South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-12-11
ITEMS OF NEWS.

In Cumberland tbis.vesk.
Dom Pedro. ex.Enperor Of Brasil
died Last Friday in Paris eyed IS
years.
Lady somsrsst The English TEN.
persnce worker visited Baltimore las,
week.
Thirteen. cal. loads Of aour have
been subscribed BY Minneapolis MIL
Iers foe The starving peasants Of
Russia.
The pumber Of train robbsriss In
Russia during the past few uon,hs
hsr never been equsled In that
country.
BY the death OF Dom Psd7o bis
daughter. the Countess dEu, he.
comes invested wi. oil her fslher's
right to the throne of BRASIL
II 10 estimated that q lssss one
hundred thousand people visited
Raleigh. N. c.. during the recent ex.
position,
The great bridge In cnufssof CON.
stIuct'on over he Mississippi river
at Memphis. Tenn, 10 10 DO COM
pleied BY May l Of next year.
II 10 ss,iDated thas 5000 car.
loads OF oranges will bs shipped
from California during The coming
season.
Mr.. william FREELY. local editor
and business manager of tho SWjns
chester Times died recently in ballss,
Texas
A wave OF the grippe 10 said 10 Do
s~eeping over Virginia, 800 cases
srs reported in Roanoke and 400 in
Staunton.
Twenty years ago Geore. Ball OF
Blsirstown. N. j.. started to save
quarter daily. The fund now
amounts to $l.825.
The II. g. Dsvis Coal Co. 70 70.
ported ~ about to build 1000 coke
ovens at Williams in Tucker county.
also at Hsmbleson.
Sllas Van Arsdale. OF Paw Paw
sccidently shot himself while hunting
on Thanksgiving day and died In ten
I, minutes.
II showed In Texas last week, but
it was away up in the Pan Handle
country. there are . plenty Of
South Texans who never saw it enow.
For choice mahogany, which 10 one
OF the chief articles Of export from
Honduras, London pays SIPS per
thousand superficial feet. Rosewood
brings about $40 per thousand.
Among the successful Nimrods
reported this autumn 10 the wife OF a
wealthy New York banker who, II is
said killed q deer At the first shot in
the Maine woods 49,
A three-year old child OF Mr..
NsbriDg. Of Cumberland, drank q
quantity OF whisky which had pop.
perment in it, and died shortly after.
wards In couvu'sions.
In the heavy rain storm of FRIDAY
a temporary footbridge spanning
Wills Creek. in Cumberland, VAS
swept away. It carried off large
gas pipe and left 0 portion OF the
city in darkness.
Three thousand cattle have been
sold in Pulaski, county, Virginia
this year for exr ort TO Europe and
at least one Thousand smaller cattle
we're shipped from the county to
Northern markets.
Farmer Genesco BURKE OF Ros.
common, Ia, has pippin grown on
his farm which he vows won't get In.
TO peck measure. OF all the 40.
pie rec rds this seems the greatest to
date.
The marble chips left over from
tue construction OF 81. Parick<s
Cathedral 10 New York are said to
have furnished marble dust for the
manufacture Of $4,000, 900 gallons Of
soda water.
The longest and heaviest train ever
carried over any road In this country
consisted OF 225 loaded four wheel
coal cars on the Lebigh Valley rail.
way.
A brilliant wedding nj Boston was
that Of MISS Mary Pratt and Mr..
Charles F. Sprsgue. II Was note
worthy by reason OF the great wealth
OF the young bride, which is estim st
ed at $l5.000,000, and the wide
family connections Of the bride and
groom who are allied With Boston's
oldes, families.
A Ken'uckian cut down O tree 10
order to dlslodge . coon, and be dis.
covered in the hollow Of the stump o |
jar containing $1,000 liz gold coin
and Two gold watches. He become
90 excited over his find he started
awsy forgetting all about the coon.
The democrats OF Canton, Ohio,
celebrated the anniversary OF the IL.
suAnee Of ex.PTesideut CIeVslsnd's
tariff reform message with . banquet
on the evening OF December 8.
Speeches we're made by Governor
Campbell, Virgil p. Clyns Of Clevs-
land and others Canton IL the home
Of MSjor Mckinley.
The Asior family have Q million
sterling invested 10 English o. cur,-
ties The founder OF the family
John jacob Astor. left an injunction
in his viii that the family should al
ways continue the inves' ments in the
Enoiiah funda and In, Rnoltah aaonyi