South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-09-13

nv snO choooaSuuSSsIS oloIo SOliNcC.
ton ofthe Independent Greenback par.
W. which met at Boston on Wednesday
hast, nearly 1000 delegates being pres.
ent, Gen. i. L. Butler was nominated for
Governor Of the State on rising vote.
The receipts Of the Paris exhibition
mp to September 4 amounted to 7.4l2..
2l9 francs. 20
Two inches Of snow fell at Cheyenne,
Wyoming Territory. ON Sunday morn.
ing last.
1t is said that forty greenback papers
have given up the ghost recently in three
Western States.
Tho returns OF the late election in
Vermont indicate republican majority
OF about 1900.
The Republicans Of this Compression.
al District have nominated Col. FnA.K
BURR, Of Martinsburg, as their stan ard.
bearer.
Recent Investigations show that more
money is paid fer Beer in almost every
large city in the country than fer bread.
In New York competent authorities set
down the amount "a not far nom $780,
100000 per annun.
There is sad prospect TINT the fail.
ure OF the potato crop in Ireland may
produce q famine like that Of 1913. IL
is therefore highly probable that Amer.
ica's bounteous harvests may be used 20
succor the unfortunate Irish.
Rev. HENRY WARD BGroIUaE has De.
livered two lectures in San Francisco.
The receipts for the two nights amount.
cd to $4,000.
THE SPEED OF RARUs.-At Charter
Oak Park. Hartford. Conn, Aug. %, tho
fast trotter Rarus made the three best
consecutive milo heats OH record. -
Time: First mile, 9 :l5, second, 2 ISL !;
third, 2:l34. His fastest gait for sin
gle quarter Was at tho rate of 2:l0.-
The best time made by the same horse
at Buffalo was 2:1St.
A PRECIous MEIEoRIrE.-- The San
Bernardino (Cal.] Argu. says: While
on the desert MIR. Sweet was the fortu.
nato witness OF the fall OF an aerolite.--
The rock contained mineral--gold, silver
aud coppcr--and weighed about ESQ
pounds"
1t is stated that thousands Of barrels
OF terra alba" or white earth, are every
year mixed in various forms with sugar s.
other white substances. It's use leads
to produce stone, kidney complaint, aud
various diseases OF the stomach. A
large part Of our cream.l artar, used in
cooking, contains fifty per cont. .. terra
alba"
The sub!treasury at San Francisco
since the passage Of the silver bill has
issued five and half millions dollars
IN silver certificates in payment for sill
Yer bullion, and four and a.half millions
are now in New York city, having been
sent on mostly by mail. which ia q fact
worthy Of consideration. There are
now in the vaults Of the treasury sew.
enty-seven millions dollars in green
banks. The greenbacks received et the
treasury under Saturdays order in ex :
change for silver viii he paid out sgain
IN actual course Of business.
Governor Wade Hampton Is trying to
recruit his health by a stay among the
mountains along the southern border Of
North Carolina. Dyspepsia, in its
worst form, appears TO be his greatest
foe, and one that bis great courage can.
not conquer. Absolute rest and free.
dom from all official cares and anxiety
is what he needs and must have before
ho can recover.
President Hayes has changed Nosby's
destination. and instead OF sending him
to Canton, the Colonel now goes 70
Hong Kong, in China. The place is a
more desirable one and the Colopel has
accepted.
The death Of Col. Butter y. Anderson,
at New Orleans. Of yellow fever, is an.
nounced. He was man Of great energy
aud courage, .nd was known throughout
the entire south as the President OF tie
Howard Association. that has sen. it 4
heroic missionaries 10 all places where
human lives were 10 be saved. lie was
a noble hearted mana hero and q
martyr
Sedalia Democrat: Sherman o. The
stump in Ohio McCreary on tho stump
in Iowa Devon on the stump in Mason.
chusetts; General Order No. gone up
the spout everywhere what more could
DC expected from a fraudulent President
scheming for second term and placing
the speeches or bis Cabinet where they
will do the most good
We learn that ~. Geo II Rrool,o t.,