South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-04-17
ITEMS OF NEWS.

Towns along the g. d o. Canal are
being flooded with Italians.
The outlook so far. In Maryland is
for an enormous peach crop.
A fine new hotel 10 DOW being built
at Eikins on the Wcst Va, Central
r. X.
The Masons OF Salem, Roanoke
county. vs.. will erect q temple TO
cost 100000.
Judge j. N. jackson has teen sp.
pointed Judge OF the new Criminal
Court OF Wood county.
Gov. Fleming has appointed Char
les L. Eagan, OF Marion Co. to be
State Librarian.
Mrs. Tom Thumb and her com
pany OF midgets gave an entertain
ment in Winchester recently.
p. T. Barnum, the greatest chow
man the world ever knew, died last
week at The age of "a years.
A dispatch to Halifax from Kings
Cove SAYS 200 families are in q state
Of starvation,
The police com miasionera Of Roa-
noke fined policeman $50 for tax
ing drink Of whiskey willis. on
duty.
The jury in the case Of Charfss T..
Kincaid. chsrged with the murder of
ex.Congressman William p. Taulhee
rendered verdict OF not guilty.
Bishop A. w. Wilson, of The Meth.
odist Episcopal Church South. has
arrived home. having completed his
third tour around the world.
Count Lewenhaopt who was mar.
tied to the daughter Of Secretary
Bayard April End, died suddenly
last Monday in Wilmington, Della.
ware.
TbesSypreme Court Of Appeals OF
West, Virginia, for some weeks pas
in session at Charleston, adjourned
last week TO meet in Wheeling
June 4th.
Gen. Albert Pike. veteran grand
com mander OF the Scottish Rite OF
Freemasonry and the chief of the
Royal Order OF Scotland for THIS
country is dead
r. f. Lee Camp Of Confederate
Veterans, OF Richmoni, Va, recon.
mends April 26 as day on which to
commemorate the memory of Gen.
Joseph e. Johnston.
Three children OF W. Fl, WALKER.
of Carlyle. Ills., got hold OF some
poke root while PLAYING and ate it
one is dead, the other two are like.
ly to die.
Chicago suffered one of the most
destructive conflagrations last Sun
day that has occurred there since the
big fire of 1871. The loss is said to be
100000.
John McNamee of Mar,insburo, q
night car examiner OF the B. & o. in
whose employ he had been for IS
years was struck by train last Sat.
urday morning and killed,
Maj. II. Kyd Douglass, one of the
leading lawyers of Western Mary
land and resident Of Hagerstown>
has been appointed Judge to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Syes,er.
The work OF repairing the Chesa.
peake and Ohio Canal is going on
vigorously. Large numbers of men
are employed and every effort is be.
ing made 10 put the line in good nav.
igable order as promptly as possible.
The severest hailstorm in ten years
ragged at Springfield, Missouri, las,
Friday, windows and glass doors were
broken by the hundreds and persons
exposed received severe bruises. The
damage in estimated at $4,000.
PArkersburg has been republican
city but the democrats made a clean
sweep there Tuesday electing thei-
candidate for Mayor, Fl. S. Wilson,
and three out Of four councilmen by
msjoritios ranging from 40 TO 500.
1t is said that gold has bean going
ing to Germany for come time, aud l.
Is to be noted that the statement OF tie
Imperial German Bank shows an In.
crease OF 1900 900 marks, or over
100000 in specie for the week.
The first week of OF the free sugar
trade amounted TO the remarkable
business Of 100000 barrels. II is
said the statement Of the Sugar Re-
iineries Company will show net pros
fits Of over 100000 for the month.
Rev. Dr. George w. Carer has
been elected to succeed the late DR..
Edwards 81 pastor Of the Court Street
Methodist Church, Of Lyochburg un-
till Che next meeting of the annual
conference Of the church, which takes
place in November.
So many were the funerals in
Brooklyn last Sunday, resulting from
the grip, that the bearses of that city.
though oil busy and some doing dou
bic duty, were insufficient and MANY
from New York city we're cent over
to Brooklyn TO meet The emergency.
Gen. John II. Cooke 5ied in Rich
mond last week. lie was native of
Missouri, came TO Virginia during the
var as colonel Of a North Carolina
regiment, and has resided there since.
His sister married Gen, J. e. B.
Stuart, the famous Confederate cav
alryman.
Tho cy;r,o T.. lit a. -.