South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-12-12
ITEMS OF NEWS.

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Tho national debt decreased &C..
l3O,6l9 10 Novcmbe-.
DIR. ]. III. Baxter. surgeon general
OF the army. died Fiiday morning.
Great dssti, uiion prevails among
farmers In different parts ofNebrasks.
Five thousand new postoffices were
established In this country last year.
Henry III. Stanley the African ex-
plorer, lecturej in Baltimore Thurs.
day.
Candidates for the speakership OF
The rext Hoxse are already actively
at work.
A lady in Washington 10 ssi,l to he
studying i've foreign Languages sim.
ultsneously.
Seven hundred million oranges are
imported every year fr I'm Europe TO
this country.
There are over ten species of wild
bees in Brazil, the greater number OF
which produce honey.
The Grand Lodge of Good Temp
lara of Virginia concluded its annual
session At Alexandtia.
The new assessment In Richmond
VIII show nd increase OF over $4,000.
OOC in taxable value.
A canary has learned TO ar,icuiate
%weet, pretty boy the constantly re-
peated address Of It's mistress.
The French government refuses to
allow the Importation OF Prof. Koch's
consumption cure into France.
Gen. ST. Clair OF this State has
been appointed member of the con
troll Of The Chicago Worlds fair.
Silver men are dissatisfied with the
practical operation of tho new silver
bill and talk OF more legislation.
A black bear weighing 200 pounds
Was killed on Massanutton mountain.
in Page county. Virginia, last week.
Republican extremists in Congress
criticize the Farmers Allisnce for
passing the an,i.force bill resolu-
lions.
Secretary Nob'e has announced a
plan for aiding claimants to secure
pensions without the help of at,or.
neys.
Thsre we're over 10000 registered
women voters IN Boston in 1888 over
10000 in 1889, and less than 5000
in 1890.
A man near Sedalis, Mo-, Is doing
a good business rsising owls. He
hnds ready market for them among
saloon keepers.
Senator Frye snd other New Eng.
!anders are in favor of pushing
through the force bill and other oh.
noxious measures.
The Bodily Wagon Company, Of
Wheeling, will remove it's plant 10
Stsuuton, Va. l. will give employ.
nent 10 $50 men.
The tariff reform victories will he
celebrated in New York by a banquet
at which Mr.. Cleveland will be the
principal speaker.
The Federal election bill is making
slow progress in the Senate and there
is talk OF Republican revolt sgaius.
Dir. Hoar's dictation.
Bsllimore's last bank failure, as
the american boasts, was in 1887
-33 years ago. No city In the
country has such = record as that.
The Washington and Western and
Shenandoah Valley Railroads have
been consolidated under the name of
the Shenandoah Railroad Company.
An old wooden sta ne CT George
Washington, fully ten fec, high, mas
come TO light in New York. Il is
discovered that it used to stand in
Battery Park.
Fire works were not known to an
tiquity. They ara a modern invsn-
zion. IT ever the ancicnis employed
fires at their festivals IL was oily for
religious purposes.
A dispatch from Hutchinson, Kan.
sas, says Jay Gould has bought the
extensive works OF the HUI chins IN
Salt Co, which plant is said to be the
largest in the United States.
A new underground electric rail-
way system was tested 81 Roanoke
Thursday and proved successful.
/ ANiCOhAlOtJ 10 bt8ubuibebu uuuBE-
ground by the Trolley system.
There is no surplus and no deficit
In the Imperial Treasury OF Ger.
many. The receipts and expendi,
lures OF the fscal year balance at
1.134,40l ,942 marks or about $685.
$4,000.
President Ilarrison's message is
generally regarded As the weakest
document Of the kind that ever
emanated from the White House.
As the politicians say Of it, 'there is
nothing Ia It,
II is stated that an immense con-
Germ for the manufacture Of salt, soda,
ash, bfomine and other chemicals 10
TO be started near Charleston. The
company has $500 900 capital aud
will employ 1000 men.
Teddie Goodwin, SIX years old, Of
Camelia, Ga, is a little hero. The
gown OF bis two-year old slater
caught Gre, and, With commondable
presence of mind. he tore of his jack
ct and smothered the flames.
An old elm tree In The academy