South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-02-24
@oitil 2rantA 9nte,iigenter.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. FEB. "a. 1882.

will he rcsoll March l6,h. unless the
Baltimore, Cincinnati and Western
Railroad Company comply with their
bi, by March lst It vas reported in
'exandria on the I 9th inst, tina. the
Beard oil Directors OF the Company.
bat, al meeting IN New YORK, on
Tuesday, the i4ih. decided to honor the
$4,000 cheek given by ar. HAYr to
Tue commissioners az asle of the saii
Washington and Ohio Railroad.
The grain feet from San Francisco
to European ports ia. the last six montbs
OF 1881 numbered $50 large vessels.
chips and barks, and the value OF their
cargoos mas moro than twenty five mill
on dollars.
Wheeling hteug;acer: Tho Chicago
wheat market recovered considerably
on the l6th inst, bu.-i, still IN shaky
condition. Grain will not go out OF the
country ua'iI lower prices ere made,
and then grain or gold must 20.
The values OF cxports Of domestic
b,ealstutfs for ths seven months ended
January 81, 1852, is 1924, O72, sO7. the
same period in 1881, sizes, sos. 50s.
New York SUN: 1t il now almost
two years since the attention Of The
country was drawn to the case OF Cadet
WHITAKER. Proceedings In regard 10
1t have advanced to . poist NJ which
the dgs-Adyocate-Ge nersl has dsci.
ded that the court-martial which tried
Whitaker was illegally constituted
Ine record VEG some time ago transmit
ted 10. the Secretary OF War, and the la.
test report Is Tat he has not yet found
time 10 lay it before the Pgcsiient. 81,
This rate Of progress, is there not dan,
ger th-t before the cRso i, finally deter
mined it may be esiil further complicat.
c! by claim from Whitaker that he
IS arrived at al eye emitting him to re
tire on half pay
1t appears tha; large impor;ations Of
potatoes continue st Nav York, mostly
from Ireland and Nova Sco.ia. They
arc cold from the steamers o. sbouL
cost, the vessels bringing them in bal
last. Tho best American potatoes arc
selling in Now York ut IS cents nor
busLe'.
In Ihs New Jersey House Of Repre-.
sentatires on Monday last resolution,
were adopted expressing sympathy for
the imprisoned Irish Americe1s ia Ire-
lanl and the persocated Jews 10 Russia.
Senator HH.L. OF Georgia, according
TO the. Philadelphia Times OF Monday
last. is rapidly recovering from the re.
cent operation performed On the Gland
OF tho neck for cancer. He il able 10
SIT up in his room st the Jefferson Hos.
pital, and tho surgeons thsro think he
Will shortly he able 10 attend 10 his du.
ties in the Uuitcd States Senate.
a WEST VIEGigIA HAND Rooy
lion. Il. STALNAHGR, Jr, secretary Of
State, will, st all early day, issue for
free distribution, . hand book Of Yves,
Virginia" setting forth al nysiab!s
facts in convenient snd compec. form.
relating to the resources of tho Stats.
lie says: West Virgicia has a rrea,or
amount Of coal in her hills and noun
tnins than Pennsylvania. This fact is
stated on the authority OF the late Unit.
ed States census reports. The game
reliable authority giyeq Official informs.
tion TO the world that West VIRGINIA
mines and markets but oue-tgsn,iath
rs much coal as does Pennsylvania -
Does the reader see the difference +?
1t also is matter Of Official record that
West Virginia has larger Quantities OF
the valuable hard woods than auy other
State IN The Union, yet she is exporting
almost none OF it, Her people build
worm fences and pig pene out OF cherry
and walnut which cells in .he markets
OF Tho East for from fifty dollars 70 one
hundred dollars per ono thousand feet. |
Yet these coal and timbor lands ate
within easy dis.anccs from tho best
markets OF the world Why are our
people not utilizing these treasures /
because We have neither the capital nor
tho labor 20 open railroads AMI do Tho
"orH. Why 60 Dot capital and labor
como from other sections and enoa,o IN
the profitable enterprlsess Bseau,5rbs
riches Of Wes, Virginia and ihs oppo,-