South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-10-13
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R0GNEY. FkIpAY. oCT 10. 1852.

Z. is nov aanalaced taa, the gross
reeei us as the pnstoliice depassms a.
fr tss 'ssS d'cai year were more than
FIVE millions greater THAI those OF the
previous year
Abs e8ozLs aa{Sc TO keep ,he stand
ard SILVER dollars "a circulation contin-
us 10 be unsuccessful IL appears that
on tse ri iust. the Treasurer OF the u.
States tIad On hsAd as assets SOP 22S.-
6i7 OF these coins. The amount OF as
sets Of this Kind reported on January 81
was S69,5o9,937. This is in Increase
for ainc months OF SO. 63S,7Io.
WAsHISGToN AND ONO ROAD. The
Alexandria Gazette has been informed
that the engineer corps of the Wash
ington and Ohio Railroad has succeed,
CT In getting route over tho Blue
Ridge mountains With q grade OF only
90 feet TO tue mile. This road is now
taxed to its utmost capacity in moving
the large quantities of frcigh. which arc
now being shipped owe. it. New en-.
giDes and cars have been ordered from
the North which arc expected to arrive
soon.
OPERATIONS oFTuE STATE Beard OF
UEALTn.-Dr. j. T.. Reeves, Secretary
or the State Board of Health, has ius,
issued catecheticai circular, designed
To collect definite aud accurate nfor-
NATION regarding the domiciliary h.
gienc Of the inhabitants Of this State the
hygiene Of the public schools, and social
and moral statistics which may serv G
the Board in making up complete
sanitary record This document will be
very useful when completed, not only
IN the operations OF the State Board.
anu as basis OF necessary legislation
In This connection, but also TO the coun-
try at large-to Medical Associations
and Boards OF Health in other States.
1t is very commondable wuik, and il
is hoped those to whom these circulars
are addressed will feel il duty as well
as pleasure 10 serve the public in this
behalf, by collecting and furnishing the
Board OF Health with the information
requested by thase circulars.
1t is now said that tho the forger cf
the Morey letter is said TO have been
found at last, and proves to be one Ii.
III. Hadley, n renegade republican.
The Trcdegar Iron Works, at Rich
mond. Va, are at a standstill, and 200
men are Idle on acco mt Of the dis
charge Of n man for reasons which his
fcllow.workmen deemed insufficient
a writer in The Richmond DiSpatch
under date Of Rcidsvile, n. c., Septcm.
Der 10Th. relates the following: There
lives in Henry county, q negro man
whose color ten years ago was dark
brown, bet since that time has gradu-
ally whitene1 until to- day he is as white
as the average Caucasian The change
commenced some years ago upon the
hands, and extended gradually to the
limbs, body, and face, and finally alter.
ed the entire appearance Of the man.
The subject of this notice is Jack Pres
ton by name, once slave Of the late
William Ballard Preston, is sixty odd
years old, in good health, and lives on
the Chestnut Knob, in said county.
Jack would pass anywhere for a white
man but for bis hair. which plainly
betrays his racc. TO many this will
he hard 10 believe, bat the fact is known
10 q hundred of his neighbours
The extent TO which the public lands
continue TO be taken up is indicated by
the statistics Of the Lsad Office, remarks
the New York Sur, which snow that the
number Of acres disposed Of during the
last fiscal year was over fifteen millions,
or about five millions more than duriny
the year preceding. Tie cash received
for this land increased in amount from
five million dollars to more than eight.
Emigration 10 the Northwest ia unques.
tionably tho chief cause Of this increase
rs both the cash sales and the home
stead entries in Dakota were larger
than those Of any other Territory or Of
my State. Still in the South there are
noticeable disrcsGls OF public lands,
n great many acres being taken up in
Louisiana and Florida. After Tho va4t
remaining lands have been redoced tnl
few desirable regions are len, there may
be inquiries whether here is any bet
ter method Of using and di>posing Of
them than the one tina, now cxists.
n prediction is made by Mr.. y. c..
jenkins that next year there win be %
great attack Of cholera throughout the
world, lie bases bis opinion upon Che
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