South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-02-17
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RoMNEY. FRIDAY. FEB. l.. 1882


State debt, known as the Riddleberqer
debt bill, and it is now law.
The Bsltimore SuS OF TUESDAY ,.,,
says: The board e directors OF the
baltimore, Cincinnati ard Western
Railroad Company. the recent noninal
purchasers Of the Washington and Ohio
kai!road. will meet in New York today
TO determine what Shall se done abou,
the purchase. Congressman YoUNo, OF
Ohio. The vice president OF The company
expresses the confident belief athat tie
$5O,0so draft will be houored when
sgaiu sent TO New York for collection.
aud that his company will soon take
possession Of the road land commence
the work Of it's extension"
There are stored in Pennsylvania a,
least thirty million barrels of crude pc.
troleum - enough TO last the world FIVE
years, ADD still the over-p production is
being constantly increased and new
storage tanks buill.
Although the Mississippi Legislature
Is over"hel mingly Democratic, cslosed
men Lave been elected as doorkeepers
in both branches. The Republican OF
gaus will please observe this evidence
Ct Bourbon intolerance.
!; IS sail an ordinary dsy's business
on change in Chicago is tic sale of C.
bout ten million bushels of grain. Or
Saturday last The sales amounted TO
neatly Thirty million bushels.
IRE VIRGINIA Observation-Disclosures
'atire DEGENDoRF, Of The Portsmouth,
(Fa.) district, has published q card IN
regsId to the bestowal of fcdetal pat
ronage in that State. lie says il looks
list Little bit unreasonable for afr.
MALONE to step into The tno Repuhli.
can districts in the State and single out
h.s political victims" Commentinc on
Mr. Degendotfs wall, the Washington
iost says: ~ len Mr.. Malone sold
Virginia he did not cell it by counties
nor by square miles. lie transferred i;
In a lump, mountains. cities and towns.
Nothing wss said about Districts in The
bargain. The entire State was offered
up as sacrifice to political greed, veyy
much IS butcher would sell fat cGlf
and 1t is as reasonable to suppose that
MIR. Malone could give up T. district e
that the butchers should agree that the
tail Of the calf be not Included III the
general barter"
The board of health Of Richmoud,
Va, reports twelve desth5 from small
po1 last week. Eighteep new cases
were reported during the same peCiod.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Table. writes, uuder date 18th
January: at is no longer any secre,
that if.Prince. Bismarck carries out his
programme Of eadjusiing the equilib-
rum III Rome, Italy will rebel, France
vii join her against Germany. ani ne
shall witness the eldest daughter Of the
Church arrayed against the Papacy aad
tie Protestant Empirc Of Germany"
Col Seaton, superintendent Of the
ceneus, thinks that it will DO between
eight aud twelve months before the
census work is completed. Tho printed
reports will embrace about twenty thou
sand PAGES.
The sub-comEiltoe Of the House
Committee on Territories have decided
to report to The full committee In favor
of admitting WASHINGTON Territory into
the Union Of States.
SrALyARrs To The Fnoyr -Indic.-
tons ar. strong tbot tlsre i. to 10 q
vhoioaale sweep Of lalf.hyecds from the
New York custom house. their places 10