South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-11-04
South 3raaelt 5ntelliaeneer.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY, NOV. 4. 1881.

perance ticket received $4,000, and the
Greenbacl 1900 votes.
The Baltimore city election on We'd
nesday OF last week resulted In the elec.
tioa OF the entire Democratic ticket.
The Nedical Record, 0. New York, is
OF the opinion that while Guiteau may
be monomaniac, still he is legally re-
spons:ble for any crime he may commit.
The United States Treasury Cattle
Commission claims TO have discovered
that pleuro-pneumonia does not exist
vest OF the Alleghenies. They pro-
pose. however, to continue the inyesti-
CATION.
Bon HARLAN, tho only colo!ed Re
publican candidate for the Ohio Leeis.
lature, at the recent election was badly
defeated. The Republicans are singu
larly avorse to being represented by
negroes in the Northern States.
Mrs. ABRAHAM LIxcoLY, who is now
In Washington, it is said, is in better
health than she has been for four years.
Ex-President HAYES reaped $4,000
profit from wheat last year. not in the
bucket shops. but from his farm in Da-
kota Territory. lie bought this farm
some years ago at So cents per acre, and
it is now worth SIS. He used Mr. Til
den's salary TO pay for it.
Two-ihrGs of the village OF Edge.
field, South Carolina, was destroyed by
fire on Sunday morning last The loss
is estimated at 100000. It is not
known what the insurance amounts 10
as yet. The fire broke out asst before
dawn on that morning in the stable of
hrs. VilIman, and destroyed nearly the
whole business portion of the town, on
j. three buildings remain in the bust
ness part Of tao town. Hundreds are
homeless, and without provisions. The
fire is supposed to have been OF incen-
diary origin.
The report OF Adjt.-General Drum
shows that the army lost PAS soldiers
by death during the year, 1851 hy de-
sertion, and G.564 were DISCHARGED
There were 1854 re-enlistmants and 8. =.
800 new recruits were received. The
large number of discharges is attributed
to tho increasing prosperity Of the coun.
try.
1t appears that an order was received
in Washington City on Monday last for
Confederate bonds to She amount CT 81.
100000. 1t is said that the recent de-
nand for these bonds has grown out of
the circumstance that $lL000.0O0 in
gold pleced in English banks during
the war TO the credit or the Confederate
government is still held on Deposit
The United States Treasury, il is fursh.
er said, has made several attempts to
obtain possession OF the gold but has
always failed, the English hanks con-
tending that the money could not be
surrendered except to the holders OF
bonds issued by the Confederate gov.
ernmelt. These bonds are selling in
Baltimore ct 81 to $40 per thousand.
The report Of the Director Of the Mint
relative TO The production Of precious
metals for the fiscal year 1880, shows
that the estimated production of $50
100000 in GOLD has been sustained, and
that the value Of silver produced during
1880, namely, $4,000, 600, exceeds the
estimate OF the Director by 5l,500,000 i.
Silver bullion purchased during The ifs
cal year for coinage amounted TO $24,
2d2, 511 standard ounces, worth in its
coinage value s2S,232, $40, and the de.
post Of silver coin aud bullion not Of
domestic production was S2,5O77G6. OF
which probably $4,000, 900 was purchas.
cd and used.
The statement is made and not con-
tradic;ad that there is about $3.50 600
in The United states Treasury accrued
from money orders unpaid during the
whole period tie system he's been in Cpl:
GRAFTON, for seventeen years. IN other
words from one cause and another there
i9 annually Paid into tho post Office
100000 on money orders for which
paycc5 cannot be found. This happcns
as may be readily understood. I'm vari.
ou7 ways As The whole value of re-.
milnDccs amounts TO over flOO. 600. 600
per year. tha loss 90 Che pablo i'm
some manner and mostly by their own
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