South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-05-17
OF THE WEEK.

JAY 0oCLO eays be made al lii8
money by bsSd work. He also ex.
presses he opinion that Z, doe. 70
good TO give aims 10 The poor.-RIcn
young society men in New York are
organising smateur clrcuses TO psss
the time away.-DR. TAxHKs. The
great faster. believes that far more
people are turied alive than il gen
r.lly supposed. He maintains tina, 4
10 often very hard TO tell when Q per.
son Is desd.-THE Sou, hern Society
has been incorporated In New York.
1t 10 composed OF Southern society
and business men resident in New
York city.-THE present governors
OF the original hir cen States will be
asked TO meet 10 Indepen de nee Hall,
Philadelphia, on the coming FOURTH
f July, to consider plans fer Q me-
moriai monument intended to perpe-
'ua'e the me mory OF tho men and
events. the cente npial OF which hae
just been celebrated In Nex York.
10 political friend Who quoted 10
him some criticisms OF tho appoint {.
ment OF HE brother to be Marshal in
Tennessee, President Harrison said
that his brother's name was the only
one presented for the place, which
came with such recommendation s
arc required In making appointments.
HE Secretary Of War says that an
army OF 10000 militiamen can be
msssed in New York or Washington
On Id hours notice.-Tns 'IIsnshaw
Farm. on which is the famous Bloody
Angle Lees salien. In the terrific
battle OF Spottsylvsnis Cour: House,
Va will be sold Tomorrow at auc.
ton IT is thought President Har-
rison will call Congress together .
month or so In advance OF the regu.
lar time Of meeting.-FRANK W.
PALMER, OF Illinois, has been ap.
pointed public printer, and Theodore
Roosevelt, OF New York. and Hugh
8. Thompson, Of South Carolina, civ
il.service commissionors.-A NoNU.
MENT to ex-President Arthur is be-
ing erected in Albany. New York,
where his remains are buried. The
monument is large sarcophagus OF
granite, and large bronze figure
10 to be placed at one side. The on.
ly inscription Is the name Arthur in
plain letters, on the base OF the mon.
umeat.- THE Prince of Wales never
pays a tailor's bill. The advertise
ment bis patronage affords IL all the
remuneration his tsilors want
RKrARY RUsK is ono Of the hardsat
workers at Washington. He is said
to bo the Only cabinet officer who us.
es gold pen.-TnE new suspension
bridge at Niagara Fall which replaces
the one destroyed carly in Janua-y,
was thrown open 10 the public yes
terdsy.-IT is said that very little
good tea ia ever br ught to this
country, nearly all the import a,iGna
being Of the inferior grades "A
SHOWER Of frogs occurred "a urday
at jamestown, Dakota.-TnE gov
eminent records OF the late war will,
1t is thought, be finished in FIVE years.
Hon. JOHN A. HUTCHINSON. Of Par.
kersourg. has been appointed chief
counsel for the b. & o. Railroad
Company In this State SENATOR
Quay. Of Pennsylvanis, the lord high
boodler of the republ can party. Ia
the only man that invariably End.
President Harrison at home when he
ca'ls at the White House.-LAsT
week a medicine man OF the She shone
Indians in southern Wvomiug. In or.
der to convince his tribe Of his gu
pernatural powers. poured some seii.
litz powders into pot Of cold water,
with the result, az cou Sc, tina. the
wsicr boiled. The redskins became
intensely excited. held a sun dance
and dec ided to 60 on the war path q,
once. 1t required three companies
OF United States troops to Ike them
quist.-At Lawrence, Mossachusetts,
Saturday. ship sank near he shore
and bicyclist on board was thrown
into the water with his machine. He
preserved bis upright posi'ion on tho
wheel, and when he reached bottom,
at depth Of ID feet, struck out Tor
the shore. lie rode 60 feet before
his bead appeared above the water,
and got on dry land none the worse
Tor his remarkable adventure. -GEN.
SIcKLEs will be present at the IN.
yelling OF the monument Tn himself
recently erected on the field OF Get.
tysburg THERE is a quiet bat DOW.
erful movement goiog on in The
Sou'h TO hare Grover Cleveland for
the leader OF the democracy in 1892.
The Navy Department will in a
few days advertise fo- proposals for
the construction or three more steel
cruisers. The census year begins
June ], and ends May 81, 1890.-Ar
Buffalo. Minnesota, Monday, during
a storm Of unpsnal violence, wheat
was blown out Of the ground BY the
roofs. Many fields were devastated
in this way.-THE War Department
has completed the allotment Of the
1900 900 appropriated by Congress
for the militia OF the various States.
West Virginia will receive IS, $50. go.
RAILROAD MEN ere greatly divided
in opinion 80 TO the utility OF The in
terstate commerce law.-SEcRETARY
or AGRICULTURE jerry RUsK one
day last week gave an exhibition tfI
bis practical knowledge OF farming
by moving the grounds around the
Agricultural Department buildings
in Washington. Ills chief clerk I'll.
lowed suit and between them they
cut good deal OF grass.-THg