South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-09-30
South alraneis Jntelliseneer.
ROMNEY, FRIDAY, SEPT. 80. 1881.


EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE
President ARTHUR has issued q procia.
nation convening the United States
Senate on the 10Th of October. the oh.
iect being to provide successor to him.
self in the event that be should die, re.
sign. or become unable to perform the
duties Of his Office, and that person will
be tho one whom the Senate will elect
To preside over that body, and "a the
Democrats have now "a majority OF three,
it, is probable that Senator BAYAnD of
Delaware, or some other good Democrat.
will be chosen, but a better one than
Baysrd could not be selected.
President JOIN ". GARRETT, of Bal
timote and Ohio railroad has subscribed
$1,000 to the Mrs. Garfield fund. The
fund pow reaches 1912, 903.
Uuited States Senator JouN s. WILL
LIAMs recently sold lis crop of tobacco.
raised on seventy five acres in the ''bue
grass section OF Kentucky" for $751;
4l0.96 There were ninety five hogs.
heads, and tho yield from each acre was
nearly $500. He was assisted by flock
OF seven hundred turkeys. who kept the
plants clear OF worms.
Attorney General McVEAGu has re-
tanned the Hon. BENZ. Ii. BREWSTER, of
Pennsylvania. & GEORGE BLISS. of n. Y,
to conduct the star route prosecutions.
HENRY WARD BEEcHEIs congrega-
ton met at Plymouth Church on Mon
day last and by rising vote adopted
resolutions assuring President Arthur
OF the support Of that church and its
utmost confidence in him.
A fearful tornado passed over Quincy,
Illinois, at 5 o'clock on the afternoon Of
the 9th inst. Many buildings were
demolished, unroofed or otherwise dam
aged. The tobacco factory OF Joel II.
Harris's Sons, the foundry Of Bonnet,
Duffy & Co, and the foundery OF Com
stock, Castle and Co, suffered severely
and many employees were injured. Four
persons were killed and thirteen wound
ed so far as known in these establish.
ments. Three school-houses were part
ly destroyed. Some Of the mills also
sustained damage. Business houses and
residences We're unroofed, trees blown
down and telegraphic communication
stopped. The track OF the hurricane
was two miles wide. The streets Of Quin.
CIV are strewn with debris, some Of them
being completely blockaded with trees.
tin roofs. chimneys, &c. The financial
loss will not BIO less than 100000
The wind was accompanied by terrific
rain. thunder, lightning and hail.
The committee on the monument pro-
posed to be erected to the late Presi-
dent at Cleveland have issued an ap-
peal asking that the citizens of each
State organize. and stating that the Sc
cond National Bank Of Cleveland will
receive subscriptions.
Information received at Newport
(Ark.) says the passenger train on the
Iron Mountain Railroad was robbed
Thursday night Of last week by five
masked men, who haulted and boarded
the train, forced the express messenger
TO open the safe and then proceeded TO
rob the passengers. They obtained
$4,000 from the safe. 1t is claimed
that the total loss will not fall short of
between $4,000 and $4,000. A cot.
ton dealer named j. S. Atkinson lost
$4,000. The robbers are said to be
mere boys, and it is believed that they
will shortly be captured. Gov. Churchill
will doubtless offer a reward Of $4,000
and tho railroad company MS much more
for their capture.
Senator Voorhees, delivered an elo-
quout address at a Garfield memorial
meeting at Terre Haute, Indiana, last
week. He said he had known the late
President Is years, had served seven
years in Congress with him, and that
the kindness Of his nature and his men.
tai activity were his leading traits 49,
There was said Mr.. Voorhees,, "a light
IN his face, chord in his voice, and
pressure in his hand which we're full of
love for bis beings he had tho
Joyous spirits of boyhood and the robus,
intellectually Of manhood more perfect
W combined than any man ] ever knew.
Nature was bountifu TO him, and his
requirements were extensive and solid.
it might make comparison would
say that with the exception Of Jefferson
and John Quincy Adams no was the
most learned President in what is writ
ten i'm books Inn thn ,rho.ln 49,