South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-02-22

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ROANEY. FRIDAY. FEB -. 1854.
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It = regarded now - z axed fsot that
Prssidsnt ARrnuR 10 IN tho osld for
the Republican nomisstion Soe the next
Presidency.
Aeccedisg 10 accouass from Noethsrn
Nsbraska the visilapss have hanged or
shot eleven horse thieves. bs-idss deiv.
Ing suspected parties iron the countey.
They ~sss terribly In earnest. tho vigi.
lants. and moved In . sysssrioas way.
Judge Lynch's code seems 70 b coming
int great popularity.
The Ksnawbs river In many pisnes
during tho late rise Of The water We I've
miles vide. Th0usapds Of barrels OF
salt we're destroyed It Ponsroy.
Amer The Extraordinary appropria-
tioos Of the last Congress Secretary
FooLEn now comes In and asks for g..
100000 10 maks up deficiencies. These
cormorants are never satisfied. They
swallow up millions - though they vtse
nothing. and call for more.
The Legislature Of Ohio appropriated
q few days ago three hundred thousand
dollars 10 aid the sufferers 10 the aooaed
district of that State.
Tn, greatest financial loes 10 that Of
the Ohio River Railroad. For hundred
miles the track and road.bed has almost
entirely disappeared and the bridges
have ali been swept AWAY.
The Number Of Immigrants arriving
at the port OF New York last year is OH.
cially placed at 40S.90e. OF these $685..
242 were steerags passengers. The a
vowel destination OF l65. 1854 immigrants
was New York State. but a vary largo
proportion of these have gone to other
States. Nearly 10000 vent to Penn.
sylvania ana oyor $4,000 to Illinois. A
very large proportion of the immigrants
went 70 the West. and comparatively
few have scttlsd either in New England
or the Southern States.
SOLD ron 4 MILLION. Private infor.
nation received Mt Nashville. Tenn,
states that the Polk silver mines in Chi.
huahus, Mexico, hare been sold TO
Now York syndicate 70, 100000.
'Two.thirds Of this property belongs TO
the defaulting State Treasurer Polk. and
was purchased with the States funds.
The mines have been examined by OK.
perts aad found exceedingly rich and
productive. The amount Of the defalca-
tion was $40o. 900. and Polk Was SEN
tsnccd to twenty years imprisonment,
and fne OF the amount duo the State.
Ho appealed to the Supreme Court, and
his case will come up In few days.
1t is stated that ton insurance com.
panies have given 500 each and the
board Of underwriters 5000 for tho suf.
ferers by the food in Wheeling. There
are $3.50 destitute persons in tho city.
Many were found by tic relief commit.
tec lying on damp straw.
The press Of the country generally Sc.
yerely condemn the Senators for voting
themselves clerks at Sc pei. day. Fiji
teen senators employ their sons as clerks
Mt &c day. lis thought that at least
twonty moro Senators will, under their
resolution to provide themselves with
private Secretaries at public expense,
appoint their sons. Several will appoint
their daughters, and one Senator. not
having son or daughter, will, II is said.
make bis wife his private Secretary
Senator JONES of Florida has appointed
his son clerk to his Committee on Rev.
clutionsry Pensions. Young Jones will
be kept very busy, as this Is one OF the
hsrdest.worked committees in tho Sen.
ate. It Laa had one meeting in two
years, and 1t is thought there will be On.
other before the cnd 10 the session.
1t is stated that Chambers and Vans
meter shipped 105 head of fine cattle
on yesterday week, grazed and fed in
Hardy. They averaged about 1900
pounds gross, aud wero resold to
Griffith & Son, Baltimore, for cxporta-
ton & will be devoured by Queen Vic
toria's subjects
Tho average yield of wheat in the
United States is put down of about
fourteen bushels per acre, while in
England, according to the best au.
thorities, the yield is tweDty-eight
bushels, or just double that in this
country.
General Sherman was OH FRIDAY
last placed on the retired list OF the
army under q recent net of Congress,
he having reached The age Of sixty
five years.
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