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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

lion Of the important cities OF the sea.
board, a. demonstrated by the chief en- .
gineers report, Is discussed Ct some
length. The time hss now como, in the
fresidenrs opinion, when defensive
woiks may be begun with somc emf
dence that they will not be rendered
useless before their completion by th.
progress made abroad ia The irprcve.
nent Of rins. For the most important
cities. those whose destruction or cap
turs wouli be q national humilia ion,
adequate defenses, inclusive Of ca g.
may bs made by tho gradual expenditure
OF $50 900, 90 }, much less than victo-
rious enemy could lew "a. u coatribu-
ion. An appropriation of abou, one.
tenth OF that smouut Is asked To begin
The work One OF the four STEEL crui-
sers authorized by the acts oil 1882 and
1883 Is described as more than half fin
ished. an 'certsin adverse c-iticis ms
upon the designs Of these cruisers are
mentioned as a scredi,ed by the favor
able opinion of these vessels held by the
naval au:hori,ie.. The restoration of
tue navy 10 It's former ellcienc is warm.
" Urged. The recommendation OF the
Postmaster General favorable To the re-
dIc.ion OF the rate on drop Ic;ters Ia
cities, and the increase OF the uait os
weight IN rating first class mater f:om
one-half t. Que ounce is approve aai
the extension Of the free.deliver; sys-
tenn Is recon me ded. as also the projec;
for scouting Exceptional disra'ca in
dealiag with lo.ters in free.irlivsry Of
fees by pawn ant OF cxtraotlnars pcs
60. .,.t. I'll \
TO Utah the repeal OF the preemp' ion
law the enictnea NJ of statatas res Diving
legal complication in ard to lApsed
land grants TO railroad companies, and
the funding Of the debt OF the several
Paciic Railroads uodcr sufficient qua.
ranty, arc other topics that Congress. is
invited u cohsi Ter. Luse space is given
to The new commercial policy OF the u
nitod States. One feature Of il is ex-
pec,e TO be monetary pnion Of Amer
lean na,ionalities, followed by IA gene.
raj rem ,netiz1t;oa OF silver. Trelties
contemplating Intimate Trad: re!stions
with America States are new beng ne
gotiate'', and 1t is desired 20 enlarge al.
b our trade with Europe, Asia and At
RIGA. Il, see Ms to me- says the Presi.
leaf That many of The emharras ing
clemens III tue 9rca: natl mai couh ct
between protection ami free trade NAV
thus be turned 10 go)i account: that
the revenue may he reduced so as no
icoSer 10 oveitax the peop'e, That pro-
tective duties may he retained without
becoming burdensome; that our ship.
ping interests nay ba j1diciously en-
coura ted; the currency fixed on firm
basis, and above al, Such unity of in
teres,s established among the States of
the American sJ stem as vi be of great
ard ever-increasing advantage TO them
ALL The luboIs Of the cjviI-sorvica
commission are commented by the Pro-
siden, as an extension Ct tic sl stem Of
its operations is being contemplated.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

On Monday afternoon last sixty tons
OF rock fell from the arch Of the Natu.
raj bridge. 1t 10 said the report was
deafcning and the shock considerable.
There is nothing 10 indicate the place
from whence il fell but a square niche.
The curved lines of the bridge were not
disturbed. This is the first fall Of rock
from tie bridge since it was struck by
iightDipg in 1889.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

The Enterprise Meat Chopper has
been tested aud endorsed by over one
hundred Agricultural Journals. The
Farm Il Preside says "After test,
ing, each Editor Immediately ordered
an Enterprise Meat Chopper for his
family use" The American Agri.
culturist says: These Choppers excel
anything of the kind made in either
Hemisphere. See large adv ertise-
ment in another column.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05
WuA'LL YOU TAKE?

Mr.. Jerry L. Thomas, Central Park
Hotel, J9.h street and 9TH Avenue,
New York, writes as follows: Last sum.
mer suffered fearfu'ly wi b neuralsi g
and coul not get any rest might or day.
a friend who had used 81. jacobs Oh,
thought 80 highly of lis healing quail.
ties that lie gave me some to tcy.
tried it end obtained the first night
rest in weeks an was cured. l have
found it to be the very best remedy. l
Keep it constantly in my house for my
family, have com u ended it 10 others
and would not &C without j..
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

In tho Language Of the .ynchburg
News. we believe that there will be
safe. pure and honest government un-
der Cleveland, which is far better than
brilliant eccentricities and dazzling ras>
ca,ities.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

The Lynchburg ADVANCE says, the
country is safe. Yes, safe from men
who regarded not the Constitution and
the principles upon which our Govern.
ment is founded aafe from those who
would convert our republic into q mo.
narchy In all but a name; safe from
those who have for twenty years sd
ministered the affairs of State, as if
that section south Of Mason and Dix.
on's line was not reconstructed part
OF the Union; safe from those who will
not believe an honest people, only de-
manding thoao rights to which they
arc entitled by the laws Of the coun>
try they contribute largely to support !;
and when called upon will bewilling TO
defend; safe from thos, who have striv-
en- to keep alive sectional hatred & en-
couraged admissions relations bc.
tween the races OF the Sou,h /:
safe from those who who would make
oar laburing class paupers aud slaves
to enrich giant operations and mono
poles; safe from those who have grown
rich from public plumber and corrupt
by long continuance in Office, until they
considered themselves the masters rath
or than the servants Of the people safe
from Presidential aspirant without
honor. pe,ifogging and political trick
s'er, the paid attorney OF Wall street
We are thankful for the great upris
ing, and will place credit where due
Jay Gould's dinner and Burchard's Rum
Romanism and Rebellion opened the
eyes Of the people.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

The school population of the United
States is 10000. 900. or this 10000.
600 is enrolled in tho public schools
The public school system CT the coun-
try spends more than 1000, 900 a
year. and employs 290, 1000 teachers.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

The official vote OF Iowa gives Blaine
u plurality Of l9.803. Garfleld's plu-
rality in the State was 7s,059.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

w. w. Corcoran, OF Washington, has
invited Mr.. Cleveland 10 be his guest in
that city at the time of the inauguration.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

An Albany firm has sod 0,000 pho.
tograpbs Of Gov, Cleveland since cleo.
lion day.
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

A special from Dsnville. Pa. says that
two men who were digging roots a few
days since on an island in he Susqne
hanna river to sell TO druggists dug up
n metal box which contained coins a
mounting tonearly $47 900, including
10000 Mexican silver dollars. $50, 900
in gold douhloons and nearly $1,000 in
small silver coins.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

How often do We hear Of the Sudden
fatal termination Of a case OF ctonp.
when young life might havJ been sa
we'd by the prompt use OF Ayers Cherry
Pec,oral! BE wise in time and keep u
bottle of it OIL hana, ready for instant use
The Hon Il. l. Butcher, St9te Super
intendent of Free Schools, will repre-
sent the educational interests of this
State at the Int irrational Exposition
at New Orleans, as Il member OF the
Board appointed by The National + iu.
ational Association at is late session.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05


There are said to be J,S71,2l7 ilite-
rate veters 10 the u. States.
Tie RAILROAD mail service costs the
government nearly $40, 0CO,O00 year.
Who wrote the most, Dickens, War
rem or Bulwer? Warren wrote Now and
Them Bulwer wrote Night and Morn.
ing; and Dickens wrote All the Year
Round
In SHINING calves the French mode
is 10 make a hole, and insert the nozzle
of bellows. and blow the skin from the
flesh. For this reason alone, j. is said.
French calf.skin is superior 10 thai
made lii this country, where knives ar.
used in the skinning process.
Cleveland has elevated himself great
ly in public esteem by his behavior and
expression since the election. And
Blaine has lost as much as Cleveland
has gated.
There were 100 deaths last week in
Baltimore.
AS candid ate for President. Cleve
land received more votes in New York
than he did as q candidate for Governor.
Dnring thunder storm OIL Wednesday
of last week, the house OF joe. Shirley
on Cologne Creek, near Point Pleasant
this State, was struck by lightning and
Mrs. 5. and daughter fifteen years old
instantly killed.
In some parts Of Minnesota snow has
already fallen foot deep, and the wind
las caused it TO drft so that trave! is
greatly impcdei
Coughing Clara. - Comely, charming
Ciatissa Ciendenning, careles.ly catch
ing cold creeping chils came Clara
coughed continually; cruel crlpy cough
That would have taken her Off bad she
not usei DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. It's
bound TO cure all the coughing Claras.
q dreadful disease, resembling the
enoiera, and caused by long continued
d'ough'. has been killing hundreds Of
people IN Eastern Kentucky and Yves
tern Virginia The disesss is called the
hnA' aud causes death from one 10 four
DAYS There is rnucb destitutioh.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05
L. FLOURNOY,
Special Commissioner

December 9 1884,
], " NJ. Polling Clerk OF Circuit Court Ger.
NY That the bond and security required
by law aId 'he decree has been given by nboye
special commissioner. V. VI. POLLING, Clerk.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05
PUBLIC SALE
OF EILUBLE
Estate.
20 Acres.

more or less, and tract la LAO -. district con :
veved 10 him oy John Larrck, coi,s. - 20
ACRES. more o. less.
Terms OF SALE One third Of the purchase
r'oney m cash on day Of sale, and the residue
In two equal annual payments bearing interest
from day of sale. the parchaser To execute bonds
with approved security for the deferred pay
ments and legal title TO be retained as add.
uonal security. Sale TO Commence about 2
o'cio X p NJ
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-05

Hos Cholera. &c oideverywhere sent ~ mai ~ ~
stamps Furnished In large cans. price 81 %. By mail -
Circulars FREQ l. 3 JOEsSoS q CO., Boston, Nass
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23

but when he attempted 10 make a
farmer believe that it paid him to keep
a flock of sheep, when the farmer
knew it was a losing business, he was simply
biting off more than he could chew. Those
wool growers sent him away from them like one
springs up from a chair when he seats himself
upon an %uptuned PIN. Mr.. Hewitt made seem
ing Roadway with the manufacturers of carpets
and articles other than entered into the consump-
ton of wool. He could draw the lines between
the different classes of labor, and talk about in
terest on investments, exchange, freights, and
the many f~ne-spun theories that weave the
fabric of free trade and form the labor problem,
but he found a wool grower knew a little more
about the profits or loss in a sheep than he did.
Mr.. Converse. of Ohio. who is championing the
interest Of the woolgrowers on the floor of the
House, stated to your correspondent, tonight,
that there was very little doubt but that
his measure to restore the duty on wool would
be passed. He thought no party in the Central
States could afford to oppose it. He believes the
wool arguments presented are irrefutabie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23
IMPORTANT TO Ex-soLDIERs.
Faulty Records Which Can Be Remedied by
the Secretary of War.

Faulty Records Which Can Be Remedied by
the Secretary of War.
Special to the Indiana polls journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-"You would render
me a personal service" said a member Of the
House committee on military affairs, to-day, 'if
you will say to those soldiers of the country who
have records showing that they were deserters,
and who want them corrected, that they can
have it done by the Secretary of War just as
well as we can do it, and it will save us a deal of
work"
"How many bills of that character have you?"
inquired your correspondent.
'There are now in committee two or three
hundred bills to correct the military records of
men charged with desertion. The Senate com
mittee has refused to pass upon them, and are
referring them to the Secretary of War. He has
the authority to make the correction if it is
shown that the soldier did not intend to desert.
If it cannot be proven that d~esertion was not in
tended We do not propose to pass a bill clearing
up the record. If it can be proven, why the
Secretary of War can correct it much quicker
than Congress can"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23
MONEY FOR

General Brownies Bill for Erecting 2 Public
Building in that City.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
WAsIIINGToN, Feb. 22.-General Browne will
present d bill in the House, on Monday, appro-
p%riating $500 900 for a public building at Rich
mond. He said, tonight, that he expected it to
be passed at this session, although he anticipated
some opposition to it because Richmond is not a
place for holding United States courts, nor is it
headquarters of revenue collectors, as are most
cities where government buildings have been
constructed. He cited Terre Haute as having
secured an appropriation of $3.50, 900 for a public
building, which will be used only as a postofice,
the same as Richmond; and Terre Haute, he
said, had but a trihe more population than
Richmond. while the latter isl much more i'm
portant place for manufacturing and has more
money invested in that interest. General
Browne expressed a belief that Richmond will,
ere long, be designated rs a place for holding
United States courts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23

Philadelphia Press.
In shopping, as in most other occupations in
life, the value of system cannot be overrated.
Ln the first place, before setting out, it is neces-
sary to have a clear idea of the quantity, quality
and price of the articles which you intend pur-
chasing, or, at least, to know the amount which
you can afford to pay for them. When buying
dress goods it may be impossible to know before
hand what it is best TO select, since fashions are
constantly changing and new fabrics and shades
are continually introduced. But it IS always
possible to form a general idea of what you need
to know for what occasion the dress is re-
CURED, when, where and how it is to be worn,
and whether it is to be Of silk, wool or cotton, as
well as the cOlors which you prefer. The quantity
varies, of course. with the manner in which the
dressis to be made and the width of the material.
From sixteen to eighteen yards of twenty-four
inch goods is the usual allowance for a short
dress, twenty-five for one with a train, Many
p~laitings, Of course, add to the quantity, and
fashionable d~ress-makers have been known to
use between sixty and seventy yards of tulle for
a single ball dress. Flat folds require least ma
teriaf, next come gathered hounses, which, I'M
less they are meant to be duted, should never
have more than a third length over allowed
for fulless. Pufings call for from one
half to as much again in extra length
box-plaiting, with n space between, twice the
length; cluster plaitings rather more than
twice the length; while for knife and kilt plat
ings three times the width of the skirt must be
the measure of the material before it is plated.
Five yards of alpaca or English cambria is stuff.
Gent to line u short skirt; seven Tor Il 1ul Train.
A yard and a half of cambria Is the usual allow
ance for sleeve Innings. while for basques tho
lining, whether linen, drilling or silesia, depends
upon the length of fhe basque, from two to three
yards being the usual quantity required. The
paper patterns which every one now use are eX-
plicit as to the length of material required, and
usually a small margin for accidents or extrava-
gance in cutting.
In calculating the cost of a dress when a Ger
tain limit is not to be exceeded it must be re
membered that the material itself is only part of
the purchase; Innings, trimmings, etc, are all to
be taken in considerations; therefore, a list of all
these should be made before leaving home, and
Il certain sum set apart for their purchase.
If one is a good judge Of dry goods, acute Of
touch, and quick Of eye, able to tell pure wool at
a touch, and real lace at glance. it may pay to
run from one end of town to the other in search
of bal gains. Otherwise it is far better, in max
ing any considerable purchase, to do SO at a re-
economy never throws away a dollar to save fifty
men in our leading stores to misrepre-
and the information given may
elied upon as correct. Black silks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23
Minor Notes.

DeKalb county has {, 1892 Sc oolchildren within
her borders.
Chris May and Mike Maui, stone-cutters at
Bedford, quarreled. May stabbed Maui twice.
The wounds may result fatally.
An inclined railway up the knobs at New al
bany is now assured. Ten thousand dollars
have been subscribed to the stock of the com
pany, and it will be built in the spring.
Maurice Evinger, a young farmer living near
Terre Haute, was waylaid by hlghwaymen and
robbed of $3.50. They dragged him from his
horse and cut him severely before rifling his
pockets.
A barge belonging to T. B. Johns, at Fort Har-
rison, loaded with $500 bushels Of corn, was
sunk by the storm on Tuesday evening. 1t was
raised, but only about 500 bushels OF the corn
was saved.
Jeff Smith, of Charlottesville, had a spasm,
during the continuance of which he suffered ter
rible agony. So great was his suffering that the
muscles of his left leg contracted sufficiently to
break his thigh.
A depth of nearly 1000 feet has been reached
by the operators at the gas well on the DePauw
farm in HARRISON county. Gas of sufficient
quantity has been obtained to operate the ma
chinery used in boring.
A project for the establishment of a home for
orphan and pauper children is being worked in
Huntington county. Several ladies have taken
the matter in hand, and are canvassing the
county for a sufficient amount Of money TO pay
a matron. If this is accomplished the county
commissioners will erect a building on a portion
of the county farm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23
Notes and Personalities.

special 10 the lnQlaldp Olls Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. %. Representative
Brumm's resolution, which provides that the
House shall instruct the foreign affairs commit
tee to make inquiry as to whether any foreign
minister accredited to the government of the
United States has endeavored to nuHify tie eff
fects of a unanimous resolution of this House by
representations affecting the honor and integrity
Of its members, was adversely acted upon by the
committee to-day on the ground that no inforna-
ton bearing upon the subject could be obtained.
The State Of Virginia has a better navy to
protect her oyster-beds than has the United
States to protect our coasts from foreign inva-
sion.
The Secretary of she Treasury has appointed
George Garfield as superintendent of the public
building at Pensacola. Mr.. Garfield is a first
cousin of the ex-Presideat.
Gen. Mckee Dunn. of Indiana, this afternoon
gave a luncheon to the Washington Monument
Association and several invited guests at his res
idence in this city. Quite a number of survivors
of the association that originated and started
the work upon the Washington monument in
1880 We're present. Among the Indianians there
were Senators Voorhees, and Harrison, Repre-
sentatives Browne and Peelle, Commissioner
Dudley and Judge j. Fl. Butler. Among others
were General Phil Sheridan, Chiofjustice Waite
and the associate justices.