South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-16


The Marine National Bank of New
York suspended On Tuesday OF last week
involving in its failure tho banking firm
Of Ward & Giant, Of which Gen. U. s..
Grant is q member.
Judah p. Benjamin, the distin ga shed
lawyer and advocate, and ex-uember
Of the government Of tho Southern Con-
federacy, died in Paris on "Wednesday.
After the failure of the rebellion he went
to England and las admitted to the bar,
earning by his practice over S696,oOO
since 1867.
Since 1866 the people of the United
States have spent $685., 900, 900 for a ma
w, and to- day there isn't ship afi Dat
fit to fight IN average third class iron
clad.
One thousand new money order Office 8
will be added TO the list this year. TIE
greet convenience OF these Offices have
made them necessity to The business
world.
IL las been decided 10 'oc te tue pro.
posed Confederate home in Richmon d
Va. The success OF the project is assur
Oh, as the contributions are exceedingly
liberal. Mr.. w. w. Corcoran, OF Wash.
ing,on. gave $4,000 and Con. Grant has
seat his check for $500. At mass
meeting held in Brooklyn, N. Y, on last
Tuesday night, the handsome sum of six
thousand dollars was raised by vol
untary subscriptions, for the same
object.
Missouri has larger available school
fund than any other State i, the Union.
The sum amounts. in round numbers, to
nearly nine and half million dollars.
The Irish population Of the earth is
as follows: AT home, 100000; in
England, 100000; in Scotland, 200.
600; in Canads. 1000, 900; in Austral.
ia, 100000; in America, l2,50O,0OO;
elsewhere, 100000; q to.a, in round
numbers of 24,300,OOO.
Fully $500 mules in Yalobusha and
Grenada counties, Miss, have fallen
victims to buffalo gnats within the last
week. The depredations Of tue gnats
this year exceed all previous records,
and there is no hope of the pests tiisap.
pear'ng until VAIN weather. Over 600
mules have been killed by them within
radius Of Ten miles from Grenada.
Mississippi.
We understand that the West Virginia
Central Railroad has been completed to
Fairfax. distance Of forty-six miles,
and the first train passed over the road
few days ago. Heretofore the road
las been operated as far as Elkins, %
miles this side Of Fairfax.
The st. Louis Republican says the
venerable Fred Douglass has been made
TO feel the wrath Of his race in his old
age. He attended the colored mems
conference at Pittsburg, as delegate
from Washington City, but was not
mado either temporary or perm anenL
Chairman nor named in tue list Of vi &c.
presidents he was even denied he priv.
ilege Of addressing the Conference while
the committees Were out. Douglass has
forfeited the respect of his race by mar
rying white woman, and it does not
appear likely that they will ever. forgive
BIN for this mortal Sin. The situation
OF his wife is no better. She has for.
feited the respect Of her race by mar
rying colored man she is not admit
ted even TO Republican circles in Wash.
ington City.
There is over 81 100000 worth of re.
troleum shipped from this country to
Europe annually.
On Saturday night last J. CASINO. n
Roman Catholic Priest OF Chicago, who
was en- route for California by the Tex.
as Pacific road, was stopped 10y three
men on the platform OF car just as the
train was entering the Union Depot at
Fo7t Worth, Texas, and robbed Of S13.-
600. The robbers escaped.
Michigan's block to the Washington
Monument is piece Of copper twenty.
two inches long by six thict and foot
IN width.
IL IS stated that gold in large quanti-
ties has been discovered forty miles from
Kingston, Ontario.
Great Britain consumes annually l.
OOVOOO tons of potatoes, Of which 200.
OOO tons are imported, while The remain.
der are raised on 5i1 900 acres of land.
"A Southern sportsman has invented
az tnffevement on the fsh,hook. On
the shat Of the hook he places cross
bar, which prevents the fish from swal-
loving the hook, and prcser ves the bait
for another trial. 1t also increases the
chance Of success, for when fish's nose
strllag thp bar lao cIo.oo L.. 1T -