South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-20
South graneIl 9nssllisenter.
RoSNEY. FRIDAY. Ar.rL 20. 1883.

RON SEY. FRIDAY. APRIL 90, 1883.
Tho Supreme Court Of tho United
States has dsc,ded that, In case Of .
bus.ed national tank, tha Governnent
cannot - considered . preferred cred
iior. lfis has funds on deposit at the
ti@e IL merely becomes o pro rata
creditor. Tue contrary has been sup
posed to be the law heretofore.
Bx President HAYEs esplodes the
rrmors about his candijscy for Cover.
por OF Ohio IN a private letter written
TO friend in Washington, in which be
Gays: an reports Of 10y intention Of
returning TO public life are unfounded.
Under no consideration would become
O candidate
Mr.. jefferson Davis's estate OF 500
acres at Beauvior, Miss.. - now main.
iy devoted to grapes aud oranges He
told recent caller that the neighbor-
hood va. equa! 70 anything in Florida
in natural advantages for winter resort.
He mentioned aoveral points on Mis-
siss'ppi Sound a. naording rare chan
ces .or capitalists 70 make money by
erecting hotels. They get the benefit
O. southwest winds tha. almost contin.
ucus'y noat over tho water he said,
'oni back ofthem are thousands OF a.
cres Ct pine forests, the odors from
which are strengthening 10 weak lungs.
Tho fishing is excellent, the bayous
with geese, duck 4 brant and the swarm
forest would yield 10 the sportsman's
skill plenty Of turkey, quail and deer
Mr Davis thinks that. con ,idering the
circumstances, M:asiss,ppi is doing We
~ wall in the way of progress. She
produces more cotton than any other
State, she has cotton aud other mills
employing abou. 10, 900 hands and ST.
00o, 900 In capital. her free schools nnm-
Der 5000. and III every way she is get
ting wide awake.
Wheeling Reg..ter: A few days ago
severe earthquake stock vas felt in
Southern Illinois. The region sor.
rounding the junction Of the Ohio and
mississippi appesrs to be wha; il call
ed an earthquake centre, though the
ear'bq uakes experienced there are sci.
doai Of = serious character. A singu.
lar TACT is that earthquake shocks in this
region generally coincide with similar
disturbances in Central America. This
was the case last winter, and tho same
peculiarly is seen again now, for late
Lispatcaes from Pausma inform US O.
the recent occurrence Of earthquakes
there. Perhaps The most strikin. CO..
Incidence ofthis kind WAS in 1911 & in
1917, when tho Ohio aoa Missssiaai
valleys we're violently shaken. while
heavy earthquakes we're occurring in
Contra and South Amorica. The
shocks suddenly ceased after the gres,
Earthquake Shcli destroyed Csracus in
Veuezuela in March. 1912, burying H..
COO persons under tie ruins Of tho CITY.
a R'xARKABLE Maroon SToRy.--
FORT fTokrn, TEaAs, April ia dis
patch from Williams's Ranch says thai
1t about two O'Clock Sunday morning. a
great meteor f,ll in the outskirts Of tie
iowa. kiln several head of crtt!e ami
destroying the dwelling-hcuse of Mar,
tincz Garcia. q Mexican herdsman. who
with his family, consisting OF wife
and i've children, are buried beneath
tue ruins. In its descent the meteor
raSled massive ball Of fire. and the
shock was similar TO that Of an earth
Gr ke. II Is still lot and steamirg
II is Undecided in he earth probably
one hunurcd feet and towers above iha
surface about seventy feet, and will
cover about an aero OF ground. The
concussion was terrific. nearly every
window in town being shattered. Peo-
PIE were hurled violently from their
beds. and goods IN the store houses
were thrown from tbo shelves. No
yes were lost as r. as known except
the Mexican herismsn and his tsmily
although several buidings fell 70 the
ercurd. The cattle fed in terror 10 every
direction. The air was filed With sui.
phurous gas. This is the largest meteor
that las ever fallen, and il has boen
visited by many people Since the
largest meteor on record does not ex.
coed twonty.ave tone in woight, With q
maximum sectional area Of foriy-tvo
square feet. thn ALLEGED Texan eroli.e
VII nttrsct vide attention.
The investigation of the manage .neut
~ the Massachusetts State Aims. House
AZ TeTksbary brings out some disgrace.
'ul AMI shocking evidence as 10 the
cruel treatment of the inmates, snd the
handling VI tue bod es Of deceased pau
pers. Ii is said :has the corpses were
not only PeddIcd TO medicr! colleges
for ali aarpftnv