South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-10-20

The income Of The United States gov
eminent - million aad . half & dav
much OF IL goes 10 ply an army OF uss.
less officers.
The Rev. DIR. TBoxAs Guard, OF Nj.
Vernon Place NJ. Z. Church Baltimore
died on Sunday last. lie was one of
the abIess divines ard most eloqnen,
lecturers in he country.
A correspondent OF tho New York
Herad quotes the Hon. SrfoS CAME
RON As 81, ing There Is q great proba-
Aoniiy OF the mex. House being demo
cratic. | admit. and I have of.eo tbo't
how much better il would have been
Tor the republican party hal IL permit
tel Mr.. TiIden TO take his seat instead
OF appointing tho eight 10 seven com
mission In order 10 put in that man
Hayes. 1 am proud 10 say voted a.
gainst tic commission. In the demo.
Gratis had been permitted to assume
power then, the country would be bet
ter eff to. day and the democracy would
certainly be RELOCATED to the rear at the
next ger eTal election. 1t was bad DO 81.
ness. that commission
The report OF the dead letter Office
for the fiscal year CT ding June 80, 1882,
Indicates that notwithstand ding all The
new devices for disposing OF the letters
in the shape Of printed notices on tn
envelopes directing the return Of the
missives to the writer in case they were
not called for there is q steady increa sc
in the number of letters that find their
way to the dead letter office-tbe in.
crease last year being Is per cent over
that of the previous year. OF the total
number opened. 1859 containe mon.
ey, and 1855 contained drafts, checks,
rotes and money orders, while 3,4O6,-
575, or an increase of III per cent
contained nothing Of value,
The REFRIGERATOR CARs.-Sereral
oil the refrigerator meat cars now pass
through Cumbcrl and, the CIVILIAN say s,
from Chicago bound for Washington &.
Baltimore on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad night and day freight trains.
lie cattle are butchered and the meat
is cut up and suspended on hooks. The
cars are kept cool by ice co mpartme Is
In either end. which keep cool draf,
constantly circulating through pipes
around the meat. Thirty-six slaueh.
tered cattle can be carried in single
car in this manner and kept in an ex-
cei!ent state Of preservation, which 8
about twice as many as can be carried
when alive. While the train is held
here Tor the purpose, from 500 20 1000
pounds of ice are placed in each car,
and about one half bushel of salt Tie
Ice Is either renewed at Bellaire or Cum.
berland, as may be required, This is
one oil The foremost among modern rail-
read improvements, and enables cattle
TO be slaughtered in Chicago and eaten
in Baltimore. The system of Trans
portatlon promises to become popular.
Eternal Vlgilencc is the Price of
Liberty, and unless the people take a
deeper interest in public affairs than
they have done for some time past, re.
marks the Grafton Sentinel. the true
principles of free government as laid
down by the patriots OF 1916, will be
lost sight Of, and our government will
be changed into monarchy or an aris-
tocracy, and the people will be despoi.
ed of the blessings of liberty bequea th-
ed to them by tie fathers OF the Re-
public.
The DEAD RESTORED TO LrFE.-A
remarkable circumstance is reported
from Fort Wayne, Indiana. On Tues
day afternoon of last week Mrs. w. T.
PETIT, vile Of the teller Of the Firs,
National Bank of Fort WAYNE, eppa.
rentIy died and the undertaken tool,
charge Of the toly. Arrangements
were making for the funeral and watch
ers sitting with tho supposed corpse
AT 10 o'clock at night faint sigh was
heard coming from the body. The
watchers started TO their feet with a.
larm, stepped to her side, found Der
eyes we're wide open, while in a voice
that was scarcely an audible whisper she
recognized them and asked for her hus.
band. For moment the attendants
were speechless with wonder at this re-
surrection OF the dead. then, with the re-.
yu'sion of feeling, they almost scream
ed with excitement. The husband came
IN haste, and with joy unspeakable CLASH
ed again Lis living wife in his arms
The doctor was sent for, and lac was as
much astn,,isLo1 90 IL -,