South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-04-26
EwS OF THE WEEK,


ritish government for the cur
se1t year wilt reach $425, 600, 900 and
the expenditures $4,000. 00O.-I1
il. proposed to construct canal be-
tween Bordeax, On the Atlantic coast
and Nsrbonne; on the Mediterraneau
Sea. in France, a distance OF $50
niles. The canal will be- 81 fee,
deep. will admit The large 81 war ships
and will cost $3.50. 900, O00.- tn
secretary Of state OF Illinois hes
issued . license Of incorporation 10
. company With The following extra,
ordinary name: United States Vo1e
.Kszophone and Electrical Micro
phone Trumpet Aucastic Electrome.
ter Power Musical Car Distances
Loud Speaking Transfer Instrumen,
Company.-MRs. HANNAH BArrERs-
BY. who weighed 800 u.s., died in
Philadelphia Saturday.-Ir is said
that tho American warships recently
wrecked at Samoa were we'll handled
bI the crews. They did all tbs,
could be done to save The vessels, bu,
the storm was loo great Tor them to
live.-HERRlNa are very plentiful
and cheap in the large cities.-DR
SAMUEL w. Gross, the well-kuowu
physician Of Philadelphia, is dead
HERBERr T. BEECHEa, son Of the
late Henry Ward Beecher. and q
clerk In the government land office o,
Seattle. Wyoming Territory. has been
arrested for making fraudulent en-
tries Of land.-PREsrDENT HARRISON
says eight hours ought to be day>s
work for laboring men.-FELICs VI
AIT. q professional beggar, died in
New Orleans SATURDAY.. Her Lut
was searched and $4,000 in cash
found.-RoBRRT p. PORTER has been
appointed superintendent of the cen
sus to be taken next year.-GEN.
FRANZ SIGEL, pension sgent at New
York, has voluntarily resigned his
office. - HON. WIN. l.. WILSON is the
member Of Congress from this State
that will represent the House of Rep.
ressntatives tthe New York COZ
stiiu'ional centennial celebration -
ALL the telegraph poles on The streets
of New York have been chopped
down in consequence Of q recent de-
cision Of the Supreme Court Of the
State requiring the wires to be buried.
The whisky trust has paid ST.
100000 In dividends and has a cash
surplus Of 50O,000.-THE first shoe.
ting affair among the Oklahoma boo
mers occurred Friday, one man being
killed and another badly wounded 10
PACKAGE containing sl5. coo in gold
was recently stolen from the North
ern Pacific express Office ut Brain
etd, MINI. --THE President, in his
appoin.me So far, has shown q
disposition to ignore tie carpet bag
element in the South. HE FRESH
dent will ieave Washington Monday
morning, Ap il 80, for The New York
Observation-Disclosures is some anxiety
in Washington about the United
States vessel Monongahea, which
sailed for Samoa February %, and
has not since been heard from. 1t il
thought, however, that there is no
substantial cause for alarm.-FHE
guuboat Yorktown IS really to 60 in-
to cOmmissinn.-THE W, ather during
the past week has been generally ia.
vorable to growing crops in all SIC
tions.-IT is sad that no child born
at Aspinwall. tn the Isthmus of Pan.
anna, has ever reached the age of 81
years. Tine steamship Missouri, Of
Baltim~re, rescued the passengers
and crew of the abandoned steamer
Danmark, at sea, March 8, and, throw
ing over a portion of Ter own cargo
to accommoda c them, landed 500
passengers aud 40 Of the crew at tue
Azoree, and continu ed on her voyage
to Baltimore with the remaining $40
passengers. Although all on board
the Danmark had been reported lost,
there was only one death, that of an
engineer. christian HOLzwoRTH,
of Lowville, New York, who has been
insane for years, resulting from hard.
ships III the war, has received ba X
pay pension If $4,000, che largest
bu; one ever paid, and S75 per
month for Iife.-THE first paper mill
in this country was Is ablisl ed 200
years sgo.-CATs bring from so
cents to 81 apiece 10 Dakota. Rats
and mice are thick out there, and de.
stroy great deal of grain.-B. & o.
EMPLOYEES have so much per month
taken out of their wages to pay iDsu-
rance dues. They threaten To- strike
against ,his.-As oder was issued
Friday TO Gen. Merritt, commanding
the United States troops, 10 act with
the United States msrshsls in pre-
serving order in Oklahoma. The
board considering the bids for con-
structing the coast defense vessel re.
ports that the lowest bid exceeds the
amount ghIcb can he allowed from
the appropriation.-A GREAT FIRE
swept the east bank OF North river
from SO h to 65 h street, New York
city, Friday, destroying more than a
million and half dollars worth of
property belonging to the New York
Central railroad, and about q million
dollars worth Of -four and lard be-
longing TO other pCrsons.-A MAN
called at the White House The other
day aud ssid be desired an interview
with President Harrison. Upon be.
ing asked whether be had any espe-
cIal business with the Presi lont, he
replied: oh, none In particular on
ly | voted for him forty times last
fall, and | thought he would be glad
TO see me- -Ex. POSTMASTER PEAR,