South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-12-25
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d, voted exclusively TO skoes,rings.
Stephen B. Elkius Of this State
was nominated by the President last
Thur.dsy ~ Secretary Of War.
John Grecnlsaf Whittier. the
Quaker poet w.s. eIghty.f ar years
cd las. Thursday.
II IL estimated that 5000 per.
sons are under treatment. for lnflusn.
"a Ia Nashville Tenn.
The virgini. Legislature unani.
M ously re cleo ed Hon. J.hu W.
Daniel to the United States Senate.
S.cator Plumb OF Ksn..s; died ia
Washington last Sa' urda, OF spoplexy.
be had bean Q representative In the
Senate since 1876.
Too families OF Georgia negroes
WHO wont 10 Liberia, have arrived in
Ecw York Ia destitu condition.
L'ons giraffss, rLiaoceroses and
other large animals. which formerly
were numerous, are now becoming
scarce In Sou hvest Africs.
Francis I. King and Charles L..
Csrson. two of the prominent CHI.
zcns Of Baltimore died last week.
In Wayne C ,unty. KY, twenty
miles southwest fr m Burnside, a
we'll has been d'ilied which 10 pro,
ducing 1900 barreis . day of lubri.
eating oil.
A car c,n 'ainiug 4 10000 slate
pencils, weighing % 800 pounds
has been shipped to J. d. Lippin-
colt s. o.. Of Philudelphia.
Within s;x'y-,wo years Mexico has
had 6fty-four pre-iIents, zone regen,
cy and one empire and nearly every
change government has been ef-
fec;ed by violence.
The orange crop Of California has
become so large that lit cannot be
mar eted at paying prices. The Us.
ands Of acres Of the land of Cslifor-
MIA are now bearing young lemon
trees. The olive and tig crops of
the State are now profitable.
The grip is no respectnr of per,
son. localities or countries. Ii
claims all sections and peoples for lis
, Tn. La this country is is wide.
spread, from the lakes to the sea and
rom the Aroslook to the Rio Grspde.
I is prevalent in England Germany
nd France.
A etopecu'ter named Shelor Of |
Roanoke, Virginia. received a letter
rom the attorney-g"neral Of Califor. |
LA stating that his wife is the nj, ce
nd heir OF the late Wm. Henry
'iythe.la Sco' ch millionaire, who
led in California FIVE years ago.
he estate 10 valued at eight million
ollars.
Gov. Fleming has rec ived a letter
rom Brussels. Bel.,ium, asking for
FORMATION and data ss tn the nat.
raj resources and mineral wealth of
Test Virginia. This is only one of
lany inquiries OF q similar charac-
,r received from foreign nations,
h'ch average about one 3 day,
A Truckee (Cai.) man has 10 the
purse of construction steam sleigh,
bich will be clsins, when perfected.
averse snow>covered fields and
ountsins With q speed scarcely less
IAN that of q railroad train. It is
10 in'eRtion to utilize the contriv-
zoe for hauling all classes Of freight,
Nv logs and anything else that re-
1ires Cheap. transportation.
Lady Somerset has completed her
sit TO America and expects to 90
ION tn Japan where her son lives.
.er objes. is TO see the country and
ot TO do any missionary work.
A woman who is eight feet three
Icbes high needs no big brother to
ok ont for her welfare, but such Is
le height of a woman who lives at
to whom nature has given
70 brothers taller than herself.
According to an official estimate
20 900 pools Of grain will be need
! In Russia from abroad. A Rus
an pood being Sc pounds. the
mount OF imports required will be
,o1t 500 900 tons, according to
lie foregoing estimate.
A curiosity bas,been found 10 On
"opens county (Micb) wood. Two
trees, the trunks OF which
re ffteeu inches in diameter, are
rowing six feet apart. At the
eight OF ten feet from the ground
le trunks unite, forming en- arcn,
I'D lEen form a single stem eighty
let high.
Sixteen barrels OF gold ore have
cen shipped from Msrmora district,
{ Ontario, to New York IN be tested
,r the benefit Of United states cap.
a'is's, who will PURCHASE the mine
rom which the ore VAS takeI 10 The
asts are satisfactory.
A syndicate Of Penusy Ivanians has
let purchased 10000 acres OF timber
and IN Randolph county lhls State
or $4,000.
Vice President De Young, OF the
National Worlds Fair commission At
'hicago, proposed that the commits.
ion AJAX Congress 10 authorize the
oinsge Of a gold and silver coin OF
he value Of so coDts, To be legal
ender aud souvenir Of the Colum-
ian Exposition. The proposition
yilI be brought up for discussion ct