South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-08-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


| az" s"Shsy 'Scs WIZ: every lEk o.
which il immature turbine whcel
Whom set crosswise 70 The current j,
moves " th rtsistltss force.-Ir /.
reported that Chsurcey 81. Deper
will resign the presidency of the New
York Centrai Railroad end 90 ir q
pc-:tIcs. PAT CALnoUs, genera,
couasei Of The West Point T.rn;na.
Railroad, and J. ID. williamson. pres.
ident Of the Chattanooga, Rome anil
Carrollton Railroad, tough; a duel a,
liokes' Bluff. on the Coosa river. 10
Georgia. Saturday morning. Several
shots we're fred hut neither OF the
principals was it-JUDoE f A.
Guthrie, Of the Kanawha Circuit
Court, on Saturday disposed of the
case OF Fleming. democratic c,ndi ate
for Governor at the No, ember cleo
tior, against the commissioners Of
kaDswba County Court. The cour,
took the case on the record in certio-
rari,and reversed the county court
AMI remanded the cnuse 10 the coun- :
~ court Of KaDawhs county to be
therein tried according 10 the princi-
pies OF the common law a GREAT
REUNION OF veterans of the Union
and Confederate armies will he held
at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Septem !.
Der 10. 20 snd 2l.-ON Saturday the
West Virginia central and Pit,sburg
Railroad Company ran their first
regular passenger train through 10
Elkins, ll3 miles south Of Cumber /.
land. II carried $50 excursionists,
arriving ut f kins on timo.- AT Utl.
ca. New York, Saturday, a magnifi.
cent monument was erected to the
memory OF the late Roscoe Conkling.
A BAsE-BALL PLAYER at Kansas
City Monday threw ball 80 hard
that he broke Liz arm.-JuE Haze.
PER, OF n Gibson. Kansas, knew both
English and German. Last week he
was knocked senseless in a fight, and
when hv came TO he bad forgo ten
every word OF English. He now
speaks nothing but German.-GsN.
JAMES A. WALKER, Of Wytheyille,
Virgins. who has obtained prominent
men ion in connection with the re-
publican nomination for Governor tf
that State. says he is a protec;ioaist
democrat and would not accept apy
such nomination. town of Rer-
kelley Springs, this State, is to be
lighted with electricity at a cost OF
$500 a year.-TuE largest crop of
wheat raised in Tucker county, this
State, the present year was $50
bushels "A MAN in Morgan,owu,
this State, bought an old c. fee. pot
at auction, paying ten cents for il.
When opened it was found to con.
lain l23 buzz rd dollars.
AMBER SINCLAIR. OF Preston county,
this State, is 100 years old. "A MA
CuiNlsT in New York died last week
from disease OF the liver peculia, tu
cattle. - Gov. WILeoN has pardone d
Harry Price, sent 10 tie peniteptlsry
from Ohio County for burglary.-lT
is said that the total membership OF
the Knights OF Labor is less than
100. O00.-THE sugar trust is report
ed 10 have about completed nego,ia-
lions with an English-German syo.
dictate 10 get the sugar markets of the
world under one supreme ,ntrol.-
AN artesian we'll near st. Augustine
Florida, Is said 10 have tue larges,
flow of any such wells in the world
1t discharges water at the rate of g.
goo gallons per minute.-THE whea,
crop Of Minnesota and Dakota is es.
innate at 100000 bushels. II i,
considered the largest crop in many
years.-HRNRY JONES, Of Nebrask;
City, Nebraska, has married hi,
mo;her-in ,law.-REv. SAM JtET.
says he makes $3.50 day preaching
and gives nearly all of it away t.
charitable objects. HONEY is scIrct
thus yoar.-DR. Ii HAMMOND, Of Wa b.
ing'op, says the great Brown Sc.
guard discovery, called the 'EIixiI
of life, is nothing more than a tonic
and the inventor never claimed th.t it
would make old people young again
A mixture of opium, cocaine ant
brandy will have the samc effect on q
patlert as the 'Eiixir.' DR.. Ham
mond further states that the news
papers have greatly misrepresenteC
the discovery. PosTMAsrER LEVI:
and Col. Buck, OF Atlanta, Georgia
wero burned IN ehigy before The cour
house door in that city Friday nigh,
in the presence of 10000 people
Tnis action is the result OF the ap
pointment by Lewis of a negro to ,
position In the postoffice where l.,
would come in contact with a whit,
lady clerk. Col. Buck is the repub
l'can leader, and is supposed to hav,
inspired the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ERN cotton planters have resolved &c
boycott the cotton bagging trust
They will use pine fiber bagging --
Hon. JEFFERsoN DAVIS is dissatls.
fed with the profits on bis book
The Rise and Fall OF the Southern
Confederacy.' The publishers cl ,in
that the book cannot be sold in tn,
North Gov. Wilson has appointed
Thomas j. Fsrnswo;tb. of Upshur
county, and Joseph Mooreland, o.
Morgantown, regents OF the State
University.-QUEEg VICTORIA i,
said 10 own considerable real estate
in New Yofk.-THE repair shops O
tue u. q o. Railroad at Wheeling
this State, have been Abandoned
BILL WEBSTER Daniel Webster,
favorite coachmsn, died in Boston th,
other day.--THE BARRIERS OF New