South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-01-09
ITEMS OF NEWS.

D'fhn " W. ensetOfeeu IN oe1sc
fog during Ne~ Years lay and night
An Iowa man has brcught suit f,f
$4,000 Tor tle io=s 90 tsofnaer..
Counterfeit ;~o-do.lGr notes are
now In circulation.
IL lakes about sio0 20 bny a wood.
en- leg OF the best kiud.
The frs, theater in tho United
States was at Williamsburg. Va, in
1852.
Tts'e has been On incrsss. OF H.
VOo, eco acfea cultivated in the cotton
belt IN The last twenty ys-rs.
A 'urnal just started In Texas
bears 'he startling name OF III. Deprs
River Neus
Il 10 thought tue fusl struggle over
tie force bill in the Senate is about
to begin.
An abundant ice crop has been
harvested in the Shenandoah Valley
OF Virginia.
Nearly four hundred thousand im.
migrants were landed ut New York
during the year 1890.
Gen. Robert L. Lees birthday,
January 10. is how legal holiday in
Virginia.
a christmas tree in Baltimore
caught FIRE on New Years day caus.
log loss or So 900.
The Masonic Temple Of Baltimore
was nearly destroyed by Gre Christ
mas day. The entire damage is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Jerry simpson, called the sockless
congressman from Kansas. owns a
farm Of 600 acres, and has eighty
acres 10 wheat.
There has been an enormous In
crease in the value of land in Berlin
For piece Of property in the subs
urbs, which was sold for s48j thirty
years ago, $3.50 600 is now demand
ed.
The Pittsburgh express collided
vito an eass-bound freight express At
Knoxville, Maryland, New Years
night when two trainmen were killed
and several Injured. None OF the
passengers were hurt.
The continued summery weather il
North Dakota is the source Of con-
siderable conjecture. Farme,s have
been blowing in their fields all winter
Men can wear straw bats and liLen
coa's without feeling uncomfortable
aud the ladies on the street fnd use
for their parasols.
Hiram Ludwig, residing at Boyer.
town, Pa, owns Martin Luther Bi.
bic printed in Germany in 1920. /,
is in sn excellent state Of preserva'
ii n, and he REFUSED $3.50 for it re
Gently.
The largest pr oductiys farm 10 the
world lies in ,he southwest of Louisi-
ana. 1t measures 100 miles by %
contains more than ] 800 900 acres
and is owned by syndicate OF North
ern capitalists.
In the manufacture OF gold thread
for embroidery, cylinder Of silver ia
covered with gold and sftorwatd
drawn oui into wire. In this way
six ounces Of gold have been made to
yield over 200 miles of gilt wire
The discovery of tin orc in Texas
has created excitement. 1t 10 found
in workable quantities on the Colora'
do river, in Llano county, 100 miles
northwest Of San Antonio. New dis.
c1veries are made daily. Sixty de-
posits have been located.
John Williams, colored, lost his life
in a singular manner. Having an
aching tooth which panied him severe.
ly, he look some nicotine from an old
pipe and applied it to the cavity. Ter
minutes later he fell from his bunk
dead. Opinions differ as TO the
cause Of his death.
Thousands Of oysters are shipped
TO England from the region of Green
wicb, Conn. They are packed anC
rammed into barrels SO that the shOllI
cannot open. This keeps the oyst er!
alive and obVIa!es the necessity o
using ice. The oysters reach Eng LAM
in excellent condition.
Colorado silver men presented
silver brick at the Philadelphia min
and demanded it's free coinage, whicl
was refused. This WIS step TO var,
making up test case in the UBitet
States courts, IS the silver prod nc
ers recently announced was their in
teniioD.
A FIRE in Queen Yictorie an
Thames streets near BIackfrisr>
bridge, London, Friday, develOpe
into . coRf4grAtloD, and caused
loss Of about 100000. TIE o
refinery OF CSrlsss, Chapel Il Leon
ard, with 10000 gallons OF spirit
was also burned. The weather
The coolest known in Lon don sine
1918, and the water iroze in the Ai
"A il was thrown on the fire.