South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-05-14
South 8ranth 9ntelli9enter.
RosINEY, FRIDAY, MAY IA, 1880.


Tuesday last confirmed tho nomination
of Orange Forriss, Of New York, TO be
second auditor Of the treasury.
Fifty thousand immigrants arc expect
ed to arrive in New York during this
month.
terrible explosion occurred in South
Baltimore on Tuesday last. A number
of men were cleaning condemned shells,
preparatory TO converting them into old
iron. when she'll burst, instantly killing
five men and boy. and seriously
wounding two others.
The Commissioner appointed by tho
United States to report on cause and
cure Of hog cholera, says there is no
cure, and when q hog dies it should be
Immediately burned or buried. If left
exposed it spreads the contagioa to an
alarming extent.
There is trouble Of the most serious
kind among the striking coal miners
near Doylestown, Wayne county, Ohio
The operators filed the places CT the
strikers with negroes from Richmond
Va, and the situation is so serious that
The Governor has sent troops to the
scene. and the regular militia force of
the Sta.e is held in readiness for an
emergency. ~ fnr
IL appears that In the storm Of tie
4th inst, Off the mouth OF the Columbia
river. Oregon, more fishermen than was
Mt first supposed were drowned TWEEN
ty.ive bodies have been recovered. A
few more were picked up after clineing
twelve hours to the swamped boats.
Boats, with bodies lashed TO them, have
been seen drifting seward. The storm
was the most severe in many years.
Five steamships arrived at New York
on Saturday from Europe, bringing A.
39l emigrants. French papers state
that there are 100000 waiting means of
transport ation! to this country. Two
thousand are waiting berths q Havre.
TIE JETTIEs A SUCCESS. "A corps OF
and New Orleans Pacific railroads has
just reported the result of q thorough
inspection recently made Of the Eads
jetties at the mouth Of the Mississippi
river. This report states that the South
Pass, which five years ago was not ma
vigable for vessels drawing over six
feet, is now magnificent stream one
thousand feet in width, with q central
channel varying from two hundred and
fifty TO five hundred feet in width where
twenty-six feet is the least depth on the
outer edges, and "here thirty five feet is
the average prevailing depth Of the mid
die. This channel, also, has projected
itself beyond the jetties, for at dis
lance of five hundred feet outside the
sea-walls there is a well.defined channel
one thousand feet in width, with depth
of twenty-sx feet on the edges and Of
thirty-two and thirty-seven feet in the
centre Baltimore Sun.
Mr.. Edgar F. GallaLer the young
~ VI 'nS SchioI Oh Tie Charles
town Free Press, who has been ennayed
on the engineer corps of the S. V.R II.
was assailed by a young man in PAGE
county. on Sunday, the 2nd inst. and
painfully, though not dangerously
wounded by load from SHOTGUN
Mr.. c., rs stated, was walking with q
young lady at the time, and was an
preaching her residence, when his as.
saIlant, a brother of the young lady. at.
tackled him without any apparent pro.
vocation. MIR. G q, we understand. fired
shots from his pistol in self.derence.
slightly wounding his antagonist.
BRILLIANT METEoR.-Between 10 aud
ii o'clock Saturday night last brilliant
meteor passed over a portion of our
city, apparently moving from south.
easterIy TO n northwesterly direction
From the lips Of those who saw the
flaming mass as it swiftly sped upon its
way broke simultaneous ejaculation
OF surprise and delight. The mass was
not an ordinary shooting star" but
seemed TO be body of FIRE flying with
great rapidity through the air and illu.
minating everything in its pathway
Since then we have been spoken to about
this transient brilliant visitor, but no one
seemed TO be better informed upon the
subject than ourself who saw IL from the
Baltimore street bridge. Yesterday we
were informed that it was seen by train.
men on freight train on the Pittsburph
division Of Baltimore and Ohio railroad
rs they entered the West end of Sand
Patch tunnel, and on emerging from tho