South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-10-24

"any Japanese arc eul8tat1c& 70
Mexico.
Potatoes are so large ia Maine that
100 OF them make barrel.
Over 1900 bills were introduced
Ia Congress during the past scssiou.
An electric stree, railway is about
to be constructed in Cumberland.
Md.
Whom the Dupont Powder Mill sc
Wiinir g'on. Del. blew up the shock
was felt 80 miles.
There are So. 944 pensioners Of tho
U. 5. government. and over half .
million claims pendlng. as'E~
In Maryland express companies ara
liable t, q fine Of $1,000 Tor bringing
lottery tickets for sslo into the State.
A shrewd old philosopher Gays
People get so we'll acqusiutet1 With
their own faults that they don't mind
their existence
The British government will spend
1000. 900 building railroad in Ire.
land n order TO give destitute men
40 opportunity tc make living.
South Carolina Republicans talk Qf
attempting a combination with Dem
ocratic straighouts against Tiilman
the Alliance candidate for Governo !
Judge Thurman was az years old
Monday on which occasion be was
given banquet By his friends at Coz
lumbus, o. Ex-President Cleveland
was present.
Air ships composed almost entirely
OF aluminium. it is said wilt be naadd
by Chicago syndicate TO transport
mail and passengers at wonderful
rate of speed.
Gold quartz has been found 10
large quantities near Saratoga Cor-
bon county. Wyoming. which, Il il
said, will yield $1,000 TO Che ton.
Great excitement prevails.
The General Conferences OF the
Norman church has issued an order
prohibiting the practice of polygamv
10y its members. This action Is
thought to be q mere political trick.
Robert Carr, ex. President OF our
S,a'e Senate, was shot at by seam =
boat captain with whom he got into
fig5t at Charleston Friday, but was.
not hit. Carr was fined by q Justice
of the peace.
Wardens and keepers say that az
rule 20 year prisoners don't survive
their terms, and that as a rule aleo
they are the best behaved men In
their charge.
Several japanese editors have been
sentenced to four years imprisone
ment with bard labor for speaking
disrespectfully of the Emperor Jimmu,
who. il he ever existed, lived about
600 years ago.
The Austrian newspapers are full
OF angry articles on the new Amerir
can tariff, which received more downs
right abuse than genuine criticism, and
the government is trying 10 allsy the
excitement over the measure.
In Salem Roanoke county, va.
in IL months, 3lS houses of all kinds
have bsen built or 10 the course OF
erection, including 2l1 residences, 68
buildings for stores offices and @: her
buoibCoS puipOScS1 uhu % tut faflOuf
manufacturing enterprises.
The total number of stare Of which
some Knowledge may be obtained by
the optical appliances now available
according - Professor Lockyer, is
from forty to fifty millions. OF
these only about 6 900 are visible to
the naked eye, equally divided be-
tween the two hemispheree.
Six bucketsful Of human fragments.
all that could be found OF the bodies
OF elk men killed by the explosion at
DupoDt's Powder Mil near Whining
ton, Del, Tuesday, we're buried Sas.
urday. One of the pieces was hand
which fell at the feet Of farmer at
work 10 his field two miles from the
exploded mill.
Chinese advices state that there has
been great gambling in silver ct Hong
Kong, and the Hong Kong and Shangs
hai Bank Is said toshave made mils
lions ont Of the deal by buying Mexi.
can dollars at 81 cents before ths silver
bill passed the United States Congress
and selling them at 95 cents after the
bill became O Law.