South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-01-16

The West Virginia Contested
Elections.

guished citizens FOR admission TO Congress as
follows g
The House Committee on Elections has not
yet decided upon report in relation to tie West
virginia elections. > Two OF The me nbers are in
favor OF supporting the August election, which
case was argued by General lialbert t. Paine,
while the remaining nine members OF the com
mttse are divided. Five of these, headed nv
Represen tattve Lamar of Mississippi are In ia
vor OF seating the persons elected AT the October
election while the renal ming four are absolute
~ opposed to recognizing the August election or
supporting the October election The party in
favor OF a new election is headed by Boardman
Smith, chairman OF the committee The COM
mittee have addressed the Governor OF West Vir-
giuia, asking Information as to the body OF the
vote deposited at each election as compared with
the number of legal votes.
1t begins to look rs if nobody could under
stand the West Virginia case. II closely resem-
6les that perplexed wherein the western
judge was moved to say THAT if the court un-
derstood Itself aud he thought it did, II had no
idea how such n casc ought 10 he decided -
The Cor mittee consists Of eleven msmbers eight
Republicans and three Denocrats-W Wheel mt
THE RoAD Lawn speaking Of the Road Law
passed by the last Wet Virginia Legislature,
the Charleston Chronicle remarks "a commit
tee OF conference was appointed 10 fix up some
law ; that committee agreed TO disagree and so
reported TO their respective houses But law
Vds agreed upon 10y tile members, and passed
What kind of law does the reader suppose was
passed after so much labor and trouble Why,
it was the road law of the Code OF West Virgin
in, the same we have been living and working
under suce SOS. The same ld0 with only the
change Of township to district and supervisors
TO county court. 1t took the Legislature forty
days TO find out how to prepare road law"
EXPORT or Cattle FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
During the year 1873 there were shipped over
the w. c., V. NJ. and &. S r r, to the north.
ern markets $50 car loads Of cattle, falling off
from the preceding year of 81 loads, o.
ly 200 head For the same period there were
shipped over the came road 81 car loads OF sheep,
a decrease of 10 car loads from the shipments of
! 1872. These cattle and sheep were all raised in
Southwest Virginia, were fattcued there, and
their total weight is estimated at II, s22 600
| pounds, which, ut the average net price Of four
con's per pound, brought iato cur State Ike sum
Of S632 $50 The sheep are estimated AT l6, 500
head at 81 per heRd, making $50, 400 the grand
total Of both nmounting'to .SCS3, ESQ Stanton
! (Ta) Tia9,e4'or.
Michael DOMAIN nh employee Of the BnIti :
more and Ohio Railroad was killed on Monday
last, six miles west Of Oakland, Nj. Atte time
Tie unfortunate man Was attempting to get upon
freight train while it was moving. missed his
footing and WAS thrown upon the track Sever
nj cars, the Cumberland Mus states, passed ov-
er his body near the middle, but rather diagon-
ally cutting him in two, besides taking of one
arm.
ACCIDENT. We have heard Of a sad accident
that occurred in Grant county on New Years
day. man of the name OF Corner, loaded his
gun for the purpose Of sau.irg the new year
The gun burst, and piece of the barrel entered
the head Of the poor fellow. When last heard
from he WAS sill living. bu; his physician, Dr..
Grove had no hope Of his recovery N9or,feLl
Adetrtiser.
1t is II singular but not less true remark in
late work, that Jefferson was bora Just eight
years after his predecessor Adams Madison
eight years after Jefferson Monroe eight years
otter Madison and John Quincy Adams eight
years after Monroe. Another curious fact TO be
observed u.s. that Adams was just sixty.six years
old when he retired Jefferson was sixty-six !;
Madison was sixty elk Monroe was sixty-six 4;
John Quincy Adams, had he been elected to n
second term, would have been sixty-si1. adams,
Jefferson and Monroe all died on tho 4th Of July.
Wooden shoes are highly recommended BY
the agricultural societies ani Government o..
Europe, as it is shown that many dissnsps result
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