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

pha &c in co dsmDalion OF tie rs.
tional election dill .-THE repnbii-
cans % Ncr.h Dakota hove n ui4a-
ted A II. Burke for Guvernor.-.J.
II. Tess. OF Nedsryville. In Llama. vas
struck by lightning few days ago,
every bone in Lis body being broken.
Downey Knots, seated in the same
wagon beside him, escaped unhurt.
and so did the horses Fess was dri.
wing. but dog trotting under the
wagon was killed.-TuE President ~
the Argentine Republic. Sou,h Amer,
lea, has issued a manifesto TO tie
people OF that country in which he
attributes the recent insurrection in
Buenos Ayres, 10 which one thou aud
persons were killed and several thou
SAND more were W unded, to the am
bltion OF local party at the CAPT, nj
OF the state that wished to impose it,
SELF on the whole republic.-A PLAN
TER 10 Alphare;ta, Georgia, has an
acre OF cotton, every stalk of which
is OF deep red color, leaf. boil and
bloom. This novel crop is the prod
uct ut seed derived three years ago
from two stalks OF red cotton found
IN cotton field. There is a fortune
In this new variety If IL can he perpe.
:uated.-A MAN was brought 10 the
hospital ut Esstburu. London, who
had driven four nails into his head
three or four inches deep. He suff-
cred from severe headache and took
That means TO cure It. The nails
we're extracted with d;ficultv.-AN
attempt 10 making to limit debate in
the Senate, ~ has been done in the
House Glass BOTTLES will soon
be made by mschinery.-So much
snow has fallen in Switzerland this
summer that It has put Q stop to
mountain elimbing.-A BIRMrN oHAM
NAN While under tie influence OF
drink Knocked Off bis great toe with
hammer, imagining that he was cut.
ting bis throat with a carving knife.
XIV. I. PRroR, father Of General
Roger A. Pryor. died ct Eottowa
Court House, Vs.-EIaHr contract
miners, destined for Pennsylvania.
have been detained nv custom house
Authorities at New York under the
U. q. law prohibiting the importa-
lloD OF foreign labor FRANCE has
rs millionaires, and the receipts and
expenditures Of her government are
nearly double those OF ours. -RscsNr
Investigations in Indian prisons have
revealed curious physiological con.
dition induced by thieves for the pur-
pose OF eecreting valuables. They
allow heavy lead bullet to s'ida
down the throat. and keep i, in posi-
ION for half an hour at a time. In
aOou' a year pouch is formed. into
which anything small may be thrust
without interfering with speech OF
breath. At present there are in Cal
cu.ta jail 20 prisoners with these
throat-pouchos.--A CLERGYMAN at
Charlotte, N. c., wears undoub,cd
INC largest shoe in this country. The
SIZE is 81, ana each shoe is 2OxS in
ches. - lie poor man can always oct
prompt just &C when he is to he pun
ished.-JUsT $50. 90 women nre mar.
ried ye1rly In Eug'And.-Ir is now
said that 2,l87 persons persisted in
the Johnstowu hIod, and that 200
bodies sill remain 10 be found ONE
hundred years a20-Fridlv the first
mechanical rn'cut vas i,sued by The
Governmen'. 1T w5s granted 10
Samuel Hopkins foi making rot and
pearl ashes. The total number of
patents issuel dating The century
past 433, l52.-Tne sentiment in tie
province Of Qle'eo. Canaia, is
strongly in favor o. annexation to
the Uni'cd S a'es-IHr vAul, in
New York city in which Cen. Chants
remrins rest stands ricat ngsiIst
stabe.-tHE farmers alliance in
Mic lSHn has nominated ir!. safe
TICKET Loaded by l.. Bedding for Gov
ernor.-lr is laid that the Standard
Oil Company is going to start q daily
paper in New York THERE are six
farmers in the Senate and 80 in the
douse.-THI5 is the season of the
year when rural correspondents, re-
porting the burning Of ice.bouses,
say that five hundred tons OF ice were
reduced TO asbes.'-THE Oldest rail-
road conductor in the United States
is Richard Coughlin, OF Paterson, N.
j., aged 80 RUSSIA has ordered the
application OF the edicts of 1882 A.
gainst Hebrews, and it is thought
that under them over million lie.
brews will be expelled from the
country. They will probably come
to the United States.-GOvERNoR
MCKINNEY. OF Virginia, pronounces
the force bill unnecessary. uncalled.
for and unconstitutional, but says
Virginia IL opposed to any system of |
boycOtting.-MRs. GARFIELD is rich.
besides having 5000 year ss the
widow Of 9 President.-Assi stant
Postmaster. General Clarkson has re-.
signed General Master Workman
PoWderly, OF the Knights Of Labor, is !
strongly opposed 70 the force bill -
Mrs. Sarah 81. Cooper. widow Of Ad.
ju' ant-General Samuel Cooper, Of
The Confederate army, and sister of
the late Hon. James VI. Mason, Con.
Tolerate minister 70 England, died At
Alexandria, Va. SAiurday.-TnF
longest day Of the year has 10 b5urs
ct -. Petersburg. l6t hours at Lon.
don. ; hours at New York, and 81
months at SpiIzbergen.-Ex Gov. +.
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