South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-11-03
South 4raneh 5ntelliseaeer.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. nov. 3. 1881.


The public debt fc- the month of Octo-
Der is about si5,25O, 900.
The Wheeling I~,eu;yencsr of Tuesday
last remarks that now it is claimed
that the corn crop Of tho country will
reach the unprecedented Ggure of L.
100000. 900 bushels.
Ex-Sovernor HENDEIcns, Of Indiana,
we regret to state, is suffering with what
OF hrst was supposed by his ply sicians
to he neuralgia or rheumatism in the
right foot; later symptoms proved the
disease TO he gangrene. His physicians,
at last account, decided that imme date
amputasion Of the foot was not nccessa-
~. One OF them has expressed the
opinion that there is not one chance i'm
hundred of the patients recovery.
Tue Baltimore Sun announces that
an important decision has just been rem.
dered by the New York Court CT Ap-
peals, to the effect that the collection Of
State taxes upon the premium on gov
erment bonds is illegal. As a result r.
this, Judgment suits for the rcfandiug
OF payments that have been made under
the State gct, IL is understood, will be
Immediately commenced. Some of the
insurance companies and large financial
institutions have claims of this charac-
ter, which will amount to many thou
sands Of dollars.
Complaints are made Of an alarming
tendency toward land monopoly in Tex.
as. In one county six men and ono
corporation own nearly six hunlrcl
thousand acres, while nearly three.
fourths of the taxpayers own no land.
a large majority of the voters pay no
tax Of any kini. OF the heavy land
owners in that county are tho Texas
Land and Cattle Company. owning 246,.
4S4 acres; Richard King, PSI ops; C.
Nj. Rogers, 5O.09S; + W. Shaeffer. ST.
$50; f. Il. Rachal, 33,s6i, and George
Reynolds. 81 ,299.
The cyclone which devastated tie Va.
eliza Abajo on the 9Th inst, like the ty.
phoon that blew down the larger portion
OF Manila about fortnight later, was Of
almost unparalleled severity. AS these
West Indian & East Indian hurricanes
Notwithstanding the difference in their
local names, are similar in origin and
"evelopment, the interesting question
naturally arises whether there is apv
general cause at work producing extra
ordinary storms in different quarters Of
The world Incoming steamships and
sailing vessels are bringing news Of
rough weather on the Atlantic; Brit
ish ship, which arrived last week at San
FRANCISCO, reported similar meteoroIo-
gical disturbances in the Pacific Eng
land, few days ago, experienced n
storm which is sail to have been. in
some localities, the severest known there
IN thirty years; and the weather in this
county Las been unscttlel since the
violent storms that visited The Atlantic
coast region late in September. These
facts show that the atmosphere is in n
disturbed condition over large part of
Tue earth. Some day we NAV be able
10 tell the exact causes Of such seasons
OF storm and tempest. II the sun pro-
duces them. we may get what comfort
we can out OF the fact that we have good
company in our misery, for the sun dis
tributes his favors and his frowns i'm
partially upon all the worlds circlin, a.
round him. The giant Jupiter shows
evidence at present of being a greet
deal more storm tossed than this little
earth is.
No country in the history OF The world
Las ever paid such taxes as the United
States under Republican rule. The
SPIRIT Of jcGerson says, all the papcr il
circulation amounts only TO 5000 OOO.-
900. In the last seventeen years, since
the war, the Government has collected
from the people $4,000 900, 600, that is
IT paper money only had been used. ey-
cry dollar Of it would have passed from
the people into the Treasury ten times
The government receipts last year were
nearly twice as much az the value OF tbe
ehtire cotton crop. The government
receipts were nearly 100000. 900 The
cotton crop amounted to 5,40O, 900 bales, |
selling for $50 a bale. Such taxation
says the Raleigh Ne,cs and OJssrrcy, is
monstrous, and is the reason that The
people are not prosperous. The success
OF the Democratic party will change all !
THIS and the people will be freed from
the oppression that now burthens them.
TN IN CoLoRADo.-A promising dis.
GOV ry Of tin is reported in n Denver
Colorado, paper The lode is said TO