South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-08-09
NE Tvs OF THE WEEK

1888 was $50. OO0, 900 tons; United
States. l3o.OOO,OO0; -Pepnsylyapia.
130. 900. 000.- HON. S. j. RANDALL
has resigned his membership In the
Young Mons Democratic Assoc;.-
tton Of Philadelphia. for purely per.
sonal reasons. he says. L. is claim
ed, ho wever. that he and Senator
Quay have made Al arrapee,nen,
whereby the friends OF each are TO be
kept In o@ec. and Mr.. Randall .re.
signed in ofdsr.to-be FREQ iron ali
entsnglingelliances.-TaE escape Of
a.prisoser by means OF Q balloon
and hrs capture through the pigeon
post is the latest sensation In crimi.
nal news from Vienna.-RIcHMoNp.
Va, according to the poll-tax re. urns
has On estimated population OF &c.
07o, a. compsred with IS, O37 q rear
sgo.-ANToNio BorTEsINf, the mu-
sicisn who performed upon the base
vol all that Psganini ever achieved
on the violin, died In Italy recertlv.
HUNDREDS OF fine watches, rings,
and other pieces OF valuable jeweiry
recovered from dead bodies are held
6y the authorities at Johnstown Pa,
for identification.--MR. ROB ERr GAR.
RsTr. ex-pres;dent OF the Baltimore
and,0hio Railroad, is said to te al.
most we'll and In his right mind q.
gain.-THE ex-Confederates Of Par
kersburg. this State, have oIgsnis,d
themselves into an association. TIE
treasury surplus is piling up at an
increased rate.-NRAR Lancaster.
Pa, two turkeys were recently hatch.
cd from the same egg. They lived
several days.-LooK out for your
rubber boots. A Yale student is We.
~ ill at New Haven, Conn, bis blood
having been poisoned by the aniline
dyes'used in The lining Of his rubber
boots.-THK largest wine collar in
the world has usi been built by q
firm in San Francisco. It cost $3.50.
600 ard will hold 100000 gallons
OF wine.-lT is said that the Stan.
dsrd Oil Company has bought all the
white lead companies In the United
States at an estim a'ed outley OF $50.
QUO OOO.-fN the space Of time in
which MIR. Villas. four years ago, re-
moved 1000 fourth-class pOstmas-
tiers, Mr.. GARRISON removed $4,000.
His best record 10 LOIS in one week.
He is making removable now at the
rate OF about 600 pr week. At this
rate 1T will not be long before the
$4,000 postoffces Of the country will
be in the hands Of republicans.-TBE
British sealing vessel Black Dia
mond. which was engaged in catchip G
seals In Behring's Sea, over which
the UIitcd States claims exclusive
control. was last week capiur, d by
the American revenue cutter Rush
commanded by Captain Shepard.
The Captain and Lieutenant futile
boarded the English craft and asked
for Der papers. The officers OF the
Black Diamond offered no armed re-
sistance, but refused TO deliver the
papers. Captain Shepard st once
broke open the cabin and forced the
hinges Of tue strong box and the
captains chest, thereby securing the
papers. A search Of the vessel dis
closed los sealskins, which had been
taken in Behring's Sea. Captain
Shepard placed q pon.comm issions 4
Cfhcer from The Rush in charge OF
the Black Diamond and ordered the
vessel to be taken to Sitka to await
further instructions. The seizure OF
the sealer il expected TO lead to pro-
trac'ed negotiations with England
and to reopen the Canadian fisheries
question.-JoHN l.. SULLIVAN, the
pugilist, who defeated Jake Kilraln
at R'chburg, Missi. sippi, July 8, was
arrested in New York Thursday on
requisition of Governor Lowry. He
was taken Friday TO New Orleans,
where he will be prosecuted for prize
fighting. Kilrain has not been mo-
lested.-IS twelve cases out Of TWEEN
ty-two of importance in the last two
years experts in chirography have
gone dead wreng in their deductions.
There are at least hundred persons
In every State Who write precisely
the same hand.-A MONUMENT 10 the
Pilgrim Fathers, who came over in
the May flower 269 years ago, was
unveiled at Plymouth Rock. Massa.
ebasetts, Salurday.-SATURDAY NOR.
ming, IN Poor Valley, Tazenell couu,
ty, this State, q Mrs. Peaks arose
very early and set about lighting the
IRE in the are'plsce. She saw lying
in The ashes what che took 10 be a
chunk but which proved to be q
large rat'lesnake, and she was bitten
twice before she could shake the ven,
omous reptile Oft. She fingered in
agony for several hours and then
died.-ELK GARDEN, this State, has
a population OF 875 and will soon be
incorporated.-FRoM the present
outlook tue Chesapeake & Ohio ca
nal will go into the hands OF receiv-
er.-THERB was q reunion OF Crane
Army men at Mt. Lake Park, Md,
Friday. President Harrison and
party, who were returning from
Deer Park to Washington, were pres 4.
ent. Gen. Bussey, assistant secreia-
~ OF the Interior, made bitter par.
1isan speech, in which he denounced
all Confederates as trai ors, and dc.
clared his intention OF supporting
Corporal Tanner ia his shameful
conduct Of The pension ofIice.-DEM-
oCRATs in the government printing
office at Washington are being dts