South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-03-09
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.

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VIM. Mex. GATcHrLL, Secretary
OF the National Prohibition Bureau. is
dead.-A democratic paper is 10 be
started in Grafton soon also. one at
Elk Gsrden.-IN the United States
District Court at Louisville. Ken
lucky. Satur lay, Judge Barr reman.
ded the West Virginia prisoners, the
Haifields, to The charge of the Fike
county (Ky.) officials. This is vic.
tory for the State Of Kentucky. An
appeal to the United S ates Circuit
Court was taken. Andrew ysrnev.
one OF the prisoners. got up and sta
ted that he wanted TO be sent bs tx to
Pike county, and he did not think il
was right TO make him and the 9th =
era suffer in order that West Virgin
ia might fight her legal battle.
GRAND MAsTER WoRKMAN POwpEn.
LY. of the knights of Labor, SAYS
railroad and mine employees in Penn.
sylvania are nothing but white slaves.
A DISPATCH from Indianapolis ssvs
the temperance leaders throughout
the country have agreed to attack tue
constitutionnlity OF al license Laws,
proceeding on the principle announ.
ceti by the United States Supreme
Court In the Kansas case. Test ca
ses will at once be- made in New Jer.
eey, New York and other States. -
CHAIRMAN pro tenn. d. G. GALLAuEn.
Of our democratic State executive
committee, has called meeting of
That committee for Parkersburp on
the 10th inst. At which time IL will
be decided when and where The con-
vcDtion shall meet to elect delegates
TO the democratic national conyen.
ton. II isgenerilly understood that
the committee will choose a chair
man ir place OF Hon. D. II. Leonard.
who will soon leave the State TO re.
side in Kaasas-FoUR prisoners IS.
capped from the Grafton Jail Sunday.
Tie Jail anu court.hnuso ere recent.
ly built. and together cost $4,000.
CLAUS SPREcKLEs, the sugar king
OF the Pacific slope, is in the East
looking for suitable location to
build q sugar r. finery. He declares
that he will enter no trust and de-
fies the trust 10 break him.-A
white ouk log was cut in Mononen.
lia county, this Stale. recently. that
had 1900 feet OF lumber in IL. foot
length.-A curly walnut tree, Gu, in
The Coal river valley. this State few
days ago, was taken to New York
and cut up into eeneering, which
sold for $4,000. The average vi Id
of corn per acre in this State is 80
bushels. Sheep can be raised here
for 29 cents head per annum less
than in any other State OF the Union.
OF the States surface, three four,hs
is covered With forests. the value OF
which Is estimated at $4,000, 600
We have 600 square miles of CA
lands. 1000 square miles more than
Pennsy lvani', the next highes, State
In coal area.-SoME Of the New York
republicans are booming Roscoe
Conkling for President.-SENAToR
STRoCKBRIDaE, of Michigan, repupli.
can, says his party cannot carry that
State with Blaine as their standard
bearer. FIRE destroyed million
dollars worth OF property In New
York Friday. Potter & S,ymus
furniture dealers. Asst and 42d sLs.
were the principal losers-Ar Gull
pepper. Va, on Thursday of la.i
week. Ellis b. Williams. son Of Geo.
NJ Williams, editor of The Expo-
nent. was shot and killed by Edwin
HARBOUR editor OF the Culpeper A .
vance, and a son of the Hon. James
BrTbour. Barbour was also danger.
ous!y wounded. The cause of the
tragedy vas the publication in The
Advance OF articles severely reflect
ing on Williams Born houses of
the Virginia Legislature have passed
a bill approprialing $4,000 for pen.
sionipg the widows of Confederate
soldiers from the State WHO lost their
lives In the service, and soldie RS and
marines who were permanently dis
abied from wounds received in the
Confederate service. "A FIRE that
broke out on Wednesday night of
last week in the large brick bui ding
on North Mechanic street, Cumbe
land, owned By Hon. Lloyd Lown-
dos, and occupied by Hirscbmann
Bros, commission merchants. Caused
a loss TO The building and contents of
sbont $4,000. Insurance, $1,000.
The boring for natural gas in the
'Nsrrows, near CHAMBERLAIN, is TO he
resumed.-Col. +. b. Davis will re-
sign the position Of general manag. r
of the W Va. G.. & +. Railroad. and
that Office will be filed by Mr. Chas.
Brei'z, OF the Pcnusy Ivania Railroad.
IHE borax trust is the Ialest.-IT is
thought that owing TO cx.Speaker
Randalfs probable action The present
duty on tin plate may be retained.
In Mcdowell county, this State, Fri.
day. while Mitch Hawks aud his
vile we're enga ed In family quar-.
rel, young man named Charles
Duncan lnterfered and shot Hawks.
killing bin instantly. Duncan was
arrested.-AN eminent Washington
ply SicisD "a, IL is an error 10 sup.
pose that fish are brain food. -THE
debating societies Of Harrison coun.
Us, this State, are struggling wi b the