South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-05-04

! 'S 80 io1R as live
/! expect to take the lnteIiieencer I"
we sometimes wonder if these gen.
t'emen Who have been 90 long SUP.
pcriers Of this paper car know how
much good such remarks do ne,
IhE LAST CALL. All persons in
deb'ed TOD. j. Rodruck & Son mus.
come Tor" ard and settle by Nav S.
1883; also anyone owing Q due note
to any Company for which We are
agen' . mua como and take ND came
by tue above time. After this date
they viii be collected by law.
}. j. Ro,iruca & Son,
K mney. w. Va.
See r. K. Guthrie's adyer,ismen,
In another column.
Particulars of q sad death come
fsPm Rawlings, Md. On Wednesday
OF last week while the three, ever Old
son OF Mr.. Floyd Sotler was PLAYING
before the ire, the flames caught Lis
clothes, and before his mother cou,d
reach him he Was 50 bsdly burned
that he died on Thursday AFTERNOON.
Tie was bright little fellow and the
pet of the family.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Fred. Sheetz and
Mrs. Susan Carskadon, of Head
VILE, were summoned Friday eve.
ming on account Of the illness of
their father, Mr.. James Sheetz. as
was also Mr.. <. b. Sheetz, of Bal
timore, who arrived Saturday morn.
ing.
The Winchester Times saws that
Captain w. II Sale. proprietor Of
Capon Springs, recently discovered
and is how devrloping.veins Of val
liable ore on his Blue Ridge farm
Misses Hoppe Keller and Edna
Brady went TO Washington W edn.s-
day.
Mrs Delphi Blackman, OF Bev.
erly. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ell
len Pancake.
Rev. G. A. Gibbons was in town
Monday.
DEM CRATIC Mass. MEETING IN
kLY sER.-At the democratic mass.
meeting held in this place Tuesday
the following delegates and alter
mates TO the Grafton district conven.
ton were appointed:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Fl G.. Da-
Wis. j. l.. A. Entler, JOHN Sheridan.
Alterna,es. Thomas Kenny, James
Arde,ccn. Ell. Mullen.
Elk Garden-Delrgates,J A Meth.
kin and NJ z Fahey. AIternates,
w w Shultice and Patrick Brown.
New Creek-Delega'es, j II Mark.
wood, G w Daley AMI Geo E Price.
Aternates, j h Rees, Hugh Burns
and l. A Rizer.
Observation-Disclosures. J A Ro bin.
son and w d Rees. Jr. Alternates
John johnson and ". Ahe.
: Cabin Run-Dalegates. F. w
Sheetz. Alternate. James b Rees,Jr.
, Weiton-Deleyate. j w vandiyer.
} Alternate. j Il Pecrce.
Reso utions were unanimously a..
dop'ed strongly Endorsing Preside mt
Cleveland end tariff REFORM
Tribune.
The INDIANA DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION having declared en-
phatica!ly for the denomination of
President Cleveland on the tariff
platform recommended IN his last
|, message, and named Gov. Isaac p.
Gray. OF Indiana. for the Vice .Presi.
dency, the ticket for 1883 nav be
said to have been fairly we'll indica.
tel. The tariff plank Of the plat.
form is better model for imitation
than the Ohio rigmarole so extensive,
~ copied some years ago. we in.
sist,' 1t saws, that the taxes he re-
duced to the 10 es, point consistent
with efficiency in the public service
and we demand revision and re-.
'otm OF the preseat unius' tariff
The civii-service plank also des
serves attention. We favor il,
says. such rules ard regulations for
tie civil Service as will secure hon
est. capable and deserving public
officers. but when honesty. ability
and merit are equal, We believ there
, would be both justice and wisdom in
giving preference to those who would
, barmonize in principle and policy
with the party having the responsi-
bility of adm inisirotion.' This SEN.
. timent will command the approval of
party men of both parties. The pru .
dcnce, ability and success with which
. Mr.. Cleveland has administered the
govern ment receive the beartiest
commentator the convention can
; bestow.