South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-08-01
OF THE WEEK.

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q quarter OF million carrier pigeons
trained for wa purposes.-A brutal
German sub lieutenant stood sword
Ia hand over o private soldier anil
compelled him 10 hold his hsnd in
boiling water over fire under the
pretense that it Was the doctors or
der 10 remove . confusion. The
hand was ruined and the man Grip
plesi for life. He has been invalided
and given . pension Of % 25 pet
month. The inhumsn officer ives
sent TO prison for two months.
republicans OF Nebraska have nomi-
mattel L. ID Richards for Governor.
- An Italian named Lima, los years
old. is eaid to be the only survivor OF
Napoleon's Grand Army. -NEsoTIA
TIoNs between Secretary Of War
Blaine and the British minister over
the Behriug Sea matter are said to
be sill in progress. 1, IL not thought
that there is any probability Of COLI.
sion between United States revenue
vessels and British warships in the
sea. THE proposition TO boycott
northern business centres on account
of the force bill is not favorablv re
garded by the business men cf R'ch-
mond. Baltimore, Rev Orleans kni
many other southern citiee. The
reason given is that northern manu-
facturers, il their goods are refused a
market in the South, would withdraw
their capital from investment in that
section. and thus retard materially IL 8
deveiopment.-THE Wisconsin nrohi.
hilton convention last week nomiua.
ted DR.. Alexa1dre for Governor
ONE OF the most difficult problems
WI b which many scientists are a,
present engaged, is to make bread
from wood. 1t is said that il can be
done.-I'HE Norwegian national as.
sembly has voted 100000 kroner for
a fresh expedition 10 the North Pole
under the guidance of FIRTH, Nansen.
AN ice berg four miles long and
standing eighty feet gu. OF water was
seen Off the Newfoundland coast in
the Atlantic ocean few DAYS ago
The use OF electricity is offered TO
the lion tanner in the form of a light
wand with an insulating grip for the
hand, connected by flexible wire
with ba terry, Of which the power
can be varied at will. An experi
ment with tbs apparatus, recently
made. proved very satisfactory
Tue New York World says that II.
G.. Davis and his son-in-law, S,ephen
b. ElkinsJ have between $50 OOO. 600
and $4,000. 900 invested in this
sta,e.-THE West Virginia Central
Railroad has detern ined to extend i's
line southwark to Beverly.-THE ne y
constitution OF Brazil closely resem-
bles that Of the United States. otter
which it was modelled. the
black bass in the Juniata river, i'm
Pennsylvania, are dying. Thousa eds
OF them are seen floating on the sur
face OF he stream, or piled up in
drifts along its banks. Some have
been found that weighed az much "a
eight pounds.-THE extraord nary
fea, OF telephoning between St. Pc
tersburg and Boulogne. distance of
2.465 miles. was recently accomplish
ed.-TnE widows nj Gems. George
b. Mcclellan and John -. Fremont
will probably he pen<ionod at tue rate
OF $4,000 a yeaI.-A collector of Gu
riosities at Bombay haa in his collec.
ton Chinese god marked 'heathen
IDOL and Mex 10 IL gold piece Ia
beled Christian idol.'-MANY cen.u-
enumcTa'ors in different parts of the
country have been ordeiei 10 10
their work over again. and some have
been prosccu'eI for not taking the
enumeration az The law 7, quired it 10
be done.-THE House Of Represent.
atives on Friday passed The original
package bill, giving each state and
territory of the Union control over
the sale Of intoxicating liquor within
its borders. This bill, if IL become a
law, will nullify recent decision of
the Supreme Court of the United
; tates.-KNowING politicians say
there is good prospect OF California,
Idaho and Montana going democratic
at the next election. -PENNsYLyA.
MA was the FIRST state TO send In com.
p etc census reiurns.-MRs. GRoyER
CLEVELAND has $4,000 worth of
diamonds.- HONESTY never has 10
crowd anybody to &c, room 10 make
a Iiving.-IT is thought that Con.
gress will not adjourn before Octo.
Der. and perhaps not lhen.--GENER,
AL LoNGsTEEET is said TO be writing
a history Of tue late unpleasanlncss.'
THE 20th anniversary ofa wedding
Is never celebrated. 1t is consid cred
very unluckY to do so.-NEeRoEs of
all ages are going 10 SCHOOL at Means.
viIlo, Ga. Que negro woman, as
years DID, goes and carries her cbII-
dren, and negro man, 8 . years old
attends school, and is IN his A BC's.
HARMS, who weighed eco
pounds, died at Tuscoms, Illinois, on
Monday SENATOR FAULKNER GAYS
that both the force and tar ff bills will
probably pass.-S superintendent Por.
ter began paying Off census enumcra.
tors Friday.-OF the INN grants
that come TO this country, 20 per
ceDt. 60 to the NortbWest.-IT is
said that from six TO seven-eiehlhs
OF all the manufacturing capital Of
tie United States, or six thousand
millions OF dollars. Ia directly or in