South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-02-08

Az - ~ a = n4OAAs FED. o. 1904.
Ex-senator DAVIS and sife, OF this
State. have gone 10 Florida 70. ses-
son of rest.
Governor uoADLy says he is for the
Hon. Henry u. payne as tue democratic
candidate for tie presidency without re.
serve. He says with Payne for Presi.
dent the democrats will carry Ohio and
elect their candidate.
According to recent ruling OF the
Postmaster General any person who
writes for tickets or corresponds With
lottery company. relating to such bu-
siness. violates the law and becomes
liable TO fine OF from one to five hum
drcd dollars.
FREE POSTAGE TO NEwsPAPEns.-Se.
nator VOORHEES, made the ablcst sugces-
ton in Congress, tho other day, that has
been made In that able body this year.
1t was 10 the effect that all newspapers
should be carried free in the malls
Everybody outside of Congress had
thought OF that thing before and thought
we'll OF it. but this lie the Hrst intim alton
We have yet had that it hail taken root
in Senatorial brain. The newspapers
and their friends-that means every
body will applaud Senator VOORHEES,
for his sensible moyo.
1t 10 stated tia. Tennessee has four
iron belts-the eastern, dyesloae, Cum.
berlaId and western. The eastern ex
tends through the State. The dyestoae
belt skirts the southeastern base Of tho
Cumberland table laud from Virginia to
Georgia. 1t spreads into the East Ten.
nessee Valley distance Of from ten to
twenty miles. The Cumberland belt
extends into Kentucky ana Alaban n.
Tue western belt lies west Of the central
basin and is for the most part east q
the Tennessee river. Iron is found in
forty four counties in tho State, and The
supply is practically inexhaustible. -
heretofore the lack OF transported ion
facilitiel has greatly retarded the deve.,
opment OF these ore beds, but the ad
vantsges held out in The shape of cheap
manufacturing will ere long bring Ten
nessee into The front rank of industrial
States.
Tbs report of the Secretary of Wal
shows that 81 .3S7,5S8 was expended in
West Virginia last year on account OF
rivers and marlboro.
Several handred colored pc ,ple have
abandoned their homes in the upper nd
middle counties OF South Carolina in the
past two or three months, and have ler,
for Arkansas and Texas. One hundred
colored laborers have gone to tie tur.
pentine farms in Georgia in The last
few weeks.
"A large panther is said to have been
seen during the last two months OIL
Wills Mountains from near Eilerslic 10
Rocky Gap, Md. So far only one OF
two sheep have been carried Off by him,
and he i, Thought TO be subsisting on
wild animals. Ills haurts are in the
deepest ravines, and very few OF the
farmers venture to hunt for the animal.
What will cure the worst cases Of dys-
pepsia What will insure hearty ap.
petite and increased digestion What
viii cure general debility and give new
lease OF life ? VIVA, will dispel nervous
depression and low spirits What will
restore exhausted mothers 10 full
strength What will strengthen nerves
and muscles ? What will enrich the
blood +? What will enable you TO over
come weakness, wakefulHess AMI lack OF
energy? What will prevent chils and
fever and other effects Of maarial poi.
son Browns Iron Bitters. Ii is well
10 know this.
Wendell Phillips, Tue great Boston or.
ator, died in that city Saturday of heart
disease.