South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-11-21

Robert KIDD, aged lie years, died
ut San Antonio. Texas, saturday.
Fire In San Francisco. CAL, de-
stroyed property worth $500, 900.
A monument TO Confederats sol.
diers 10 to be erected at Pensacola,
Fla,
The census Office has decided to
make no recount ofpopuls,ion In any
city.
Miss Lizzie Smith died at Easlford,
Conn. after having been in bed SIS
years.
1t 10 estimated that sc. 900 piano.
fortes are manufac tured every year in
London.
Professor Koch, OF Berlin, Prussia,
claims to have discovered q cure for
consumption.
A woman in Whitehall, Pa, Claims
to have lived 2l8 consecutive day.
without eating.
John Scntti, inventor of the loco
motive cab, died suddenly in Balti.
more last week.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter OF
Masons OF West Virginia was In ses :
sion at Charleston last week.
The venerable historian, Gsorgs
Bancroft. has been compelled by the
irnrmities OF sse. to give up literary
work.
There are about 1900 600, 900 in.
habitan,s on the globe. and there are
3,064 languages and oyer 1880 re.
ligions.
Indiana now lays claim 20 the
heaviest man 10 the person or &
Hoosie: who tips the scale at 907
pounds.
Buffalo Bills Indians arrived a,
Philadelphia Friday and the char &c
that they have been iil.treated will be
invest gated.
The Brooklyn Eagle advises Gov
Hill 10 take the United States Sena.
torship and stand aside for Cleveland
for President.
A school boy in Vienna who found
great difficulty In mastering tue third
deciension of latin grammar ki led
himself in despair.
A poplar tree recently cut in Brax
ton equity this state, yielded Eve H.
foot logs from the trunk, each log
measuring Eve feet In diameter.
Postmaster Burbank, OF Lowell,
Mass, has detained q large number Of
Canadian papers containing advsr.
tisements Of the Louisiana lottery.
The remains OF the late Major.
General Croox were removed last
week from Oakland, 3D., to Wash
ington for intcrment at Arlington.
Gen. Benjamin +. Butler lie en-
gsged in writing his autobiography a,
his hons In Boston. He denies that
one chapter will DO headed Spoons"
1t is thought in Ne~ York that
Gov. Hill will ALLOW himself 10 slide
into the United States Senatorship as
an acquiescence TO the voice of the
people,"
Statistics show shat about Is per
cent OF all railway accidents in the
United States arising from derail-
ment are caused by defective frogs
and switches.
abe Martinsburg StGfesmon learns
that . great many mechanics are
leaving the b. d o. shop. in that city
on account Of the low wages paid by
The compsny.
Farmers Alliance men are said to
De indignant at the reported expec: q.
ton OF SenatOT Ingalls, that Alliance
members of the Kansas legislature
will vote for bic reelection.
1t is reported that efforts will be
made to keep Representative Breck-
inridge. of Arkansas. out OF HE seat
In the present Congress, to which
he has just been reelected.
The national debt statement shows
that the reduction OF the public debt
during the month Of Oe,o5s amount
cd TO $3,66S,0l2 78. Total cash In
The treusury 1851 sic. 4sO IS.
Think of living for 81 years as the
guest OF the Same hotel. That il the
record made by . boarder in the New
York 9th Avenue Hotel, who has
been there continuously since August
q, 1889.
The October Bulletin OF the Boston
Public Library 9ivss . heliotype fac.
smile OF the famous letter OF Colum-
bus. which had the hrst Information
Columbus gave concerning his great
discovery.
Some postOfflcs clerks have beeu
dismissed in New York for not con-
trIbuting 10 campaign funds spd some
letter carriers are charged With being
in oollusion with green gooIsd
sWindleFs.
The official CANVASS OF the ninth |
district Of Michigan shows Ibe cleo.
tiOl Of II. H. Wheeler, Democrat, TO |
Congress in place Of B. ~. Cutchson. |
Republican, ss previously reported.
hr. WheeieF's plurality Is 40.
Clifford On. H. will vote on en- ar
tIcls providing The repayment 20 its
citizens OF such sums Of money as
they paid ont IN furnishing substi.
tutes who went TO Gil the quota from
Clifford 10 the var Of the rebellion.
The Gath annual report Of the b &
0. Railroad Compnny's operations
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