South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-09-16
SOUTH 3ranrh Antellisentey.
iOMNEY. FRIDAY, SEPT. l6, 1851.

Auc SoiuihiSSioiiCi VI pensions SiStS
out that the estimate Tor pensions for
the next fiscal year will he So> ,00O. 900.
General a. T.. BURNSIDE, L. S. Sena-
tor from Rhode Island. died at his resi-
hence in Bris,oi, from spssms Of the
heart, Oh Tuesday morning last. lie
VAS elected to the United States Senate
in 1875 and reelected al tho last sess
ion Of the Rhode Island Legislature for
second term. 1t is said lie was not q
ready dcba;cr aud was III no sense 4
l,arty ica,ler, bat he had considerable
influence in the Senate on account Of
the high regard in which he was held by
his political opponents rs well US his
politica! friends. Until the vacancy oc.
casioncd by his death is filed tue demo-
Gratis will have = clrar majority in the
Senate.
VIOLENT STORM IN VIEGINIA.-A vio-
lent hurricane, accompanied by rain,
passed over the country between Liz
Vile and Cowan's, on tho Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, seven or eight miles
north OF 1arrisonbure, ut $50 on the
afternoon Of the 18th inst, Sunday last,
Houses were blown down. tin roofs torn
off, fruit and corn destroyed and other
damage done, though no loss Of life as
yet been reported.
WATER Ten CENTS A GAiL.rS "A
CrisnclI. Md, cOrresl .onuent Of the Ra.
timorc Sun. under date o! The l2th inst.
says: Owing 10 tue extremely dry wra~
tier IF the past munin he stock oil VA.
ter Oh hand III C7isiie.d hss hecn eai'te
ly consumed. The demand is now sup.
piled from the Princess Annc wells. |:
is brought down by the Eastern Shorr
Railroad Company. aud dealt ont !" ne
eager purchasers At 10 cts. per gallon.
According to the New Orleans Demo-
Graf, tie exports from that City for tie
business year just closed were $l04, $780,
$50, an increase Of S9,Sl4,570, or near
~ ] l Per cent. over the previous year.
Tho sales Of public lands during the
past year amounted 10 50. POI SOB
More than double tho receipts of the
previous year.
GOVERNOR FREMONT, of Arizana. was
i'll Washington last week in conference
with the War Department, and it was
decided to furnish the people Of that
Territory with arms TO defend them.
selves against the Apache Indians.
1t seems now TO be almost certain
~ IN. Iva -snan-.AAllia a -hi.nsalf HARTMANN
1t appears that the total receipts Of
the Government for the year ending
June 80 were $500, 1872 ,292, q sum which
has not boon cquallcd since 1872.
The English Government has received
information that the :African slave trade
Is still extensively carried on. It is stat
cd that no fewer than $4,000 or 10000
negroes arc annually conveyed 10 Ihs
Turkish and Egyptian ports Of the Red
Sea, where they are disposed of to deal
crs from all parts Of the Suilan's do
ninions.
1t il asserted TINT Pennsylvania yields
one-Glth Of the rye produced in the coun'
try. The annual produce in that State
ranges between 100000 and 1000, 900
bushels.
MORE OF MAKvIN.-Doctor J. d. But
ton, physician Of the Auburn, IN. "
pcnitentiary, has written n letter to the
sheriff 81 Richmond, Va, giving his eX
pcrience with Thomas A. Marvin, no
under arrest for bigamy and forgery.
and who, it is claimed, served term in
the Auburn peDitentiary. Or. Button
says During twelve years experience
at this prison no convict was ever known
Of equal ability OF ieign:Lg ah the forms
of.disease or insanity. lie WAS an cx-
pert in all kinds OF deception; but his
first failure at bis entrance here render.
cd all his efforts futile" 1t is sail that
the identification Of Marvin as the man
who married. Miss Turpin, Of Richmond,
is now thorough.
n special dispatch received at Wash
ington from Fort Yates states that the
removal Of Sitting Bull and his band Of
Indians from the Standing Rock Agen-
cy has been safely accomplished. Sit
ting Bull had been very defiant and said
he would rather die than go 10 Fort
Randall. The band was surrounded by
squad Of soldiers and forced, step by
step, down the bank and into the boat,
and started for Fort Randall. A nephew