South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-08-10
s'enth 2raata 4atellisentsr.
RoANEy. FRIDAY, AUG. 10, 1883.

elected Austin +. Pike United States
Senator to succeed Hon. Edward II.
Rollins.
Gov. JACKSON. o! this Slate, has re
Gently given bis views on tue rapid ie-
yelcpment Of the State. lie regards
the prospect for future increase in pop
ulatioD, the development OF the mineral
resources ard Of easy facilities for trans g.
portat:on Us most cheering. Gov. Jack.
son says The Influx OF settlers is more
noticeable in rural sections than ia the
towns aud cities. although the latter, es.
pccially in the mining neigLborboods.
show n considerable increase.
Eight million acres of Government
land in Dakota have been disposed OF
TO private persons within year.
When it is stated by way Of comparison
that tho whole State OF Rhode Island
contains less than 500, 900 acres OF cul.
tivated ground, it becomes easy TO grasp
the vastness Of these tradsfets.
Nearly all OF The fish eaten in A
merica as sardinea como from Maine.
They arc small herring Sometimes
only bushel or two arc taken ut =
time, and at others so many "a 10 en-.
danger the me-. The degree or dexter.
isy with which they arc cleaned is IS
tonishing, especially a. il is done 10y
very young children, After This they
are placed on large gsidirons, and sus.
pended over ho; FIRE 10 bro.l. Tic
boxes are prepared with Attractive
French labels indicating olive oil but
this is false, as the OF, is cot.onsecd
The packing is another operation at
which little people arc expert. A fish
IS seized in each hand and laid length-
wise In the box, first q head at the out
or end and then a tail. After the boz
90 are fall small quantity OF oil is
poured in, and theG they nrs passed to
men WHO solder them tightly. They
are next thrown into an immense cnul.
dron, where they are boilad two hours,
thus completing the cooking process,
and dissolviug tho bones &C The fab
One OF the establishments il Lubec pre-
pares about 400 boxes daily, and
there arc nineteen ouch places in East.
port, besides many others n. seaport
towns. The actual cost per box, iac!ud
ing all expenses, Is sal. TO be FIVE ccnts.
We observe it is stated lha. there
are, at present. three candidates for
Governor o: this State, next year.
namely: L, BOYD Faulkner, Of ierke
ley, l.. Willis Wilson, of Kanawha. and
jos. ). Miller, OF Cabell.
From some tables on coffee consump
ton forwarded to the State Department
by Consul General Merritt at London
it il shown thrt the people of !he Uni
Re! States arc by Tar The greatest coffee
drinkers in tho world. In 1881 tho
United States used 45j, 100, 900 pounds
while all Europe consumed only 7G3.-
635.9O0. Tho Germans arc the great
est coff drinkers in Europe. using IN
1881, 229,l4l zoe pounds; France con
sumci 1891, 900 pounds and Crca.
Britain 57,72S,o0O pounds.
TIE CoTroN RECEIPTS ut Norfolk
Va, for the present cotton year foot up
195,52o bales to August 3, and hy the
end Of the month, which will be also
the end OF the cotton year, the receipts
will doubtless reach 800 900 bales. the
largest receipts within tho history Of the
city. Whilst delighted at his splenlid
showing, The Norfolk Yrginian sounds
note OF warninr TO TIC business men
of that city by calling attention TO the
possible diversions by the Shenandoah
Valley Road 20 thc Northern cties, and
Ivy the Chesapeake and Ohio Road by
its steamship limo from Newport News.
CoHFEDHEATE BoNDs -Inquirire in
England as 10 the grounds on Which
investors in Confederate bonds nly
rest Jhelr nope Of payment tniiS TO e.
lucidate the matter. Holders cf the
bonds point to the high standing of tho
trustees in whose care tho bonds arc
20 be placed ill paid. The trustees, on
the other hnnd, disclaim any knowledge
OF the intentions OF expectations OF The
LondholdOrs. Third parties pretty gen
orally express thc opinion tina, the Con
federatc bond scheme is pure stock.
jobbing operation on TIE London TX.
change gotten MP by brokers TO rn, q
few dollars 10 their pockets. Brokers'
il is said, have been kaown 60 lie ike
tombstoFes about other worthless
bonds; rby not about these? They
have bought their Confederate bonds 60
sell, anl any story ID good enough that
gives them temporary boost