South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-06-23
South arsath 9uielligrafsr.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. JUNE %, 1852.

OF Frederick county, MI, ny terrific
hail ana rain storm on the 18th inst.
The total loss, IL is Estimated, will reach
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Senator DAVIS, OF this State gave o
dinner on lhursday evening OF last
week at the Arlington Hotel, Washing
ton, 10 Dir. JcHN w GARRETT, pres;-
deaf OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company. There were present
besides the host and his guest, Score.
tary toLGEn. rostmaster.General HOWE
Senators BAYAED, SHERMAN. WINDOW,
PESDLEToN, GoRMAN and CAMDEN, Rep.
resentatives UoGE. KESsA, WILSON
MCLANE and FLowsn.
In Washington, on Monday lss. Jus
tice BRADLEY, Of the United States SD.
Irene Court, 10 whom CHARLES II.
REED The, counsel for Gui,eau applied
for writ Of habcas corpus, filed de-.
NAL OF the application with the clerk OF
The court. Justice Bradley holds that
the court OF the Dis,ric, Of Columbia
hid full jurisdiction Of the case, and
that no reasons exis. for granting the
writ, and settles finally Guiteau's fate
unless President ARTHUR, in response
10 doubts expressed in aome quarters as
10 Ouittan's sanity, should intervene Sc
commute his sentence TO Imprisonment
ior life. There is so little expectation
that any such Clenency will be exercis-
cd that in ell probability Gui:eau will
suffer tie penalty OF his crime on Friday
next, the 30,h of the present month.
On Friday morning last car on the
train on the CIarksburg and Weston
naFrow-guage railroad going to Weston,
u just us u was entering on the trestlc
at Waiden's place, above iIofs cut, O..
yer two miles from Weston, the pasen-
ger car pulled of the track hut the
train was not stopped, and the passen.
ger coach, together with the goadola and
house car we're precipitsted on the
treetie. The passenger car inverted
Itself and struck on the top, MASKING
in and almost wrecking the car. Kill
ing two, MI CUEkY, young man OF
very handsome appearance, supposed
to be from Now York, about Is or 80
years old and Mr. Il. I. GOLDsBoRouGH.
drummer for Armstrong. Cater & Co..
oil Baltimore. and injuIing thirteen pas
sengers. There were abou. twenty pas
seBgers aboard. including some six or
seven ladies. Samuel Steel, engineer
Jacob Crcsan. fireman, and Ben Jack
SOD, baggage master, oil escaped, Jack
son jumping from the train. The acci.
dent is supposed 20 have resulted frou
rail turning over.
The wheat crop of East Tennessee ia
nearly harvested. Nearly Two hundred
reports from the thirty.threc counties
show that this is the best wheat crop
grown in East Tennessee in ten years
The acreage is larger, the Weld greater
and tho quality far superior. The oat
crop is nearly ready for harvest, and
will be The hest ever produced ia Eas,
Tennessee.
lie CATTLE CENsUs.-lt would bs
interesting at this time, when there is &c
much talk about the scarcity beef, 10
know tho live s.ocb statistics ofthe last
census but it is intimated that these
are withheld 10 give some Washington
officials the chance 10 comeiio the inc,s
collected az public expense into books
to be cold for their private benefit
From two sources we get a glance al
tacso figures. Ore 10 book published
and copyrighted BY j. Il. GnINNgLL OF
Iowa Who obtained tho figures from The
statiatican Of the Agricultural Depart.
mont, and The other is @ table furnished
by the Superintendent of the Census, il
reference to the sheep OF tho country, to
Congress in a recent debate.
lftheso agurcs arc correct, thoy prove
tLat the grand total Of cattle, exclusive
Of sheep, in.thi' country is 3G.O93.65i
and OF sheep, ~. 3sl ,3g3. New York is
surpassed IN sheep growing only by CAL
Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio. Pennsyl
vania ond Texas, having l,7I5,lsC
sheep, 1t also sutrasses every State in
tho Union in is number Of mich cows
1887 sj5, and is credited with Sg.GSs
working oxen, while Missouri. where
The use Of oxen is much more common.
is credited with but 1920, and Illinois
with but 1916 Under the head oil
other cattle, which may or may not in
cIude somethine else than beeves, Now
York has sG2. 2s3, which is larger than
'he number in ony STATE excep, Texas,
OHIO Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and
Missouri.