South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-04-20

The legislative. Judicial and exec
utive sppsops iation bill % agreed
upon 10 the House commi,iee makes
. total appropriation of 81. AS. 1874.
which 10 1897. 6O6 less than ths ss,t-
mates and $209.246 lee than the
current appropriations for the same
service -NoBELy the inventor of
dynamite. died in Cannes, France,
Sundsy.-MRs. CLEVELAND 10 studs
ying French.-Tue Wheeling Hinge
Factory, at Wheeling. this State, vas
damaged by fi'e Saturday night to
the extent of 50, 0OO.-A MOVEMENT
10 on foot in Lexington. Va. to pro-
coed ut once to the erection OF the
monument over the grave Of Some.
wall Jackson. The necessary q.
mount OF money has besn rsised.
and the association proposes 10 push
the work and erect . handsome mon.
uweut. -Ir 10 thought hat the Pope
nay be forced TO leave Rome and
found the thTous Of 81. Peter :n A
merica.-IARTINsBURo, THE State.
- to BE- lighted With electricity.
SsSAroR GeoRGE GRAY, Of Dslas are
u - sa'd. has been rendered the
Chief Justicsship and has scseptsJ
30 Tar. the contributions for the
family OF the late Chief Justice
Waite aggregate over &c. 900. "A
PROJECT for The presentation 70 the
French republic OF . colossal statue
OF Washington Ia bronze By the peo.
pie Of this country 10 being agitated
BY prominent citizens Of Boston.
REPRESENTATIVE MCKINLIY. one Of
the republican members Of the ways
and means committee, says The re-
publicsns in the House do not in
tend to inteEposs any 6libustering
tscs'cs 10 prevent consideration OF
the tariff bill.-WHEsLINo, this
State. had . destructive fire Friday.
The principal loscrs nre: +. Uorun,
owner Of the building occupied by
Wilson & Chapman, on Main street,
%. 900; Wilson & Chapman. $22.
600: Insured for SIG, 900; u. w. Pax.
tor, on building, BIC, 900. insured ;
@. A. r. on lodge fixtures and furni.
ture. $4,000, insured for $3.50.
This hall was also occupied by the
kechabite@. Sons Of Veterans. Elks
and other lodges, who lose every.
thing. The loss will aggregate $50
600. including damage done to the
Howell Hotel and other adjoining
buildings.-DR. BLAND, Supe rinte NJ
dent Of Cur Insane Asylum at Yves.
ton. rendered his resignation 10 the
Board Of Directors Friday to take Eff.
GO: October ]. The resignation was
accepted, and DR.. Bland's succeas or
will be elected on the second day oil
the October meeting Tue police
are after Vim. n Brown. of Cleve-
land. Ohio. Who is known to have
twenty wives. and the returns are
not oil In yet-THR Ohio Lsgisia.
ture Friday passed bill requiring
physiology with reference TO the eff
ec.s ofslcohol and narcotics on the
human system 70 be taught in the
public schools Of that Slate.-IT 10
thought that Maine will abolish pro.
hibition and adopt high license with.
In three years.-THE republican
State convention Of tLis State will
meet 10 Fairmont May l6-TuE ha-
beas corpus case OF this State again Of
the State Of Kentucky for the pos
session OF the Hatfield prisoners has
been taken to the U. 8. Supreme
Court.-At Youngstown, Ohio, Fri.
day, the William Arson Wood now.
er and reaper works we're destroyed
by 6re caused by natural gas. Loss,
$8O, OOO.-GEN. WIN Il. SHERMAN
has invited Generals James Long
street, John b. Gordon, Simon 4.
Buckner. Fi,zhugh Lee, William Ma
honey John 8. Mostly and Joseph +.
Johnston to ettend . banquet TO be
given at Delmonico's in New York
on the 9th inst. 10 honor OF the an
niversary OF Gen. Granite birthday.
Two HUNDRED breech' loading Spring.
tield rifles and three hundred uni.
forms will be furnished by the Unit.
ed States government soon to the
Stonewall Guards, OF Lewisburg, and
the Governors Guard, of Charleston.
this State. They were obtained for
the troops by Governor Wilson.
ADyICEs from Charleston, our State
capital, state that iron mills, foun.
deries and machine shops that will
give employment to TOO men will be
erected there suon. DEMOCRATIC
representatives In Congress held q
caucus On Wednesday OF last week
at which the consideration of the 6,
rect tai bill was postponed until
December s. This broke the dead.
lock that bad existed in the House
for more than week.-Mrs. con.
tracts for furnishing 5eet. -four and
meal TO our Insane Asylum at Yves.
ton were let last week, ut $50 per
100 pounds for beef; $4.l5 per bar
rel of 200 pounds for -four, and rs
cents per 100 pounds for meal.-ON
Thursday Of last week, at oakland.
Nd, Joseph Murphy was cleaning O
pistol. when the weapon exploded,
instantly killing Murphy's cousin, q
young man named Woods.-BLAINs
10 the choice Of the Maryland State
republican executive committee for
President.--THE State republican
convention Of Maryland will be held
al Easton May 17.-IowA republi.
cans want Senator Allison for Presi.
demonstrators WADE HAMPTON