South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-04-13
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.


The demand for ocean transports.
Ton for Irish emigrants TO this conn.
try Is SO great the transatlantic
steamship companies are unable to
accommodate all tho applicants.
The republican policy iSdirec,ed %
q prolongation o. the sesaion of Con.
gress.-IT 10 SAID Mr.. Blaine propo.
ses sailing for home June l6, three
rays before the me etiog Of the re-
publican national couvention.-PREs-
IEENr SAMUEL SPENCER advises that
The business OF the b. & o. Relief
Association GO on without interrupt
ton. The Association will hereaf.
ter be conducted as a separate de-.
part ment OF tie Ii. e. Or 10
thou ght that Senator Gray, OF Della
ware. will probably be appointed rs
the late Chief Justice Wsite's sue
csssor. In this case. Secretary of
State Bayard will probably enter the
Senate TO all The unexpired term OF
Senator Gray.-A GEORGIA syndi.
cate propose erecting mills in all the
cotton States for reducing to paper
cotton stalks end seed hulls, now
practically worthless. The promoters
OF the enterprise Say they can make
good news paper for two cents per
pound.-HOT EL rates in st. Louis
during the session Of The democratic
national convention will be excess i've.
DIR. STEPREN Il. ELKInts intends
to erect a magnificent residence q.
Franklin. on the w. Va. G.. s. p.
Railroad, OF which he is Vice-Presi.
dent. Glen. Flick. Of Martinsburg.
THE State, who Was recently para
lyzed. is not very much better.--IT
is thought certain that South Carolis
ma will send to the republican ma
tional convention q deleg = alton pledg.
ed to John Sherman.-THE Cumber.
land Valley Railroad will be extend-
ed TO Winchester, Va.-GEN. Corr
Congressm man from the frat district
of this State, has been elected Chair
m an of the Republican Congrsssion.
oil Commiltee.-THE graves Of the
Con federate dead at New Orleans
we're decorated Saturday. Various
posts of the Grand Army ofthe Re.
public participated in The ceremonies
THE United States war steamer Ian.
caster, which was thought to have
been lost. is at Gibraltar. Spain.-A
MOVEMENT is on foot among Balti-
more capitalists to build a sugar re.
fiuery there without the aid of Clau
Spreckles.-THE United States Cir
cult Court at Louisville, Kentucky,
Saturday, affirmed the decision o
the lower court in The West Virgins
habeas corpus case against the State
of Kentucky for the possession o.
the Hatfield prisoners. This il &
second victory Tor Kentucky. SEN
AroR DANIELS, Of Virginia, on Fri.
day introduced resolution in the
Senate 10 repeal the U. s
statute prohibiting the appointment
of ex.Confederates to any position
in the United States army.-THE
Pr esident Is said TO have slated tina,
the next Chief Justice will not come
FROM among the present members o
the bench nor from the Cabinet. nor
from the South; will be Democrat
nder SIS years of age. o. good ply.
steal and intellectual powers. and
eminently qualified for the pace.
THERE are rumors in political circles
that the President will decline a re-
nomination. but he is said to have
given no intimation on tie subject.
A FRiaHTFUL wreck occurred ON the
Chicago. Milwaukee & ST.. Paul rail Z.
road near Northampton. Ia. Friday,
q passenger train plungiug through q
bridge into swollen stream. Eight
persons were killed and twenty in.
jured JACOB SHARP, the New York
millionaire bnbe.giver, who was
sentenced IN 1887 to four years in
the penitentiary for bribing thirteen
aldermen Of New York city to give
him franchise TO build surface
railroad on Broadway, but who had
been granted new trial, which he
was awaiting, died in New York on
Thursday OF last week, aged II years.
AT th e election held in Rhode Is
land last week. Royal G. Taft. re-
publican. was elected Lieutenant
Governor. The Senate now stands ::
Republicans rs; Democrats 6; no
election 8. House-Republicans.
"a; Democrats, 10; prohibition. /;
no election, 7.-Botb tue republican
and prohibition votes we're largely
reduced, while the democratia vote
showed great gains over that Of lass
yesr.-THERE will be no fusion Of
the Greenbackers with the Republl-
cans In this State this year. The
Greenbackers will nominate q
straigbt-out independent ticket and
will m AXE their fight free from en- :
tangliDg alliances with any other
patty.-SENAToR FAULKNBR has So.
cured the passage by tue Senate OF q
bill es: sblisbing u United States Cir,
cult and District court at Martins
burg, this State. --BENJAMIN HAIR
R1s BREWSTER, Attorney. General OF
the United States under Arthur's
administration, died at his home IN
Philadelphia last week. aged II
years. -THG great Brighton Beach
Hotel o. Coney Island, which vas
moved several hundred feet from lts
site during the recent blizzard by
waves from the sea, was baued back
20 its old position Last week with six