South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-06-25
By Yesterdays Mail.

UGen. Spinner has received 4 large
number Of letters from spiritual medi.
ums Offering to find the MISSING money
package for him, in their peculiar way.
If he will pay them sufficiently, The
strike has caused loss 20 thsf region
Of fully sl0.0O0.0O
WA late account from wfikesbarre
Pa, announces the final adjustmenf of
the mining troubles in that region, and
all the colleries will start to-day. All
the troops in the lately disaffsctsd re-
gions will now return to their homes.
The report Of the Department of
Agriculture of the condition or the cot.
ton for the present month makos = most
gratifying exhibit. The iucrsase over
last year in the area planted & between
one and two per cent. and the condition
OF the crop, with one exception. IL the
most favorable Of any for The past ave
seasons. Though the planting vas late.
and the soil generally too wet and cold
for rapid growth, the stand is good and
the crop unusually clean, while the
yield will be fully up to the average.
The Black Hills gold fever may be
expected to break out again, in spots.
aud with more violence than ever. now
that Professor Jenney's explorina par
~ have "struck lead" near HSrnev's
Peak, where the deposits are said to be
rich. About hundred miners. it seems.
were found in the gold bearing rexion.
who in some mysterious way had eva.
ded the watchful soldier and the jealous
Indian, and were serenely making their
fortunes. Some of the troops with the
expedition, in fact have been amusing
themselves since their arrival in the
golden hills by panning out the precious
metal in encouraging quantities.
HARvKsTINe.-We learn from the
Fredericksburg Star, that several farm.
ers in that section commenced on Mon.
day and Tuesday Of last week to har
vest their wheat, and it learns that the
prospect for good pield is quite flatte.
ring. Tho Culpper Times says: THE
harvest is near at hand, and from what
we can learn the prospect of a good crop
OF wheat is promising. The cat and
grass crops will be short. The stand Of
corn is not 80 gooG in some places. vet
there is ample time for this crop to ma.
ture."
ty A personal difficulty occurred in
Petersburg, Va, on Monday evening
last, between Capt. Drury A. Hinton.
city attorney, and Major r. A. Bacon.
superintendent Of the Petersburg road.
growing out of the seizure of old iron
belonging to tho road by the city au.
thorities to satisfy debt. Major Ia.
con fired twice at Captain Hinton. but
missed him both times. The belliger.
ents were separated before any injury
was inflicted.
~ The report of the Bureau of Sta.
tistics for the expired ten months of the
current fiscal year shows In orr imports
q decrease OF $35, 700, 900 compared with
the year preceding, but cofnpated with
the ten months ending April So. 1879
the decrease is 500, 600, 600. or at fbn
rate of III per cent. During the same
period our exports Of domestic and fo.
reign articles, specie included. sbow !.
decrease or s6o, 100000 compared with
lS'3,'74, and of only S3.1O0,O0O com.
pared with 1S72-73. Ae, however. we
have shipped S19,1o0,O00 more specie
than last year, the movement has NOT
been so unfavorable as might be infer:
red from the comparison on goods alone.
Yin Dublin. Ireland, on Friday last,
five thousand casks of liquor and thirty.
live houses were destroyed by fire.
t-v Don't advertise yotfr business its
paying out money to accommodate 9th:
er people; if they want to- buy your
goods let them hunt you up: