South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-30
South alransA Jatelli9enter.
RONNEY, FRIDAY, MAY 80. 1854.

June Sd, and the National Democratic
Convention will meet in the same city
on Tuesday. July Stb.
II Is stated that the Democratic Ma.
tional Convention will have eighteen
delegates less than tho Republican con-
ventiop, no representatives from the
territories being admitted to the form.
er- II will need 535 votes to nominate
Democratic presidential candidate, as
tho two thirds rule prevails in its con.
ventions.
Hon. A. r. BorELEE, of Shepherds.
town. has been retained by the Attor.
ncy-General OF the United States. to
undertake an Important Investigation in
the Territory OF Dakota.
HEAVY RAINS IN LOUISIANA Infor.
nation from Coushalts, La, under date
of the 25th says: 'The heaviest rains on
record have fallen here duting the past
ten deys. The total rainfall ST. CO the
1st instant has been nearly Is inches.
The river is higher than for number Of
years. The prospects are more gloomy
than for years. All The creeks s bayous
are swelling into immense proportions.
According TO the Chicago Herald the
United States Fish Commission has
this year distributed throughout every
State and Territory in the Union 3d..
100000 white i-h, 10000, 900 sbad. and
100000 Of the salmonida species
The comm ssion has also distributed
$4,000 German carp.
The democrats OF Bledsoe county
Tenn, held a convention Saturday to
elect delegates to the democratic State,
convention. The delegates were in
s'ructed for Tilden and Hendricks.
Resolutions wero adopted opposing free
trade, but demanding revision Of the
tariff and the abolition of internal rev.
enue.
According to the Shephe rdstown Regis.
ter the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is
again to be brought into court. The
trustees Of the bondholders who three
years ago made common cause with SEN
ator CORN n when be, as president OF
the canal. was charged by Stewart AMI
other hondholders with mismanagement
OF the canal, 81, are nov thinking of
going before the court with an applica-
for an ORDER to sell the canal, under q
foreclosure of mortgage, because it bas
defaulted in the interest OF its i-st mort
gage bonds. The matter has been dis
cussed among the bondholders.
GREAT FIRE .rhc Atlantic OIL
Works near Philadelphia. which were
set on fire by lightning FridIy night
last burned oil the next day and late in.
to the nigh. spreading t. adjacent oil
tanks in spite OF all the efforts of the
firemcp. A doz,n storage tanks burst
and the burning oil ran off in streams of !
flame. The parafiine work consisting
Of several brick buiidinge, were destroy
ed, and at noon Saturday fourteen
tanks Of oil we're ablazc, and the flames
ex:enl led over an area of five acres.
AT 4 O'Clock in tho aftcr aoon three can.
non from the arsenal were paced in
position before one Of tho large tanks,
containing %, 700 barrels of OF , mi when
the tank took fire several twelvc-p 1und
cannon balls we're fired into it, tearing a
whole lange from the centre Of the tank.
This was done u prevent the fire FROM
spreading and to allow the oil to rua off
into the burnt district. Tue oil poured
out in torrents through the large holes
made by tho cannon balls, aud the bat
terym and firemen were forced TO run
for their lives from the burning fluid,
which swept down towards them, leav.
ing the guns 10 the flames. Several |
narrow escapes were made by the fire.
iuen during the day. AT midnight Sat
urday night the fire was uuder control,
but will probably continue burning for
several days. The loss is var.ously es.
timated q. from 100000 to 100000.
The Atlantic Refinery was destroyed by
fire in 1879, 1t is controlled by the |
Philadelphia Refinery Company, and is
one Of the branches Of the Standard Oil |
Works.
Eatly Sunday morning three tanks !
containing 10000 barrels Of oil explod.
c1, but tue oil burned itself out without
doing further damage. The burnt dis
t:ict covers al area of about four acres,
and is strewn with the wrecks of thirty. |
two massive iron tanks. I he loss will
exceed 100000. Toe works will be le.
built.
A BANK PRESIDENTS CONFESSIONAL
President ADAM BRABENDEH, of the de-
funct Erie County Pa, Savings Bank,
las returned to Erie. IIe admits that
he and Cashier Petit lost 100000 in
grain and oil speculations. Brabender
lar. a 4