South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-10-23
GEEANINGS.

ThC 1dfuAe emtxraaes oueoo0ooe
. the Isish two TO one every year.
The colorsd people OF che Uaissi
S'ates nov pay taxes on 1884. 900 -
600 worth Of pr ,psny.
! Navkstlonis nov opcn on The
Chesapeake end Ohio Canal fsoa
Cumberland to Washington.
There 10 . growing belief in wasss
tngtsH that Secretary B,Aias will sos
return to the State Depsrtmeu,. {.
| The product OF gold in The United
States the lsss sixtsen yesrs has se-
srsgassd the enormous sum ofe571.~
600. 00O.
In Oxford county. famous throsaha
out Maine for It's bssrs. rsccoons
have this wear done m IRE damage %
crops than have the bears.
The Briti.b Sal. Union oowpl.ins
Of decrease sf exports. owing 70.
the fact that Auotios is largely sup.
ying her own wants,
Scientists say that TIA arrange Wa
originally berry AMI its evolution
has been going on for more than
1000 years.
The tunnel a. Paw Paw, on the B.
& 0. Railroad Is being made vijer.
The undertaking is gigantic one ~ :
over 800 feet Of rock on each side Of
The tracks will have TO be ont out.
A couple OF Ecepchmen have made
a harp OF wood With s,rings twisted
from strips of American FIR. They
play on 1t with leather gloves covered
with rosin. ana tue tone Ia descrihsd
as wonderfully pure.
A German substitute for leather
In many OF it's uses consists Of thin
boards, with wire netting between.
the whole glued together and press-
ed. The material Is tough and plias
bic and suitable for trunk. ats.
The wife OF Jesse Henderson, Of
Tyler county, routed . burglar last
week by dashing . pan Of bot water
aud tomatoes In bis face. Give .
woman plenty Of hot wster and shs
will roat regiment.
A young Californian performs.
wonderful feats In bending iron bars.
AMI breaking fAgstones. Recently
he bent an Iron rod al inch In di.
smeter and broke q nagstone two
inches thick, using no other means
than his hanas.
The Gresnlee and Forest veil. al
Mcdonald. near Pittsbnrg, Pa, has
been drilled deeper and the Aow in
creased to i4.4O0 barrels . day.
THIS Is the largest oil we'll ever
struck 10 America and believed to
be the iarges. in the world.
For nearly 500 years STRAW plat.
Ing has been q leading industry in.
the hanIets Of Bedfordshife. Eaglsni.
and viciaity. Although the industry
10 much less extensive than IL was
there are still over 10000 persona
engaged in II. They are chiefly old
men. woman AMI children. -
Ten years ago Leroy Payne, .
Chicago liysryman, Iesssd GONE
property 90 Michigan Avenue for
ninety-Dios years at an annual rent
al ofs2.100. Now be has 40 offer
OF s24 900 year for an oighty niue
years lease Of the same propsrty.j
The most careful estimates t'scs
he oregon bop crop ct one third b ,.
than the crop OF 1890. There viii
probably not be more ttau 5000
bales In the entire gate. Many
yards we're not picked at all on e.
count OF lice, sod very few yielded
80 averages crop.
The wooden nutmeg Of fraud fame
has ben eciipsed BY Dutch ingenuie
ty. According TO word sent from
Utrecht, the Hollandefs are making
artificial almonds 10 lsrgs quantities
from paste c. imposed Of glucose.
They are shaped and coIorsd to ma
lure and stepped ia nitro .benzols to
give the necessary odor, Hundreds
Of bushels have been cold 70 ussora.
puIous dealers, who mig them with
the genuine article. The same pso-
pie are At work on sy rnishsd cofs
fee bean.
The oldsn fruit farm near West
Plains. No., hss 800 acres Of various
fruits. This year The oompsny sold
IS 900 bushels Of peaches at 6fty
cents bushsl IN The field, besides
potsing up 1874, 900 cans. Thsy sall
have 5000 bushels 70 sell snd sew
sral thousand quarts TO can. They
have also mt mn Ok 600 c.na ~