South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


Hon. JouN A. CANPsELL. ex-lus-
t:ce OF tbe Supreme Court OF the u
ntted States and assistant Confeder.
ate secretary Of war. died at his
homo in Baltimore last week.-A
MILLIoN.PoUNDt hank note is kent et
the Bank OF England In our ,nouey
II Is equivalent 10 about $1,000, 600.
"A GREAT DINNER was given to ex-
President Cleveland by the business
men OF New York Monday.-AGENrs
FOR the promotion of the removal of
coiored people TO Arkansas are at
work in North Carolina systematical
ly canvAssipg the counties. Indies
tious point TO an exte nsive movement
and many large plantations are nj.
most deserted. The colored people
say they are promised forty acres of
LAID, brick house. . COW and sl.5O
. day for work, aud are told that
corn sells for 10 cents . barrel and
meat at q quarter OF a cent q pound.
They know nothing OF their jestina-
tion.-CAPT. +. w. DAWSON, editor
OF the Charleston Is. C) News and
Courier, vas shot and killed on the
18th inst. IN the Office OF DR.. +. d.
Mellow, n young physician of that
city, and DR.. Mellow surrendered
bimstlf TO the police. The sffair
caused great excitement In Charles.
ton.-THE final experiments made by
the New York State authorities to
ascertain the best means of execu: inc
criminals by electricity were made
Friday. -Four dogs, four calves and
horse were subjected to currents OF
from 700 to 1000 volts and wore in /.
stan,ly killed The prohibitory a.
meRdnent to the constitution of New
Hampshire was defeated at the cleo.
ton held in that State Friday by s.
600 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AL WANANAKER carries Sl.2OO,OOO
insurance on his life. The labor un-
ions Throughout, the country are said
TO be opposing the appointment. OF
Whitelaw Reid. editor of the New
York Tritu3e. us minister to France.
HARRIso has
discoursging way with Office
u. 5. DIsTRICT ATTORNEY WATTS,
OF this State, having refused to resign
at the request of President Harrison,
no further action will be taken In his
case until his successor is appointed.
-TnE New York republicans are not
happy over the distribution of the
loaves and 6shes.-Ir ia now said
that the recent troubles in Samoa
were caused by Americans who we're
made tools Of by the British residents
on the islands. In order that they
might discourage the German mer.
chants living there, and thus give
England a monopoly Of the COM
merce Of SamOa.-THE Supreme
Court OF this State has decided that
MIR. X. S. arr, President of The Sen
ate, has no ground upon which 10
lake the Office Of Governor. This
gives Gov. Wilson the chair Until the
contest between Gen. Golf and Judge
Fleming will have been se:tied.-lN
New York, Saturday, Rorert Sigel,
son Of Gen. Sigel, ,ried for pension
plead guilty, and was re-
handed TO Jail for sentence.-Ex.
AND Mrs. CLEVELAND on
Tuesday left New York for an ex-
tended tour Of Cuba TEE plow
actory and machine shops Of John
Weller, at Charlestown, this State,
aere destroyed by FIRE SATURDAY.
Hon. MOSES w. FIELD. the man WHO
,alled the greenback movement into
prominence in the United Sta es, died
At Detroit. Michigan. Saturday, OF
apople1y.--GEN. GoFF called on
President Harrison Saturday.-THg
Mount TORY Mining Company has
been organized at Winch, ster, Viz.
,inia, with Is. II. Richards, of Balti
more. rs president. II will work iron
nines in Augusta county. The cap
tai Of the company is s1.20O.000.-
EA PRESIDENT CLEVELAND spike :;
he st. Pa'rick's dinner in New York !
Friday nights murder Gaze At
New Orleans Saturday, The judge
granted lie prisoner a new trial be.
cause ii was proved that The jury
played poker The night before they
brought in their verdict.-Ex- SENA-
TOR AND Mrs. Fl. G. DAVIS took
luncheon at the White House in
Monday. SOMEONE has
been stealing ex-President Cleye.
lands fancy chickens left at Oak
View, his Washington coun, ry -seat.
B. L. TERRY, son of the late Gen.
Wm. Terry, committed suicide at
Radford, Va, Monday. His father
succeeded Gen. T. j. Jackson in the
command Of the famous 'Stonewair
brigade. PRESIDENT CLEyE-
LAND was 50 years old Monday
Ex- PRESIDENT EAYEs hes made q
to the Confederate SOL
diers' Home at Austin, Texas -
Col. N. WILKINSON, a prominent CIT
izen or Wheeling, this State, died |
suddenly Monday.-BIG SANDY,
Montana, Is full OF excitement over
the development Of gold mines in the
Sweet Grass Hills, So miles north
west Of it. People have just arrived
from the billie, reporting that miners
in Eclipse gulch arc making from
$50 TO $50 day. The most Of the
gold is taken out in the placer dig,
CALIFoRNIA, which
all the world has been content here.
tofore To neglect, is now a very 10,
tcrestiug country. The newly .di5-
covered gold diggiugs in the Santa
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