South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-05-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

va ~" sue NJ toiioue datueid gang,
was run over by train on the c. &
o. railroad near Charleston, this
sia'e. no Ddsy. and Instant, killed.
liz Patrick county, Virgiria, Dep
uty United States Mar, bal Hamilton
Woo'wine was seriously sbo. by n
young man named Joseph Staples on
Sunday iast.-THE machine shops at
Elkins, on the Davis railroad, are al.
most ready to begin the manufacture
OF cars, &c.-IN the House of Repre-.
sen'atives Friday, another republi
can, General HENDERSON. OF Iowa,
made a stand against the increase OF
tariff 6u' ies.-IN Warrington Satur
day. Miss Margaret Blsiue, daug er
OF SECRETARY OF State James G.
Blaine, was married TO mr. Walter
Damrosch. the musicisn.-Lieuten.
ant Commander VIM. II. Parker, U.
). Navy, has been sentenced to l8
months suspr nsion for being intoxi.
catsd.-IN Monroe county. this state,
Saturday, VIM. Became, q deputy U.
niied States marshal, was shot and
killed by Henry Egglestou. a co,s,a.
BILE, who was trying TO arrest him
Hon. J. O.. CARLISLE was elected
on last Monday by the demo-
cras of the Kentucky leg
stature United States Senator
AT Scottdale. Pa, Saturday, Grand
Master Workman Powderly. OF the
Knights of Labor, was indicted for
C nspiracy in defeating j. 8. Gala
han for the Senatorial nomination in
1888 and running his business.
Mckinley t2Iif bill is expected to
pass the House this week.-Conman,
der Bowman II. McAlla, of the u. s.
corvette Enterprise. has been sen.
fenced to three years suspension for
msltreat'ng seamen.-A PENSION b
been granted TO Quincy J. Drake.
late Ii, u. enant in the illinois Vo'.
un'e ers, who was crippled 10 rail-
road accident in 1865. FARMS are
dirt cheap IN Connecticut. The low-
est price yet recorded was RET ched last
Tuesdays when l65-acre farm, with
buildings thereon. brought only Sl65.
The revenue OF the city of Wheel.
ing for last year came within SIP,
coo Of being equal TO he entire re-
ceipts Of the state treasury for the
same period.-THE magnifcen. resi-
d, nee Of Stephen b. Elk,ns, contain
in, 90 rooms. at Elkins, this state. j.
nearing comple,ion.-DURINo j, Rate
on The tariff in the Hou Saturday,
Messrs. Wileon, IF this state, and
Bynum,. ofIndiana. declared that Mr..
Campbell, glass manufacturer OF
Pttteburg, had committed perjury in
an affi iavit pretending TO quo Q an
interview with them. "A wnman's
broken neck has been successfully
nended at Philadelphia hospital. -
IT is said that the remains of eX,
President Garfield a7e kept in bank
vault at Cleveland, Ohio. Owing to
u defect in the Indictment, ex state
treasurer A cher, OF Marylnn cannot
be convicted Of embczzlt ment.-rHE
firm Of Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co.,
book pub 'ishers, has hcen N rged in
to the american Book Company
PAUL LoUK was found F,iday bang
ing to a tree near Elkius, this state.
He is supp osed tn have been hung
fourteen days. HIS head was putrid
and almost eaten off by worms. Ii
was TO have been sn important wit
ness in q murder tria'.-AN electric |
typewriter is being constructed that
will write letters in New York rs
they are transmitted from Boston, aid |
vice versa, the communications being
Iran shifted simultaneously over four
separate wires.-THEY had wedding
cake five and twenty years cd at a
anniversary in NV York
The other day. 1t had b en- kept IN
stone js.s.-A BOY OILY nine Yeas |
OldtwIce attempted suicide in Pitts.
burg recently because OF remorse on
AccouDt Of drunkenness.-THE Gene
raj Assembly Of the Northern Preshy
terrain Church WAS in session at Sat-
atoga. N. Y, and tie Southern As
tembly at Ashevillc, n. G., during
.he past week 1T is thought that
here is nothing in the rumOr thai
The II chm1nd Term nal Co. will get |
control OF the Il. & Gov.
FLsXING has nominated j. w. 81. |
Clair and J. ID. Butt as worlds fair
70 umissioners.-IT IS stated in Chi
cngo that an effort will lie made, un.
Der the advice of Gen. Is. +. Butler,
TO obtain the Te!ease of the anarchists,
Fielden, Schwab and Neebe. on the
ground that rhe prisoners were no
taken before the supreme Court to
hear the affirmation of their eenten-
ces, which, it is claimed, is breach
Of their constitutional rights.-CoL.
b. +. Copy (Bufralo Bi'D has pur-
chased a house in Naples. Italy. once
owned by King acknowledgements
COUNTY, Pa. Is afflicted with the ar
my-worm pest.-GRIP is said TO be
almost as prevalent now In ooklyn,
n. Y, as il was last winter.-A MAN
opped dead in Spokane Falls.
Wash, the o'her day. while on hi'
way 10 the postofice to mail Q letter
to bis wife telling her he was WE'LL
A PRIVATE DINNER given at Delmon'
ico's in New York recently cost Sl6.-
900. The floral decora' IONS alone
cost $4,000 ENTERPRIsING FACTo.
REs up North arc turning out Con.
federale flags in great numbers for
use OF the Lee monument unvelling
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