South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-03-19
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ROMNEY, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1875.


Senate, on Tuesday last, after discussing
the subject, by vote of 33 yeas to 80
nays, postponed the further considera.
ton Of the resolution for the admission
OF Pinchback until the second Monday
OF December, 1875.
9The New Hampshire election re.
suited in no choice for Goyernor-tbe
election being thrown into the Legisla.
ture. The democrats have elected two
congressman and the republicans one.
The House republican, & Senate tie.
tT-It is stated that the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company have sue.
ceeded in settling with the second mort.
gage bond holders. who recently adyer.
tised the railroad for sale.
@-Advices from Asia Minor. receiv.
90 IN London, state that the famine in
that countryis causing terrible distress.
In one district alone 10000 persons
have died since the commencement Of
the famine. The population of this dis.
trict before the famine was $4,000
ANOTHER SPANISH MAssACRE-TwEN-
1.-TWO YOU'VE CUBANs Suor.-The n.
7. San, Of Monday last, says letter re-
ceived by Spanish house in that citv
states that % young men of Cuban
birth, residents of Cienfuegos, Cuba, were
arrested at their homes in that CITY by
the volunteers and shot outside the
walls without even the farce of trial.
V'By an amendment inserted in the
"sundry civil appropriation bill just be-
fore Congress adjourned, the postage on
all mailable matter except letters and
newspapers from an office Of publication
to regular subscribers, is increased from
one cent for every two ounces. or frac.
ton thereof, to one cent for every one
ounce, or fraction thereof, in other
words, the postage on "third-class mat.
ter which includes transient and speci.
men copies of newspapers. pamphlets.
circulars, books, and all samples of mer.
chandise, &C.. is doubled.
1A thrilling tragedy occurred in
the criminal Court at ST. Louis on Mon.
day last. 1t appears that while several
boys were playing near the corner of
Chrystie avenue and Seventeenth street,
IN that City, on the 23rd Of September
last, little son of Robert NJ. Boatright
was killed by 4 brick, supposed to have
been thrown by boy named Charles
Woodson. On that day, and while the
accused was being tried in Court and
counsel were arguing legal point, an.
ether son of Mr.. Boatright, about six.
teen years old, stepped up to Woodson
and said, You killed my brother, will
Kill you," and plunged butchers knife
to the handle into his abdomen. Wood
son fell to the floor, his bowels protrud-
ing in terrible manner. The wound is
mortal. Young Bontright was immedi.
a'e!y seized and placed in Jail.
tVOn Sunday morning last, during
a thunder storm, ten thousand barrel
tank Of oil at Riverside refinery. Pitts.
burgh, Fa., owned by Elkins & Flick,
was struck by lightning and the oil burnt.
together with two cars, on the Alleghe.
NY Valley railroad track, containing five
hundred barrels Of benzine. Loss 500.
900.
tR'Our government it is said. lost
by the failure of Jay Cooke & Co, one
million of dollars.
EVMary, another of the Low street
quartette of babies, in Baltimore. died
yesterday week, leaving but two now
alive.
END OF THE PoMERoY CAsE.-The IA
nous $1,000, which ex-senator Pomerov.
ot Kansas, gave to State Senator York.
In the senatorial caucus of 1873 and
which has since been held by the custo-
dian, has been restored to Pomerov. he
paying cut of it the cost incurred in
prosecuting him, which amounts TO about
$4,000. 1t is supposed that this ends
the whole controversy, and that the
criminal action against Pomeroy will not
be pressed further.
~ Congress has in part restored the
Thanking privilege. Members can send
public documents and Congressional
Record free, and the Commissioner Of
Agriculture can supply tie needy with
garden seeds.
TIE HARrER's FEnuY PHcrEnrY.-
There IS a report current in Washing.
ton that Mr. Tom Scott has bought ont
all the rights and privileges Of the Har.
Per's Ferry Water Power and Manurac.
turing Company. Ifthis should turn out
to be true it will give Mr.. Scott complete
power over the main stem Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad at that point.
~ More deaths have occurred in
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