South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-10-22
South alsaash Jntfllieenfer.
ReMNEY, FRIDAYS OCT. %, 1875.

sharp shocks of sn earthquake at six o.
clock ea.the evening of the 18th inst. !
at San Francisco, California. Adyices
from Santa Clara Valley mention SINH
lar shocks.
W'Culifornians think that in few
years they will realize more money from
their exports Of fruit than from those
of wheat
slV~J. r. IIuss, cashier OF the First
National Bank of Tifiin, Ohio. commit
ted suicide on the evening of the 18th
inst, by shooting himself through the
heart. AnexaminatioE Of the affairs Of
the bank is going en-. 1t is believed ir-
Irregularities have existetfrfor some time.
Much excitement prevails in TiGln
iv Ex-Governor Bigler. of Pennsyl-
vania, says that coin is the only proper
basis for paper, but thinks that the first
of January, 1879. is too soon to resume
specie payments.
~ New York city begins to feel sen
sibly the loss OF her grain trade. IIerrc-
'ceipts thisyea show n decline of 1872.
5l9 bushels as compared with those Of
1874. The competing ports orl'hilalel-
pha and baltimore rePort.a gam.
sVNlt is stated that seven hundred
men in the employ olrhe Reading Penn
'sylvania Railroad were discharged last
week. The Baltimore & Ohio have dis
charged 900 between Baltimore and
Wheeling. business houses. manufac-
tories and banks are suspepding every
day, and there is no telling where all
this will end, unless the present corrupt
Administration is hurled from power
and honest men put ia Office
VIRGINIA PoLITlcs.-The republicans
of the Alexandria district have nomina
ted j. {. O'Neal, of that city, and VIM
Williams, OF Loudon, for the State Sen
ate. 5. a. Swami and j. NJ. lIudgins.
present members, have been nominated
for the Legislature by the conservatives
OF Spottsylvapia county.
TIE RETURN OF THE PANpoRA.--A
dispatch from England announces the
return of the Pandora from its exploring
expedition in the direction of1hc north
pole, for which purpose it was fitted out
by the late Lady Franklin. The little
craft returns without reaching the pole.
and rs consequence her mission was
not completed. The Pandora made n
swift passage, penetrating fields OF ice
ana sailing through dangerous seas with
celebrity that is astonishing. From the
moment Of leaving Upcrnavik she en-.
"countered many dangers bat met with
10 mishaps- The commander Of the
Pandora, after crossing Melville Bay.
and being disappointed in receiving ex.
pected dispatches from Capt. Mares,
went in search of those objects of tender
interest relating to the Franklin expc.
dition which il was an important part of
his purpose to discover. Despite the
pack ice and frozen seas he partly re-
traced his track through Hanns Bay
and entering Lancaster Sound visited
Beechy Island. where the graves OF three
OF Sir John Franklins men were found.
Thence he sailed through Peel Sound.
aud after subsequent effort to penetrate
the northwest passage he decided upon
returning rather than spend winter on
unacceptable shores or in not more hos.
pitable seas. The Alert and Discovery.
Inf 4 L.
tic explorations are now in arctic wa
tiers, with the promise af good season
before them SIM.
so The State Treasury OC West Vir-
ginia, under Democratic rule. is now in
good condition, having $4,000 on hand
and no debts.
t1 a correspondent of the Baltimore
american says that he prevented his
horses from having the cpzootic by an
cxpectant treatment, and that friends
used the same means with success. lie
dissolved one tcaspoonful Of crystal
chlorate of potash in bucket Of water.
this amount making morning dose for
-four horses. Another dose was given
ut night. a dose ut noon is recommend
cd if the disease is developed
LAY.OyEH TICKETS RErrsEp.-Tna
Wheeling Stamford says: 'Lay-ovcr
tickets on the u. & O. X. Il. are being
refused by conductors presented more
than fifteen days after date The tick.
ct reads. good for this day only" The
courts, however, conslruo them other.
wise
EXroErs or JoBAocoFHou IN.uuoNp.
The direct exports Of leaf tobacco and
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