South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-09-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK

are threatening a coalition with the
democrats IN the lower house or Con-
gress If their demands are NO. COM
piled witb.-A NAN named Carlisle
ID. Graham went over Niagara Falls
in barrel Sunday. He was badly
burt.-A GREAT STRIKE OF dockmen
and other laborers 10 in progress in
London, England. One hundre and
forty thousand men are out OF en-
ployment, and business, especially
that OF shipowners and mer chants en-.
gagged in foreign trade, is at a stand.
still.-FoURTEBN murderers, now
under sentence OF death in New York,
will, 1t 10 thought. probably escape
punishment for their crimes
altogether because by the
law they must DO executed With
electricity, and the criminals lawyers
are contes,ing, with o good chance Of
dscision In their favor, the consti.
tut:onality Of that lava MovR-
sENT Is berg agitated to have the
remains OF Gen. Grant removed from
Riverside Cemetery, New York, TO
w ashington city, owing 10 the fact
that New York has not built the
monument which she promised to
erect to Grants memory il his
body were allowed to rest within her
limit SIN The South. the rava.es of
the cotton worm are unusually extern
siye this year-THE Ute Indians Of
Colorado are said to live largely off
kind Of worm, about the size of o
woman's finger, that eats The fruit OF
the nut-pine tree. The worms are
dried before they are eaten. and then
look like large raisins.-CoRPoRAL
TANNER, commissioner of pensions,
says he Is going 10 set up nights 20
| study up ways TO increase the pen>
sions OF ex. U MON soldiers. He Of
course means the bummers and hang
ers-on Of tue army, as we'll as the
men who did the fighting. Tanner
has been characterized as a dirty
black guard by Mr.. Henry Waiter
son, of the Louisville Courier.J Jour-
nal whom the commissioner lately
attacked in speech delivered at
Bos,on.-IT is thought the Pope may
scon leave Rome and take up his les.
idence in Spain.-HoN. j. TooLE has
been nominated by tue democrats of
Montana for Governor.-THE Shah
Of Persia has one wife for every year
of his age-49.-LoNDoN capitalists
intend to build tower 1000 feet
high, at cost Of 100000. 1t will
throw the + feel tower Of Paris COM
pletely into the shade.-THE Presi-
dents private secretary denies the
revived rumor that Secretary Of State
Blaine is going to leave the cabinet.
FREDERICK Cry, Mary land. will
make an attempt to recover from the
government the 100000 war-tax
levied upon it by G,n. Farly.-THERE
is no definite indication as yet that an
extra session of Congress will be
called 1T is now asserted that the
sealer Black Diamond, seized in
Behring Sea, is owned largely, ir not
entirely, by citizens of the United
States.-AUGUsT 20 was the 3O,h
anniversary OF the discovery Of pc.
lro!eum.-THEsE experiments With
the elixir fife are going too far.
An Indiana doctor has given soma 10
book egent.-AN Egyptian va c
cont aiming perfume WAS recently O.
pened at Alexandria. Although the
preparation was over 5000 years
old, it still had strong, pungent
odor.-TBE beat pleasures of life can
be enjoyed without money. -CHIcA-
GO has gymnast who was recently
found performing upon the horizon.
tai bar while sound asleep. i is
one Of the most remarkable cases Of
somnambuiism on recotd.--A COM
PANY has been organized for the
publication Of a weekly democratic
paper in Waskington.- Hon. JOHN
S. BARBOUR is confident OF a demo-
cratic victory in Virginia next No.
vember. The steamship City Of
Paris made the fastest trip across Tie
Atlantic on record Saturday. She
came ever from Queenstown in 5
days, 10 hours and l8 minutes. TIE
receipts Of the government from in
terLal revenue during the last % onlh
were $ll ,495, 1892, showing an increase
OF : ,307 1888 as compared with the
receipts for the corresponding period
OF last year. PARTY consisting of
President and Mrs. Harrison, Gen.
and Mrs. Golf, and Judge and Mrs.
A, b Fleming dIned with ex Sena-
tor Henry G.. Davis at Deer Park
Saturday.-BRITIsH capital is trying
to form big iron and steel trust in
this countty.-THE Farmers ALI.
ance OF Jacksonville, Florida, sent
the fret bale of cotton to the North
from that city this season. GEN.
GoFF, in an interview concerning the
gubefnatorial contest, delivered him
self as follows: The committee will
report in favor Of my opponent be.
yond q doubt but when the report
gets into the Legislature nobody can
tell what will be done. The demo.
Gratis having only one majority in
that body, nobody can tell what may
hsppen. l DO not give up the eight
yet by any means The General is
evidently counting upon being able
to buy up one or two democratic
members Of the Legislature. THE
Ohio democrats have nominated lion.
james +, Campbell for Governor
The Farmers Alliance of Danville,
Va, has opened warehouse in that
city for the handling of leaf tobacco