South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-08-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK

--ASoEL & DAZZLING Is tic name O (
= real estate firm 10 Oak, PRS
TEST BAEEIsoN weighs l93 pounds.
AR the close ~ service n a church
al Fort DodLe, Iowa, sunday. the
congrega'iou stuck last 10 The newly.
Vanished pows, and hal nsiderab,e
trouble In Citing away. A woNAS
ui Allentown. Pa, clnims 10 have
tasted 10 days. - SCHEME is or
loot o get 'he ne2roes of this coun-
try 10 em'grate 10 Mexico. REPuD
LIcANs 10 Coz gross ave said 10 he
iukeSarm IN their attitude towards
the adi"inistratiou' = suti-iottcry fght
- FTorTs are m king To get up
fight betWeen John l.. Su Ivan and
Peter jackson TO- $50. OO0 and the
I chamDlnnslip Of the world THE
An tra'inn government he's tnerei
/ Sl25 OG0 10 anyone will inyen, n
cont'ivauce q a. will rid that country
o. rabbhs.-TuE Senate substitu g
7 for the fedora; election bill WIS re-.
I ported TO The S'nate Saturday. 1t
omi's some of the most Objectionable
features Of the Lodge bill.-THE
/ Gcoroii democratic convention met
/ at Atlanta last week and nomina, ed
w j Northern for GovernorSnd y
full state ticket MoNTANA Ieads all
other states and territories in the val.
ne OF her mineral products. which last
year amounted TO Si4O00O00.-
| HINTON, this state. boasts cOlorsd
tripl IS, mau AMI his two sisters, who
are all over 100 years li.-THE
Louisiana Alliance has declared a.
gainst the lottery.-A RAILROAD was
last week destroyed in China by n
mob OF peasants and soldiers, and the
government made no effort to inter.
iere with the work OF destruction.
There has always been a great pref
udicc in that country against rail.
roads.-A MAN fell into the harbor
at baltimore Friday and STAYED un,
der the water five minutes, but waa
finally brought back 10 life.-THE
popu alton ot Pennsylvania is 1892.
OOO.-IHE Indebtedness oe the states
has a. creased SIS 100000 since 1880.
-"nE new land sessrneht in VIr.
giria shows falling off IN value In
eight Of tho hest agricultural counties
OF 1880 5S6.-NEw York real cs.
tate has grown in value s66 900, 900
during the past year. The Pfesi-
dent has signed the original pack age
bill, which gives the states control
Il the liquor traffic within their bcrs
ders. -IHE stock Of tie Louisiana
Lottery Co has fallen from $1,000
10 $500 per share -Tnn exc dus Of
Jews from Rus Ia hes begun. They
are going TO Brsz and the settled
parts cf A frica.-A RAILROAD is To
he built across the Sahara desert in
Africa; 81 least. 50 European dis
ia, chcs say .-THE population of the
state of Maine has decreased more
than 1000 since 1880 IL il now
CIT ,d2O.-THE snake. killers of Mere
Ger county. Missouri, will hold a re-
ulion this fGl. The mIn who tells
he biggest snake lie gets dem. john
OF whisky.-IHE first electrical exc.
cution In the history o. the world &C
cured in New York city on We'd.
nesday of last week, when WIN
hcmmler, q murderer, was shocked
to death. He died instantly AMI apr
paren'ly without rain.-A Russian
has just died in ST. Petersburg at the
age Of los, after having gOue TO bed
drunk every blessed uight for the last
eighty ycars.-lT is believed that
Dako' a W cat will not average ID re
than > bushels to the acte,-Tug
lami oil Gen. Grant are opposed TO
the proposed removal of The Generals
remains from Riverside Park in New
\ OK - " Washing ton. WHlTE CAPS
whipped man AZ Maiden, this state,
Monday, aud warned him to mend his
wsys. The democrats in the House
are said TO have discovered a means Of
| hI.bls,cring ~ means Of dem lndng
roll ca.Is.-lHE Iepubi.c-ns in Con-
gross argue that the present great az
ncGlLural depression is due to the
fact that farmers nowadays intrusl
their business 10 hired help instead
Of attending 10 il tbense yos.-A
MAN weighing 800 pounds fell over,
board from steemet in Chesapeake
Day Sunday, but he was SD fat from
beer drinking that he could not sink
and lated On top Of tile wafer until
10 vas picked up by boat sent to
his resCuc.-TuEEE are only three
members OF Congress who will not
acknowledge that they never s,ole
watetmeIcns, -IT is proposed to hold
a southern exposition in Richmond,
/ Va, ncxt ycar.-A STATE CONyEN.
ITIoS OF the negroes Of Alabama de.
nuuuccd tic force bill as unnecessary
ard likely 10 cause the expulsion or
/ determination Of their rsce i'm the
I South New York syndicate pro
OsCs 10 get Tie LcgtoCs If this cOun.
tryt1 CRATE 20 Mexico, where they
/ sill be lut TO raising COGCo-G. W.
| ArKINsCH, y mo occupies the stolen
scat &C Congressman PoatlOoa, Of
The FIRST district Of tbs state. dCulares
cmpHaucai'y tia, be will in 10 case
te candidate 'O- denomination. - Is
/ Now York, children ullcr lG years
Iol a-e are not allowed to smoke in
. public p.cces.-SONE Of the Com
. grcssmcn la'cly defeated Tor rcnOmi,
ua.iCn are donOurci0g the Farmers
. Aiilrcc for smashing their chances.
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- inches iu a.rpur. terence -A lac.