South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-02
south 3raath Jntellisenter.
ROMNEY, FRIDAY, MAY2, 1884.
The gold shipments to Earope ss,ur

Office last year contained checks, mo.
nev ordere. &C., amounting TO about ST.
03O.cOO.
Gas engines from one-fourth horse
power to eighty horse power arc now
made Medium sized gas engines, say
sixteen horse power. will run on con-
sumption Of fuel equal to Is pounds
OF coal per hcrsc per hour, which is a.
bout onc-haf the tuel required for the
most economical steam engines Of The
largest size.
Tho Bill authorizing tho con s;ruction
fan underground railroad under Broad.
way, New York, passed tho Senate OF
that State Thursday b. vote Of 2I TO
s. Governor Gilbert g. Walk err, in
repl, TO an inquiry from q Senator, sait;
the capital stock of tho company was
s10,000,0OO.
Advices from Western Texas are TO
the effect that cattle are suffering and
largo numbers dying for want OF water
& grass.the dronth having been very Sc
we're in that section. Myriads Of ca.-
erpillars have also appeared and are de-
s'roying all kiads of vegetation.
According to tho Chicago Inter-O cean,
of the delegates ID the national repub,
ican convention chosen up to the 10Th
ult., 1898 are for Arthur, 81 for Blaine
40 for Logan, 10 for Edmunds, for
Senator Sherman, 2 for General Sher-
man and for Gresham. Taking all
tho delegates SO far elected Arthur has
"a more than all other can dida.es in the
field" Since this estimate wa, made
Connecticut, Mississippi. Now York, o..
hio and Virginia have held state conveu.
tions. the result of which brings Ed
munds forward with a good show. On
the goth thny will DO held in Kansas and
Texas; on tho Slst in California, Flori-
On, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ne
ada. New Hampshire, Oregon Vermont,
.'ost Virginia and Wisconsin; and on
May lst III Kentucky, Minnesota, Ne,
brasks and North Carolins. This list
docs not include the territories.
Just as NC are going to press We learn
that Gen. Duval has resigned his 20
sit!on as Collector Of Revenue for the
District Of West Virginia. Gen. Duval
does this in defenc, OF his own manhood
remarks the Martinsburg Independent.
pr ferring to be an Independent citizen
rather than subservicnt, unmanly Office
holder He wasn't an Arthur man AMI
he couldn't 6o whipped into ono. Hur.
rah for Dnval.
TILDEN DEAD OR Alive Senator
Geo. q. Vest, of Missouri, was in New
York on Sunday last and being asked
by an interviewer whom the Missouri
democrats preferred for President, said
'"c want the old ticket. Missnurians
are red-hOt for Uncle Samuel J. Il makes
10 difference whether he is old and feos
Die. The people of my State. are
bound to have him dead or alive. They
VIII never forget rs, and until the
wrong suffered by them is remedied
they cannot rest. | hear scarcely any
one else spoken OF for the presidency a
mong the democrats in our section OF
the country. do not say shat The deli
cg"tNs to Chicago will tie instructed for
indcn and ilenlricGs. II has been
Mo for many years in Missouri TO send
on uninstrncted delegation. Still, you
can put Missouri down for the old ticket
frat, last and nll the time
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS The i'm.
ports merchandise in the nine months
ended Mach 81, 1884, during which
p rioi tho new tariff has been in force,
81 re OF the value OF $5O5,lSj,25S, o.
gains 50 .l08.03O during tho cores
pondins period ended March 81, 1888.
under the old tariff Our exports dor.
ing the periods named were respective
ly $jsS,4l2,52i and s65O,5lS 492, show.
ing the diminished demand abroad for
onr agricultural products. For the
month ended Match 81, 1884. our inn
'orts Of merchandise have exceeded
ou Us orts for the Grst time since july.
1888 the excess boing s5,0O7Ii5
"a 9 the same period tho excess Of
,rts owe, imports Of gold AMI silver
coin wns Sl2 POI, 10. This movsme1,
Q. ''' precious metals began in Decem.
'r and has continued without inter-
.. 'n ever since, The excess Of exports
over imports being in that time about
SlS,0O0,000. The contrast between he
condition OF Tho export trade nov and
Year ago is brought out by the fact tina,
the exports Of merchandise in March
1851, were ouly $j6.21S .7Oj. against
$780,, 500 in March, 1888, The figures
for imports being about tho same for
tho two periods. For the twelve
months ended March 81, 1884. our O..
ports we're $7Gi,733 ,431, against $685..
727s02 for the like period ended March
81, 1888