South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-10-21

Orson Pratt, reading Mormon. 10
dead, aged 20. Ho was the best educa-
ted man in the Mormon Church, and
was the author Of numerous books in
advocacy of Mormonism.
The FUND FOR Mns. GARFIELD.
The subscriptions to the fund for the
widow aud children OF the late Presi-
dent Garfield are announced. There
are thirty.one $4,000 subscriptions,
three Of 81, 500, six Of $4,000. and eigh.
ty-seven OF 1000 each. The smallest
subscription lie five cents. from . "poor
colored person." and the largest single
contribution 10000. from Q Philadel.
'pbian. There are In ell about 1900
subscriptions.
The State elections In Ohio and Iowa
on Tuesday Of last week were carried
by the Republicans.
The firm Of WASHINGTON BUTCHER
Sons. Wholesale provision dealers, fail.
ed in Philadelphia on Tuesday Of las,
week for about 100000.
SuoAR.-According TO figures, com.
piled for the New Orleans Picavxne,
the sugar crop:of the year ending Sep
TENDER LIST, 1881. was the larges. raised
in Louisiana since the war. The total
pounds Of sugar are given at 272. 1884,
500. and gallons Of molasses, 1885
030. About one third Of the total pro-
duo. Of sugar comes from the vacuum
pan. The substitute OF the most APP
proved methods of handling she juice
has been steadily going on. The per-
centage Of open kettle sugar is constant
~ decreasing.
Last year j. f. YATES, OF Rappahan-
mock county, Va, purchased 27s shsep
for which he paid $3.50 apiece. The
lambs and wool. this year brought him
$l.7OO.
The Chicago Times figures the whea,
crop Of this year for the United States
at 368, 100000 bushels. against $780,
849,723 last year; that OF Great Bri-
tain at 72,500,000. and that of France
at 27S, $4,000. These figures indicate
that though the crop in Russia is good,
that there will be fair demand for
American whoat, and that with the old
crop on hand, We can spare at least
100, 00C,0 bushels.
Guiteau. the assassin OF President
Garfield. was brought into the Distric,
Criminal Court at Washington on FRI
day last and arraigned for trial. Mr..
Scoville. his counsel, fully disclosed the
line Of defense which is contemplated.
An affidavit sworn to by Mr.. Scoville al.
leges that he believes the prisoner to be
insane, and gives list Of witnesses
through whose testimony he expects to
prove this fact the government is ask
cd to furnish the means for procuring
their attendance. As O second ground
of defense it is charged that, in the o.
pinion of eminent medical experts. the
wound of.which the President died WAS
not necessarily fatal, and list OF emf
nent physicians is exhibited by whose
testimony the prisoner expects to prove
that the Presidents, death may have
be n caused by improper surgical treat
ment. The government 10 asked TO
procure the attendance of these witness.
es and to pay them. The court fixed
November for the trial. and the pre-.
iiminary question of Jurisdiction will
probably be argued on October 80.
In Court, on Monday last, Judge Cox
decided that the witnesses named by
Guiteau's counsel who live more than a
hundred miles away from the District
cannot be paid out of the witness fund.
He said, however, that there was q con.
tingent fund in the hands Of the Attor.
ney. General that might be available for
this purpose, and he would send com.
munication to that officer on the sub
jet. 1t is said that the Attorney Gen.
eral has in previous cases refused to use
tho contingent fund Of his department
for the payment Of Witnesses for theIde
fenso.
La Plata, Missouri, Pass: Talk a.
bout bonsnzas We have them here 10
Macon county. Two young men in this
nsighborhood, with thirty-six days la
Dor, made sixteen hundred dollars
worth OF corn-S44,44 per day for tho
two. Where is the gold mint that can
beat this Land that will produce just
such yields can be bought in Missouri
at twelve dollars to twenty dollars per
acre. The same paper says: To get
some idea of the enormous profits 10
handling walnut lumber, we have an