South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-01-15
ITEMS OF news.


H.. a. A'wirsl =. r. r. R..,sers
United Siaies Navy. retired died In
Washington Friday.
For the week ended January 9
there we're l33 oes.hs in the Distric.
OF Co umbia.
The kbed.ve Of Egypt Is deal.
John III. Conrad formerly OF Rich.
mond died last week IN St. Paul
II hasbten determined 10 construc,
The Georgia building At the Wo. ld's
Fair out Of Georgia pise.
BY vote OF 81 TO 2 the Virgins
Honse Of Delegates passed bill APP
Propriaiipg $4,000 for The cspstons
Ola Confederate soldiefs' and 8 sailors
monument 10 be srec,ed in Rich
mond.
Coal costs s23 per ton 10 vene
fuels, but there, few people need
fires.
The last British survivor OF tie
battle of Waterloo. Samuel Cihsun, i
oo9o ~ tue aye OF lOl.
There are 100 Confederate battle
flags Ia the collection of war rslics q,
Washington.
a cargo OF copper valued at $780,.
COO was recently carried on, OF Lake
Superior.
K v. A. G. Loving, pastor OF tn.
Baptist church at WincLester, ha.
resigned to accept call from Hunt.
ing on this State.
There were 90,lO7 psrsors arrestef
d1ring tie rast year in New Yort
city, and of ,hess rs los were men
AID women who patronized gin mills
90 freely.
Dr.. Eugene Grissom. who was for
twenty years superintendent OF tht
North Carolina Insane Asylum at
Raleigh. Is now an inmate OF a SINH.
lar ins.i:a:lon a. Dcrycr, Col.
Probably the oldest postmaster In
the lend is Roswell Beardslcy oil
North Lansing ". Y. liz was an.
pointed in 1928. during tie admins.
uation Of John Quincy Adams uu,I
Sas tb'n youth of on'y nineteen
years.
Ger. John Irwin Gregg dislin
gu.sbed soldier Of the Mexican and
civil wars. and for ,v,ral yeas a
promin ent citIzHn Of Washing on,
died in That city Weines day of last
week in the sixty four h year OF his
aSc.
The Secretary Of Sac has given
notice that ON the 18th of March tho
President will issue a proclamation
levying an import tax on importatiops
from countries which levy a tax on
certain American products.
Much interest was attached to the
swearing in Of the Hon. David Ben-
net Hill "a United STATES Senator
from New York, and at the conc:u-
sion OF The ceremony he was welc IN
ed by members from both sides OF
the chamber.
Florida. Georgia and South Caro-.
lima were visited last Wednesday by
most destructive tornado. A great
deal OF property was destroyed.
The old Opera House at Charles
ton this State was burned Friday
night last.
Mr.. Charles b. Rouss. million aire
New York merchant has sent the
Friendship Fire Company. of Win.
chester. Va, $1,000 to assist 10 the
erection OF an engine house. Sir.
Rouss 10 native of Frederick coun-
ty, MI, and commenced his mercan.
tile career in Winchester.
Cares have been di.cove.ed in
Tasmania which are perfectly lieh' ed
by myr:s's of glow worms. One Of
the caves Is about four miles long.
Tue reports Of the Baltimore branch
Woman's Foreign Missionary Socie-
ty Of The Methodist Episcopal Church
shows quarterly receipts of $l, 063 81
A great obstec'e to the manulsc
tnre OF lead pencils will soon arise In
the scarcity OF soft cedar wood. Al
present the wood usei in all The lead
pencils In the world comes from
Florida. and that supply il expec, ed
to be exhausted In five years.
The Oldest mule Ia the United
States Is q venerable Object Of inter.
est in Ray County. Missouri. 8
name IL Julia and il is So years OF
age.
Folding linen is an accomplish.
mens in which each woman in HoI-
land is pee ed to be proficlen, before
she becomes mistress Of homo.
New York is said TO employ an
army Of cash girls $4,000 strong.
many oil whom are ncarer twelve
than fourteen years OF age.
II has been estimated by a shoe
man that the people 'oI ibe United
States spend $4t0.0OO.00O annually
for shoes.
A little Phladelphia boy has q pet
rabbit which be has trained to draw a
small wagon.
Wild clover lie said 10 be a delicacv
among certain tribes Of American
Indians, who devOur IL With all the
relish that a Frenchman does a salad.
Kansas will furnish the ornamental
slucco for the Worlds Fair buildings.
The works ut Hope have q contract 10
furnish 10000 tons.
Salt Lake City Mormons are arr
r.