South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-08-30
NEWS OF THE WE Elk.
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voters over the voters returned by
the assessors was ll6.-J. w. HOOP.
Err wes shot and killed by Thomas +.
Shaw CT Harmony. Frederick coun-
~, Virginia. Saturday. In quarrel
over honey which Shaw had taken
from q bee-tree.--lT is thought that
there may be some difficulty about
the reception OF Minister Frederick
Douglas By the government of Bay,i
because he is a colored msn.-THE
republican managers are confident OF
carrying the four new States without
much trouble.-WHILE Gov. Wilson.
OF this State, and bis father.ia-law,
DR.. j. 7. Cotton, were driving near
Charleston Saturday, the horse back
ed the buggy ovor high embank-
ment. seriously injuring DR.. Cotton
and hurting the Governor less se.
verely JUSTICE FIELD, of the e.
$. Supreme Court, will not be pros
ecuted as one OF the parties concern
ed in tue recent killing Of ex.Judge
Terry.-Ir is said that the Brown,
Sequard Elixir of Life is an old and
established remedy among the Ute
Indians OF Colorado, as common az
milk, and has been used by them for
centuries.-TRE privates in the Uni.
ted States army are said 70 be treat.
ed worse than slaves by the officers.
"A STATE ASSOCIATION Of Confed-
crate veterans is to he organized in
Georgia. WHITE KANGAROO is on
exhibition in London.-AN old watch
factory was torn down in New York
last week whose floors yielded $685..
600 in gold filings JOHN Z. SULLI-
VAN will appeal to the supreme
court of Mississippi to have the find.
ing Of the lower court, which sem
fences him TO imprisonment for enc
year for prize-aghting, reversed. 1t
may be some months before the su.
preme court will reach his case, and
in the meantime Sullivan will be out
on bail and will give sparring exhi-
billions in all the large cities Of the
country. Kilrein, who was taken in
custody by the Mississippi authori-
ties, has been released on bail.-IT
is thought that the Mormons may de
eide soon to leave Utah and emigra. Q
TO Mexico, owing to the enforcement
Of the United States laws against po.
lygamy.-Gov. HILLS prominence
in New York democratic party aft.
airs is due to an agreement 10 let
him rule this Off year, and does not
affect MIR. Cleveland's availability In
lS92.-IT is said that John L. Sulll :
van has sworn off and will never en-
ter the ring sgain.-A MEMBER of
the South Fork Fishing Club says
that the club canno, afford TO lose the
money 1t has invested In real estate
at South Fork, near Johnstown, Pa
The property was worth S200,000
and if the fishing resort be net re.
established the whole investment
will become almost q dead loss. The
intention, however, is not to build g
dam the size of the one Gestro yed,
but one which will make the lake
much less in size, so that in the event
OF the barrier again giving away no
destruction of life and property would
follow. VIM. THoMpsoN. county
clerk OF Boone county, this State,
was struck on the head with stone
by Melvin Nelson last Sunday and
fatally injured. An old grudge was
the cause of the killing.-GovERNoR
LOWRY, OF Mississippi, still declares
his intention of prosecuting the rail.
way companies that aided in the
Sullivan-Kilrain prize fight by fur
nishing transportation to the princi-
pals and spectators. COMMISSIONER
MASON denies that be gave bis bro
Their fat place in his department at
Washington. He says the appoints
mont was made by Collector White,
of this State.-THE Cherokee strip
in tho Indian Territory, comprising
3 900, 900 acres of excellent land,
will shortly be opened to settlers by
the government-IT is now known
that the death Of Congressman Laird
OF Nebraska, was caused by an cper-
alton performed upon him by un-
skillful surgeons.-CoL. DUDLEY, OF
blocks Of five fame, notwithstanding
the reported Goodness between him
and President HARRISON. finds great
favor with department officials. -
TIE 100000 appropriated to clean
the streets and cellars Of Johnstown,
Pa, have been exhausted. and unless
there is more money forthcoming the
work will be suspended THEREE
is some talk CT Quebec seeding from
the Dominion Of Carada in case the
proposed abolition Of French es the
official language Of the province be
carried into effect.--A PREsBYTERIAN
MINISTER at Atlanta, Ca, has re-
fused to accept profered increase
Of his salary from $1,000 10 $4,000
a year.-SENAToR WADE HAMPTON
says that no policy tho present adj
ministra'ion can establish can break
the solid South.-FoUR MEN, Jack
and Dave Kadle, and Anderson and
Dick Meadows, have been arrested,
charged with shooting deputy mar
shall Hager in Wyoming county, this
State, recently. Hager was frst re-
ported killed, but Is how known TO
be alive, with some chance of tecov .
cry. The men fred upon him from
ambush and put seven bullets into
bis body.-NoRTH DAKoTA's recent.
~ adopted constitution is said TO
conflict with the enabling act Of Con-
gross, and as a consequence tho Ter