South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-28
South YraneI. antslligearer.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY. MAY 2s,. 1875.

.t1.The Troy N. " Press says Hon.
T. w. Park, of Bennington, VT. is worth
SH,000,00o, and is the fourth man in
point of wealth in the country. His
new silver mines in California ale Weld.
ing $4,000 per day.
INSANITY OF MRs. LINcoIN.-NIrs T IN
coin, widow of the late President Lin.
coin, who has for some time given evi.
dence of alteration of mind, was on
Wednesday, by verdict of a jury at Chi.
cage, adjudged to be insane. The pain.
full proceedings were had on petition of
her son Robert. Shortly after the assas-
sination of her husband she. is said to
have shown unmistakable symptoms of
mental alteration, but her friends hest
tated to have her adjudged n lunatic.-
The sale of her wardrobe at New York
auction room will be remembered. She
was sent to the Illinois State asylum for
the insane at Batavia, on the petition of
her son Robert, who, after long forbear-
ance, was at last obliged to perform a
most painful duty. The unfortunate
mother was present in court when the
order was passed, and reproached her
son for appearing against her by saying :
ooh, Robert to think that my son would
have ever done this !''-TInes. Bfay 1s.
The WESTERN ScoURGE-TAe Grain
Tr@te.-From accounts lately published
of the grasshopper plague in the West
it is to be feared that the visitation Of
that scourge is to be wider and more dis.
tressing this year than last. The dan
ger appears to be so imminent that the
Governor of Missouri, as already men
toned, has appointed day of fasting
humiliation and prayer. If the most
productive portion of our country is to
be overrun by these pests, the effect,
added to the protracted business depres.
sion, would be scarcely less than ma
tlonal calamity. In this connection we
may note that the anomalous condition of
the grain market Mt the present time is
the subject Of comment by the Chicago
Tribune. The price of grain in Chicago
is higher (freight added) than in n. Y.
or Liverpool. And this. too. notwith-
standing the warehouses of Chicago are
packed to their utmost capacity. The
prices for June and July delivery show
liberal advance over present prices
The Tribune says that there was never
q more serious mistake than that of \.
York dealers, who seemingly treat the
matter rs If the grain were held in Chi
cago on speculation, and that Chicago
dealers were seeking to force the pur-
chase at fancy prices. Says the Tribune ::
This grain is not held here by spec
uIators. It is in store here on account
OF the owners who live in the country
and not in the city. These men own the
property, and are able to hold it. They
have reached the conclusion that larre
area of winter wheat has been killed and
the ground plowed up; that the spring
was so late that far less grain of all
kinds has been sown this spring than
usual that the winter, though unusual.
~ severe, failed to destroy or material
ly reduce the grasshoppers whose dep.
relations. already begun, will this year
he extended over a more eastwardly sec
ton of the country, and that for these
and various other reasons there will he
generally much reduced crop i'm 1875.
Upon this basis the owners of these ma
ny millions of bushels of grain in Chi
cage are holding it for the advanced pri-
ces which they feel certain will prevail
this year"
TIE Tribune also holds that the East
makes another mistake in supposing
that Chicago cannot carry grain for any
considerable time, but must forward it
for sale. The time when that rule pre-
vailed has gone by. Chicago has seve-
rel customers who go there TO purchase
or order shipments, and this, the Tri-
D"ao anticipates. is to be eventually the
rule in that market. The Trib,me adds ::
There is grain enough here to give all
the transportation companies employ
ment but somebody must buy before
there can be a shipment. In very brief
time navigation will be opened, and the
81. Lawrence trade will he resumed
As grain can be delivered at Montreal
much cheaper than at New York, it can
be purchased for that market ut Chica-
20 prices with less loss than il can be
purchased by New York. SO with Bos-
ton HALLMARK md Bl.tIndnI.l.a. IL ~