South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-03-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK

NE WS OF THE WEEK
The conference between represen
tatives OF our COVER pment and thai
OF Germany With reference to Satno-
an afalrs has been postponed until
the beginning Of Maya SKELETON
supposed 10 be that Of John Bodel,
who disappeared In 1882. was found
Sunday in the 'Nsrrows,' near Gun
berland, Md.-CopPoRAL TANNER has
been appointed commissioner of pen
sions -TuK Senate has confirmed
Whitelaw Reid an Col. Fred Grant
as ministers to France and Austria,
Observation-Disclosures AND
Mrs. CLEVELAND expect to spend the
summer in the Adirondack noun
tains 10 New York.-Ir Is thought
thai the old Libby prison will be
moved from Richmond TO Chicago in
April or May. "A CARP weighing FL
pounds VAS caught in the Shenando-
an river Ssturday.-THE signal SER
vice rays the weather has been favor.
able to growing crops and farm
work throughout tie central valleys
and Southern States.-THE following
advertisement lately appeared in a
Partisan newspaper "A lady having
pet dog, whose hair Is OF . rich
mahogany color. desires 10 engage q
footman with whiskers to MACH
JUDGE THURMAN has been suffering
with rheumatism otherwise he has
had pleasant win,er.-CLAnKs-
BURG. this State, lad . $1,000 Ere
Saturday.-IT 10 thought that the
proposed increase Of the salary OF
United States Senators and Repre-.
sen'a,ives from $1,000 to $4,000 a
year will be effected by the next
Congress.-TnR Sultan, one OF the
finest OF tho English ironclads. was
run aground and lost in the Medi-
terraueau one day last week TUE
Illinois Senate hes passed q bill CD.
propriating $50. 900 for monument
to The memory of the late John
A. Logaa.-THE government will
shortly establish the largest fish
hatchery in the world near Sandusky,
Ohio.-AN Iowa Judge ins,ructs
grand juries to indict cider manufsc.
turars for violation of the prohibition
law OF thst 8; ate.-THE collections
OF Internal revenue for the FIRST eigh.
months Of the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1889. aggregated $s3,s64..
2ll.-Gov. WILSON has pardoned
Stewart NJ, Hall, sentenced four
years ago by the kanawha Giro nit
court to ten years in the penitentiar
for tho murder OF Martin Moles.-
On Thursday ME bit. burglars enter ell
the house Of Jacob Howell. a farmer
living near Murrayvilfe. this State,
and. after chlorofo-ming the whole
family. ransacked the building and
left with 800 in cash and q 5000
gold watcb.-THE Yankees are "a
sharp as ever. Massachusetts, having
offered bounty of ten cents apiece
Tor crow heads farmer living near
Boston has started q crow farm and
now raises, by means OF incubal ors i,
thousands Of the pestiferous birds,
for each OF which the State pays him
q dime.-A MAN In Chicago wears q
No. 81 hat.-THE u. 8. Senate hos
confirmed the nomination of Hon.
John w. Mason. OF this State, 40
commissioner Of internal rev.nue.-
Miss PAULINE FULLER. the anA
daughter of Chief Justice Fuller, of
the United States Supreme Court. e.
loped Thursday night with j. Mat, e..
Aubrey, a young man OF Chicago, and
was married to him at Milwaukee.
Wisconsin, john c. NEW, a eradu.
ate of Bethany College, this State,
and now editor OF the Indianapolis
Journal. has been nomin Atej as con-
sul.general to London.-Ir is repor-
ted that Gov. Wilson's call for an
extra session Of the Legislature of
this State will be ignored by the re-
publican members Of that body. The
republicans deny the rpmor.-A BILL
las been introduced into the New
York Legislature TO appoint COM
mission to examine toto and report
upon the feasibility of combining I'm.
der one municipal government the
numerous towns and suburbs around
New York city. This would increase
the area OF the ci y from 42 to $40
square miles, and its population from
100000 TO over 100000. Lon
don, with population of about s..
OOO, 900, covers 687 square miles of
territory, while Paris, with over g..
DOC, 900 people in It's corporate limits.
IS 81 read out over 1874 square miles
EoihoNs BLAINE, son OF Secretary of
State James G.. Blaine, has entered
the service az the w. Va. G. & p.
Railroad as assistant TO President
DavIs.-HoN. JEFFERSON DAVIS has
written q letter denying that the
Southern Confederacy ever contem.
plated the union OF church and State.
months ago, OF youngstown,
Ohio, a chicken swallowed q little
turtle. The other day the fowl was
killed, and In its crsw was found the
turtle, aliyo and kicking. and grown
considerably larger.-CARDiNAL GIB.
BoNs, Of Baltimore, says there is no
probability OF the Pope ever remov-
ing TO -FoURTB-cLA
PosTHAsTERs will, as a rule, not be
removed except for cause. -PREsI.
DENT HARRISON AND PRIVATE SEC
RETARY ELIJAH UALyoRr pIayod a