South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-09-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

on Ssturd ay covered up so dwellings
and ~ many lives are said 10 have
been lost. GEN. Malone il believed
to have new scheme for the sOlu.
ton of the Virginia State debr ques-
tion.-TnE naval vessels built under
Mr.. Whitney, Mr.. Cleve lands Score
tsry Of the Navy. compare well
with the warsbips of foreign ns,ions
-HENRY 8. Ives, the brilliant young
fnancier OF New York. has been tried
tor stealing the Cincinnati, Hauil.
ton and Dayton Railroad by issuine
1000 fraudulent shares OF its ssoot.
He will probably be cleared. tins
people OF Fi:tsburg are said to be get.
tlDg tired OF natural gas - . fuel and
going TO the use Of coal.-THK great.
est electricians Of Europe pronounce
to be absurd the New York law that
requires criminals convicted of can.
ital offenses TO be executed by cleo
tricity, because. they say, it 10 i'm.
possible at all times to generate a
current OF the subtle fluid strong q.
nough to kill q man.-THe Farmers
Alliance In the South is said TO be
running the ju,e trust by refusing to
buy the product Of that combination
and resolutely sticking to the use of
cotton bsgging.-THE Executive
Committee OF the National Associs.
ton Of Wool Manufacturers met At
Boston last week and passed q reso.
ton declaring that the tariff Is ruin
Ing the wool manufacturing business
OF this couniry.-THE number of
Roman Catholics in this country in
1890 was 10000 now there are TO-
00,000.-THE friends of Gen. Golf
are urging President Harrison to
appoint him to q place on the SUI
preme Court bench .-ORaANIzA-
TIoNs Of colored voters all over the
country are threatening to desert tue
g. o. p. if their race is not fully and
fairly recognized BY the present al.
minislration in the distribution of
Federal pa.ronage.-A MAN in Balti,
more has Newfoundland dog that
every day brings home valuable
goods stolen from stores. The ami
mails owner will be prosecuted for
receiving stolen goods.-ALL the
troops In the German army arc to be
furnished smokeless gunpowder.-
IT is said that the republican nation.
al committee refuses to honor the re.
QUESTION for liberal supply of cash
In the Virginia election.-THE Presi,
dent and Mrs. Harrison will take
their final leave Of Deer Park to-
morrow.-SEvERAL tribes of Indians
in theNortbwestern Territories are
said TO be in danger of starvation on
account Of the scarcity Of game
WHEN the gnbernatorial committee
concluded its labors several nor h.
erh newspapers announced the fact
under headlines like these: The f.
lection in West Virgins is over.
DoDc voting at last.'-Two men,
John Allen and E. III. Pl TT, who left
New York May IA. for q trip across
the continent on horseback, arrived
In San Francisco, California, Satur.
day, having made the trip in 40
days, the actual riding time being
III days.-IT is thought that the
new Stale of Wyoming will probably
adopt woman suffrage.-THE repor.
OF the United States commissioner
OF education shows that the public
school system is growing in popular.
ity and eficiency.--THE treasury
authorities at Washington desire the
State OF Virginia to shoulder a debt
Of SIG. 923, money advanced by the
Government to Governor Pierpont
during the late war.-MANUAL train.
ing, cooking and sewing form part
of the public school course OF Wash.
ington city.-THREE cases OF yellow
fever have occurred among ships ar.
rived at New York.-THE democrats
Of Iowa have nominated Hon. Horace
Boles for Governor.-PosTAL cards
OF new and improved design will
shortly be issued by the government.
The Washington Free Press says
that Mr. 8. Harrison, Mrs. Wauama.
ker and Mrs. Mckee have formed
combination to effect something of q
change in social customs at the cap
ital this winter. Conversations,
readi' gs Of popular authors and lit
erarY discussions will il lie said, to
a certain extent take the place OF
dinners and balls.-FRosT last week
did great damage to crops In many
of the northwestern States and Ters
ritories.-TT is said that ever since
President Harrison discharged Cor
poral Tanner be has been constantly
guarded by detectives armed TO the
teeth TO protect him from the com
missioner's enraged Grand Army
friends. The detectives oven sc-
companied the President to Deer
Park, Nd, where he has spent a part
or each week during the past sum
mer. "A DIAMOND NINE is said to
have been discovered near Hopkins.
vile, Ky.-UNioN and Confederate
veterans united in great reunion on
the battlefield OF Chickamauga Sat-
urday.-A FRENCH SCIENTIST has
demonstrated that, by the aid OF
certain chemicals, silk can be pro-
duced without the use Of mulberry
worms. A company is forming In
Paris TO go into the manufacture Of
the artificial silk on a large SCALE
GEN. GoRF says he will not accept
any Office from President Harrison
that he will be either Governor Of
West Virginia or private citizen.
A private citizen he will be.-SENA-