South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-11-10
The receipts OF the Patent Otfice an,


Increase over the same month OF last
year OF sl4o60.46. The increase since
Jan. !, 1852. was si37,39O FL.
The Treasury department will coon
issue gold certificates OF the denomina-
tons Of 500, $50 and 500. They will
be issued tie same as legal tender
notes.
SETTLED AT LAsr.--The official re.
turns from the election in the second
congressional district OF West Virginia
have at last been received in Wheeling:
The vote stands Wilson, dem IL, 4O6;
Masop, rep, 1886; Kitchen. green
backor. G56-Wilson's majority over
Mason, 10 votes. Snyder, dem, for
Supreme Court Judge, has 32ll ma.
jority over Guthrie, rep.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The census
bureau has issued q special bulletin de-
voted to statistics Of the manufacture
of petroleum. from which It appears
that on the 3lst of May, 1880, there
were in the United States sc petrole-
um manufacturing establishments, with
an invested capital Of 27,395,7 46. The
amount of crude oil used during the
year was 1885, 1927 gallons, and the
value Of manufactured products S43,-
705,2i3.
The value Of exports from Norfolk
for October aggregated $2,l9i,15l, a
decrease of S328.84i. compared with
1881.
SENATOR WINDOWS enemies in Min
nesota are industriously working to
create tae impression that lac has ac-
CURED immense wealth during his SER
vices In the Senate. In published
letter Mr. Window shows The falsity of
their statements, lie enumerates prop.
critics said TO be owned by him and val.
ued at 100000. all Of which he a.
grees 10 transfer TO his opponents for
the sum OF % cents. The other state.
ments Of his enemies, he says, are little
nearer the trulh than the above.
Mrs. NJ A. JACKSON, widow of Gen.
'Stonewalr Jackson, who is visiting in
Cleveland, Ohio, writes that her health
IS how excellent, and that she will soon
return to her home in the South.
FIsuwAYs FOR THE PoroMAC.-Dr.
D. V. Simmons, Of Charestown, w. Va.
has undertaken the supervision of the
erection OF The fshways or ladders, the
invention of Col. Marshall Mcdonald
at the numerous falls Of the Potomac.
work Tor which an appropriation WAS
made st the last session of Congress.
1he work is TO he completed within q
year, and then the Uppe. Potomac, and
the Shenandoah too. may be supplied
with shad and herring, &c.
Popular belief in the wisdom Of vac
ciDalIon has received severe blow i'm
part of Germany, where large mum.
Der OF children, both those vaccina,ed
Tor the first time an d others revaccina-
ted after an interval Of twelve wears.
Lave fallen dangerously III, the flesh a.
bout the Eunctured part decayiag and
sloughing off, and the bodies being COW
cred with sores and boils. 1t is thought
unlikely that single one OF the affec-
ted children will recover. Impure virus
appears to have boon the cause of this
unfortunate result
In the Supreme Court OF Appeals of
this State, on lth inst the following de-
cision was announced: A. c. Harness
as. Peter Babb's executors, fr0m Pres
ton county. Writ Of error and super
sedeas was allowed; bond $50.
The GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR
LEAsED.-The president and directors
OF the White Sulphur Springs Company
had meeting on Saturday and up
proved contract of lease Of the springs
toliarrison PbGbus, Of Old Point, for a
term of five years from 1st Decembsr
next. This lease maets the views Of
tue committee Of creditors and iasures
the pay ment Of the debts they rcpre.
cent in reasonable time. Colonel
George l.. Peyton. superintendent of
tho Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
Company. has sold his interest 400
shnres of the capital stock to Mr.. Phm.
bus, The new lessee for cost and a
handsome bonus Col, Peyton has as
many friends as any man who ever sn-
dertook the difficult task Of pleasing
the public, and in his retirement from
the conduct of the springs will be fol.
lowed 10y the best wishes Of the press
and ibe public. Richmond Dispatch.
Macon Register: Frank James SAYS
that during the four years he resided in