomas MCGEE, night watchman at
q Springfield (Mass.) hank, has just
completed his seventeenth year of ser.
vice without a night off.
Mr.. b. D. Gibson, OF Charles
Town. has been appointed on the
staff of Governor Fleming, Of this
state with the rank of Colonel.
Last Friday is said to be the hot
test dav for many years in Arkansas
City, Kansas mercury standing al
100 degrees 10 the shade.
The first boat to come through the
canal for over two years arrived In
Cumberland from Georgetown last
Friday.
Hon. Thomas w. Harrison, oil
Winchester /; has been renominatsd by
the Democrats Of Frederick, Clarke
and Warren counties. Virginia for
State Senator.
The ninth annual reunion OF the
ex.Confederates Of Missouri was
held in Kansas City last Wednesday
Three thousand ex soldiers were in
attendance.
Asia the cradle of the human race,
has l02 Young Mems Christian As.
soc, ations. Darkest Africa has l3,
and Oceanica, comprising the islands
of the sea, has l6.
/ A cloudburst broke over Pottsville,
Pennsylvania last Sunday afternoon,
The water poured dCwL in torrents
for an hour and the damage is esti-
mated at 100000.
Three shocks Of earthquake were
felt at ST. Louis, Missouri Thursday
night, preceded by thund1r and light.
ming and fall OF i5o in the temper
sture. Houses were rocked and wind.
ows and croekery broken.
Some one says II you will lift out
one Of the yellow points in q straw.
berry, and examine it under q ME
croscope, yon will fad IL TO he OF
veritable straw. 1t was from that the
berry takes its name
Mr. Sturgeon is said to be sadly
emociated by his long and painful
iliress. and to he full OF sorrow at
the thought that he will probsbly
never preach again. NJ ono hat
the immediate members OF his fam
ily ID allowed to approach his bed &.
side.
It is said General piles The fam
Gus Indian fighter, will visit France
next month to witness the autumn
army maneuvers. He expects to get
s1ms ideas there that will be.of benefit
TO bin when he assumes command
OF the big Worlds Fair parade in
October, 1892.
The exports OF breadstuffs for July
ran 60 per cent in excess of like ex-
ports for July. 1890. This is only
the beginning Of the food, end those
we'll Informed ssy it will surprise no
one II the 1928. i21 SIS Of breadstufs
exported in the last fiscal year run up
to $3.50 10000, this year.
The lecture tour Of the west which
DR.. Talmsge took was one OF the
mos, successful he ever undertook.
Large audiences greeted him every
where and in Utah where, he expected
to strike a frost because Of bis anti
mormon sermon. great assembsge
OF La'ter-Day Saints turned out 10
/ hear bin.
There are AZ present thirty six
Italians working at the McKaiz stOne
crushing works in tho Narrows. Fifty
more have been sent for snd arc ex.
pected TO arrive shout the first Of the
month. Twenty Of them will re-
main az Cumberland hDd the Others
will be seat TO Sir. NcKaig's works
near Oakland.
| General Clusters venerable father
nov eighty.four years old was At De,
troit the other day at ihe cycloram'
| Of the hnttle Of Bio Horn IA hf