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


THE collections Of internal reve-
nue. for the FIRST eichs fuoaths of h.
fiscal yesr ending June so. 1888,
aggregate $50. 760, 467. an increase
OF 1893 over the collec ions Of
the corresponding period Of the Last
fiscal DURING the eight
months ended Fbruary 20. 1883 !.
there we're 252, S02 eIuigrsnts landed
at various ports in he United States,
as against 22l 285 for q correspond.
ing length Of time in the preceding
year.-UPsHUR and Lewis counties
have organized Development Asso.
ciatiUns .-FLooDs in I've Nils ,ouri
river are doing fearful damage in
Dakota "A BILL is before Congress
10 increase the salaries OF United
States District g ,nrt judges. tbs,
OF Judge jackson, OF this State, will
be raised 10 - 900 per snpam II Tue
bill pass. -CHIKH JUSTICE MoRRI.
SON Il WAITE, Of the United States
Supreme Court. died in Washington
FRIDAY morning, eyed az years. The
Presid eut issued 40 appropriate pro-
clsmation, and the Supreme ant To-
cal courts adjourned. In both bous
es Of Congress the death OF Chief
just ice Waite Was announced. This
was followed by adjouromeEt, the
Senate sdjourning until Monday, and
the House until Ssturdsy.-LAws
have been passed by the Msrylsnd
Legis 'sture 10 prevent non-Iesidents
from b uniting and fishing in Garrett
county giving stallion owners in
Frederick county lien on progeny /;
also. changing the names If many
creeks 10 rivers SO that they might
be eligible TO have q part OF the
money appropriated by Congress- for
the Improvement of rivers spent on
them. The bill to submit the West
Virginia boundary dispute to q board
OF arbttrstors was defeated, and the
matter will probably be settled by
the United States courts. A bill
wac also passed 10 prevent Mat yland
creditors Of tue employees of the b.
& 0. and other railroads extending
partly through Maryland and West
Virginia. from sending their claims
10 this STATE for collection.-CLARKs.
BURG. this State, is g-ttiDg to be Q
great horse market.-THE offices OF
the Auditor, Paymaster and Cashier
of the w. Va. G. & p. Railroad Com j.
pany have been moved from Pied-
mont to Cumoerland.-THE value OF
the real estate and personal property
in this State, as reported by the As.
SCISSORS for the year 1887. is $l62-
463 sly. OF which Slls, 723,342 is in
lands and building lots. and S43
7;0.l75 in personally. This is an
increase over the previous year OF
$4,000, 8l3 in the value OF real es
tate, and 1888. 7CO in tue value oil
personal property.-TaE Baltimore
Conference Of the NJ. E. Church
South will meet next year in Alexsn
dria.Va.--AT the meeting of tbe Pro,
bibition Amendment League o, thi.
State, held III Petersburg last week
1t was resolved that the prohibition
amendment to the constitution
should be supported on its own mer
it's, without reference TO any particu.
lar party or party politics. The
Third Party ProhiDitionists will run
a full State ticket this fall, neverthe
less.-Jay Gould has returLei to
New York from Europe. tins
House committee on the revi. ION O,
The laws has decided to rerort join
resolution proposing an smendmen,
to the constitution Tor the eie elton OF
United States Senators by the diec,
votes Of the people.-THE repuhli
can State convention Of Iowa has
named Hon. VIM. b. Allison as 10.
was candidate for Presid, MA
PROPOSITION is before the Maryland
House Of Delegates TO authorize the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company
to construct and operate railroad
tracks throughout the whole or part
OF it's entire length AID enter into
contract with the Western Maryland
Railroad for an outlet at Baltimore.
State Treasurer Tate, Of Kentucky
has left for Canada. taking with him
s25O,OOO belonging to the State. -
AT banquet given in bis bonor in
the city of Mexico Friday, General
Bragg, the new United States minis
ter TO Mexico, made speech in which
lie plainly minated tba. the reac.
tioDary party Of that country. who
are thought 10 be in favor Of settins
up monarcbic form of government.
will not be allowed by the United
States TO carry its designs into exc
cutioD. The speech attracted wide.
spread attention. and made q pro-
found impression upon the Mexican
politicians.-LAsT Friday, al Ripley
Landing. Roane county. this State.
Henson Willis got mad at his father.
In-law, George Carter. and fred IL
balls into him, killing him inst antly.
Officers started after Willis, when he
fired on them, killing Thornton Me-
Miilen. one OF tue party, and badly
sounding another. he succeeded 10
escaping. His wife says that three
bs ago Willis murdered a man
named Jennings and his wife, tied
stones To their bodies and sunk them
IN tue Ohio river near Parkersburp
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