South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-07-13

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TIE 500 insnaaes were safety reeoved.
TIE ,oss ~Sil suoant 20 Si5e, ees. Joaa
Giloore, es,o<eA iaoGte OF the inssit1-
lion, Was arrested At Attleborc and con-
fcssed that he set Gre to .se building.
He said he hsd c,rricd match for one
year for tire purpose
valeotise's recumbeut figure OF Gen.
RoBERr K. LEE wss unveiled At Lexing
ton. Va, On Thursday of last week. in
the presence OF six thousand persons.
The ceremonies were of the mos, i'm /.
posing character. and tue Grafton by
Maj. John II. Daniel is said to have been
. master piece Of American oratory.
Tho following is the condition CT the
Treasury: Go,d coin aud bullion, $l9s,.
5S4 ,4Sl; silver dollars aud bullion,
$ll6.337 ,O53; fractional silver coin,
$50, 4lo,7 44; United States notes, $54,.
232.6sl; total. s397.571.si5. Cer,if
Gates outstanding-Gold. sci, 524 600 {;
silver, $50. 535, 93l /; currency, sls. 065, =
600.
The great wind storms seem to have
Transferred their scene of operations
from the West to the East. The New
York Sun says: Siuoe the tornado on
Hemp stead Plains there have been sim.
liar destructive storms in Connecticut,
Massachusetts,, AMI New York. The
latest tornado Of which we have heard
occurred yesterday week nenr Albany.
In tho mean time just as the big group
Of sun spots which appeared two weeks
, ago 10 disappearing around the western
edge Of the sun. another group, almost
as large, has come into view near the
: eastern edge; SO those who think that
the condition Of the sun has something
to do wt,h the condition OF tic weather
will not be likely 10 predict = sudden
ending Of the meteorological disturban-
ces at present.
The severe fall ia wheat, corn & pork
at Chicago On Tuesday last is attributed
TO reports. o! yellow fever at the South
operators. Tho announcement Of arri
val Of new wheat at St. Louis assisted
the decline in that article.
PLAGUE AND FAMINE.-Thc news from
the plague stricken region Of Egypt Is
startling. Provisions have given out in
.Damie,ta. and the people are said TO be
starving. Meantime the city is sur
rounded by Gordon OF soldiers, and
the sufferers within the lines are not
permitted TO seek food elsewhere for fear
of carrying outside with them the seeds
OF the disease. Several Europeans who
attempted to break through the Gordon
as willing TO be shot as 10 starve to
death--wero wounded by the sentries.
Ocean vessels are crowding the Cali
fornia ports for tho heavy wheat crops
now being made ready for shipment.
The crop, though injured In places by
tho dry wind, will be about up TO the
standard, and there will be large sur
plus for export.
1t appears that the PostG,aster's &C
counts for the third quarter Of the
last Rscal year are just being closed up.
There promises to be surplus for the
year of about s2,500,O 900. The plum der
in the Postofflce bill passed last session
is costing the department. it is estima-
ted. about 81 100000. II was intended
to put the new rate OF payment of
postmssters OF the fourth class into
effect when the 2-cent stamps come
into use. but the law was so worded as
20 go into effect at once, although the
new stamp is not authorized until De-
tober. The deficiency next year is es.
timated ut about 100000, on account
of reduction of the postage rate,
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