South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-05-05
Suaifa 5syaaek aRteliissg:er,
RoMNEY. FRIDAY, May 5. 1882.

IN the United States Senate, on Fri
DAY last. Is viii be seen sroGl tie pro.
coc6ings ofCongrcss in another column.
House bill fixing tie second Tuesday in
October IS the lime fo- elec;ing Con-
gressmen in West Virginia was passed.
RALrH WALDO ENERso2, the eminent
author, poet and philosopher, died CT
pneumonia. after brief illness. at his
residence IN Concord, Mass, on the 9Th
ultimo.
Five hundred White Mountain n
raches are reported TO have broken out
from the San Carlos reservation in Ari-
zona, aud Ia he heading for the ella
river. Several additional murders arc
reported, nnd the indians are running
OF stock and burning ranches.
1t is estimated that tue reduction Of
the public debt for the month OF April
is about Sl4 100000, or abou. $1,000.
900 less than the reduction for March.
The first now wheat Of this years
crop was received 10 St. Louis on Set
urdny last and sold at "a so per bushcl,
the highest price ever paid there. 1t
graded ss No. 2, was raised in Johnson
county, Ark, and is the earliest ship.
mont hy ono month ever made TO St.
Louis.
II 10 stated that the rolling mills OF
Pitt sbnTgh employ 1890 hands. Cap
ital 10 the amount OF $20,000,O pO is 10
vested, and lis annual products is $780,
900 900.
A large ssle of thoroughbred stock
owned by James e. GriDs;esd, OF Lex
iDg;on, Ky, took place in that city on
Monday last. Upwards Of 81 head were
sold, the bidding being npirited. A
nong the srles were Income. grand dam
Of lroquois, TO Charles Reed, of Sarsto-
IN, New York, Si,7l5; Keepie, TO Mil
;on Young, $3.50; Tarantuls. to L.
Ferry Wall, $1,000; Ballet, stinted to
Lon Gfellow, Gen. Withcrs, Sl,525; Per.
!aps. Milton Young. $3.50
IMPORTANT DECISION ~ THE SU-
PErME CoUnT.-The celebrated case Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany rs. Joseph S. miller, Auditor OF
the State Of West Virginia, was decided
IN Tho Supreme Court at Wheeling, ON
the 22nd ultmo. This was an iniunc-
lion obtained from the Circuit Court Of
oJio county, restraining tho auditor from
certifying the taxes for 1879, asseeseJ
against said company,.to the SherHs of
The several counties through which the
railroad passes, Oh the ground that the
state OF West Virginia, by the act oC
March lst, 1866, and acts subsequent
thereto. exempted the railroad from al.
taxation until its profits should amount
TO ten per cent. OF its capital. The
Auditor resisted the Injunction on The
ground that said exemption was un-
constitutions. Tho Circu: Court held
That the acts were constitutional, and
That the company was exempted and
perpetuHted The injunction. Tho audi
tor appealed at the present special term
OF Tie Supreme Court, and the consl-
tutional question was ably and clabora.
tely argued 10y General Robcr. White
and Attorney General Watts for tie
Auditor, and Judge Robertson, Of Yir-
giniG, and Colonel IIogeman, Of Kama,
wha, for the company. Judge johnson,
President, rendered The unanimous opn.
ion Of the Court, holding thst section
nf article Of the Constitution Of 1868.
Which provides that All property. both
real and personal, shall Le taxed ac-
cording to it's value means that oil
property in the State, whether owned
by corporations or individuals, Shall BE
taxed, and TIE Legislature is authorized
10 exempt no property except that spe
cifceuy excepted in the section or the
Constitution aforesaid. The Wheeling
RCg,ter says:
This opinion is pregnant with results
and must very materially Increase tie
resources Of the State as tie taxes Tor r.
Gin q year amounted to about s2S OQg
The opinion OF the Court was very clgar
aHt concise ard we have heard many
favorable expressions OF opinion in 70.
gard 20 u. General Robert White, who
h's fcptoscnted the state IN Tho pro.
cecaiaas from tho limo tic injunction
vas obtained, and Attorney General
waite. WHO has nlso been I'm Che case
since his terra Of Office commenced. are
entitled ,ogrcat credi: for tie allie nan.
Hcr IN which they have manaeed tho
cause.
Col. HodEHAN, chief counsel OF Tie
HajIroa1 Company, will carry the case
% Tie supreme Cour. Of the United
States