South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-12-01

Gays DE believes his bill reducing letter
postage to two cents will psss this ses.
zion.
The United States Supreme Court
10 nearly 1000 cases behind its docket.
which is equivalent to al least three
years work.
Seventeen thousand names we're sd-
dtd 10 tue pension rolIs this last year.
1t 10 never TOO late to End on. that you
were disabled.
In the lowe, House OF Congress last
year tLere we're 100 Republicans, and
only 62 were re elected. There were
1913 Democratic. and Of these, 81 have
been sent back. This is how tue peo-
pie fixed it.
The strike Of railroad coal miners in
the Pittsburgh district last week was
not successful Out of SO pits. employing
over 5000 men, only 10 pits, or 1900
miners, are idle.
In answer TO the question, How do
you account for it! one Republican
says bossism; another prohibition; an
other Arthurism another Jay Hubbel-
ism another too much tariff; another
too high taxes another too much river
and harbor appropriation. All of which
60 TO show that the party is so diseas-
ed from head to foot that it is hard to
put Singer on q sound spot.--Er.
Mr.. JAMES L. O'HARA, from tie End
district OF North Carolina, is the only
colored man elected to the Forty eighth
Congress. Pennsylvania furnishes the
only greenbacker in the same body.
The last session of the 47th Congress
will begin next Monday, and terminate
the 4th Of March, 1883.
TIE WEST VIRGINIA SENAroRsulP.-
The Hon CHARLES JAMES FAULKNER
epphatically denies the publi.h he'd re-
port that lie participated in recent
conference of west Virginia po'it clans
in Baltimore in reference to the selec-
ton Of successor to United States SEN
ator Henry g. Davis, whose term ex-
pires on the 18th Of March next. MIR.
Faulkner says that he had not even the
honor Of an invitation to participate
in t,'and never heard OF any such meet
ing there or elsew here until he saw it
mentioned in the newspapers. 1t is AL
so understood that the Hon. JOHN +.
KENNA, the able Congressman from the
third district, who is q candidate for
the Senate, repudiatcs any connection
with n conference on that subject He
will 90 before the Legislature on lis
own record.
The Washir s;oa american Register
states that the hard money of the coun-
try has now reached the enormous vol
ume Of S7l8. 100000, of which s5l2,-
100000 is of gold. Ga this solid basis,
and other elements OF national credit
about 100000 in paper money is
sustained at par, and $4,000, 900 of
silver dollars intrinsically worth fifteen
per cent. less. This is q happy change
from the time when our coin Was in
visible, when our paper was worth less
than half its face. and our only change
was shinplasters.
On the report of Attorney-geners
Brewster the President has ordered the
removal OF the marshal of the District
OF Columbia, Charles Il. Henry; Post
master ID. b. Anger, Assistant Post
master NJ. M. Parker, NJ. ID. Helm. fore.
man of the Congressional Record, and
George f. Spencer, commissioner OF the
Union Pacific Railroad. Thcv are char.
ged with interfering with the admins
tra;ion Of justice in the star route ca
ses, The action OF the President, the
Baltimore Sun says, was like a thun-
der-clsp in clear sky. Other remov-
ale, reaching even higher officials, are
limited at by Washington specials, and
1t is becoming evident that the Presi-
dent docs not intend TINT any flture
failures in the star route trials shall be
even indirectly chargeable TO tue Exec
utiye Department. The public will now
take hope that the star.routs trials will
amount 10 something.
The Washington correspondent Of
tho New York World says that Mr..
FULoEn has offered and the President
has accepted his resignation as Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, to take effect on
the 18th of Dcoemher ItisurJor.,~1
that Mr. Folger after his resignation
will take up his residence in New York
City as counsel of New York Mutual
Life Insurance Company. All specu-
lation as to bis probable successor in
the TreasurY DerartmonL mnnll no