South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21
South 8rameh gntelligeneer.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY, MAY 2l, 1875.
vEx-Senator Pratt, of Indiana, the

new commissioner Of internal revenue,
was installed into his Office on Satur-
day last.
ISThe train that carried the N Y
and Now England merchants to Phila.
delphia. to see how the Centennial pre-
parations were progressing, made the
run between the two cities in one hour
and forty-eight minutes The distance
10 ninety-six miles, and the average rate
Of speed nearly mile a minute. 1t is
said that the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company design running express trains
at this speed between the two cities dur.
ing the Centennial.
The San Francisco Alta saws that
beet sugar is made in California a: cts.
pound, including every expense
There are two beet sugar mills in the
State.
(" The Supreme Court Of Wisconsin
has recently decided that "a promise by
candidate TO the voters ut large to
perform the duties of the Office to which
he aspires for less than the salary fixed
by law, amounts to bribery, and all votes
obtained thereby must be rejected"
~ The Protective Tariff Of the Uni
ted States is likely to interfere in some
degree with the foreign representation
at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibi.
ton. At reception, given on the 28th
NIT, Mt Birmingham, England, to VI.
Chevalier, the distinguished French e.
economist. Mr.. John Bright, the New
York Observer states, made some remarks
on free trade, in the course of which he
said it was "ludicrous for the United
States to invite foreign manufacturers
to compete at an Exhibition when pro
tective tariff prevented them from com.
peting in American markets" On the
same day, at a meeting OF the Town
Council OF Kidderminster, England. the
Secretary OF the Carpet Manufacturers
Association stated that the carpet manu-
facturers generally throughout the KIM
dom had decided not TO send their pro-
ducts to tho Philadelphia Exhibition.
because Of the existence of the prohibi
tory tariff; and that memorial to this
effect would be forwarded to the British
Minister at Washington.
The New STArE.-ColoraIo which
has been admitted by the l3rd Congress
rs the thirty-eig;h State Of the Union.
lies directly north Of New Mexico, west
ofhansGs, and South ofthe Territory Of
Wyoming. Utah joins it on the West.
1t has an area of lOl,50O square miles.
BY the census Of 1870 it had a popula.
ton of 1885. Denver is the chief civ
and capital it had in 1870 population
OF i,759 \ contemporary remarks -
Colorado has natural features ofa hirb.
ly interesting character. It abounis in
mountain scenery on the graudest scale
It's rich in the precious metals. Up to
June, 1872, it hal returned to the Uni.
ted States Mint, branches and ASSAY Of
hces. total OF gold, $40, 33S.4lO: and
of silver, Sl,n4,54s. 1t has also yalua.
bic deposits ofcoal, copper aai iron ore
Its climate IS remarkably uniform and
healthy the average temperature on the
plains being from 4Oo TO So.
~ 1t appears that there are SO aorf.
cultural colleges in this country, employ.
ing altogether 500 professors and assis.
tants, and instructing 1917 students
~ Mrs. Gaskins, OF Carteret county
North Carolina, it is said. weighs Gao
pounds. and one Of stockings holds .
bushel OF shclled corn"
ED President Grant, it is said. ravors
the humanitarian movement" Of shin.
ping all the negroes to Cuba and s.
Domingo.
tv'It appears that thirteen railroads
in Illinois are in the hands Of receivers
EVTho ores of the newly discovered
silver mines, near Ncwburvporf. Mass
are said to be increasing in yaIno as the
shafts descend. Late assays Welding
as high as $4,000 to the ton.
~ Gen. John c. Brcckcnri.I,o dicl
at his residence near Lexington XIV
on MONDAY last in the Gily.Gfth year of
his age. The career Of Gen. Brecke1.
ridge has been remarkable for ono or
his years, be having been elected Vice.
PRESIDENT when only about th'r.y.fye
years Of age, and was thii,v.uine when
nominated for the Presidency. TIo vac
calm and losicaldebat,-, and OF cl.y.
"Irons and dignifcl character
tYIhe bi-se thing for q long time
IN The way of conscience contribution
was received 90 Che uni,cl sta,os t-sasu.
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