South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-07-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK


immigrants landed ct Cts.le Garden,
New York, which 10 q big falling OF
from the same period Of last year
Burr,Lo Bull has been engaged by
the French governncnt TO teach 100
cavalry officers 70 ride in the Amer
can stylc.-A RsNARxAsLE ACCIDENT
hsppened 20 COW at Lsitersburg,
Nd, Friday. The COW Was standing
under . tree. and when switching at
the lies her tail caught In the bark
OF tree. The COW began walking
around the tree and wound herself up
so tight that she could not get loose.
She finally fell down beside the tree
and when found the tree had to be-
cut down before che could be gotten
loose.-THs resignation OF Gen. Jo-
seph e Johnston. who wss appoint.
ed commissioner Of railroads By
President Cleveland, has been accep.
ted BY President Hsrrison.-A FAR
TT Of three fishermen caught sos
mountain trout Ia the Greenbrier
river, in Pocahontss county, this
State. in three days fishing last week.
-THE town Of Baker.held, CaIifor.
mia. was almost entirely destroy ed by
Gre Monday. Loss, $3.50, 000.-
The iron and steel industries Of Now
England are suffering greatly from
southern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
said to be gradually dying out in U.
tab. Not moro than two per cent. of
the adult male population Of the ter
ritory, it 10 now claimed. have more
than one wife.--CoL. BEN WILSON.
OF this State. has resigned his posi-.
ton al q regular assistant attorney in
the Department of Justice at Wash.
ington, and has been appointed O
special assistant aud assigned to du.
ty in connection with the French spo.
liation cases.-THE public deb. state
ment for June shows total cash in
the treasury s643,11S,l7l.0l. De-
crease Of debt during the month. $40.
253,929.74. Decrease Of debt since
June 80, 1888, $8S, 3S.035.ls. To-
tal debt, including interest, $685.
40l, 89l Sc. Gov. WILSON, Of this
State, has appointed Robert b. Ora.
ham escheator in and for the county
of Jackson. This is the first np-
pointmen. Of its kind ever made in
this State. The escheator attends
to property that falls to the State for
want Of heirs.-AN east-bound pass
enger train on the Norfolk ard Wess
tern Railroad was wrecked by run.
ming into washout near Thaxton's
switch, thirty miles west Of Lynch
burg, on the night of the 3rd instant.
Sixteen persons were killed and ma
ny more seriously Injured, inrcc,.udi.s
Bishop a. w, Wiii:soon, Of Baltimore.
-THE Tammany Society OF New
0rk city celebrated the centennial
Of its organization July A. GEORGE
BLAIR, colored, died near Winches-
ter, Ohio, gu nday, aged lis. He
had been married five times, and was
the father of so children, Is Of whom
were by his last wife. He has chill
dren living who are over 80 years
old.-CoNaREss will probably con-
Yene early in November.-Gov. VIII.
SON, of this State, has granted par.
dons to Yost Eisenger, who IS serv-
ing two years sentence in the pen
itentiary for grand larceny. and to
Harry Bowers, sent up for five years
for burglary.-FIRsT ASSISTANT
PosTMAsTER.GENERAL CLARKsoN,
who is choppiDg off democratic heads
with such marvellous CELEBRITY, when
demonstrated with by the friends of
some OF his victims, remarked that
that was what his administration was
elected for.'-THx following direc-
tors for the new West Virginia Re-
form School have been appointed by
Governor Wilson First class for two
years beginning April u 1889, A. p.
Sinnet, Kanswha county; j. G.
Gluck, Richie. Second class, four
years, j. Z. Peck, Logan; w. Daw-
son, Preston. Third class. six years.
Geo. K. Price, Mineral; j. Hop
Woods, Observation-Disclosures
GENERAL WANAMAKER turned out
l56 democratic poslmasters in one
day last week.-THE new mali con.
tracts for four years have gone into
effect.-MRs. President HARRISON
is spending the summer at Deer Park.
Md.-Gov. WILSON has appointed
Captain VIM. Neill, of CharleStown
this State, surgeon-gen eral OF the
State NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CLEvE
LAND was slightly bruised by being
thrown from a carriage near Buzz
zerd's Bay, Massachusetts, Friday
HE thinketh no evil is the inscrip-
ton on Henry Ward Beecher's mon.
um ent.-JoHNsTowN, Pa, came near
having another disastrous food last
Thursday. Heavy rains made boil
the Conemaugh river and Stony
Creek very high, and their water
carried off several temporary bridges
and houses. Tie government pom
toon bridges, also, were only saved
with q eat difficulty. No one was
drowned. The best wolf is the vol
that has never seen q sheep.--THT
burning OF gunpowder in the celebra'
ton Of Independence Day has beer
superseded by picnics and pleasant
outings In many parts Of the county
-RIvERs N northern Texas bavC
ovefnowed and the damage is est,
mated at 81 ,000,000.-THE first anC
original American Hag-stars anC
stripes-that was ever flung 10 the
breeze. is now in the possession O
| Mrs. Abraham Lansing, Of Albany