South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-11-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Icrowdcd out from last week. !

lCTowuVd out from last week.
csssius IL. Clay. gran lson o.
Henry Clay. has been committed 4,
jail in Virginia for e debt of les.
than $50.
Tie people OF Mead county, Kan.
sas, are ssid TO be in need ,f the ne.
cessaries OF life. Some families are
living oS parched corr.
\ decision has teen rendered uha,
butter color comes within the rargc
Of oleomargarine, and as such is tax.
able.
Fire at Lyrchburg, Va, Frd a,
destroyed business houses and dwell
lings valued at $4,000; insurance,
$50. 900.
In Pittsburgh, Pa, Saturday. three
little boys We're killed by falling from
n rope tire- es cape which q man paid
them five cents TO test.
The Engiish and Canadian papers
were notified bv President Cleveland q
action in The West affair, and persis
iebt'y misr, present his motives for
doing as he d d.
l; is sid that, owing to'thc irter.
cossion OF her father in law, Young
Mrs. James 6. Blaine. Jr.. has be-
come reconciled to her husband, and
no suit for divorce will.ho brought.
A young chemist Of New Britain.
Conn has discovered an explosive
that is much more powerful than dy-
Mantle, and that will net burn or ex.
plode in ii,e, and cannct be exploded
in the open air.
TIE Missouri Supreme Court has
decided that, though Eailroad compa /.
.nies may stipu,ate TO the contrary,
they Gro. nevertheless, responsible
for injuries to passengers riding on
free passes.
-Four white men wcro attacked by
a hand OF negroes in Mercer county,
this State, Friday, aud two II them
were shot and robbed. Murdtrs are
becoming frequent in that sec i'm,
AID nearly ell Of them are committed
by negro miners.
Lord Sackvil,e Is trifie taciturn.
At brilliant reception in Weshing.
ton last winter the only words no VI.
tered during the entire evening were
Let's have some more sherry lie
appears TO be moro free with his pc j
than with his tongue This Is also
one of MIR. Dudley's faiIings.
In the case OF Van B. Baker, on
trial at Wollsbufg, w. Va, for the
murder Of his wife and molher.in law,
the jury on Saturday found verdict
OF murder in the frst degree, and fix.
ed the penalty at imprisonment for
life. At former trial Baker was
sentenced to be hanged. When the
verdict wss rendered Saturday the
prisoner faint d.
The British government having
failed TO recall Lord West, as re-
quested by President Cleveland, he
was on Thursday notified by Secreta-
ry of State Bsyard that lie would no
longer be recognized by the admins.
tration in his fficial capacity. His
prompt dismissal wssta suitable pun.
ishment FOR his inpertiuent interior :
ence in our political affairs.
The democratic national campaign
committee have offered reward of
$1,000 for the discovery of the au.
thor Of the famous 'Murchison' letter,
and another 81 900 for his arrest and
conviction, as Section $685. Of the
U. S. Revised Statutes Furnishes with
fine and imprisonment any one az.
tempting to get foreign diplom attic
or consular officers to intervene in
American po'ilcs, as this seI!.s,y'eh
Charles +. Murcbison' did. The
letter was written from Pomona, Cal.
ifDrDia, and repnblicans living there
sag that Murchison is republican Of
that place, and has no! left The town
since Tue letter WAS made public.