South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-03-18
xrEAas OF NEWS.

A - s8t0 secretary Efklu8 0e-
clines to BE She Republican candi-
date for Governor Of this State.
Tammany. IL is said. does not
approve Of Senator HIPS Southern
trip.
At the request Of Cardinal Glib
bons. the Bishop Of Carthsgena
will send to the Worlds Fair ut
Chicago q church bell 7Ss years
old.
Secretary Blaine continues to inn
prove.
Representative Springer is now
considered practically out OF dan
ger.
Representative Mills expects to
resume his duties in the Capitol as
soon as the weather becomes settled.
He has recovered from his recent
illness.
In the municipal election I'm
Seattle. State of Washington, last
week j. Il. Roland, Democrat. was
elected mayor by 500 majority.
The Democrats elect nearly all 9TH
er officers. At the last State cleo.
ton Seattle gave 1900 Republican
majority.
Bishop Psret has ISSUE an ap-
peal for aid for the starving multi
tudes in Russia.
The postage stamp, it is stated,
will be 90 years ol. May G. It's
inventor wrs = printer. James
Chalmers. of Dundee. Its intro
duction into the United States
dates from 1871.
The Florida oranges sold now
are often inferior ONES Drowned ar
tific'alIy so as to appear like the
genuine article.
The number OF freight cars in
the United States is placed at about
0l5, 900, and the number of pas
scrgc- cars a 27,e00.
The Editorial Association of this
State W II meet in Charleston the
first Wednesday in May and con-
tinue IN session four days.
In the East West virginian is
called Southerner and down in
Mississippi they call us Yankees.
What are we anyhow?
There is a wel,-kown man #
something like fiftv-two years OF age
in New Haven, Conn, who never
knew what tobacco smoke was like
until he had passed his forty filth
year Now he us"s 200 cigars q
month on an average.
Major Isaiah Buck, sg,d % died
at b rkeley Springs last Thursday.
The Taylor Hotel in Winchester
has changed hands. and hereafter
is to be known as Hotel Michigan.
The large comet just discovered
through the big telescope at the
Warner Observatory can be plain
ly seen with an opera glass. 1t is
In the constellation of Saggiiariue,
right ascension 10 hours SO min
utes, declension south 81 degrees
90 minu' es.
The Bl zzard last week was very
severe In many northern and western
States, many persons were frozen
and much property was damaged by
the violent winds.
A convention has been conclude
between the Postmaster General of
the United States on the one hand
and the authorities of the Austro-
Hungarian monarchy on the other,
for the exchange OF money orders
between the latter country and the
United States.
e. r., Stewart, of Morgantown,
has received the appointment of
cadet at the West Point Military
Academy from the second district
Of this State.
Judge ID B. Lucas has decided
that he Will not be candidate for
denomination for the West Virginia
supreme Court OF Appeals.
DR.. John III. Tate, an eminent
physician of Cincinnati, died re
Gently. He was q native OF Jeffer-
son county. this State.
The family Bib'e of George
Washington's mother, now owned
by Mrs. Lewis Washington, of
Charles Town, has been loaned for
exhibition at Mount Vernon. 1t
has a cover of home-spun cloth put
on it by its original owner. The
book is wonderfully preserved for
its age, and all Of its pages are still
intact, except the first five or six,
that were torn out and placed in
the cornerstone of the Mary
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