South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-01-09
South 3rantl, :yntslli9enter.
RoMNEY. Friday, I,N. ., 1880.

~"S S"s J"o' S'oSS" "5StrS,~ASV 49,
30o,976-an increase of S2,272.ll0 over
1873.
It is said that a contract for the con-
struction OF the Texas and Pacific rail-
way from Fort Worth to FL Paso, dis
lance OF $50 miles. was signed in Phila.
delphia. on the 31st ult. The price raid
is understood to be $40. 900 per mile in
first mortgage bonds of the company.
Orville Grant. brother of U. s. Grant,
has caught tho boom, and is now an in
mate Of DIR. Kirkbirde's insane asylum.
Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania has ono thousand more
post.offices than the State OF New York,
and twelve hundred moro than Ohio.
The latest lmarvel wrought by elec-
tricity is the cure Of cataract. The New
York. Churchman records q second IN
stance Of its successful application. So
electricity is to give light to the blind,
as we'll as to the rest Of the world
Gov. Cobb, of Alabama, on Tuesday
last appointed Luke Pryor. of Athens,
to I'LL the vacancy.in the United States
Senate caused by the death OF Senator
Houston. Mr.. Pryor is an able man
and lawyer Of fine ability.
Bishop Gilbert Haven, Of the M. Il.
Church, died at the residence Of bis mo-
Their, in Maiden, Mass, on Saturday G.
vening last, after on illness of several
months. He was in the .59th year of
his age. His dcathileaves three deaths
in the Board of Bishops of the church.
Morris Ketchum, a widely-known
banker of New York city, died ..on New
Years Day. aged Sugars.
The United States consul at Maur;-
titus reports that the cattle plague con-
tinues on tina. island. About 10000
animals have died. The disease has at
tackled the deer and 243 of them have
died.
A correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean estimates tue number of colored
emigrants in Kansas at ID 900. or
these he thinks that probably ono-fifth
were able to buy little land, and are
making good progress farming. Most
OF the balance have found, through the
Freedman's Relief Association, 'tplaces
as laborers.
Bisho p Miles, Of the colored NJ. r.
Church, in America. who, has travelled
all through the South recently, in the
interest of his church, says he made tia
point to inquire into The cause of the exo-
dus of colored people from the South
He reports tia: he learned from the
most reliable sources. thatI the move
ment is entirely political, and organized
at Washington, there being no local
cause for it, whatever This is just
what we have believed from tile first.
EXPORT OF ANIMALS AND BEEF -
The cattle shipped from New York for
the last eleven months numbered 80
7S3 head, valued at S2,765,127; the
horses.2 256 he "a, worth SG14 $50 mules
1862 head worth S4OS. 172,an sheep &c..
1872 head, worth $297,755. Tue Ship.
ments Of fresh beef aggregated 43,251,-
22l pounds, worth SIS .9l2.770. and NUT
ton 1.OS4,942 pounds, worth $50, $50.
The secretary Of the interior has rem
dered decision in regard TO all pur
chases of public lands by private en-
try holding that wherever, prior to pa
tenting, it is discovered that land pre-
viously offered and entered as agricul-
tural is really mineral in its character,
the entry must be Cancelled, and the
land reserved for entry under the laws
specially applicable TO mining lands.
THE Cuban authorities are making
preparations TO receive General Grant
in grand style.
Itsappears TO be sottled that General
Grant will be candidate for the Pres
idcncy. ? According to Washington
special to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the
programme was all mapped out Mt Phil
adelphia. AMI Hayes, Sherman, Conk-
ling and tho Camerons are in the
scheme. Only poor Blaine is left out
in the cold
A BLAST AGAtNsT GRANT.-The
Hon. Jacob Bomberger, n wealthy Ger
man banker. Of Harrisburg, Pa, and
very liberal contributor 10 the republi-
can campaign fund, is quoted as saying
eff grant is nominated for President !
know OF one thousand German Republi. |
cans in this county alone who will vote
for his opponent, because Of their be-
lief that Grants election to n third term |
OF the presidency is the FIRST step toward |
an American monarchy