South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-06-10
South 8rantl. 3,nielli9snrfr.
noMNEY. FRIDAY, JUNE TO- 1881.

sl2.agaiust So ,0eS same month last year.
The decrease in the public debt For
May was sii,l50.12l. The greenbscks
in circulation amount 10 1916, IA, Gao.
Col. Thomas A. ScoTr's estate is os.
timated at $4,000, 900, instead oftwenty
millions as heretofore stated in cur coll
umns.
So many herring Lavo been caught
this year that, The Baliimorean says, It is
predicted by some the picked ones will
sell for cents per dozen.
TIE Vitsiaia Eeadios;ers' CorvO1tion
held OF Richmond. on = dev last no ~.
mated FOR Cove nor Col. William L.
Csmc:on, &c Pete sbu :, Eeadius.er,
dem, for Lieutenant Goycrao-, JOIN Z.
Lewis, OF Rockingham, Bopuoliean, and
for gAttorpev-G ene,ai, Iiprk :. Dla'c,
OF Wythe, Gioenbscher. dem. s.o .l
Riddlebergcr says that Democratic
Readjus.crs viii rot vote The ticket with
he name Of Lewis ppon Il. II IS said
the ticket falls fat, pleasing neither The
Readjustors nor the Republicans.
1t appears 'that q delegation OF &C.
preseutatiyc West Virgi niaas headed bS
Gen. Corr called on z, esident Garccld
on the 2nd last, and preseated The name
OF a. w. CAMPBELL, Esq OF the Wheel.
ing MteVigencer for the Bcrlin mission.
The reception was cordial aud Gccompa.
nied with cheering answer. Tue visit,
it is claimed, WIS without Campbol's
knowledge" Mr.. c. is well qualified TO
Gil any position that President Garfield
may place him in. We consider hir IN
able and upright man, although we 10
not agree with him in politica.
Mr. GLADSTONE ia said TO have ono
faculty in supernatural degree that Of
mastering the contents OF u book by
CHANGING through it's pages. and can
master any average book in quarter OF
aD hour.
The lons-standipg dispute between
cur Government and Great Britain,
growing out of the outrages upon Amer.
lean fishermen in Fortune Ray aod else
where along the shores Of Newfoundland
and Cape Breton, has been settled bv
tue British Govornmont agleciOg TO pay
$4,000 for Tie injuries sustained by
our fishermen. American Gshjcy boa,s
mostly from Gloucester, being found
within the coast line IN various bays
we're attacked and destroyed by native
fishermen.
Sending postal card with pyofanc
or indecent words is liable TO bo con
stFued as T. violation OF the law aud to
subject the sender to punishment.
At the annual meeting Of tho stock
holders of thc Chespcaaho and Ohio Ca.
nal Company, held at Annapolis, Md, on
Monday last. AETBUs p. CoRMAN was
elected President without opposition
and Hon. Patrick Hammil, Colonel
James c.. Ferret, (of Washington city,)
John Hunibird, II. ID. Fernandez, j.
Bayara II Smitu and Thos. p. Morgan,
directors.
Tho Wheeling In'.UJeEccy states that
Coy. PeiTpont has given lis bond aud
qualified rs Collector Of Internal Rove.
Due in tho secoYd District. and Con.
Brown will hand over The Office 10 him
on the l0lh inst. We presume tlat tho
principal Office viii hereafter lie at
Fairmont.
The Legislature Of New York ut Al.
bany, daily, since onr LIST rup,jar, lave
balloltcd to FL tie vacancy ior Sons
tors, without any ma!crial change in TIC
results from the fsst baly', published
II our Iasl humhc-.
A speciei 10 the NoH York Eyen;no
Post says: "Quitc scnTa.ion arose IN
The Senate on tie moroing OF Tic 9Th
inst, wien Mr.. Eidman presented 10,
iiuon from 3,lG0 republican voters q
The eighth assembly district, ju New
York city, headed as follows: The
undersigned respectfully petition tho
Legislature 10 return Mcssrs Conkling
and Plat 10 tho United states Semitic"
Nr Eidman acted 10 if the namcs were
not genuine aud on being examined lho
fact was shown !Lat Tic petition vas
tigued entirely in red ink and by the
snmc htnd. The poll list lad evidently
been copied u,iGrly regardless Of truth,
hr. Woodin called attention 90 The facl
aud Dir EIdman did not daac it,
Secretary WEDom, not 20 be oa'79as
by Postmaster General Jtnls. has come
mone3d hurting out the ring rasca's m
iho treasury department., and Of course
he finds 10 difficulty IA discovering
plenty OF them. As e specimen o. Jte