South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-07-20
South a;raneh 9ntelligentsr.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1888.

october next.
IL appears that during the fiscal year
just ended there has been a net in
crease OF 1859 pos,oflices established
over the aninbcr established duting the
previous fiscal year.
a very emphatic reason for the pres
eni dullness in the iron and steel indus.
uiea may be found in the report Of The
number Of miles OF rev railway built
during the FIRST half OF the present year.
This report shows construction of 2. =
500 miles OF rlain track. as against
about twice tina, number or miles dur
Ing The sans time last year. A shrink
sge OF Fifty per cent. in the important
item Of railway building must in i. self
cause depression and unsettlo iron and
steel values IL there were no other
causes at work in tho Same direction.
DEATn or JUDoE THEAKER-Judge
L Z. Theaker, Reconnaissance of pa
tents. formerly a member OF Congress
from Ohio, and more recently engaged
In Patent-o fice practice in Washington
AMI New York, died at Oakland, Md,
on Monday morning last. Judge Theak.
or had been quite i'll in Washington,
AMI went 10 Oakland several days since
IN tue hope that a change Of climate
would benefit him. Judge Theaker
was born in York county, Pa. Febru-
AIRY !. 1912. In 1880 he r-moved to
Ohio, and was elected to the Thirty.
sixth Congress from that State. he
was afterwards appointed member Of
board OF commissioners to examine
:nto the affairs OF the patent Office, and
in 1855 was appointed by President
Johnson commissioner OF patents.
Ctrs. Haywood S,ra.ton. better
known To tho public 40 Gen. Tom
Thumb, died at his residence in Mid
dleboro, Massachusetts on the 18th
inst, OF noopleIy aged IS years. At
the age Of Il he entered the service OF
/. L. Ba.urn, and hes been before the
public ever since. He leaves 4 widow
who has beea on the s,nge with him
'0ince their marriage, in 1868. Tom
Ihui1b's wedding, in Grace Church.
New YORK, in 1853, was 4 famous event,
and the ceremony was Witnessed by a
distinguished croad. Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Thumb Travelled oil over America and
together visited Eugland and the cont.
nont Of Europe. where they received
many fayors and attentions from poten.
taies and people OF rank. The death
OF General Tom Thumb was very sud-
den and unexpected. Ito had just ris-
en- from his bed. aud shortly after, being
left alono by bis brother in law. was
heard 20 fall, lie vas found lying
upon Tho floor, dead. Ills wife, who
was OF Ocean Grove. p. j., came on at
once.
moRMoS GRo0TB.-Tbo Mormon
power 10 growing rapidly in other Ter
Il,ories as we'll as in U.ah. and national
legislation seems 20 have no pcrcepti-
Die effect upon the yigor Or the Norman
Church or the Industry rud enthusiasm
Of its colonizers aud cmissaries. Nor.
inonism is generally supposed. says the
Ns,7 foTk Times. TO bc confined TO the
Territory which contains the central ci.
,ade! Of the Mormon faith: but the
truth Is that the battcr.Day Saints en-.
camped long ago Ia other Territories.
where their power to-day IL great. In
the last Legislature Of Idaho half of
the members OF the House AMI half Of
the Incmbcrs OF tic Senate were Nor
mons. 10 one or tso other Territories
Siormons arc said 10 hold tho balance
Of power. and the Church has a large
and thriving colony IN tho State OF
Colorado. where The so.csled Apostles
of Salt Lake City arc NOW buying moro
land for the use Of converts now or their
way to the West. In Europe and in
tho Southern States the cmissa-ics Of
the Church arc laboring with great sue.
cess. and Brigham Young asserts that
10000 converts will Join the faithful 10
Utab and elsewhere this year. The
Mormon problem hos not been solved.
and its solution will become moro and
more difficult as tho years 90 by. Tho
Mormons have this year sen, out 500
missionaries
a lAHoE EsTEHrrisE-A coal com.
pnny. with a subscribed capital ofSI.
100000, hss been orgsnizcd 10 operate
tho famous Miner coal mines. near
Birmingham, Ala. Maj John ". John.
stOn, president Of the Georgia Paciac
Ra.lro1d Company, is also pros.don. Of
tho ncw coal company. and The Rrsh.
mond and Danvil.e Extension Companv
ia subscriber to the extent of n haze
million dollars Tho ouipu, Of a.,
mines will be oae thousand Cor. Of c,,f
per day
The Calhoun CrogjeL state, tt.,