South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-11-02
Letter from Baltimore.
Correspondence of the Iatslligeacer.l
BALTIMORE, Oct. 80. 1877

lCorresponde1ce OF the Intslligeucer.1
BALTIMORE, Oct. 80. 1877.
Strikes - That Heather Chinee-Busiaess
Cheap Fuel Heather Prospect.
The Strikes seem 10 be the order of
the day. Railroad men, stage drivers,
printers, bricklayers, shoemakers and
various other branches of industry have
taken their turn, and now it appears rs
II to bring fitting conclusion TO the
business the tailors anl sailors have On.
tered upon lookout. In Washington.
where the commotioa a,nong the tailors
has first broken out. large meetings have
been held. and which have been address
ed by such men as Hon. S. S. Cox of
New York, and others no less distin.
guished. The strike promises TO be n
success. large number OF the employ
ers having submitted to the prices de-
manded. 1t will be relief when these
things shall have come To an end. and
the country once more settles down to
the peace and prosperity of ante beliuna
days. viii that good time ever come?
Whenever any one tolls you that the
Chinaman is incapable of civilization
don't you believe word OF it. Listen
while L tell you little story: All
Chung, bright son of the Flowerv kim.
dom. had been working n little in a town
OF California known as San Gabriel. lie
received check for Si5l. Tho figures
were raised by Chung to S05l. and the
amount was paid on demand at bank.
No trace of the celestial SON of q GUN
has since been discovered. Aprvpos
hero nnnsh nr A a Eot l-l A.
chinatown III Carson, Nevada. Quong
Hing coveted her, and to get her he hir-
ed live Cinnamon 10 make prctense of
lighting in the street when All Fat was
close by, and to kill him in way that
would seem merely accidental. The
plan was successful, and the husband
was fatally wounded by wha. seemed to
he stray bullet So you see some PEG.
PIE can do some things as well as Others.
There is not much change TO note in
general business in this city. Ia leuiti.
mate trading there is an absence OF That
activity which sometimes results from
speculation. Money is to be had on
good coliaterals on reasonable terms,
say 6 per cent. per annum.
In the item of fuel Baltimore the pres.
ent season has been singularly fortunate.
and not for many years, indeed we NAV
say since before the war have prices
been so low. How long this will con
tiauc it is not easy to say, for fuel. like
every other necessary commodity. is in
the hands of monopolies and co.nbina-
lions which can "bIll' or "bear'' the
market ut pleasure.
You arc not blessed with n weather
prospect. We are. lie is known as
old Probs '-waieh bsing translated
means old probabilities. Ills real name
| Is Myer, with ..GeRessl''- before f aud
-t1lfs-7f.sdou IN all that pertains to meteo.
rology is almost boundless. lie has his
\ quarters at tAe Observatory in Wash
ington, whence he announces to the
country with the certainty OF an oracle
what kind OF weather each day will pring
! forth. Ii he says thunder, Jupiter To-
nans hurls his bolts; if he says wind,
! Boreas is sure to sweep over the sea and
the land; if he says rain why get out
your umbrella and an put on your hea.
| cy wraps, for he sure the shower will be
along in proper time. TIE question
What does Probs saw" is Just as com.
mon as ''how do you do9" And herein
is science practically and usefully ap
J piled. After while perhaps you will
J likewise share in this knowledge, when
/ you get the telegraph or the telescope.