South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-05-13

Wuctmtukty III I8vOr Oh Inc pre8l"
Dental candidacy Of Mr.. Cleveland.
Mr.. Walter N. Haldeman, pro-
prietor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, has come out squarelY for
Grover Cleveland. He says he il
convinced that Cleveland is the
man to nominate.
Twelve democratic county con-
ventions were held in Tennessee
last week and in every one strong
instructions for Cleveland were
given.
The General Conference nj the
Methodist Church met in q naaa,
Nebraska on the End, inst.
Six inches of snow fell at Fort
Robinson, Nebraska, last Sunday.
The trial OF DR. Garrison at
Wheeling was brought to an end
Saturday night by the disagreement
Of the jurors although they had
been out over fifty hours.
The Monroe County, this State,
Democratic Convention ms ruct..d
for Cleveland for President, and
strongly Endorsed Hon. Chas. j..
Faulkner for re election to tho
United States Senate.
The State convention to choose
delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention at Minneapolis
assembled at Mar insb,rg lsst
Thursday and it is sail, was one OK
the largest conventions ever he'll
in the State. Editor q. B. Hart,
OF the Whe ..ling Intcll gencer, was
chosen as one of the delegates.
The flimsy pap,r called tissue
paper was originally made to place
between tissue, cloth Of gold or
silver, to prevent its fraying 0. tar
nishing when folded.
A cyclone. or q series of them,
swept over Northwestern Missouri,
Kansas and Oklahoma last week,
causing great loss of life, the Sc
rious injury of scores of persons
and immense property loss.
California Republicans indorsed
Harrison's administration, eulogiz-
ed Blaine and elected an unin-
structed delegation.
Tho 1900 employees OF the Roa-
noke Va, Machine Works were
shut down Wednesday In order to
allow the employees to attend the
circus and Mr.. Sam Jones' meeting.
The fl bod in the Illinois Valley
is the greatest in twenty five years.
1t is said that more money is
spent for eggs than for flour in the
United States.
1t is stated that American tour
lists to Italy annu slly spend there
s35. 900. 900 in gold.
The Idaho Republican State
Convention at Pocatello, Idaho,
adopted strong Blaine plank, but
made no mention of President liar
rison. The platform declares In
favor of free silver. Every men,
ton OF the name of Blaine was
cheered.
The Wisconsin Democrats were
wildly enthusiastic for Grover
Cleveland and tariff reform. Their
convention was businesslike and
very harmonious.
Rev. J. II. Boyd, ID. D., pastor
OF Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal
Church South, of Baltimore, has
accepted an invitation to deliver the
literary address, June IS, ut the
commencement of the Valley Fo<
male College, Winchester, Va.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day OF last week while this section
was visited by intense heat. South
Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota
wero having binding snow storms.
Rev. j. W. Lambutb, ID. d., one
OF the oldest missionaries of the
Methodist Church, South, died at
Kobe, Japan, recently. lie has
been a missionary in China and
Japan since 1854.
Rev. DIR. r. T. Davis, who for a
number OF years had been rector of
st. James Episcopal Church at
Lcesburg, died at his home in that
town Tuesday Of last week.
Governor Brown, OF Georgia.
wears a pair OF cuff links made of
brass buttons cut from Confeder-
ate soldiers coat.
China, with all her 400, 900, 900
people, has only forty miles of rail-
road.
The Democrats Of Winchester.
Va, unanimously instructed She
delegates to the State convention
in favor Of Cleveland.
The Democratic Convention of
Vermont, at Montpelier. Thurs
day, approved Mr.. Cleveland's adj
ministration, but did not pledge
the delegates to Chicago to vote for
any candidate. Tho resolutions
express determination to renew the
fight for tariff reform and oppose