South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-10-27
South 9ranth 5attlliasntrr.
RoHSEg, FRIDAY. ocr ~. 1872.


next wt'l ,sosy Malone All bis marty
al prescription and Repatriation ou, of
ngat. Mark out prediction
In tho spring of 1881, MAroxE de-
ctared that he was s better Democrat
thsn BsS HIT. Now it you'll appear
that he is better Republican than
jim Blaine.
II tte Bosses succeed in getting con.
'rot OF the courts. as they have succeed
ed IN times past in controlling iegisls-
ton. both labor and capital will be at
their mercy. They will rule the labor
ing man as they are ruled by the des-
pots OF Europe, aud will bleed the CAPT.
tssists as they are bied by the bandits
OF Greece and Albanis.-Bah. San.
Judge BLACK has been intervie we'd in
regard to affairs in Utah. lie c)ncedes
the constitutionelity OF the Edmands
law in striking at poiygamy but dc
cares that the commissioners under the
Ednunds law have, Of their own motion.
without authority OF any law, and in the
teeth OF the constitution, established an
inouisi'ion into the lie of every man
and every woman for twenty years back.
and devised test oath to try them ::
anu all who decline 10 swear that they
have not married or cohabi;ed with more
than Que woman at a3y time in the
course Of the la { twenty years are pro.
nouncea guilty of polygamy and forth
with punished for the crime by ,lisrran.
chisemeh.. He further charges that the
governor and other territorial officials
oil Utah are engaged in II scheme which,
il successful, will make the whole ter
ri;orial government the p-ey OF the
spoil,r.
1t is stated that during the last TWEEN
ty years Tore than S560,OOO,O0U have
Goen disi ursod 10 rcnsiont rs Of all sorts.
and ct the present rate Of increase, be-
fore tie next twenty years are ended the
amount will have reached n billion dol
lars. There are now over 900 600 claims
for pensions pending the last fiscal year
having added 10000 TO this number.
Gen. GoFF 5 money and the Green
back party, it is said, were the causes
Of Mr.. Golf being elected
The receipts Of the Postollice Depart
meat during the six months ended Dec.
81, 1881, were 0,29l ,49l, and the ex.
penditures $50, l03.7s7. From Jan. /.
1882, to June 80, 1882, the receipts were
S2l ,594,9l and the expenditures 500.
264 397-leaving u surplus of 81 ,32O, :
52l.
The United Safes Department Of Az
riculture estimates crop yields OF this
country for the present year as follows ::
Oats $50 900, 900 bushels rye 10000.
600 bushels; barley 100000 bushels
buckwheat / 500. 900 bushels aud no
tatoes, 1G),OOO,OO bushels. Careful
comparisons lead the Off ;aIs TO believe
that the coin crop will appro zimatc L.
GS0,OOO,0o0 bushels.
SIR j. LAwEs. the eminent English,
scientific agriculturst, says that while
the English wheat crop of 1882 cannot
perhaps be considered an average crop,
the other crops are, taking them all
round, very g pod, and the prospects of
agriculture more favorable than for sew
eral years.
New York Sun The price Of beef is
bound to go down still lower. To-day
n big Chicago firm. which has leased the
East st. Louis Canning Company's pre-.
misses, begins killing beef for the Eas.
tern market. They have capacity for
1000 cattle day, and for
CHILLING 5000. They say that they
can chill meat for exactly what il costs
To handle the ic,. This chilled meat
Will be sent East in immense quantities
IN refrigerator cars. Already ARMoUR
and other Chicago capitalists are onga-
god in the business largely in Chicago
This is not pleasant news for Eastern
butchers, but it is good news to the great
army OF meat eaters, with whom beef
has been q luxury for months past.
Ia the Vermont House Of Represen.
taliycs on Tuesday last n bill was in.
trodncea providing that prisoners shall
be made inseusiblo b. tho authorities
before execution.
EARTHQUAKE Is KASsAs.--An car,li.
quake shock was iell at Wichita. on
The z3rd inst. It's duration was about
five seconds. There were three pulsa-
tions, tho first being the strongest. rat
Ting Window swaying the walls Of
buildings, and moving furniture.
The Democratic gains 10 Ohio. re-
marks The S'aurtou Spectator, are great.
or even than the most sanguino Dem.
ocrht outside Of that State expeetod