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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08

DIFFERENCES OF THE HOUSE, AND
SENATE TARIFF BiLLs.-Compu.a.
tons made by the Treasury Depart.
ment show that the effect on the
revenues of the Mills bill would be a
reduction in taxes OF $67 ,960,579, of
which amount $50,35O,s45 would be
from tariff taxes. and $l76i0,2S4
from internal taxes on tobacco, &c.
The Senate bill makes a total reduc-
tion OF only S47,882,667, of which
but 1876 1897 is from tariff taxes.
and $33, 905, $50 is from internal taxes.
In other words, the republican bill
reduces the Tax chiefly upon Injuries.
euch as tobacco and whiskey, and
maintains the tar on the necessaries
OF life. while the democratic PROPOSE.
lion is Tn reduce taxes chiefly ON the
necessaries Of life AMI TO a less ex.
tent on Injuries. This truth can be
put In another way. The average nd
yalorem tariff rate under existine
law is 1871 per cent; under the
House bill it would DO ~ SO per cent.
under the Senate bill sc per cent.
The Senate bill does not, therefore,
materially lessen the burden that
rests heaviest upon the masses OF the
people of all ages and both so1 es, bu,
only the burden upon grown males
who use tobacco and inloxica' ing
liquors. II Is not difficult TO decide
which Of the two bills is most I'm the
public interest aud Which is for the
benefit OF trusts and other monopo-
listic combinations. The Senate bill
greatly increases tho tax on metals
the estimate being that The revenue
under that bill would TO $30,555, 500
OF articles which at present pay b.l
$22 ,53i ,O07. IL makes its chief 70.
duction on sugar, which, In 1877
paid s57, l45,442 Of tariff taxes, and
under the Senate bill would psy s37..
S4l,624. There is an increase ofk9,.
600, 900 in the tax on wool and wool.
enc. and there are smaller increases
in the cotton goods, wine, provision,
and tobacco schedules. Peculiar Il
the Senate internal revenue Till arc
'eductions on certain classes CT cigars
on ! cigarettes Of t5,767 900, on al
cohol used In Tho arts Of $1,000, 900
on grape brandy Of 100000. By
way Of increased taxation there /.
the bounty given 20 sugar-growers
estimated at $2,500,000. Il will no
DC difficult FOR The House committe,
On ways and means 70 frame o tcucl
better BIZ thar i1is production of th
Senate,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
ITEMS OF NEWS.

| President Harrison was iasu ura,
ted Mosday.
Ex-President Clev.laud !eft Wash
ingtor for New York Tuesday. He
will live at the Victoria Hotel.
The Kansas Senate has passed q
bill to prevent tIus,s. combinations
and poole. and II Is now a Law.
Tie bill making train robbing q
capital .fense has been siRued BY
the Cover NOR OF Arizona.
A gang OF 81 mooushiners va.
captured by detectives in n cDowell
county, this Stale. Friday.
Next june Pennsylvauians will
vote ON prohibition and abolition OF
poll-tax for voters.
EK-Piesident Cleveland's Law ONCE
In the business centre of New York
city 10 being prepared for occupancy
by him.
New York politicians say that Mr..
Clevelsnd's political future will de-
pend much on tie congressional cleo.
lions two years hence.
The lot in fredericksburg, Va y. in
which the mother OF George Wssh.
ington 10 buried. vas sold Tuesday
at public auction.
Bellevi.le. N. j., has . man who
drinks three gallons of water a day.
He is dwarf, not quite four feet in
height.
The republicans in the Senate have
practically abandoned their proposed
inquiry into Southern election meth
ode.
In Kansas City. No.. Saturday.
Judge Slower performed the feat of
hearing and determining four divorce
cases in six minutes.
Edison, the inventor, is reported to
have met with an accident, injuring
bis eyes, by the explosion OF some
chemicals he vas preparing IN his
laboratory at Orange, N. J.
Gov. Lee. Of Virginia, after are.
cent trip through several northern
States, says that the more he sees of
the North, the more firmly is he con-
vineed that the southern people are
tho best friends the negroes have.
In q collision on the Baltimore e.
Ohio Railroad near Moundsvilie, this
State, Saturday. twelve freight cars
we're totally wrecked and two engine q
almost totally destroyed. The lose
will reach $50. 900, and may exceed
that sum.
The collect ions Of internal revenue
for tho first seven months Of the fs.
Cal year ending June so. 1859, ag-
grcgated S72,262, 1896, an increase Of
S2.66l 264 as compared with the COL
lections. for the corresponding period
OF las. year.
At Brampton, Ontario, Thursday,
as a Grand Trunk freight train was
crossing the Canadian Pscifi, track,
freight train on the latter road
dashed into l., cutting is way
through it and never stopping. No
q wheel of the Canadian Pacific train
left tho track. No one was hurt.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
EOTICE TO CREDITORS.

To the Creditors OF John ". Hsws, deed.
in pursuance Of decree OF the Ciccu I,
Court OF the county Of Hamp,Gire. made ia
a cause therein pending, to suhtct the rec
estate OF The said John w. Baws, TO the pay
ment of his debts, ysu are required to pse-
sent your claims against the estate OF the
said John ". Hnws, for sojud "A ton to
James A. Gibson, Compissic ner a, his Office
IN the said County, or or before the 9Th day
OF April, 1890
Witness, v. ". Polling. Clerk OF the said
Court, this 18th dav OF February, 1889.
V. NJ. POLLING, Clerk.
March I, iss9-sw.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
PUBLIC SALE
OF Personal PROPERLY,
And Renting OF Farming Lands

AViNG mutually agreed to Dissolve
L i partnership we will ofFtr for sale, end
rent publicly ~ our residence mile west OF
H;o%ney, H.mt .hire Coua'y, West vir-
MARCH 90, 1889.
The following personal property. TO wi, /.
HORSES AND COWS
One good vc,k h3rse. quarter Norman
one GOOD work mare, mich Cows one Of
mem seven, eiehths short horn, /: yeasiina
FAT CATTLE AND HOGS.
col. 10 az sIesrs. two fat hei:sr,s ave IA,
LIVE STOCK.
ID three yesr old and tvo vesr old .,..,.
! Berkshire boar, 2 brood sovs and .hsss
FARM IMPLEMENTS & TOOLS.
l fiddler and hay wagon conple,e on.
two horse wagon and new bark rask.
rsnd wagon. bar share plow, 2 double
enosei piows, single shovel plows. I double
sest spring wagon. top buggy, topless
oueey, . sets single harness. 1 double act
ouGRy barnes, I saddle, l wheel barrovS
snoves, forks. chains, harrows AID ether
unIrHs teualiy kept on . farm. Also bee
s~ecs and pa rnt bee hives.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
"ooo sov.y one coal stove. 3 bedsteads
GUNS AND RIFLES.
One sinais and one double shot qua, 4 rec
pe1uns naes. ono PtGnix rife, one Coli RI,
voiver and some reloadiug tools.
=, L A N ID
4ocnt Is acres Of lsnd 10 be. put in corn
sso aoo1t IS aces to Be put In oats. Terms
OF rent made known on day Of sale,
IEhHs CT SALE On all sums OF Slo and
over credit OF month"; will be 0;v.n ,;,h
interest from date the purcheser efv;ng rn,.
w:h approved security. All sums unS.r
PIG the cash win be required. No propertv
70 DC removed until the terms are eompI;rA
Win. SAh to commence 1t ten o'c,o *. =. N.
w. p. WlRGMAN.
March g, 1889.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08

MR. DAVIS ilEALTn.-Cap,. T.. r..
Park, Of Macon. Ca, Us quoted o.
saying: Il have just received a letter
from Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wb5
writes that Mr. Davis weighs 40
pounds, moro thah sho ever kheU
him to weigh. She stss be is too
foeb'e 20 get about mvcb, but his
mind is az clear az SUNSHINE, and
despite bis f0ursooTo wears be- now
takes deep interest n ra.ieua, n.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08

A farmer in East Cor;nth, Maine,
wouldn't give a copper for a bounty
on Crows. lie is able &c take care Of
bis own property. When he gets bis
corn planted lie carries out two coOps,
each containing a rooster, and sets
them on the two ends OF his field.
As soon as IL begins to grow light
the BOOSTERS commence challenging
each other, and their music scarcs
all the crows away.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
The Bank of Romney

10 now in operation, ard We solicit III pat
ronaRe ofthe public. We arc prepared TO
make loans. The Board of Directors will
meet every Friday from 10 10 IL o'clock,
and persons desiring TO borrow money will
present their notes, properly endured. on
these days. j. T. vance,. Cashier
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
WANT YOU A Ii To- REMEM.
BER THAT ]. +. EaRSOM

Has the finest. cheapest and larg st
lot OF Toys, Frui's. Candies, Cigars
and Tohnccos, OF any house in the Ci.
ty. Yos will save 10 per cent. "
calling on him for your Holi,'ay so,rs
Al No. 40, Baltimore ST..
Cumberland, H. d
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08

A DEAF AND DUNE LAWYER
Joseph g. Parkinson, OF Chicago,
is said 10 be The only deaf and dumb
lawyer IN the country. He is as So
lated with bis twin brother, who does
not share his disabilities. When Mr..
Parkinson was twenty.three years
old he was chief examiner in the
patent office at Washington. n place
be held for six year,. In 1879 he
resigned, and soon afterWard was adj
United 10 practice before the United
States Supreme Court. lie nov
ranks as one OF the most successful
pbier lawyers in the country.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08


THE DoUBLs Hook PuzzLE.- The
double hook puzzle has made its an.
pessance and bids fair II shortly
create - much excitement - the
fifteen puxxle' did. The Philadel-
phis Press tells how the double book
puzzle originated. It says: John
Dempsy. . house painter. Of Atlantic
City, Is the discovsrer OF the diabol-
ical double horseshoe toy that has
amused and ,orment.d every one who
has been iured into ';rvinR to get
them apart He tells. this story: I'VE
uso that sort OF o hook, a double one.
to hang our paint pots on wheu we
are painting from ladder. One day
in putting my hooks into bag to
carry them home . couple Of them
got caught. Well, a. they we're OF
no use 10 me unless could separate
them, l sst down and work, to get
them apart. I must have spent half
An hour twisting aud turning tho
hooks and tagging and pulling. when
suddenir. wi,hou: any effort, they
sn'apglCd themselves. This seem, d
20 strange to me that ] tried to put
them together and succeeded. then
showed the trick 10 some friends OF
mine at Atlantic City. where I live.
About three me nths after that / was
doing some work at the Brighton. and
NJ noon showed. this trick to fellow
While one OF the guests was looking
over my shoulder. Well, what does
this guest DO but pack his trunk take
the next train for New York. End
now they are turning them out a. the
:ate Of 10000 o minute, and I never
made q cent ont Of it,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08

GEN. SIGEL's Son ARRESTED poR
PENSION FEAUDs.-Robert Sipcl. the
sen and confidential clerk Of Gen.
Franz Sigtl, the agent of The pension
office in New York city, was arrested
by two special pension examiner
from Washington Friday on three
charges Of forgery in connection
with pensions. He was held BY
United States Commissioner Shields
in default Of $4,000 bail for exam.
ina.ion. The forgcries charged were
OF the Signature Of two checks in
tended for q blind soldier and one
belonging to widow. Yonng Sigel.
who is about so years of sge, elso
has confessed that he. had taken
money from claimants in about $50
cases for his services In making out
checks.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
Edilor lntelIiQsncsr 4

kditor Intelligence I
Please announce Mr D M SHAWEN "a
a candidate for reelection 10 the cfice Of
Superintendent OF Free Schools, Of this conn.
" hr. shaver has proven himself to he
en- energetic and Efficient officer. ami well
deserves tho suppof, of 80 aporscia,ivs "a
groerous public. t;ENY vOrVp
Mefcb 1852
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
AUGUSTA, w. VA.
March 4tb 1890

We hereby announce Il. y RILEY az a
candidate for County Superintendent he
is an elegant man, hne scholar and en-
nently qualified Tor the duties Of the Office.
MANY VOTERS
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08

There are 5000 women in the u.
pited States in charge of posto fIlces.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
TO ADVERTISERS.

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To those who want their advertising 10
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08

A REhARKABLE bout
three niies north of Dsws, lown,
there lives Ia a one-story house one
Of The most remarkable families ON
record. IL consists of q father and
mother, with ~ girls ard boy. The
Oldest child is only "a years old.
There were an even two dozen until
last yenr,wten the diph,heria visited
them ami carried or one.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
PEABODY INSURANCE co
WHEIcIINH wv VA

w IL F EL1N q, w. " a.,
ENSURES against loss by Fire and Light
i ming. Rates reasonable Losses prompt
" and satisfactorily adjusted. The leading
Co. in West Va.
CHARLES n. HIETT, Agent,
Aug 3. North River Mills. W. Va
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
DY decree rendered by the Circuit Court
ID OF hsmr.hire county, West Va, the
undersigned Commissioner was directed TO
settle the accounts Of l.. b. Bryan as Admir-
OF the Estate Ct john w. HAws, decd, 10
ascertain tie valu, ard anoual value o.
the real estate OF the said John W.
Bawsy and report the debts due from the
said haws, dec d end the lawful demands n
Rsinst his estate. Notice is ther efore hereby
given that will attend at my Office 10 Rom.
ney. Wet Va, on The 9Th day OF April,
1880 Tor the purpose OF executing said de-
cree o. reference.
Given under my band this 2e;h day Of
February, 1889.
JANIS A. GIBSON,
March ], 1859 CIV Commissi oper
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08

choice stock Candies cakes crackers nuts u Also
Coffee Candies from 70 soc H. Raisins 12l Csc Cur
Ctron 20 Fresh Oysters
81 90 gallon. Oyster crackers 10c ID Also Coal OIL
p thankful frend ;r patronage and ask thn
continue me-
goods You viii 6nd oppositeths Courthouse.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-08
Atie ton, Gentlemen!

GREATEST SHOE HAT AND RUNK STORE IL MARYIAN D
Sole agent TOR Dunas celebrated Extra qualify Hats nh
inspect my new hat department finished Maryland
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-24
THE RESULT IN-FRANCE.

Government by the people is vindicated in
France. That is the conspicuous fact apparent
amid the uncertainties of the yet unfinished
electoral campaign. Alecural and impulsive
as they are in temperament and exciting as are
the circumstances by which they are surround
ed, the French people have in the present in
stance conducted themselves with steadinesS
of nerve and deliberation of judgment that
must command universal admiration. 1t was
remarked beforehand that public interest in
the campaign, though doubtless deep and
earnest, was singuarly undemOnstatiVe. The
voters were thinking rather than shouting.
The same condition was also observed on the
day of the election. Order prevailed. Men
thrOnged the pOlling-place at an early hour
quiet and self-pOsSesSed their minds evidently
made up in advance as to how they would vote.
They deposited their ballots in the urns with
out talk, and then went home to await the an
nOuncement Of the result. There was, Of
course, considerable amount of enthusiasm
and excitement in the evening when the re-
turns were being made public but from the
cabled reports the Partisan populace seems To
have been at least as self -contained as that Of
New ork has shown itself to be on similar
occasions. On the whole, the proceedings OF
the day were strongly marked with a serious
ness Of purpose betting a great nations per
Torrance of such an exalted function.
The counting of the votes reveals a result
entirely in harmony with the means through
which it was attained. Those prognostcators
who expected some tidal wave,n some revo-
lutionary surprises, are utterly disappointed
The electors of France have not been stam-
peded The final result is of course, still in
some doubt. But enough is known to assure
us that the new Chapber however it may be
composed will have been chosen, not only
freely and fairly, but thoughtfully. 1t will
represent the judgment, not the impulses, OF
the people. 1t seems certain that the Repub-
Iican party, supporting the present Govern
ment, will be returned TO power in somewha,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-24

gradual, but abrupt and irregular. Hence, often
after hints of vernal warmth and calm toward
the close Of winter, we get a brief renewal oil
boreal blasts and aqueous downpour; while, again.
ere hibernal tempests fairly attain their normal
aScendency, we have learned TO anticipate few
furious, even terrible forerunners Of the change.
In each case we are apt to be taken, neverthe-
less, somewhat unawares; just as is the lder on
an ocean beach by the occasional bilow th2t
rushes up the sand much further than its fellows,
with either a receding or an advancing tide. In
this sense, it is proper to call almost any storm
between February and May and between August
and November an equinoctial" The name IS
applicable both TO disturbances which travel
across the continents having originated in high
ATTITUDES, and to ocean-born tropical hurricanes,
which are peculiar to either spring or autumn,
or TO both seasons. The famous Samoan cyclone
visited the little island Kingdom on March
1915. The typical West India storms rarely
develop before August, though sometimes in
June or May; and usually we the last of them
by or before November At least four of these
have approached assaulted the coast line be-
tween Galveston and Cape Cod within the last
five weeks, and each one like one or two of
our recent Lake storms, may with propriety be
called an equnoctial."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-24
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER "A, 1889.
TEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign.-The latest totals of the French cleo
tions show that the Republicans have elected 1873
members; the Opposition 50; the Boulanglsts
claim the Generals election from Montmartre.
t. WilSie Collins, the novelist, is dead. -
The stevedores at the East India docks have
again gone out on strike.
Observation-Disclosures to the Republican State
Convention and to the meeting of the Republican
State League gathered at Saratoga. - There
were heavy frosts in Vermont and Northern New
York: heavy snow fell on Mount Washington.
80 General Mnhone opened the campaign IN
Virginia. - Nelson won the $4,000 trotting
race for stations at Boston. 80 Emancipation
DAY was celebrated at Boston, Springfield ana
elsewhere. 80 fractional controversy began
in Baltimore among the Democrats. 80
murderer was arrested by Indians in Wisconsin,
- In the Cronin case, at Chicago, kunze, one OF
the prisoners, startled the Court by inqulrlng
why he was not released
City and Suburban.-An Austrian embezzler
was cleverly captured by United States Deputy
Marshal - Colonel Gouverneur Carr. OF The
Tribune city staff, died. - Brooklyn was dc
feated by the Columbus nine after foolish
wrangle. - Winners at Gravesend: Lady
Margaret Pontiac, Huntress, Taviston, Senorlta,
Kenwood and Caliente - The last witness
in the Ives trial testified - Henry Ii. 1oWne
of the Worlds Fair Committee on Site, urged
the necessity of an immediate subscription list
- The publishing house of Belford, Clarke d
Co. was seized by the sheriff. =- Miss Meteor
mick, organist of the Church of the Heavenly
Rest, fell dead in the street. = Stocks slightly
more active, but in spite of final rally the
closing showed irregular variations.
The Weather.-Forecast for today: warmer
and fair, followed by cloudiness and possibly rain
Temperature yesterday: Highest, 67 degrees {;
lowest, so; average, so 3-S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-24
TOO LITE. MISS BROWN.

Now that the friends and admirers of Christie
pher Columbus have gone to work to take formal
notice of the 4OOth anniversary of his discovery
of America up start the partisans of Left Erikson
with objections They protest that it is a shame
TO honor Columbus rather than Erickson. They
demand that Erickson be named the discoverer of
this country-all others counterfeit Miss Marie
Brown in particular ia in a state of mind. 1t Is
pretty clear that nothing would induce her 10 at
tend our Worlds Fair in 1892, for she does not
hesitate to denOunce the proposition thus to honor
Columbus outrage.
Too late, Miss Brown. Suppose ErillsOn did cut
in ahead of John Cabot, Columbus and the rest
what of it? lie cannot victual boom for him
self al this late day. The statute of limitations
runs against him. If he ever had any rights in
the premises, he has lost them by excessive pro-
crastination. If he felt that he was fairly enti-
tied to have this continent named after him, and
TO have NEWCOMERS perspire in their efforts TO
fix upon the site of an exposition to his memory,
why did he not come out in a card and say so
half thousand years ago? Where has he been
all this time? If ne placed himself in the hands
Of his friends soon as he came in from dis
covering the Western Hemisphere what have his
friends been doing? Oh, no, Miss Brown, it really
will not do not in s92-some other year perhaps
of Columbus. lie may not have been &" the dis
coverer of our beloved country, but he was a"
dscoverer of it, and up to date he has been the
most popular Of the navigatOrs who were early
ON the ground. The band will please play Hail,
Columbia, happy land' Just not
discussing the question, Was or not Erillson
centuries ahead of Columbus in achieving what
he achieved? There are documents which seem
TO substantiate ErksOns claims. But documents
are cheap-anybody can produce documents to
prove anything. We simply desire to submit these
questions to Miss Brown and those whom She rep
resonts. Is it likely that a man who had not
energy and pluck enough in his makeup to pre-
vent rival navigators from appropriatng his laures
had any laurels to appropriate? If Erilkson
really was the genuine, Woodworking, practical
discoverer that his partiSanS represent him, would
he not necessarily have been made of stuff so stern
that none coming after him would have presumed
10 dispute his claims? The documents may be all
right, but on the assumption that his character
was consistent with ITSELF things look bad for him.