South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-10-09
ITEMS OF NEWS.

Recent cetculoston upon me psco
Of the sun place Il q sbost t0Sty
ulles . second.
There ere 100000 people IN Ii.
bssia-
r,,sburg was named otter Wn.
Pitt 10 1853.
Slavery vs. abolished In the Brit
ish colonies In l533.
Modern History" begins with the
18th century.
There are 1000. 900 French Cana.
disns In the UaItsd States.
The Vatican contains 70S seais-cas.
90 and l.1O0 different rooms.
The true m-aning Of the word II.
l!no's Is said 70 DO the plains.'
An English s,a'is,ieian sstimstes
the worlds Indebtedness ct $780,
600 zoo. 900.
The hog cholera exists to . dams
ging extent 10 the upper part Ut
Spottsylvsnia and lossr Ora ss
counties, Virgins. some Of The tar.
mere sing oil their hogs. One cit
= o. who 10 an extensive bog raiser,
lost sbou. City.
DIR. Henry Shepherd, q wealthy
citi7eD Of jefferson county, w. W,
died suddenly OF. sppopleIy on bis
home from Shephsrdst0wn last week.
The largest farm in the world is
.aid to he in LouisisnH. II is 100 by
20 miles, and embraces 1900. 600
acres. 1t cost $4,000 to f. nee il.
Rev: DR.. Burcbard OF New York
City is dead.
Forest fres have been very de.
structive in Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Dakota.
General Boulanger the famous
Frenchman Committed suicide. near
Brussels On September so.
Judge III. K,d Douglass, Of la.
gerstOwn. hiss beon nominated by the
Democrats Of the fourth Judicial dis.
trict OF Mary land for the place ON the
bench made vacant by the death OF
Judge Syestsr and which he now fills
by appoln, ment OF The Governor.
There are two bearing apple trees
in Indiana county, Pa, that we're
planted in 1892. Que Of them is ten
feet in circumference.
The Second, Presbyterian c. urch
OF Cincinnati his called the Rev
VIM j. CHI chester, ID. d. Of Los
Angelo 8, Cal. The church is one OF
tho largest ard weal,hie. t in tue city
aud Offers $4,000 yeae to the LEW
pasltr.
A lad Of sixteen years in Frost
burg. Nd, 10 said TO have been
growing at tho rate Of half an inch Ia
month for two years. He is now six
Ices four and Weighs lS6 pounds.
From statistics in the government
laboratory Ut Fort Scott, Kansas IL il
estfmsted that the output of sor-
ghum sugar In Kansas and beet
sugsr in Nebraska, Utah and Cali
fornia this season will reach fully
~ 100000 pounds.
On Friday last snow was three
feet deep on level at Red Lodge
Non Rua and on Sunday . steady
snow storm prevailed al De.dwood
South Dakota,
Germany will exhibit . German
village at the Worlds Fair. 1t will
cost $500. 900.
Won. Gould wa found guilty at
Buffalo, n. 7 ). OF undertaking funds Of
the Albany City Na.ionsl Bank.
Uncle Sans cash sslss of land in
the last year we're 21.l43.OoO, He
still has 579,664,sss acres Of vacant
lands.
The West VirginIa Central dis,rib.
nted $4,000 at lis Aasu.. pay q,
Elkins.
The financial report OF the Yves,
Virginia Central railroad for Ausu s,
shows decrease 10 net earnings of
sl74.6S.. compared With :usus,, 1890.
Up to the 6hh Of September .hs
West Virginia Central railroad has
hauled l22.425 tons more Of coal
and 1905 tons more OF c,ke Than
TO- 'he same period last year.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road 10 experimenting with electric
headlights for its locomotives. They
make wonderfully brilliant light.
and 1t is ihoughs will DO Q success.
Ex-msyor Campbell, Of Younps.
town, Ohio, though blind since be
vas Eve years old, became musician
enough TO teach to the study Of il.
studied law, and graduate from the
Harvard law school, and successfully
edited g paper In Ohio for eight
years.
John Whitman the man who lifts
500 pounds with his teeth, pushed
freight oar weighing 10000 pounds
along q switch on North Street,
Baltimore, on Wednesday morning
In the preserce Of about 800 pecple
Ii would have required the unit,d
strength OF eight ordinary men 70
move The csr.
General Mss,or Workman Povde,-
Nv spe7king Of the c ming pfesideu
tial election sid the Knights u
Labor from oil America and tie
FSfmcrs' Alliance will hold Com
gress in Washington February I. nnd
at this gathering a third candidate
will be chosen.
Ihero has been more accidents on