South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-02-15
EW S OF THE WEEK


and c. nsular appropriation bill ia
Congress have agreed on the appro-
pria,ions OF 100000 for the msin,e-
nance II American rights in Samoa
and 500 GOO fcr the naval STATIC at
Pago Pego.-a.Rs. CLEVELAND will
hold her iss, public rec. ption to-
morrow after noon. "A Petition was
presented in the lower house Of the
Kansas Legislature Friday. IN sober
earnest, praying for tie enactment
Of law autboriz ng the lyncliiug of
horse thieves wherever founl.-THE
Union soldiers CT New York are en-
deavoiiI 6 to help along the prcpos, d
Confederate Soldiers Home ut Aus
tin. Texas. -rnE suits growing out
of the Cookery farm disputes be.
tween tie West Virginia Central and
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Com.
panies have been amicably settled.
The basis Of the compromise is that
the B & o. Company is 10 pay the
plaintiff $4,000, while all the parsl.
lei suits in litigation bet seen the two
! corporations are TO be dropped, each
side paving it's own costs.-TuE
great Fansma Canal Company is
bankrupt. and will go into liquida.
tion.-A PROMINENT POLITICIAN Of
New York. in a speech Saturday, said
that Samuel j. Tilden told him that
II was owing to the treachery If A.
BRAN S. Hewitt that lie (TildeD) was
not Preside mt Of the United States.
This same Abram S. Hewitt, as can
didste for nay or Of New York, be.
treyed Grover Clevelan d les, fall =
The steamship Haytitn Republic,
which was seized at Hry,i ard ie
leased en- den.rd Of tie United
States govern mtnt. LIS arrived 81
Beste1 her Lone Iort.-TIorA
Brown, colo.ed, Of Fallncrc, died
Sunday. aged ia ycsrs.-EITrAI o,
New York. had b SIS, 0lo, Geo fire les,
week. 1t is low tho usht that Ike
conflagraiion was ceus ed ly dyna-
mite bomb thrown by tramp.-MR.
SAMUEL SPENCER, la,e, presi dent of
the b. & o. Railroad, Is said 10 have
accepted tho vice presidency Of the
Fest Tennessee, Virginia and Geot>
gia lines.-A REMNANT Of the cliff
jewellers tribe, supposed to be extinct,
Las been discovered in The San Mateo
mountains Of New Mexico. TLey
arc not over three feet in stature and
wild.-lN Phi iladelrLia Friday 8 tel
ephone.phonogroph concert YES
heard over the wires FRI IN New York.
In pursu ence Of on arrangement
entered int tCme THE ago, Col
Dan Lstnon', private secretary to
resident Cleveland, will, en- his re-
tirent Mt from CfIice, become presi-
dent of system OF borse-railroads
In New York. "A COMPANY L IS been
Incorporated in Philadelphia, with a
capital Of $4,000, to make another
search for the English slocp-of war
De Break. sunk during the revolu-
ton III Delaware Bay with untold
t!easure.-RRGI.IERED letters and
packages going through the mails
are now insured by private compa-
Lies.-SAMUEL w. LINCOLN, Of V.r-
ginia, whose father is salt to he a
nephew Of President Lincoln, was
arrested FriIsy on charge Of rob
biDg the Unite States mail.-FRKs-
IDRHT. ELECT HARRISON and family
will occupy cottage at Deer Park,
Md, next summer.-MR. CHAs. B.
RoUss, formerly OF Winchester, Va,
but now Wholesale merchant: oil
New York, has purchased for S2i7.-
GOO a vacant lot on Broadway, on
which he will erect ten.slory ware
house to cost s500,000.-THE Iowa
Supreme Court las decided hat 'ver-
diets must be founded on facts, not |
On suggestions. IT Is estimate |
that 81 ,05O,000,000 will have been
paid out in pensions from JuBe. 1S
81, to July, 1S90.-Two HUNDRED Of
President Cleyeland's nominations OF
postmasters are hung up in the Sem
ate committee. Tie democrats will |
endeayor to force ction upon them.
A MAJORITY OF the United Saes
Senate select committee on
woman suffrage have favorably
reported joint resolution 10 The
Constitution favoring the enffan
chisement OF women. - A JURY in
New York will have 10 decide in a
breach of promise case which of two
brothers Courted the meiden.-IN
some parts Of the West they define a
White Cap as an immoral and goods
for.no,hing fellow who takes upon
himself the duty of Furnishing oil 9th.
er immoral and good for nothing
men.-THE government gunbost
yorktown and cruiser Chicago are
nearly ready for service.--II NJ.
SEwALL, our consuI-eonersl TO Sa.
moa has been compelled to resign |
by Secretary of State Bayard. THERE
is bill bef Congress to admit !
Indisn Territory as State, AMI TO
make the Indians citizens. - Mr.. JOHN |
b. DAVIS, brother OF Senator
Henry @. Davis, Of this State, aud a
wealthy banker OF Richmond. Va,
died Monday. - NORMAN J. CoLMAE
has been nominated by President
Cleveland for secretary OF sgricul-
tore. the Senate Monday passed o
bill apIropriating S250,000 tor the
protection OF life and property on the
Islhmus OF Panama, where the ma
tives are making trouble for this
country ebTninos ard