South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-16
Fiftieth Congress LIST Session

10 the Senate. on v ednesdsy of last week,
the urgency deficiency bill vas passed after
debate. In the House, several bills affecting
the interests Of several ndian tribs were
passed.
The Senate on Thursday passed the de-.
pendent soldiers bill, alter striking out
most of the amendments adopted in commit
tee of the whole by vote Of ~ to l6 Our
Senators. Faulkucr and Kenua. both voted
10 favor of it. The Senate adjourned I'M.
ill Monday TIE House passed q bill ap-
propriating $40 900 for the purchase Of Ger
tain swords belonging to the widow Of Gen.
James Shields.
The House on Fsday passed the Omnibus
war claim bill, Including $4,000 for the re
lief of the Protestant Episcopal Seminary
and High School Of Virginia.
The dependent pension bill passed by the
Senate was received in the House Satui day.
and referred to the committee on invalid
pensions.
The Senate Tuesday, by party vote, pass.
ed Mr.. Hale's resolu ton tor the appointment
OF committee OF seven Senators to investi-
gate alleged violations of the civil-service
law and rules and orders by officers and en-
ploy es OF the government under the present
administration; 10 ascertain and report wheth>
er public officials have taken part in polili-
cal movements, &c.
Latest Ne WIS and Miscellane.
Gus Items,
Fearful hiizzards wer. reported
from the Northwest, and also from
the Middle and New England States,
Monday. The storms bl ckaded
trains all through New York, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey. Business
in New York city aud Philadelphia
was parnly zed. In New York travel
was next to impossible by car lines
or ferry. Philadelphia was cut of
from ,elegla communication with
other cities. Great suffering is re.
ported EN- on9 people snow bound on
trains. The Brighton Beach Hotel
at Coaey Island was wre ked by q
huge wave. Geo. ID. Barrymore, Of
New York, was frozen TO Death in q
snOw-drift. A train load of New
York Legislators vas blockaded With
scarcely any provisions. Great dam.
age to shipping at Lewes, Delaware.
and the loss Of % lives is reporte !.
st. Paul, Minneapolis AID Chicago
Railroad men are going TO huild n
railroad from the Twin Cities. via
Bismarck, Dakota, through British
Columbia and Alaska. across Beh :
rings Strait, 50 miles wide, which
separates North America and Asia
10 ieudo, Japan, and Pekin. Cfina.
The strait is TO he bridged. The
leng' of the road will be 5, 1863 miles.
Sullivan and Mitchell were arrests
ed and fined 5000 for prizvfiS hnng.
The Cabeil county grand jury
brought in nearly 500 indict meuts
Monday, principally for selling liq-
uor to minors.
Peter Anderson. Of Terre uaute,
Indiana, claims to be the worlds
champion water drinker. lie cen
easily drink half gallon in fifty
sccoL DIS. aud he has drunk five GAL
ions in live hours. and thirty gallons
In a day.
Republican Congressman are ma.
king strenuous efforts TO delay ac-
ton on tho tariff hill.
TIE democratic members Of the
Virginia General Assembly are u
in favor of Cleveland
for President.
Hiram Pigman, who achieved great
notoriety last June by killing Craig
TolIIver, the noled Kentucky despe-
iado, died Monday.
The Farland Goal and Coke Com.
pany was organized at CIarksburg,
this State, last week, with cspital
Of 81 600 900, for the purpose of mi.
ming coal and manufacturing coke.
Roscoe Conkiing and Bob Lincoln
both say they will decline the re-
publican presiden 'ial nomination il
rendered them
AT the TRIAL Of a Wooster (Ohio)
man for murder it was brought out
IN the course OF the testimony that
at the outbreak Of tho war be had
convicted of sheep,s,ea ling
IN order that he might avoid military
service by going TO the peni.entisry.