South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1889-08-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Land Office. snnulhng the titles to
land of all the boomers Who entered
Oklsboms before the date fixed for its
opening to settlement by the gov.
eminent, viii render hundreds of
families homeless and produce grea,
distress and endless litigation among
holders OF claims An instance Of
the epitsiulness of President Harri-
cons disposition is shown in lis re-
session Of the appointment o. II. Is.
Hofr as collector OF customs Of Key
West. Florida. merely becsuse Horr's
brother. the ex.Congressman from
Michigan, refused tho consulsbip ct
Valparaiso as beneath his dignity
Bon 4oUN0ER, the Missouri outlaw,
Is reported to be dying in the peni.
Tertiary Of that State. Gov. Merri-
an refuses to pardon him.-JozN L.
SULLIVAN calls the $500 diamond
championship belt, which he recently
Won 10 his fight with Jake Kilrain. q
dog collar and says be will distrib.
ute the diamonds in il among his
friends and melt the collar into q
solid mass.-MRs MARY BRADY, Of
Lafayette, New Jersey. who was con-
victed as o common scold under an
old law which imposed penalty oi
ducking. was fined s25 and costs.
amounting in all to 5000, and thus
escaped the ducking.-THE Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad has passed
into the control Of the Vanderbilts.
-SRcRBTARY OF STATE JAMES q.
BLAINE, accompanied by party Of
distinguished politicians, last week
went to Maine on pleasure trip. the
fireman of the train in which he, rode
being his son, James G., Jr.-TuR
Texas fy is killing many cattle in
this and western states. 1t eats the
flesh away from the horns. which
drop of, causing the death OF the
animal attacked.-GEo. w. MCDoN.
AID, Of Writ county, this State, after
receiving . genuine W. as a sample
from q green goods dealer in New
York, went to the metropolis to buy
counterfeit money, taking 1915 along
with him. He and The queer mer-
chant put up at the same boarding
house, and while Mcdonald was a.
sleep the latter stole all his money
and clothes and skipped, leaving be-
hind note in which he expressed
regret that Mcdonald was green In
stead OF black, as. in the latter case,
he would have stolen him, too.-Mo.
NEY and provisions In abundance have
been sent TO the Tygart and Little
Kanawha food sufferers in this State.
-TaEsIDENT GAMBRILL, Of the G.
& o. canal, says a receiver must be
appointed. Is there are no bids for
the 100000 repair bonds.-MATT
KRAMER, Of Putnam county, this
State, claims to be the strongest man
in the world. His local paper says
he recently lifted, With the greatest
ease, q pedestal weighing 1900 lbs.
and held it above his head for several
seconds.-TBK city newspapers pub.
lish weekly lies about 80 many thou.
sand people being drowned by floods
in China.-MR. 8. L. LOOMS, the
man who predicted the result of the
census Of 1880 within $4,000 of the
actual figures, says that in 1910 tho
population OF this country will be
81. 100 600. and a hundred years
hence it will have reached the enor.
nous total of 9l5,079,642, 1t in
creases by one.third every ten years.
-PRINcEss LOUISE VICTORIA Al
ExANDRA DAGMAR, eldest daughter
of the Prince of Wales. and Alexan-
der William George, Earl OF Fife,
knight Of the Thistle, were married
IN London Saturday.-BUT little pro.
gress has been made in building new
vessels for the United States navy as
compared with the annual increase
In the British navy.--THE democrats
of the West regard Mr.. Cleveland as
the leader of the party.-ACTIHG
SECRETARY BATCHELLER, in a letter
to the collector of customs at Cape
Vincent, New York, in relation 10 the
enforcement Of the alien contract la.
Dor Law, says that the law docs not
prohibit aliens or foreigners from
vo Iuutary coming into lhis country
seeking for employment and contract
ing for work after their arrival here.
Two HUNDRED men of Wilson
county. Tenn, have banded together
for the purpose of driving from the
county Mormon elders and converts
who have broken up religious meet
ings and used insulting language
The democrats Of Delaware are
booming ex-Secretsry of State Bay
ard for the democratic nomination
for Governor Of that State.-SUPER-
IETEEDENT PORTER promises that the
manufacturing statistics of the next
census shall be free from the euspi.
cion Of favoIing any theory or class.
The Attorney General has decided
that Cinnamon, who are forbidden to
come 10 this country ty United
States laws may pass through our
territory on their way home.-Gov-
EBNoR LEE expresses perfect conf
dence in the ability of the democrats
10 carry Virginia.-THE latest esti-
mate shows that TammaDy controls
fifteen million dollars Of patronage IN
New York city and rules Supreme in
all but six Of the minor city departs
ments JOHN HArCu, a New York
laboring man, died Monday from the
fracture of his jaw by dentist Ia
pulling one Of his teeth.-ACcoRD-
mo TO the latest statistics, carefully
comDiIed bv the board of inouirv the