South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-05-04
NEW S OF THE WEEK

ally, convened in New Yorg Tuesday
Tor lis twenty-fifih ses ,ion.-THE
word white has been stricken out Of
the rastardy law in tie new Mary
land code -TuE Dou-e committee
on manufactures are trying 10 in
vestigate he business methods Of
The Standard Oil Company, but the
officers aud employees of the Compa.
ny refuse to ans wer many OF their
Questions. -THY new warsbip York
town and the dynamite cruiser were
successful w launched at PEilsdel.
phia Saturday in tue presence OF 20,
600 persons, including 5 cretary of
tue Navy Whitney and many meme
bers of bo,h houses Of Congress.
The cruiser will be called the vesu.
vius. A CONFERENCE was held in
Philadelphia Satui day be: ~eoa rep
resentatives of the thirteen orig mai
States TO consider plans for me mo.
| rial to cowme morate the centennial
OF the constitution. Resolutions
were adopted calling upon the na.
tional aud State governments for
appropriations To q monument fund.
aud inviting the thirteen original
States to appoint delegates to coop.
crate with citizens OF New York in
celebration Of the centennial ami.
versary Of the Inauguration of Presi.
dent Washington (ApTil 80, 1880
Snow and billiards we're reported
from the Northwest and In California
Tuesday, 1T is said that United
States Senator II. II. Rlddleberger,
OF Virginia. will be candidate for
Congress against Hoo. Charles +.
OFerral.-TBR Chicago Times is or.
ganizing hunt for the capture, a.
live. Of tue IS or 100 buffaloes still
left in this country with the inten-
ton OF preventing the bison family
in America from becoming extinct.
These bufsloes are in the sonthwes-
tern part Of Texas, $50 mi'e' from
any telegraph Office. and the news Of
The hunt will be obtained by means
of c .iri.r pigeons. 1t will be tue last
butfslo hunt that will ever to place
in this country.-rHE engine and
baggage car of the Cumberland ac-
commodat'on on the Is. & o. Rail.
Rad jumped the track near Fair.
mont, this State, Satur lay. No one
was killed, though the engineer anil
fireman were badly injured.-CoUN
rY conventions to elect delegates to
the district conventions we're he d In
many counties of this State Saturday.
la The conventions OF Wood, Berke.
ley. Lewis, Marion and Richie coun-
ties resolutions endorsing the AL =
miuistraion of President Cleveland
were Ta'sed.-A DAFT for Sll,250
has been received by Prof. Harvey.
Treasurer OF our State University at
Morgantown. tn ut being Is per csnt :
OF the $4,000 appropriated by Cons
gress for the esi adjustment of the
Agricultural Experiment Station at
the University. The republicans in
the House continue their efforts to
prevent consideration Of the tariff
bill and to postpone as long as pos
siblo settlement Of this vital ques.
tion.-AN attempt Is being ma lie by
certain politicians in New York city
to boom Mayor Hewitt for President.
BANoUErs were given in New York
a1d Pittsburg Friday night in honor
OF the 66th anniversary Of General
Grants birth. Al New York none
Of the eI.Confedcrste ffic.rs invited
werepresent except Gen. Wan. Ma
hone, Of Virginia, though letters Of
regret, eulog'stic OF Grant, were re-
ceived from Gems Joseph K. John
s,on and James Longstreet, Col.
John S. Mosby and also from Pres
ident Cleveland.-MRs. ROBERT CA
BELL, a nighly-respected lady and
we'll connected, committed suicide
near Charleston this State. Satur-
day. by taking q ounces of lsuda-
mum. Sickness was the cause.-A
LARGE number Of x-Coniederates
will attend the reunion OF Federal
and Confederate veterans to be held
al Gettysburg, Pa, in July.-IT is
said that Gov Wilson is making a
still hunt for the Congressional nom
ination in the Third dlstrict.-ShNA 4.
TOR VOORHEES,, of Indiana, declines
to be q vice-presidential candidate
on the democratic ticket.-STATE
republican conventions were held in
Pennsylvania aud Massachusetts on
Wednesday OF last week, and dele
gates we're appointed TO the ma
tIonal convention. The delegates
we're not instructed, but are said to
be stroagly for Blaine. The plat
forms denouuce Cleveland and the
democratic party generally, and
pledge the republican party to sub.
init prohibition 10 a vote Of the
people. Ting anti Malone leaders
in Virginia are elated at the strength
of the opposition tn the Boss 10 the
recent republican primaries.-THE
Odd Fellows of this country on
Thursday of last week celebrated the
69ih anniversary of the organization
of 5he order in tie United States.
The Maine republicans elece dele
gates TO the republican national con
ventlon and returned thanks to Mr..
Blaine for bis tariff letter, at their
State convention, held on Thursday
OF last week.-Gov. WILSON has
pardoned many convicts confined in
our State penitentiary lately. On
Tuesday of last week he pardoned j.
Parsons. sent up for three years 10
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