South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-08-25
South a.raatI. aatelli9tnttr.
RoMNEY, FRIDAY, AUG. rs, 1882.


tributed 80, OGO to the Baltimore Oriole,
and will give it all the encouragement
possible.
The Chicago Times OF Saturday last
estimates the wheat crop OF not less
than 570,000.000 bushels, and thinks it
may reach 600, O0J, 900.
The yellow fever is making such
Roadway on tho Texas coast as to Gre
ate considerable fear that it may be-
come general epidemic. Notice was
received at tue Post Chico Department
in Washington on the 18th inst. that
the mails are being quarantined in the
State OF Texas on account Of yellow
fever.
The Democratic Congressional Con-
vention oil the Fourth district was held
ct Point Pleasant, this State, on the 10th
inst, and Captain EusTAcE GIBSON, Of
Cabell county, nominated for Congress
on the fourteenth ballot. Capt. G.. is
native Of Culpeper county, Va. and
served with distinction in the Confcd-
crate army, in which he received des-
perate wounds, from which he still suf-
fers. lie was prominent democrat in
the Virginia con stitutional convention
after the war. Later he removed to
Huntington, this State, and has served
with credit in the Legislature. lie is q
lawyer of ability, and his election to Cor.
gross is conceded.
The enormous piano factory of IIar-
man, Bowling &c Peck, New York, was
destroyed by fire Saturday morning, last.
Loss $250,000; partially insured.
There were from 1900 to 800 pianos
in process of manufacture. The firm en-
ployed from $50 to 400 men, all Of
whom lost their tools. Among the pi-
amos burned was one that had been ex.
hibited at the centennial fair in Phila-
delpbia, amt was valued a. $1,000.
A very curious thing is sal. quarry
discovered in Wyoming county. N. Y.
They were boring for oil, and struck a
ledge twelve feet thick of pure crystal
salt. 1t lies in the earth like q gigantic
cake Of ice, and can he taken out so
clear and transparent that you can see
through the cakes as if they were pnre
glass. The mine is a source of infinite
wealth and one Of the geological curios-
tiles Of the world.
We observe that circulars are being
seLt TO soldiers in different sec, ions of
The country by western parties stating
that for $40, hundred and sixty acres
tf good land will be secured without the
formaiily of occupying it Tor four years
less The lime Of service in the army, as
provided by law. The Land Commits
sicner. at Washington, states that the
law remains unchanged, and that the
circulars are for the purpose Of decep
ton. Soldiers will, therefore, take warn.
ing.
Vennor predicts severe storm peri
Cd on the Lower Lakes toward the enc
OF the present month, and early in Sep
tember. lie also predicts similar dis
turbances along the New jersey coast,
and southwark to and beyond Charles
ton on the Atlantic coast.
The Democratic Convention Of the
Seventh Congressional District Of Vir.
GINA, which met in Stanton on the
18th inst, nominated Col. CHARLES T.
OFEREALL on tue first ballot. The
Readjuster party in Convention at ITar-
risonburg on the following day nominal
ted Hon. ISAAC PAUL for re. election TO
Congress.
A heavy white frost fell in the region
OF Cleveland, Ohio, on the night of the
goth inst. No apparent damage how
ever, was done to vegetation.
The British steamship Endymion,
which sailed from Baltimore on the Goth
inst. Tor Marseiles, took out a cargo of
1921 bushels Of wheat. OF this amount
81, 3OO bushels were transferred from
Locust Point elevator on board the ship
in four hours. The actual working time
in loading and slowing away the entire
cargo was IL hours.
New York SUI: This season there
have been abundant rains in the West.
Here at the East, the late crops are
suffering. From the Canada borde- TO
Long Island there has been little rain
for a month. Berries are withered. po-
tatoes are kept small, apples are falling,
and pears are puny. The landscape is
parched, and in many places the supply
of water has run so low that artificial
watering Is not always practicable.