South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-11-30
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suS Cehdtc Iot inc next SIX years. -
CONGRESS- will t-assemble q weeI
from next Mondsy.-lr Is though
that one aim OF The Harrison admin
istraticn will be to break the SOLE
South and build up rcpublcauisu
south OF Mason & Dixon's line.-THl
Presidents message. on which he /.
now engaged. Is eSpeclcdt t, reitera',
his tariff ideas. to ortline a polio,
with reference tn foreign affairr. ans
TO make some illusions ofimporianc,
concerning Cubn.-REruBLIcAN.
talk Of amending the civll-servic,
law PEopLE in Atlanta, Ga, ar,
turning from politics TO sec tbs but.
teia'es in the open gardens Of roses
ALEXANDER MEssER. one of the
most desperate of tue Hatfield gang
was arrested Saturday 10 Lincoln
county. this State, charged with the
murder Of Ted Mccoy In 1882. lie
was lodged in jail at Charleston -
SENATOR QUAY claims tho. next
House of Representatives for the
republicans by ma joritv OF i've o,
least. Gen. Clark. the clerk of the
House, thinks that 100 democrats
have been elected, and that six dis.
tricts are Ia doubt.-THE Presiden,
is expected to make number Of APP
pointments Of postmastefs, with the
idea that they will be allowed to fi,l
out their terms In accordance with
the precedent set by him. -THe Jack.
sonville yellow fever recori Glands
total cases TO date. 1872, total
deaths, 4l7-Tnr official returns in
Iowa show the closest election in the
history Of the State. Out of a total
vote of over 400, 600, Peter A. Day,
democrat, has about 500 ma jority o.
verJohn Mahin, republican, candi-
da'e For railroad commissioner. 1t
is 81 years since democrat was e.
lected To any Office in Iowa.-TuE 70 ,
sponsibi!i,y for the 5! 400 in stand.
ard silver dollars recently shipped
from the United States mint at New
Orleans to the treasury at Washing
ton and delivered in the form of biz d
shot has bean practically established
by tho payment to Treasurer Hyatt
CT tue amount in question ly the a.
gent Of tho Adams Express Compa-
ny.-CAPT. JOHN MILLER, of Jones.
town, lLdIan Territory, who was
credited with having slain 32 men,
was shot and killed Saturday by jim
Ables. one OF his tenants. They had
quarrcled about an account.-A CASE
of yellow fever was reported in New
York Surday.-TnR Dead Letter
Office last year handled about 6.250,.
600 pieces OF mail matter, OF which
749 583 pieces we're returned wi,tou,
opening. Money and ne gotiab!e pa
per to the amount of 1884, 26S were
contained in the letters. BALTIMORE
has elected its first republican Presi-
dent OF Council since the war. 1t
was done by a democratic split -
Both Gen. Harrison and j. G. Blaine
emphatically deny that the former
has offered the latter the Department
OF State.-C. j. JONES, Of Golden
City, Kansas, has herd Of so tame
6uffa' oss.-HARRY MCCARTHY, au-
thor OF the song The Bonnie Blue
Flag died few days ago in Cal.
ifornia.-THE republican manufactu.
rers Of Philadelphia are now begin :,
ming to give campaign secrets away.
They say they gave $500, 1000 To Sc :.
cure Cleveland's defea,.-THE Presi-
dent will not sell Oak View, bis
Washington country resilcnce.
PRoMINBET Dakota rppubIica, 8 have
had conference vi h Gen. Harrison
with reference to the admis ion Of
Dakota as Sta e. AT Creslon Pre-
cinct, In Writ county. this Sta'e, on
election day, republican armed with
n Winchester fie took bis stand at
the polls and threatened to
shoot any democrat who might offer
TO vote. He fred hi, gun at inter.
vals. and succeeded in preventing all
the democrats who approached the
polls from voting. This fragrant ont.
rage was conlived at by the election
com missioners, who encouraged the
man In his CT minal conduct. = PRES
IDENT CLEVELAND expressed the O..
pinion in an interview that the PEG
pie will yet accept the tariff reform
issue. The decision against IL is by
less than $4,000 votes in over 49,
100000 THERE will be n toal e.
clipse Of tie sun on January I, 1889,
visible in California, and also, "a
partial obscur itiOn, in many other
parts OF this country, and in Canals.
The papers record many suici les on
accJun, OF Losses caused hy 81 ion
bets.-A SILLY STORY was tar ca o.
yer The country last week lo-the efT
ect that Senator German sas irving
TO secure The presidency Il The Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad for President
Cleveland. German is said 10 be Of.
ter the place for him elf. II is be.
lleved that Psesident Spencer will ne
re olected.-RIGHT Hon. JosEPH
CBAMBERLArS. Of England, was mar.
ried in Washington last week TO Miss
Endicoli, daughter OF Secretary Of
War Endicot. The groom is a
member Il Queen Victories calsinei.
GEN. Corr handed q recount ALI
over this State. Tile recount was be-
gun In Brsxton county. IL r,sul'ed
ia the first Eve precincts in a gain Of
one vote ios Fleming. Then Gen.
GOf sad tbat further recount ia
That county WAS UNNECESSARY. TnE
total cost Of the p' stel service last
year VAS SJS,i26,004; the receipts
we're $52,695,i7G, leaving a dsfcien-