South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-01-30
South 3rantl, 9ntelli9cntcr.
ROMNEY. sFRIDAY,sJAN. so, 1880.

The United States .nale, in executive
session. ON Tuesday last. confirmed the
of Eli n. Murray, Of Ken.
lucky. to be Governor of Utah Territory. |
Il appears that GU: OF one hundred |
md sixteen newspaper editors in Penn |
sylvanis, but eight declare for Grant.
The residue. are opposed TO third term
for any ono, and especially so for
Grant.
The Louisiana Legislature on Friday
last. formally elected Il. l.. Gibson TO
the U. S. Senate. Mr.. Gibson goes in
in 1888 "a the successor OF Kellogg. or
the gentleman chosen 10 succeed him in
case the unseating Of thc::formcr is de-
tcrmined upon. 4
1t is said that the Mormons in Utah
can muster about $4,000 soldiers and.
have us allies about 10000 Indians.
The Steamboat Charmer, with 2, 100
bales Of cotton. was burned Is miles a.
bove the mouth Of the Red river La, on
the 26th inct. Two chambermaids, two
cabin boys, enc fireman and one deck
hand persisted. The boa. and cargo
were valued at $4,000.
Very few outsiders have any concep-
ton OF the magnitude of the manurac-
turing business carried on in Wheeling.
No less than $4,000 are discussed
weekly for.wages to workmen in the
Wheeling iron mills.and furnaces.
AS n result Of recent investigation of
statistics. in reference to Indians in the
United States, it has been found, con-
temporary says, that since the organiza-
ton of the government 929 treaties have
been made with 327 tribes or bands of
Indians. The total number of Indians
on reservations, according to later census
returns. is about 240, 900. and the extent
OF their reservations is 236,559 square
miles, OF ISL 1897 ,76s acres This would
give every Indian, young and old, nearly
one square mile of ground. These fig
ures include the IndianiTerritory, the
population of which. is placed at IS 1000,
and its area ut over III 600, 900 acres
In Dakota, $4,000 Indians have near.
Iy 35,000,O00 acres, or over two
square miles for each Indian. The % /.
600 Indians in Montana have over 81.
600 acres, while the 5000 in Colorado
have nearly 100000 acres, or about
si1 square miles for every Indian.
The "BREAK" IN TIE GRAIN TRADE.
The prices Of grain are considerably
lower than they were short time since,
and though tic break.of Saturday was
partly recovered yesterday, yet there
seems promise Of much -needed relief to
tho blockaded market. This relief will
he none the less pleasant TO contem-
plate because it will have been-sccurcd
at the expense of the Syndicate" $50
called) Of spectators and forestalers,
who for several months, have been OBJ
structing-the natural course Of trade in
their endcavor TO reap profit by the en-
hancemcnt ofprico OF the leading bread
stuff Of the world. These SPECTATORS
are entitled to no sort Of consideration
whatever, either upon this side Of the
ocean.or the. other, and il they them
selves should be broken by the break
in prices few tears will be she'd. 1t
seems likely that prices will go down
sufficiently in. a very short time to per-
init renewal Of grain shipments. The
Mark Lane Express, Of January 20,
snid that prices would nceh TO decline
ut least shilling quarter (or say
three cents n busheD before business
would he resumed. There are large
supplies in store in European ware
houses, and the report that Russia will
he forced to buy wheat in the spring is
by no means credited in any well-in-
formed quarter. The general European
demand is not strong enough 10 sus-
tain itself in the presence OF Chicago
prices. and the quantity now afoat en-
ronte to Europe. partly on speculative
account, is said to amount to 17,G00,-i
600 bushels, or more than the total num-
Der Of bushels locked up in the West
The French government is said TO have
made nearly all its purchases, and the
area in which the forestallers can oper
ate is steadily diminishing. In other
words, TO use the happy phrase OF the
London Economist, tho Chicago corner
seems TO be isolated" and no combi-
nation in the world. no matter how mag
nificent its proportions, can long main
tain IN absolutely artificial scale OF
prices for an article OF universal con.
sumption - Baltimore Sun, Jan. %.