South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-11-11

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giuis. teieettd Lexington az tn.
place Of meeting,ne1t year.
The First Presby terrain Church
OF Stsunton, has extended a call Il
Rev. John A. Preston, of Florence
, Ala.
A rumor comes from Rome that
the Pope is very i'll.
The recent gales on she lakes de.
stroycd s450,000 worth of vessel
property. Twenty-Five seamen are
believed TO have been lost.
Milwaukee was visited By great
Ere recently, which burned for t. n
hours, sweeping over forty-six acres
OF business and residence blocks.
destroying 5000, 900 worth OF
property. and making 3. 900 people
homeless. A high wind aided the
sproad of the con1agration. Only
Jour lives were Lost.
Jay Could has expressed a desire
to make large contribution from
his rare collection OF plants for New
York States exhibit nj the World 9
Fair. Tho gift 10 to include thirty
varieties OK crotons from six to eight
feet high.
Tho great New York lawyer,
David dudley Field, has presented
his. valuable library. consisting of
over one thousand. volumes, to the
Washington and Lee University, at
Lexington. The gift was raade
through, and out Of friend ship, FOL.
Hon. John Randolph Tucker ube
has for many years been . close
friend Of Mr.. Field and who is pro-
lessor OF international and consti-
tutional law at the University.
The White House, the residence
OF the late Gen. "Rooney" Lee,
which was recently burned. was
built after the war by General Lee
at q cost OF $4,000. The old
building, in which the widow Cur
tbs lived when she married Wash
ington, was burned by the Fcderals
in 1862.
civilian l.. Wilson Tariff Stu
DENTS IS the name Of q Wheeling
organization.
Clarksburg this State is growing
rapidly. and will be city of great
Importance.
Whittier, Renan, Tennyson-all
gone. 1t is not often that the in
tellectual world sustains such a
loss within q month.
Ms. Margaret J.. Preston, the.
well known writer, has left Licking
ton, Va, to reside in future with.
her son., De. George j. Preston, in
Mr.. Gladstone's earnings from
ms pen are SAID to Average els, 600
q year.
The al'number of public IL |
brsries in the United States is said |
to be six hundred and forty eight. |
A telephone line isto be built be- |
tween Staunton- and Lexington.
cold Tom," o famous Confed. |
crate war horse. died in Chester |
field, aged IS. :"
The Columbian celebration in |
New York is estimated to have cost |
1000, 200 to IS, 100000.
The largest Masonic library |
and the only Masonic IL |
brsry in the world ale at Cedar !
Rapids, iowa.
The cattle yards in Chicago give
employment to $4,000 people.
There. are $50 newspapers in the.
United States that are owned, ed. |
tied and published by negroes.
There are three hundred and
sixty universities in the United
States, while England has but nine
ty-four.
Miss Mamie Weston, Q spirited
girl OF twenty, is q maiI-carrier in.
Oregon and traverses dangerous
route four and Ave times q week.
Moody and Sankey are said to.
have received 81 200, 900 in royal.
ties from their gospel hymns.
Kansas has a permanent state
school fund Of 90 900, 900 which
draws interest at an average rate of
Blk per cent. The semi annual
dividend from this school fund for
the past two years is 81, 900, 5l4.
Rev. DR.. David Greer, pastor Of
st. Bartholomew Episcopal
Church, New York, having q suf-
ficient private income for his own
needs, turns over his entire salary
Of $4,000 q year for the relief OF
the poor.
A woman teacher at Topeka,
Kan, has taught school there for
twenty-five years, IL is said, with
out ever having missed q days at
tendance.
A Virginia exchange says the.
light and easy tunes Of sone-mak-