South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-02-06
South aIraneh 9ptelliscacer.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY, FE 3. c. 1850.

iii, Pc nsylvania srepu biican> State !
at Harrisburg. on wednes-
day last. adopted, by vote or 1873 eyes
70 li3 n pes. a resolution instructing the
delegates to the Chicago convention TO
support Grant aud 10 vote as unit on !
all q0estions. hra ..ar~.ef
The public debt statement shows n |
decrease ofdeht for January of $ll.Ol4.-
263.95. Our debt now Is $4,000. 1884,
2AO.O2. 's' 1850 ~
At q meeting of tue Western Iron
Association in Pittsburgh, Pa, on FRI
day last. the price OF iron was advanced
from 81 10 A cents. t'a sle
Mr.. S. G. Gregory. OF Albany. an
nouuces tina. he will have ready in sixty
days q aying-machine, with which he
will make a'trial.trip to London.
The American demand for iron is
causing unprecedented activity in 6 rcat
Britain. srrH
II. II. Riddleberger. State Senator
from Shenandoah, made a speech at
stanton on Monday of last week, and
was replied 10 by Mr. II. ST. George
Tucker. son OF Congressman Randolph
fucker. The discussion between the
two, ir is said, was very bitter. and cub
sequenuy led to a correspondence with
view 10 meeting under the rules OF the
code. The matter, finally, at issue was
submitted to the arbitration OF Gen. r.
ID. Lilley and Capt. James Bumgardner,
OF Staunton, by whom iJ was amicably
settled and adjusted TO the salts faction
OF both parties. and a duel was avertc d
There is no abatement OF the exodus
OF Carolina negroes. They continue TO
arrive in large and small lots. Since
November ~ over $500 have arrived,
and not ore is making money enough 10
provide the necessities Of life. or 250
families in Iu liam apolis city fully one
third are sick of contae ious diseases.
"A letter from Washington, under
date OF the Slst ult., says: Tho SEN
ate Exodus Committee was in session
again to-day and it is brought oat more
aad moro clearly at every Meeting that
tho scheme TO colonize Indiana with me-
groes was to make that State Repubi-
can III 1880. This is the testimony of
Obey, an educated colored man from
North Carolina, and the sheriff Of Put
nam county, Indiana, as we'll as OF 9TH
or vrit oc ~,
States.
Allegheny CO., Pa, pittsbura h), has
paid the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany the $1,000, 900 which that corpora.
tion agreed to accept in full for It's
claims against the county on account OF
tho riot losses Of 1877.
1t is stated ths, the commercial bust.
ness Of Baltimore for the first month of
the year was very promising, the ship
ments Of grain amounting to 100000
bushels, 100000 of corn & 900, GOO OF
wheat. The imports were also large, the
principal being iron, Of which over 40, 900
tons were received. The value OF the
exports was above S5.500,O00.
The Fusion:sts in Maine, not able to
stand agnins, the bsyonets, called out
by The Republicans and the partizan o.
pinions of the Supreme Court combined,
have given in and their Legislature ad,
journed on Wednesday until August
which is equal to forever. S)me Of
the fusion members then took seats in
the Republican legislature. NJ. T.. A.
Sawyer, Secretary OF State, yielded and
under protest gave up all the State pro.
perty in his possession, including the
great seal and the returns OF elections.
iIe was unable, however, to end the KEY
OF the safe.
Asia is terrible consumer Of silver.
Every year millions Of dollars find their
way to the East, never TO return to the
civilized world. This eastern demand
for silver seems TO be on the increase
as SAC, 100000 was thus swallowed up
last year, as against $50, 1000, 900 in 1878.
What becomes OF this bullion is more
than the greatest political economist can
tell.
y negro tered a young lady's bed.
room at Stockton, Maryland, but she
gave the alarm and he ran away, but
was caught few evenings afterwards
and taken by body of disguised men TO
an adjacent woods, tied up, and receive
ell the worst horse whipping on record.
After the crowd was satisfied that no
had been sufficiently punished he was
allowed TO depart, with tho injunction
TO never again make his appearance in
Worcester county.