South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-01
South Sransh 4ntelliaenter.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. JUNE /. 1898.

Lotu Custom o.0 lhternA erevcuce
receipts arc falling off. The rGovern-
ment revenue uili fall S25, ZOO, 600 be-
low the estimate.
Reports from twenty ono counties In
NebrasSa g - dscrease in the 1cre-
age Of spring wheat. and six an Increase
and they all give tie outlook for good
crop as vesy ins.
Hon. John @. Praihcr, Of St. Louis,
very truly observes that "a political
party cannot be run on the hide ard
seek policy lie Believes with ex-
Governor Palmer, OF Illinois, ,ha. an
aggressive policy il the proper one to
unite tue Democr Acy and enable il 10
march forward TO viutory,
The Havana papers intimate the dis
covOry Of new frauls in tn, department
of tax collection for Cuba. The Oh.
Gals IN charge Of that department are
said TO have substituted false for gen
uine receipts to the amount CT over
$l,000,0O0. .,s
The wheat receipts at San Francisco
from July 1. 1882. to date show de.
crease Of 5.25O.OO0 cen.aIs. compared
with the corresponding period Of the
previous year. 6ts
Tue most note orthy feature, remark.
an exchange, % the immigration OF
this Spring, next to It's decline in mum
p
bers from last years is The relative
gain of the portion coming from Ire
land. Thirty years ago the Irish in mi :
grafton IVES enormous. being frequently
or 10 times as great, in one year, as
that from England. But OF late the
disproportion has been ding, un-
til, few years since, tho English i'm
migration actually exceed the Irish. -
During the ten months p.ior to the LIST
OF May, 1882, the immigration from
England aud Wales was II. 39t greater
than that from Ireland; and during
tue ten months prior to the LIST OF MAY,
1883. it was more than 10000 greater,
or between fifty s. sixty per cont in sx-
cess. Yet during the late month CT
April the arrivals from Ireland we're q
thousand more than those from England
and Wales or about ten per cent. in K.
cess Of them
Three mortgages from the Cincinnati,
Washington and Baltimore Railway
Company have been fled in the record.
er's Office at Cincinnati The first, for
5000, 900, to secaro the second mort
gage bonds of the road ; the second, for
S2,270,O 900, to secure the third mortgage
bonds; the third to secure $500, 600
OF first income bonds and 100000 Of
second income bonds. This is simply
carrying out the routine Of tho reorgan.
ization Of the company.
JUICE BOND SUsTAIEED.-A special
dispatch from Richmond, under date
OF May 21th states that Chief Justice
Yates decision in the Greenbr;er White
Sulphur Springs ease sustained the &C.
ton OF Judge Bond in the appointment
OF Mr.. A. l.. Boulware a. receiver for
all the property, excepting two acres
over which Judge Jackson has jurisdic.
ton. The decision will be made pub.
lie al Parkersbury tomorrow. This de.
cision ID also confirm atory of the lease
OF the springs ny M. Harrison Phoe-
bus, of the Hygea Hotel. Old Point
Comfort, Va.
The failures, suspensions and dis.
putes between iron masters and work.
mel in Pennsylvania and Ohio are q
sign that iron making is abou. to leave
those States and seek cheaper and bet.
ter fields. 1t costs all Of $21 ton to
mako pig iron in Pennsylvania. we ale
told. and nearly as much in Ohio. But
it can be madc-indeed, IL lie now inside
for 81 ton in Tennessee and Ala
bama, and presume it can ne made at
nearly those 6gures in Missouri. A,
any rate it begins to look ns if Eastern
capita was getting ready TO move TO
the South apd West To embark largely
in business. Louis Republican.
MICHIGAN SALT MINEs.-An i'm.
mense deposit OF rock self, clear as,
crystal, and over hundred feet in
thickness. has been discovered in Ct.
Clair county. Michigan. 1t lies 81 a
depth Of less Ihsn two thousand feet
and is supposed TO extend from Lake
Huron to Lake St. Clair. and it prop.
orly developed will no doubt effect an
entire revolution in tha salt produe
tion OF the country.
Wheeling Register: The general feel.
ing "a TO the business outlook is deci.
dGdly varied. In tho West and South
there seems an abiding faith thst tue
future is full of bright promises, though
The late reports from the wheat crop
are slightly depressing. In the East,