South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-23
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.


now has SO2 INN ates. The part OF
Baltimore county known as The Belt
Will probably be anne xed to Bslti.
more. thus adding about 200, 900
persons % her population. TuIRTY-
TWO HUNDRED miles of railroad,
consisting Of the Atchison, Topeka
q SAINTS Fe and many other western
lines. we're tied up in just ten min.
utes Friday by an order from Chief
Arthur. OF the Brotherboot Of Loco
motive Engineers, directing the en-
gineers on those roads TO 90 on
strike. The order Was countermsn-
ded Sasurday.-THE municipal cleo
lioa held In Fsirnont, this State.
Saturday, resulted in . ito on the
question of license or no license.
The liquor men Will contest the cleo.
ton, claiming that one vote was
thrown out which should have been
counted.-PREsIDRNr CLEVELAND
was 81 years old Monday.-THE
vote In the Hou Q on tho tariff bill 10
expec ed to be close.-TnE Cuban
fast mail train went through . ties.
tile on the Savannah, Florida ani
W es'ern Railroad at Hurricane Riv.
er. seventy miles below Savannah,
Saturday morning, and % persons
were killed and 80 or 40 Injured.
Miss MoLLIE GARFIELD. daughter OF
the lac President Garfield, is 10 be
married coon to Mr. J. Stanley
Brown, who was her fathers private
aecretary.-FIRE destroyed Eve sta.
bles on German street. Cumberland,
Sunday. Loss, 5000. -HARpER's
FERRY. this State, has organic cd q
Board of Trade. with N. C. Braoks
EFT President j. G. Hurst Vice
President and G.. ii. Child Secrets
ry.-SEvERAL Grand Army posts in
Psnnsy lvania last week held meet.
ings and adopted resolutions thank
ing Senator Blackburn for his manly
defense Of their old comm anders,
Hancock and Mcclellan, against the
attacks Of the mendacious ingalls,. Of
Kansas. The Morgan Mercury,
published at Berkeley Springs, for
merly independent has conc out as
q straightou. Republican paper.
The recent terrible storm was pre-.
dicted 6y DR. G. j. Martz, OF Pied.
mont, this State, who published O
warning OF its approp ch in The Lu-
theran Observer. designating the
time as between March 10 and Is.
This prediction was made March 2.
The republican congressional con-
vention for the third district Of this
State has been called to meet at
Charleston May IL. Delegates to
the republican national convention at
Chicago will also be chosen.-GEN.
ADAM BADEAU, of NV York, has
sued tho Grant family for $35, 200
Tor literary services rendered in the
preparation of Gen. Grants memoirs.
GEO. GRIMM and VIM. Enlow have
been arr ested, charged with having
wrecked an express train near Oak
land. Nd, seven years ago.
ORLANDO SMITH has been made First
Vice. p. esident of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. and Mr.. G. K. Lord
Third Vice Pre- sident. Mr. Lord
was formerly General Passenger A
gent of the b. & O.-Gov. LEE has
granted a respite Of 80 days to +. A.
Ridenour, sentenced at Winchester,
Va, to be hung March 50 for the
murder Of Andrew Broy.-MIrCH-
ELL, the pugilist. thinks be fas had
glory enough in tho ring, and an
nounces his intention Of retiring from
it. John L. Sullivan will also prob.
ably be satisfied without attempting
to recover his lost championship
HE republican convention held In
Philadelphia last week elected dele.
gates to the national convention.
IT is said that Col. Ben. Wilson, AS.
sistant United States Attorney Gen.
eral, will undoubtedly be q csn6i-
date before the next democratic c on.
gressional convention of the First
district of this S,a.c.-No such
storm as that of last week was ever
known in the history of the Middle
and New England States. il caused
loss of So. 000,000 in the city. and
500. 100000 in the STATE. Of New
York. Washington, Boston and
New York could only communicate
with each other by means OF The O.
cean cables the messages being sent
across tue Atlantic and then back
ag in. A la:ge number of small
fishing vessels were lost along the
coast, in many cases with all on
board. Freight and passenger trait
ic on the railroads and Geographic
communication throughout Mary
land, Pennsylvania and New York
were not generally resumed before
Sunday. In many parts Of these
three States snow fell to the depth
OF four feet on level, and drifts So
and 60 feet high were reported.
The cold was intense. and the whole
storm was just such q blizzard as is
frequently experienced in the North
west.-THE Western Maryland Rail.
road Company will abandon the pro-
Ject OF leasing the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal anil using it's ted for
railroad track. The canal will be
open for navigation Monday .-THn
General (NortherDl and Southern
Assemblies OF the Presb, terrain
Church, which have had comm tees
at work in Louisville, Kentucky, try
ing to eject union, will II is said.
very likely arrive at On agreement.
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