South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-02
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.

IL the new Ill ton gun inst compile
ted fer the English wsrship Benbow
Il 10 IS feet long, 16} in. muxxie cal.
its charge 10 900 pounds Of powder,
and tho projectile. weighing 1900 n,,
will penetrate 32A inches OF cold
steel At I, 900 yards. The initial 70.
iocity attained Is 2.l2S feet per Sec
ond. national democratic com.
mittee. in session at Washington last
week. on Wednesday 6xed upon July
> ~ the time for holding the demo-
cratic national convention, but on
Thursday this action was reconsid-
cred and June was selected a. the
time. and st. Louis, Mo-. ~ the
place, for said convention to meet.
The date selected 10 earlier than that
OF either the republican or prohibi-
ton convention, the former meeting
At Chicago June - and the latter
at indianapolis June 6. West Vir-
gtnis'e member OF the committee.
Hon. Il. G. Davis, voted for st.
Louis - the place. but against June
B as the time. for the convention.
The high-,ariff democrats or the
committee voted generally for late
convention. while the low tariff
members voted for an early meeting
The selection OF s.. Louis 10 sid 10
have been owing TO the fact that that
city he'd no candidate for Vice. Pres.
ident whose inteTests she wished TO
advance. which Chicago and San
francisco both had. -PRIucK LoUis,
grandson Of Emperor William of
Germany. 10 desd.-FIvK prisoners
escaped from Jail at Mar,insburg on
Friday night THE trainmen on the
Pennsylvania Railroad viii hereafter
be paid according TO the number Of
miles they run instead Of by the day i.
CAPTAIN SMITH Cook. OF HI ntucky,
supposed to be the tallest native
born American, is z fee. 8 inches In
height.-E. II. GRoUDY. editor of .
paper at Blakely, Ga. has published
card annouDc cling that he will pros
ecute anyone Who may sell him In.
toxicaiing liquors, he says he wants
TO get sober and stay so.'-CHARLEs
PowERs. aged IA, died in New York
Saturday from meningitis. caused BY
blows on the head gwen him by his
teacher, Miss Jennie Moore, over q
year ago. Miss Moore was arrested
mt was released on $4,000 ball.
Nh. W. W. CoRCoRAN. the Washing i.
ton philanthropist. died at his home
in that city Friday. in the ooh year
OF his age.-IT 10 ssid that at the
close Of his term Gov. Hill, OF New
York. will retire from poli,ics.-JA1
GOULD left Gibraltar for America
Saturday.-E. PARR, q member OF
the Virginia House OF Delegate was
soundly censured for lending his
free railroad passes.-WoRD comes
from the great Northwest wheat.
growing country that the winter crop
lie in . very unfavorable condition.
Kansas is better off than any other
State In the winter wheat belt -lr ia
said that Blaine's letter Of withdraw.
al will probably have the effect Of
disrupling and utterly 6emoralixing
the Republican National League. II
Is Blaine or nothing with that organ
ization "A man named McCoy re-
lated TO the notorious Kentucky Nc.
Coys, got into fight at Lincoln G.
h.. this State. Friday, with Psris
Blum6eld. aga INST whom be had an
old grudge. Pistols were US. d by
both mer, Tho ugh neilLer was hurt.
A ball from Blumfield's revolver
however. struck an old man name d
Showers in the leg, woundinp him
badly. Both men were arrested. but
we're released on bail.-R. @. Dun
& Co. report business of all kinds iE
the United States much dnller than
usual at this time Of the year.-Two
HUNDRED AND THiRTY.FOUR CLERKS
in the Chicago posto flee s;rack for
lever hours Saturday. They have
been working sixteen hours q dav.
w. A. KINsLoE. son of the editor OF
the Osceol.. Pa, Wage Farmers Jour.
nal. on Friday caught Ger,ie Walker,
aged Is, threw shawl over her head,
and carried her TO an attic over his
father's Office. where he bound and
left her. Sue succeeded in freeing
herself and returned home, when
kinsloe was arrested and placed In
Jail. No injury was done her person.
Kins'oe says bis only motive was to
obtain the reward which he supposed
the girls parents would offer for her
Ieturn.-lT is said that the Ro,bs-
childs, the great Jew ish money kings
OF the world. are furnishing the bulk
Of the capital necessary to operate
the various trusts from which this
and other countries are now suffer-
ing, and which threaten TO control
the production and price of every ar.
ticis OF necessity or luxury. -PREs.
IDENT CLEVELAND and party re.
turned TO Washington Sunday from
their visit TO the South. Large and
crowds greeted the
President wherever be appeared in
Georgia and Florida. and the trip
res' Dbled on small scale his tri-
umpbal tour Of the West last fall.
H. 4. DEFoRD. Of Baltimore. b as been
elected President OF the Btrksley
Springs and Potomac Railroad Com.
pany, j. T. Trego 10 Secretary, and
Samuel Whisn,r
body OF Miss Louise DeltIn. ore, who
suddenly disappeared from her he me
IN kanawlIa county this State. laat