South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-01-27
NEWS OF The WEEK.

tfat ana fiteeburgJ an0 OF he Cum
berland and Pied mont, Rail~ay
Companies was held IN Baltimore on
Tuesday. Exs Senator Henry q.
Da viswas re.el, cted President Of
both roads.
The United States Supreme Court
has decided against n. Brooks, nlias
W. u. Maxwell. the St. Louie muir.
oerer. and he must hang. He muir.
dsred G. A. Preller in April. 1885.
II il thought the Democratic Ne.
tional Convention will be held in
some Western city.
Mrs. Elisa B. Garfield, the mother
Of the late President James A. Gar.
neid, died 1t Mentor, Ohio. Sat day.
aged &c years.
JUreE STRONG. formerly Of the
q. 8. Supreme Cour.. says the Blair
educational bill IL unconstitut ion 81.
A syndicate proposes TO continue
the boring for natural gas At Cum
berland, Md.
John Lincoln. . relative OF Abra.
ham Lincoln 10 paupsr in the
Reading Pa, almsbausc.
Republican Senators are doing
their best TO prevent Tn amicable
settlement OF our fisheries troubles
with the British provinces, and il is
thought they will succeed in 30 do.
ing.
Samuel Irkt, an old nan living
near Wellsville, o. was attack d /,
kiilet and eatsD up by some Logs
he was feeding Friday
DR.. Norvin Green President OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
before the Sena, Com mittee on Post.
Offices and Post Roads ON Friday
last, presented the reasons of his
Company for It's opposition to tue es.
tablishment of governments: telc-
hraph system. He said that govern.
ment telegraph lines in foreign coun.
tries have always been found unre-
liable {; that Congress has no author.
ity 10 establish such sysiens in thi 8
country that this is the most favor.
ed country IN earth N the matters
Of cheap telegraph; communication
and prompt delivery OF messages :;
and that the Wes.ern Union instead
of he NO owned by one man is con-
trollcd by 5000 stock holders.
1t Is thought that the House Com
nittce on Manufactures will he au-
lhorized 10 investigate all trusts or
combinations affecting coal, sugar
mining industries and other kindred
subjects.
At Kansas City. Mo, Friday, I'M
known parties ent,red The hail in
which Rev. Sam Jones bad been
preaching and burned his HYMN
books and poured kerosene into the
organ en- piano. Abou. 1925 north
Of damage WAS done.
A movement las been started IN
Kansas TO promote the exodus of the
colOred race to south American
countries.
The number of lives lost in the
Northwestern blizzard is now placed
at 1000.
Ex-senator Camden and family
are in Florida.
Perhaps the majority Of those who
were frozen to death in the North
ives ern blizzard of last week we're
children On their way home from
school. MaBy teachers also psrished.
The national demo cratic commit
tee will meet in Washington on the
22nd of FEBRUARY TO ak n time and
place for the national dem' cratic
convention.
The President is said to have
expressed himself in favor Of New
York as the place for holding the
demo cratic national convention.
THIS important decision was bsni-
ed down by the Kentucky Court OF
Appeals recently; "Where One may
kill in his own defense because Of
danger, either real or apparent. anoth.
may Go so for him but one who in
tcrferes is guilty Of murder il the per-
son 10 whose defense he acts was q
fault.
The proposition 10 close the Ches-
apeake and Ohio canal from Will
transport to Cumberland and extend
the tracks Of the Western Mary land
Railroad along the canal bed Is at
tracing attention in Ma. ylsnd.
The grand jury of We,zel county
this State In session last week, found
100 indictments against citizens Of
that county mostly for disturbing
religious worship, gambling, &c.
Some Of the most prominent peo-,ie
OF The county ale among those In .
dicted.
The rezl annual nice ing OF the
Wet Virginia Bar association will
ne held in Wheeling June ~, %,
and 90.
At Winchester, Va. T. A. Riden
our on trial for killing Andrew
Broy was con vic Ell Of murder in the
first degree.
Mr.. Lucas has b,eu allowed
$1,000 for his expenses in coDtesting
Mr.. FaulkEer's seat in the United
States Senate The Thoebe Car
Isle contested election case wac de =.
eide in favor OF Mr. Carlisle.
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