South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-07-26


S,ste Jsmes G. Blaine willre:fre from
the cdbinet in the fell. President
Harrison has ran .ths State Depart
NEXT to euit hinsef. and Blaine has
been noshIsk but clerk there. This
docs not suit the wouldsbe dictator
from 4aiue.-A HOTEL rRUsc hss
fJeen formed In New York. lt will
take the form Of On immense supply
| bouse.-A CELRBRATuD Law sufT.
comusncing in 1911. and IN ~ hich
Henry Clay wss Ut one trme employ
ed, VAS decided ut Lexington. KY,
Monday. -GEN. WM. AAaoN. HAS
issued . call fer republican state
convention In Virginia. - meet ~
Rosuoke August 20. The General
has been formally recognized BY
President Harrison and The republi-
can sationai commi' toe ~ the leader
Of the republican party in that Stste.
This implies the distribution Of the
National patxonsge.-TRE wealth OF
FredeTick Douglass, colored, our
minister TO Hayu, is estimated at
$500, 0O0.-GEN. FEArBERsroNs
candidate for the democratic nomiua.
ton Of Mississippi, has withdrawn
from the contest for thst honor, be-
cause, as he says, No maa who does
not belong TO the Farmers Alliance
can get tLe noRina al ION, Ma. Az
FRED WALTERS, late OF the Pennsyl-
vsnis Railroad, has been appointed
general superint endent Of the b. &
o. east Of the Ohio river.-AN effort
10 making in Boston to bald An air
ship that can be stesred in any Iii.
reclivn through the atmosphere.-W.
Fl. TUTNAA. . lineal descendant OF
Gen. Putnam. the revolutionary hero,
died in Brooklyn, New York, Friday.
|-SrEraEN A. DoUaLAs, JR., who 10
an attorney In Chicago, was arrested
Saturday, charged With @efraading .
client out Of ks.000.-AN area of
land embracing ten or twelve acres
on the Appoma,tox river, near Pc.
,ersburg. Virginis, is gradually sink
ing into the earth. Trees lc0 feet
high have disappeared until their
tops only are vislble.-IN l8e6 Ave.
eighshs Uf the people owned their
homes and only three. eigh,hs we're
the prey OF landlordism. In 1856
only three. eighths owned their
homes, while 6ve-ei9hihs had been
reduced 10 the rank Of tenants.
Stree that time the conascation OF
homes by .he money power has gone
on steadily in an increasing ratio.
and IL cannot be q great while before
the final result viii be reached, and
the entire population become home.
les and houseless.- Col. JOHN n.
VII ON. u. s.. A., has been appoint
ed superintendent OF West Point
Military Academy.-IT is expected
that tie Immediate effect Of the com.
binslion of the paper manufacturers
In Eng land will be an advance IF 5
per cent. In the price Of PAPER in lha.
country BoTH the United States
ano France are trying to get hold OF
tie island OF Insgua, Hayti, for a
cca!ing station, and 1t is thought that
their COB affecting claims may result in
trouble FIX PREsIDENT CLEVELAND
Is denominated in New York the AN.
ti.tariff. antitrust candIda,e'-Ma.
dame de Grouchy, widow Of the
marshal who lost the battle of Wa.
terlOo for Napoleon by NO. coming
in time 10 IL, died al Pau, Franc, ON
the 18th inst, aged Sc. Marshal
Grouchy died in lS45.-TnE Indian
chiefs White Hoi Be and Black Eagle
were killed by lightning Thursday
afternoon during q thunder storm at
Standing Rock Agency. Dakota
ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS is yet
needed by the Lee Monument Asso.
citation to complete the statue OF Gen.
Il. K. Leo ANITA AND MIRIAM
Boaes, sister, living in jackson
county, this State, committed sui.
eide Sunday because. as they said,
there was nothing In life for old
maids. Hon. S. b. ELKINs, ex-
Senator Henry G.. Davis son-in law,
is building q $4,000 residence at
'Eikins,' the present terminus # the
West Virginia Central Railroad, in
this State. 'E!kins is expected TO
become a big place THE result OF
the Virginia republican conference
at Washington between the mnhone-
ties. the administration and the re-
publican national committee ON one
hand, and The anti.Mshoneites on
the other. is construed as indicating
that Gen. Malone will run the cam
paign In Virginia. and that he will
have the active aid and sympathy OF
the National administration. LII has
been brought to light that ex.Spesk-
or Ran1a u, the leader OF the high
tariff wing OF the democratic party.
as anxious TO effect an agreement
with tariff.reform democrats In the
last presiden tial campaign, but was
unable TO do so.-A FIRM in Chicago
engaged in the manufacture of tin
cans and jspanned ware has paten ted
an invention which competent jud ges
say will revolutionize the tin and
steel industry Of the world. It is q
process by which molten metal can
be rolled into any desired shape, thus
obviating all in ermediste process ses.
-TuE gubernstorisl contest com.
mittee of this State, In session at
Terra Alta, on Saturday disposed OF
the votes contested In Wstzel, Mar
shall and Hancock counties as fol-
| lnUa. In Hancook GoH Loaf y