South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-12-03
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 1885.
JAMES PLeAsAYTs, ESQ. formerly Go
vernon of Virginia. and representative
in tho Senate of the United States. died
at bis residence in Gooehland on the 9th
ultimo.
! An election was held in Jefferson coun-
I y, on the 2lst ult., for delegate to the
General Assembly, TO Rll tho vacancy
occa@ioned by the decaase of the late
DR.. Henry Boteler, which resulted in the
choice ofMaj. JOHN PErEa. the whig
candidate, by msiority of So votes.
FROM the Albany Evening Jour. Nov. ~.
EXTENSIVE BANK RoB BsRY.-Thc
vaults Of the Oneida Bank. at Utica,
were entered on Sunday, the Goth in-
slant, and the sum of one hundred and
eight thousand sir hundred dollars
extracted therefrom, besidea about six
thousand dollars 10 notes and checks.
Tha money stolen consisted of notes
on the Banks of Roma, Albany, and
New York. and the othar safety fund
banks in this State, with about Sc, 600
on banks in the Eastern States.
In order TO effect the robbery six
locks had TO be unholtsd, FIVE of which
were effected by ksys, and the other
broken open.
The Directors offer reward 1885,
900 for the recovery OF the money and
the arrest and cenyictinn OF ihs thief
or So 900 for the arrest and convietion
Of the thief alons.
The above is the Bank Chartered
last winter) about which so much ha,
been said in relation TO the unfair dis
tribulion Of the stock.
HrsH pRIcEs.--F Flour Is selling in N
York at ten dollars per barrel. pork al
thirty dollars per barrel, and coal at Fl l..
SO per ton. These prices present drea,
ry prospect fer the poor during the ap'
preaching winter.
A Calvert of the Richmond and Fred
4 ericksburg Rail. Road which crosses Ha
/ xle-Run, at Fradericksburg, CONSTRUCTED
Of white sand stone, 90 feet long, Is fee
wide. and 10 feet high, suddenly CAV
way during rain few days since, an.
| thereby the whole expensive structur
| rendered useless. The Fredericksburg
Herald estimates the loss'to the eompa
| ny at not far short Of S5,o0e. Charles
town Free Press.
! REWARD OF yALkNr.-Mr. Cochra
the young American, who has invented
new kind of rife--reesntlY exhibited q
the Fair of the American Institute N. Y
has sold the patent right to conpan
for three hundred thousand dollars.
We are informed (says the Yazo
Register) tina, large amount of spe
Gle has been transported to Pen,itoc.i
armed wagons, by tbs speculaters, fo
the purpose of buying up the publ
domain at the land sales now takiu
place (in hiississippi.} Not one in fit
Of the settlers, or persons wishing
obtain lands for the purpose ofcultivs
tioa, is able to do SO. directly Of th
Government, net being able to suppl
themselves with the specie. but al
compelled to buy Of these hungry spec
ulators at the most exorbitant prices.
: CUsA.-A letter received in Ne
York states that. Governor Tacen ha
sent home Ito Spaio) his resignation
: and that the Creolss and free black
Of the island are preparing revolution
which may cause rising Of the slave'
and much bloodshed.
The Government of MEXICO has so
licited renewal of the friendly feeling
between Mexico and Cuba. The Mei
lean Commissioners endeavorsd I
treat with Governor Tacon, who pc
remptorily referred them TO the Span
ish Government.
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PUBLIC MEETING.
| Alta meeting ofthe citizens ofthe to
OF Winchester and its vicinity. convene