South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-07-01
Sauth alranel, antrllieenter.
KOMNEY, FRIDAY, July /. 1881 i.

the New York Senatorial contest Since
cur last issue.
The bullion value of the silver dollar
is now fraction over eighty-six cents
The rate Of the coming now is abou,
$4,000. 900 month.
There are four hundred thousand dol.
lars in the virginia treasury, and many
of the largest taxpaying counties not
yet returned. This healthy condition of
financial affairs in Virginia is in n large
measure due TO the fact that there was
no session of the General Assembly
last winter.
During the week ended Saturday last
there were 226,0 900 silver dollars issued
from the minis OF the United States.
During the corresponding week in 1880
there were 10000 OF the coin put in
circulation.
The export of horses from Montreal
to the United States keeps rapidly in
creasing. Last month, it is said, i. ag.
gregated $4,000, and So, $4,000 for
the first four months Of this year.
Green b. Raum. Commissioners Of In.
ternal Revenue, states in his report. that
the collections during his term Of Office
having been 100000. 600, and not one
dollar unaccounted for. A circumstance
of business scrupulousness and honesty
Of officials unparalleled in the history of
the office.
The Philadelphia North American
thinks President Garrett, OF the Bati-
more and Ohio Railroad, sis immovably
bent upon obtaining for his company
an entirely independent cor nection by
railroad with Philadelphia and New
York, and in which purpose he will u
timately succeed, though it will cost
great deal of money
The recent census Of Ireland shows
that the population of that unhappy
island has fallen to- ), i59,S49. The cen.
sus OF 1871 gave Ireland " population
of 5,4l2,377. Thus in the last decade
there las been decrease OF 252 1928 in
haoi,ants, reduction Of Lee per cent.
Reports from forty towns in Western
Pennsy lvania, OHIO and West Virginia
regarding the condition of the crops and
Of business have been received at Pitts
burgh. While in some particulars the
reports vary, they unite in a very en-
couraging total. The tenor Of them is
that at present the outlook is favorable
for fair crop of wheat, although not
quite up to that of last year.
The Richmond Hhiy Of recent date
announced The suicide, in Louisa county,
OF a. Briscoe Stuart, a nephew of IL on.
Alex. ii. III. Stuart. Of Staunton. Since
the war he had resided in Louisa county,
and although lawyer by profession, he
had devoted himself to teaching up to
the time of his untimely and sad d, a:h.
y SHOCKING TRAGEDY.-There was
q shocking tragedy in Washington City
on the 25th ult, in the killing Of VIM.
G. Whitney by James Y. Christmas. -
Both men were members of the family
Of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the famous
Louisiana litigant, and the shooting
took place at the house on | street near
Fourteenth, where they all boarded
The difficulty between them grew out OF
business matters. Christmas claims
that he acted in selr.defence, as Whit
ney had threatened 10 kill him.
A comet has appeared in the north.
western sky, and is plainly visible to
tue naked eye. 1t is now moving away
from the earth, according to tue con-
illusions of the Cambridge observatory
at the rate of three hundred thousand
miles per day. 1t will probably be Wis
IDLE for several months, and will with
out doubt, be conspicuous during tina,
time to the naked eye. 1t reached iti
maximum OF brightness on Thursda,
night of last week. It's nucleus is prob
ably one thousand miles in diameter, ant
the inner head BIT the envelope twelve
thousand, while the corona is vastly
more than that. The tail is at least 4 :
100000 miles in length.
WAsn1NGroN, June 27.-At the Ma
TahObservatory last night the position
OF the recently discovered comet at IL.
lower elimination was found with The
transit circle to be five hours rorty.eight
minutes thirty-eight and fourteenth.
seconds sight ascension, and fifty sever
degrees forty minutes firy-two second,
north destination. Time. 1127 z. VI.
An approximate orbit OF tie comet
has been computed by Mr.. Upton. o.
Tue signsI service, from tho observation.