South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-02-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Democratic National Co,ven-
ton will be held July 8. The place
has not been decided upon.
ID. Il Locke. editor OF the Toledo,
o.. Blade. and better known "a the
author OF the Nasty letters, 10 dead.
President Cleveland and wife are
in Florida.
The fisheries comw is sioners an
pointed BY the COVER. ment Of Great
Britain and that OF this country, to
settle tho Canadi,n controveis y !,
have completed their labors and
signed q treaty which it 10 thought
vii, result In o satisfactory settle
ment of the disputes that have exis.
ted for almost quarter of q centu.
~ between the two countries over
these fisheries. Tie treaty 10 ia
vorable to the United States. The
du'y ON Canadian fish i'm or. ed into
this country is abolished.
In the trial of the rescuers of Sen.
a'or Riddlebcrger from Jail at Wood.
stock. Va. last summer. the COM
monwealth's attorney entered a mol.
le prosequi. This ends the whole
matter.
A bank Is TO be started In Oak.
land, Md.
The democratic nationsl conven.
tion will doubtless be held either In
San Francisco or Chicago.
Gen. Sheridan declares that he
would not accept q nomination fol
the presidency.
The Virginia House OF Delegate
has passed a bill appropriating s75-
900 to pay pensions to disabled Con
f,derate soldiers.
A cyclone struck Mt. Vernon
ILL.,. Sunday. killing Is persons, in
juring many others, and almost de.
sttoying the town.
The GDti-saloon national republi
can committee has issued a call fo
a national Conference to he held in
New York April Is and 10 next. II,
purpose is stated to be to assure an,
signaIize the complete withdrawal o
the national republican party from
all completely with the saloon in fa-
my, amt to emphasize its positive
an'secnism thereto"
The Mississippi Senate Saturtia,
adopted House bill TO pay $50 year
ly pension TO officers. soldiers ant
sailors and their servants who servet
in the Confederate army from Mis-.
sissippi and who are now unable u
labor because of injuries received IL
the service.
The Rev. S. V. Cole. a Methods,
minister CT Chattanooga. Tenn. sui.
cided Saturday ty taking poison
Cause. mental depression.
+. ID. Pourpart, TIE confidentia
clerk OF Adolph Schri.ber, treasurer
OF the New Orleans Cotton Exchange
embezzied $3.50 last week and
spent all OF IL for lottery tickets.
10 great fire at Provid aer,
Rhode Island, few days ago, the
papers for the original plot of land
that Roger Williams received from
the Indians, ard the record OF ell the
charges in real estate and deeds
down to 1884, were DESTROYED.
Senator Faulkner ond wifi. accom-
pany the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land on their Florida trip.
Last Friday. four robbers rode into
Cisco, Texas. robbed q bank in
broad daylight OF $4,000. aid es.
capped.
James Hughes is in Jail at st. Ig-
mace, Michigan, awaiting trial for
stealing a 50-cent piece off dead
mans eyes and putting copper
cent in its place. He came near be
ing lynched when his act was discov-
cred
All the wells in and around Glen.
wood n. c.. have suddenly com.
meDced boiling. No cause for the
pbe nomenon is known.
The boundary line question be-
tween Maryland and this State will
probably be settled by a commission
appointed by the United States gov
eminent or by the two States.
The strike of the Reading (Pa.)
miners Ia over, and the strikers have
been ordered to return TO work A.
once.
1t Is said that the Western Mary
land Railroad, which is trying TO
buy the Chesapeake & Ohio canal
from Cumberland TO Williamspor.,
80 miles, for a roadbed, is &C ing for
Ex-senator Henry G.. Davis w. Va.
@. & Z. Railroad.
DR.. j. A. Woolf, a reputable ply
stefan OF Hartford, Conn, who has
recently returned from a visit TO Eu-
rope, says the Hon. James c.. Blaine
is very sick man, and could not
possibly live through another presi.
DENTAL campaign
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