South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-12-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Hon. +. B. SELLERs, United States
attorney for Indisn> distric', denies
that he resigned TO Keep from prose-
cutting sumo OF his frien 10 and w.
w. DUDE for election frauds. THE
bCuss on Seminary Ridge, near Get
tysbufg. Pa. occupied by Gen. Lee
40 bis headquarters during tie bette
VI Get ye6nrg, was sold Saturday by
Hon. + w RI Mcpherson, executor
of the 1nad.ieus Stevens estste, TO q
resident Of that .lace for $740.-AN
Indiana woman who had . beautiful
hehd OF hair sold il. AMI with the
proceeds ut once invested la Q CON-
plete set offswiiches' and trout lie.
css.'-REPUBLIcANs and demo.
in Congress subsantially agree IL IA
vor OF admitting new STATE. duriog
the present ssss;on.-TMs,new Pres
ident will hive lie handle full II Ls
attempts TO recognize the claims OF
all the antagoois; o5rsplhlican fac
tone in New York Ssa,e.-TnR
President pardoned one hundred aud
'hirty.Hx oonvic's during the &. cal
year sndei June 80 last. and granted
smnesty under the Edmunds Law in
three cases.-FoRr HILL, the old
home Of John e. Calhoun, has bean
presented to the State of South Car.
ina BY the great ststesn ans son-io.
law, J. q. Clemson, for The purpose
OF establishing an agricultural col.
legc.- IT 10 said that the Gsrret,s
will soon have control Of she y. & q.
-TBs Haytian consul at New York
has been removed from ofice.-PRRs.
IDrHr and vire-Presidsn,-elect Har.
risen and Morton he'd . public res
ception at Indianapolis, Indiana, on
Friday uight.-THE las firm Of Har-
risor. Miller and Elau. Of which tho
President-clect 10 . member, has been
dissolved by mususl consent-SeS-
AroR CONAN. IT Mary land. wants
The Presidency Of tie Is. g. o. Rail-
road. and it is thought that he NAV
get Il. A determined effort will be
mads to oust Mr.. Samuel Spepcer.
the preseat Incumbent will
be probably 25 Sou, bern republicans
in the next House, and it is likely
that they will vote AZ unit on all
questions affscii;g their interests
1T IL stated tina, James g. Ba'ne has
been offered and has acc"rted tho DO,
sitiOn Of Secretary OF State in Harri.
sons cabinet. Neither DR.. Blain. |
nor hr. Harfi. on will either affirm
or deny the report .-Tns Pit,sbure
Post says it is current belief in cers
tain circles that Jay Gould has |
. great railroad scheme !
which embraces an arrangement De.
tween the Santa Fs add Erie system.
With tho connecting links, whereby
Gould will have q grand transconti-
nsntsl line, With the Santa Fe aa ito
western terminus at San Francisco
and the Erie a. i:s eastern term,nu.
at New York city.-Nor un.iny
kanAwha, where the rec ,unt il sliil |
going on, compete returns from ev,
cry othor county in the State give
Cleveland 2. 0s6 plurality over Ha,-
rison. kana~tas vote 10 exp,cted
20 cut those figures down u abnu,
BOO.-TEN THOUSAND DoLLAR coffins
are oon.itrs d about the irrec thing
ny wealthy Chinsmon. Such cssk,.t. |
IN America " 'uld c'' $50, 00O.-ALL
he troops have left Birming no IN. Al. |
ALBANIA. and no further Efforts n
'ynch murderer Halves are expec.ed.
TO correspondent at Neeca.tle. |
England. President. elvc: Harr;sop |
has written letter, stating tina, il i.
accepted by some of his r.l,.iraa
hat his fam y has descended from
Ten. fbomas Harrison. an officer in
lrom"el's army.-A NEW TOWN. tn
De called Oil City, has been lad on,
1t the mouth Of Gladly river, on the
Little Kanawhs, Ia this State. For
y dwellings and a large hotel arc al. |
Teady under con.rac' AN cyepin,
newspaper in Al'apy he's q COMPOST.
'or who ia O treasure, They wou,d
strain al gnst and swa!l ~ camel
Was the expression he had to set a
lew days ago, and this 1. the 1ay b.
set 1t: They woul strain at q goa,
and swal!o" canal. ST. LORI,
Gays that by dying no~s
man Can save money, az Tue coat Of O
respectable iutermrH was never "a
low.-SkvsRAL repub lean Senators.
more b. nc't than discrse', have &C,
knowledaed II priv,ie ,nycrsation
that tn" Senate tariff bill is framed
10 1he interest Of trusts and monoro.
lies. RADICAL changes in the man
aeement OF the B. & o are contem
p ated.--CFsEcEs"ARY delay IL al
mittin2 new States is held To- be bnd
party pc icy by democratic Conrres
men. They lave held q caucus and
decided to allow Washington. New
Mexico, Montana and the two Dako.
Ia Tsrr tories 10 come i'm a. once
THs river AMI harbJr bill. as repor,s
ca 10 the ii"u'e. spproprialss nearly
$l2'OOo,OOO. West Vlrgipin no
vided Tor as follows: For Big Sandy
river, $4,000; Elk river. $500. /
BuckhanDon river. 81 600; 0re.t
kanawh7, $4,000; Guyandottr. 81
QUO; Little Lana~hs, SS.000.-SEH.
AroR QCAY is omn p toni now in
Pennsylvania republican politics -
lnE Philaieli h'a city counc L. an
rropria'e SlS,O0O, 900 Tor mun,cipa
purposes. -lr IL rerort d that sbs
Is. d y has bought the Cen raj Ma.
ryland Rail'oai for 500 ,0OO.-AS
eminent English ply sicinn says that
people troubled With coughing spell,
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