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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-30

The following lines. written nv Ma
jor Harper a few weeks before his
death, are c ommended,o the though
ful consideration of our readers, with
the hope that the wish expressed in
them may be realized in the Gaze Ct
every subscriber to the Intelligencer :
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our friends, the circulation Of tn > In .
TELHaENcER IN this county might be
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-30
DI ID,

On Jersey Mountain, Friday night, Miss
Jane Hinee. She was quite IN old lady. -.
II Canon City, Colorado, March Bib,
JENNIE e, wife of DR.. 6. y. CoyrIS, aged 3!
years. months and "a days. Sc was the
daughter OF Adam Parish. and formerly re-
sided in Romney.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-30
County News.

AUGJLTA, March 20
James Miller and Martin Lam.
bert TO young tevchcrs Of this Vie
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-30
M Al RED

On the 22d, inst by Rev. NJ. A. Taylor.
Dir b. Triplett and Miss n. e. B. Orn-
dorf, all Of this county.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-30

AZ the meeting of the Prohibition
State Executive Committee held 10
fskcrsburL, this State. las' week,
is'ego'cs were elected - the National
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-30
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALvF

he Best Sslve 10 the world for Cuts
BRUISES, Sores, Ulcers, Salt RheumJ Fever
SoresJ letter, Chapped n nds, Chilblains,
'ofnsj and sill Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles or no pay Is required u is
F1arahteed 10 give perfect sstissacttonJ or
money refunded Price Is CENTS per boz.
Fot sale By Robert T. VanDevaater.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
A Clever Swindle,

OTTAWA, Ills, Dec 24.-Lester Taylor, a wealthy farmer, residing near Millington, has been swindled out of $22, 900 by smooth tongued young man, who pretended to be the only son of a wealthy and distinguished parents, and said that his guardian was at tempting to cheat him out of his inheritance.
 He wanted to learn farming, as his wealth was mainly in lands. His confederate in New York, pretending to be his attorney, sent for money from time to time to prose cute the suit against the alleged guardian, and without security the farmer loaned the youth $1, 900 at time until he finally disap- peared. He has been arrested in New York,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
KILLED BY A DENTIST.
A Woman Who Has Thirteen Teeth Ex
 tracted Dies in the Chair.


 HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 24-The particu- lars of 0 case which is remarkable for husbands cruel persistence, and in which dentists part is none the less objectionable, has just been made known here. About ten days ago Mary Scelwig, who lives near Haii- fax, Pa., complained to her husband that she was suffering with the tooth ache. Sev eral days passed, during which time she only occasionally referred to her extreme suffering, when finally her husband impetu- ously remarked that she had better go to the dentists and have her teeth extracted.
 Mrs. Scelwig was of a nervous tempera- ment, and she hesitated about going. Her husband became angry with her, and de clared that he would leave the house if she did not stop complaining. The wife then de termined to go to the dentistss, and after much persuasion had been used by her the husband was induced to go with her. At the dentists, before she got into the chair, the woman almost tainted from nervousness, which had the effect of making the husband quite irascible, but with the assistance of the dentist she was placed in the chair, and the man with his forceps commenced the work of extraction
 Mrs. Scelwig could uot take an anasthetic, and when two or three of her teeth had been taken out she pulled violently to escape the dentists operation. It was necessary to have thirteen teeth removed, and the husband determined not to permit his wife to leave the chair until every one had been taken out. To make the work easier for the dentist the husband held his wifes head and arms so that she could not move, and the work continued until all the teeth had been extracted By this time the woman was exhausted and unable to rise from the chair. The two men realized that she was in dangerous condition, and they at once applied restoratives. A physician was summoned and every effort was made to revive the woman, but it was of no avail 1 and she died two hours later
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
Fighting in Samoa.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24-The steamer Zelandia, from Australia and Honolulu, brings news of the condition of affairs in Samoa. The Samoa Times reports severe hand to hand conflict between the followers of Tamassee, the leader of the insurgents, and Mataafe, in which guns, axes and clubs were used. Two of the forts of Tamassee. which were supposed to be impregnable, were captured. Nearly 100 of the insurgents were killed and as many more wounded. Matters are still in an unsettled condition, and the war may be carried on indefinitely. The United States war ship Nipsic arrived at Alpa Nov. 25, on which date the United States man of war Adams, the British war ship Lizard and the German man of war Adler were in port.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
A CONTROVERSY ENDED.
The Haytian Republic Deliv-
 cred to Admiral Luce.
THUS ENDS A BLoODLEss WAR.

Secretary Whitney, However, Has Re-
 ceiyed No Official Notification of the
 Faot-Other News of Interest from vari-
 ous Parts of the Civilized World.
 HAVANA, Dec. 4-The difficulty between the United States and Hayti over the latter's seizure of the American vessel, Haytian Republic, is ended. The Haytian Republic has been formally delivered to the American squadron, that vessel and the Haytian ships at the same time saluting the American flag.
 Among the people the action of the United States government is considered an abuse of power against a helpless nation, and this opinion is said to be shared by some of the foreign diplomatic representatives.
 Gen. Legitime has been elected president of the republic. He is now taking energetic steps to suppress the revolution.
 WASHINGTON. Dec A-Secretary Whit ney when he saw the dispatch announcing the surrender of the steamer Haytian Repub- lie, said that he had expected such termin- ation of the matter As far as the navy de- partment was concerned it was satisfactory settlement of the affair." He supposed a claim for indemnity would be made, but that was a matter belonging to the state depart ment.
 The secretary said that the United States vessels would cruise about in the neighbor- hood of Hayti for short time to protect the interests of American citizens and watch the progress of affairs. It would probably be a day or two before anything would be heard from Admiral Luce.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
4 New Church Dedicated.

PATERSON, N. J., Dec. 24-The dedication Df St. Joseph's Catholic church, in Carroll and Market streets, in this city, took place yesterday. The services were conducted by Bishop Wigger, and the attendance was large, despite the fact that S1 admission was charged. Pontifcial high mass was ceie- brated by the bishop after the dedicatory service, and the dedication sermon was de- ivered by the Rev. Father Woodman of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York. In the evening the bishop celebrated solemn vespers, and sermon was delivered by the Right Rev. Mgr. Concillio, domestic prelate of the pope. The church is a large and elegant structure of brown stone, and the interior decorations are magnificent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
BURNED OUT OF HOME.
The Citizens of a Michigan Village Out i'm
 the Cold World.

MENoMINEE, Mich, Dec. 23.-Hermans- vile, a lumber town of 400 inhabitants, ln the upper peninsula, has been entirely de- stroyed by fire. The fire started in one of the saw mills and spread rapidly. The town has no fire department and the water sup ply was SO small, owing to the streams be- ing frozen, that the bucket brigade could do little toward checking the flames, Men were put to work to remove the piled lumber, and thus deprived the fire of material to feed on, but they were unable to accomplish the work in time.
 Every effort was devoted to saving tho merchandise in the stores and the goods in the dwellings. The work was prosecuted with great vigor in the face of a bitterly cold northwest wind, laden with particles of snow, which rendered out of door work extremely difficult and exhausting. A great part of the personal property of the inhabitants was saved, however, and tents and rude shanties were constructed in the woods on the out skirts of the town for the accommodation of the women and children, who suffered greatly from exposure to the cold.
 No lives were lost either by the fire or through exposure. After the blaming mill took fire the flames ate their way steadily down the east side of the single street of the village for a distance of 250 feet and then, leaping across the intervening space, seized upon the post office on the opposite side, and in few minutes the buildings on both sides of the street were burning.
 Famed by the wind, the progress of the flames was rapid, and within three hours from the time the fire originated ill saw mill No. 1 the entire town was in ashes. The damage will approximate S250, 900, the larger part of which will fall upon the Wisconsin Land and Lumber company.
 There will be great suffering among the people until substantial structures can be built for protection against the severe cold, and the work will be begun as soon as ma terial can be obtained from other points, all De lumber at Hermansville having been de stroyed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
STANlEY'S MOVEMENTS.

An Intimate Friend Gives a New Story
 of the Explorers Exploits.
 LONDON, Dec. 24.-The Sunday Times, of which Mir. Hatton, Stanley's intimate friend, is the editor, says; "We have received dis patches from two reliable sources which enable us to state almost absolutely that Stanley has arrived at Bangala, on the Congo, and not at Bonalya. on the Aruwimi, reported One dispatch states that Stanley, after short stay with Emin, left him and returned to Bangala for the pur- pose of obtaining cartridges and other supplies needed at Wadelai Having pro cured these he again went to Wadelai. The second message simply conveys the inteli- gence that Stanley relieved Emin and is now on the Congo collecting the stores left at various places by himself and Barttelot's party. Of the latter only Ward and Bonny remain. It is suggested that Stanley's home ward route will be via Ujiji and Usala to Zanzibar With this route Stanley is per fectly familiar, as 1t is the route traversed by Dr. Livingstone and later by Stanley himself.
 BRUSSELS, Dec. 24-Dispatches from the Congo officially confirm the reports of the safety of Stanley and Emin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
Look Out for the swindlers.

CATsKnL, N. Y., Dec. A-Two we'll dressed swindlers, of easy address, are trav- cling along the Hudson river tier of counties victimizing farmers They claim to repre- sent an optical establishment and to be practical opticians. They sell spectacles worth about fifty cents pair at prices rang ing from S1o to $2o. One of the impostors calls himself Dr. Robertson, and the other fellow passes as his assistant. In instances they have induced persons suffering from dis eases of the eye to undergo 'simple, yet ex- traordinarily successful operations.n Physi- cians and oculists say the so called operations performed consist of making the patients eye smart and then applying soothing lotion. From: all accounts the number of victims in Ulster and Orange counties is large. s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
BURY. CONN, MONDAY, DECEMBER "A, IS
KILLED BY A MADMAN.
hn Insane Husband Fatally Wounds Ills
 Young Wife and Kills Himself

hn Insane Husband Fatally Wounds His
 Young Wife and Kills Himself
 BROOKLYN, Dec. A.-Henry D. Schoon- maker, aged 23 years, salesman, shot and fatally wounded his wife Edith, aged g. and then shot himself dead, at their residence No. 69 Bond street Col Jonathan D. Schoonmaker, the young mans father, who resides at No. 316 Hancock street, received a note at noon which had been left at district messenger office Saturday night, with in structioRs not to deliver before II o'clock in the morning. The note read
 Mama and Henry: Come down as soon as possible. If you find the doors locked, force the front parlor door. HARRY"
 Col Schoonmaker is disabled by rheuma- tism, and he sent MT. Henry Van Wrinkle, his brother-in-law, and Mrs. Schoonmaker to the Bond street fiat. They found the young couple lying in bed in their night clothes, and tightly clasped in each others arms. They were covered with blood from three wounds in the woman's head and side, and one wound in young Schoonmakers temple. The dying woman was taken to the Long Island College hospital
 Col Schoonmaker says his son must have been insane. He had good position with 3 prominent house, and his salary had recently been increased His domestic life had been very happy. His wife was beau tiful young woman. She had left their l4- months-old child with her sister on Thursday, for a few days visit. The couple had been housekeeping six months. Col. Schoonmaker says he can now recall some of his sons ac- tions which had been rather odd, but not enough to excite suspicion of insanity at the time. He was popular young man among his associates, and was a member of the Twenty-third regiment N. G., $. N Y, and of Beaumont council, Legion of Honor. The Schoonmaker family is prominent in Brook lyn business and social circles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
Perry Belmont's Mission.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. A New York Democrat in the house says that Perry Bel mont goes to Spain on a diplomatic mission which is intended to occupy considerable period of time. He Is to attempt the nego- tiation of a new commercial treaty, and to patch up our shipping relations with Spain. He says that when President Harrison goes into the White House Mr. Belmont will not any more than have gotten well started at his work, and pressure will be brought to bear to have him retained till his pegotia- tions are completed. He anticipates that MT. Belmont may be in his position a year or more after March 4
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
Fatally Injured on the Rail.

ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 24.-An accident occurred to the Atlantic express, on the New York Central and Hudson river road, at Churchville Station last evening, by which twenty-one persons were injured, two of whom will die The train consisted of nine cars, made up of a baggage, two coaches and six sleepers, and was running at high rate of speed, being about two hours late. Just as the engine passed the station the wheels of the tender left the track on account of spread rail The cars all left the track, and went through fence into field adjoin- ing. The fatally injured are: Mrs. J. H. Mccormick, Buffalo, broken jaw, scalp wound and bruised about the body; she was extricated by saving the car. Miss A. Tenny, Lewiston, Me head and shoulders bruised.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
The Spread of Woman Suffrage Ideas.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The New Years issue of Frank Leslie's Newspaper will pub fish carefully prepared summary, by Lawyer Hamilton Willcox, of the spread of woman suffrage throughout the world, show ing that woman suffrage has been introduced in various degrees in every territory but New Mexico, and every mainland province of Canada; every colony in Australia but one, and in over one hundred states, ,kterri- tories, and provinces of North America, Europe, Asia, and Polynesia, besides nearly POO widely scattered islands The area of these regions is given as over 14,0OO, 900 square miles, and the population as nearly ROO GOO GOO
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
CONDENSED NEWS.

The friends and associates of the late New York Central passenger agent, Henry Mo nett, raised purse and took up the mort gage on his home, which they will send to his widow as Christmas present.
 August Detlauf, who killed Richard Lar kin and John Phillips in Chicago, has been sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment
 Mrs Sarah Jane Whiteling has been sen- tentenced to death at Philadelphia for the murder of her daughter. As the same time she was notified that she had been left a fort une by deceased relative in Iowa.
 Two loud explosions, cause unknown. were followed by fire in the Emanuel Bobbin company's works at Lawrence, Mass, and endangered neighboring buildings.
 The will of the famous humorist, c. F. Browne r'Artemas Ward~, who died in England, has just been probated in this coun- try. It provides for the establishment of & home for worn out printers.
 The wife of Speaker Carlisle gave lunch con in honor of Mrs. Cleveland Saturday, at which souvenir menu cards with portraits of Mrs. Cleveland were used.
 Dr. J. W. Scott, father-in-law of Gen. Harrison, Is quite i'll at the house of his daughter in Washington.
 Russia and Servia have formed an aii- ance. es.,:, .s,..-.. ...s..- -'s." --
 Three nitro glycerine magazines exploded near Bradford, Pa The shock shattered thousands of windows, and 8 farmers house a quarter of a mile distant was wrecked and two of his children fatally injured. The shock of the explosions was felt at Elmira, N. Y., ninety-five miles from the scene of the ac- cident. zs.s .., ,st ,t-s,5j .i 1-.- -.. ---i
 The first meeting of the new Knights of Labor executive board was the first har~ monious session held in two years. Mir. Powderly is greatly pleased with the work.
 On Saturday, Jake Kiirain's packers cov- errd John L. Sullivan's $5, 900 deposit for a SIC, ,00O fight, but Sullivan thinks they will impose so many obnoxioue and unreasonable stipulations that no agreement can ho reached
 Allen o. Myers has been found not guilty of complicity in the Ohio tally sheet forgery.
 Two morocco factories were destroyed and several other buildings injured at Lynn, Mas&, Saturday night, causing a loss of e2500O0
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
THEY ARE NOT ANARCHISTS.
Chicago Plasterers Object to the Great
 Unwashed Using Their HaN.

Chicago Plasterers Object to the Great
 Unwashed Using Their Hall.
 CHICAGO. Dec. A-The proposed Anarch- tst meeting yesterday afternoon within sight of police headquarters and in spite of the authorities did not take place. The hall chosen remained closed, and the gathering of the Arbeiter Bund was quietly prevented
 The hall is controlled by the Plasterers Union, ani the rent of the place to the Arbeiter Bund was done without their knowl- edge by the janitor of the building. The union, at its Saturday night meeting ap- pointed committee to wait on Chief of Police Hubbard, and assuring him that the piasterers had no sympathy with Anarchists, arranged a course of action. The committee saw the chief, and on returning to the hall instructed the janitor not to open it.
 A little before 3 p. m. Police Captain Fitzpatrick and Lieut. Laughliu went to the hall and took charge of the entrance. Soon forty or fifty members of the Arbeiter Bund, including six women, headed by Albert Cur lin, arrived at the hall, and aske1 the secre- tary of the Plasterers union, Thomas Clan cey, why it was not open for them. Ciancey replied that it had been ordered closed by the chief of police, and added that now that his union knew who wanted the hail. it would never be rented to them rguin Capt. Fitzpatrick told Curlin they coula not hold a meeting there without a permit from the police department This was something the Bund had not obtained. At this point Attorney Craft came up and instructed his clients to make no farther attempts to hold a meeting
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
Wrecked by Dynamife.

MARTINS FERRY, O., Dec. 24-The powder and dynamite magazine of the contractors of the Wheeling and Lake Erie extension, at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county, O., ex- ploded, shaking the earth as if by an earth quake along the Ohio from Steubenville to Moundsville, a distance of forty miles, east as far as Washington, Pa, and west beyond Cambridge and Conversion, o. There must have been a dozen tons of dynamite and as much powder in the magazine. A young man who reached here says that every house in the town is either partially or totally wrecked, and that a number of lives have been lost, but he can give no details. In Wheeling, twelve miles from the scene of the explosion, solid buildings were percep- tibly swayed and windows rattled violently,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
rscaped in Their Night Clothes.

KINGSTON, N. Y, Dec. 24.-Two explosions occurred in the grocery store of A. Markle, on the Bowery. One was caused by gas and and the other by kerosene oil. The premises and contents were mass of flames in three minutes. Two floors over the store were oc- cupied by tenants In one set of apartments were the six children of A. M. Goldsmith, g newspaper man, in care of a neighbor Mr. Goldsmith and wife are visiting friends on the Jersey coast. Two of the children were nearly suffocated. The other tenants escaped in their night clothes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
MT. Blaine Again Mentioned. n

c. Blaine wants to be secretary of state in President Harrison's cabinet is regarded here generally as fact, and his Maine friends want him to have the place. He would not accept the mission to St James, as the posi- .tion would not be congenial to him. It is said that he frankly avowed to Gen. Russell A. Alger, when that gentleman was here, that he would not be satisfied with any other position than that of secretary of state, and there is belief that it has been rendered him. Mr. Blaine will not allow himself to be interviewed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
Eight Railroad Laborers Killed.

NoGALEs, A. T., Dec. 24.-News of ter rible accident the Arizona and South eastern railway has reached here. This road is bemg built from point on the New Mexi- can and Arizona railway to the Bisbee copper camp. The laborers employed in the con- struction of the road boarded at the Bisbee camp, and were picked up by construction train every evening While the train, carry ing about sixty laborers, was running to- ward the camp it jumped the track at a switch and several cars rolled down a steep embankment. Eight men are reported killed. The dead and wounded were taken to Bisbee, where medical attention was given them
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
More Wholesale Misery fin China.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.-The steamer Belgic, from Hong Kong, brings Chinese pa p, IFS which give the information that the concessions formerly given to Count Mitkie- wicz and Wharton Barker, but revoked, will be granted to Mir. Barker alone
 In Saigon, Nov. 20, 700 houses out of the 1,COO in the town were burned, including the postoffice and most of the temples. Soon after the flames were extinguished the river, swelled by a flood, burst it's banks, destroyed several bridges and greatly damaged crops. The double calamity has caused great misery.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
A Ghastly Find.

MADISON, Wis, Dec. 22.-Two men fish, ing in the Sugar river, near Mount Vernon, twenty miles from here, found bag con taining a human head sunk fin the river. The head was identified as that of William Cryst, who has been employed as a cheese maker in village factory. An investiga- ton resulted it the strongest cireumstantial evidence pointing to Joseph Davidson, a cheese maker, as the murderer. The motive of the crime was probably to get possession of $400 which the murdered man possessed. Davidson is missing -.F ''i5 ss 41'3f s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-24
Two Guilty of One Murder.

BENNINGTON. Vt, Dec. A.-The jury in the Gunshannon murder case returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, for which, under Vermont law, the penalty is imprisonment for life Both re- spondents, John Keenan, and James Gun shannon, were found guilty. Counsel will take the case to the supreme court on excep- tions The court sits in February.