South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1896-07-30

Mr.. e. W. Hutchins, Of the millinery nrn Of
Osborne, Hutehins & Hunt, OF Cineinnsti,
died IN his bea tn on a sleeping car On the
Cincinnati, HamiIton and Da, ton train near
TcIedo.-Frank Cunningham, Me-. Sylves
tor Long and Mrs. Daisy Long. Of West vir-
ginta, were drowned while ying to cros<
the Ohio In she'll. The current Was se
strong that IL carried them under snagboat
An explosion OF gas occurred at West
Bear Ridge colliery. Ashland, Pa, INSTANTLY
killing William Quinn. fire boss. aged thirty.
three years, and Michael Bazzle, single. ngeJ
twenty tn 60 yeats. To foreign Lahore. .
were also inju ed.--Edwa. d NJ Clark and
Harry Sanford lost thci- lives crossing tn.
Colo ado dese:t---wiIiiam Carr. affected
with religious mania, committe::d suicide Mt
his home in Passaic, n, j.
The striking tatlors OF New York city held
meetings and decided to ignore any attempt
to compromise. Twenty thousand people
are now idle on account OF the s;rike.--
Roach and Hutchinson. young desperators
who escaped from the reformatory at Hunt
ingdoD, Pa, are giving the authorities a
lively chase. One was shot and wounded by
an officer. Both are hiding In the mountains
near Chambersburg. w While crossing n
ra lroad track near Lancaster, Pa, in a
buggy, Enos N. Barge, aged twenty-one
years, and Barbara Hershey, n young
woman, We're struck by train and the girl
instantly killed and the man fatally hurt.-
Many lives were lost In the floods that swept
down upon the town OF Morrison aud Golden
In the foothills near Denver, Col.-Fire
swept the lumber yards In Cheboygan, Mich.
Between Ave and six million feet OF lumber
was destroyed. Tho principal losers are
Monroe, Boyce & Co.; Ward Bros. Theodore
Hine aud Swift Bros. single-tax adyo-
Gates who have been imprisoned in the jail
Mt Dover, Del will bring suit against the
city for damages for alleged Illegal impris.
onment
Founders day was observed at Cleveland
which Is now celebrating its centenary.-Z
Lea Horner and Miss Bessie Name. of Bnr-
lington, N. J while rowing were run down
and drowned. Murphy. featb
erweight boxer OF Saginaw, Mich, was be-
headed by freight train.-Mrs. Moore OF
New Martinsyille. w. Va, has been arrest
cd, charged with poisoning her stepson.-
Near Royston, Ga, Dave Bergman, while
drunk, killed his wife, three children aud
himself.-Mrs g. i. Cummings, OF Boston.
was given knock out drops by woman in
Chicago and robbed. --Charles III. Edge
who killed Henry w. Appleton, his former
partner and son OF his present partner, was
acquitted on examining trial before Judge
Buiiock.at Lexington, KY. Col Breckinridge
was his attorney, but the defense was &C
clearly established that no argument was
made.--Wm. NJ. Pawling, OF Hagamap n.
y, knit goods manufacturer. has made ar
assignment George Lawrence. a photo-
grapher, was shot with his own pistol wbiIa
attempting the life OF his wife.-Terrjec
transforms in West Virginia caused rivers
and creeks to overflow, and railroad and
other bridges were washed away A num-
Der OF towns were inundated.
In the United States Court at ST P,uI
Mimi, the Iowa anti-cigarette law was de-
clared unconstitutional, the grounds given
for the decision being the same as In the
liquor original package law.-John Bryde.
who murdered Andrew Peterson, was hanged
in Brainerd, MiDn.-Moses st. Clair, n
colored man, Is charged by Arthur Peterson.
sixteen-year-old boy, with inducing him to
leave st. Paul, Mimi, and assist In commit
ting robberies. The Nova Scotia authori-
ties have consented TO the return OF Captain
Nash's alleged murderers without recourse TO
extradition proceedIngs.-- Chicago Har-
ry Rudolph, aged eleven, struck Grover Han
son, aged nine, with his fist, and the latter
fell dead One workman was instantly
killed and another fatally injured by the fall
ing Of a dome I'm Chic8go.-The Good along
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 10 West
Virginia caused the tunnel mile east OF
Cairo to cave In. The other railroads also
lost heavily 10y bridges and trestles being
washed away. In the towns OF Grafton and
Weston serious damage was done to business
houses by the nundation.--Eugene Volt
committed suicide in Alexandria by taking
paris erecn.-Thoodore q. Gleason, father
Of kid" Gleason. was seriously hurt in Cam
den by freight car.
Corporal Henry l.. Edison, Company r..
Fourteenth infantry; Private Charles Nor
ris, Miss Laura Guard and Miss Emma
Young. all OF Vancouver, Il. g were drowned
while out on n boating excursion on the
Washouga Riyer.-The wife OF David
Smith was found dead ia bed with four bull.
let wounds In her head Her husband is
charge OF legation at the City OF Mexico has
telegraphed Acting Secretary Rockhill that
the authorities there have arrested Charles
II. Mccarthy, postal clerk In the New York
Postoiiice, who Is charged with embezzling
money order funds. postofico inspector
will be sent at once TO Mexico TO bring the
prisoner to New York --- Continued heavy
rains in West Virginia and Ohio increased
the flood damage to towns on tho rivers and
the railroads. -Throe members OF the fam.
fly OF T.. l.. Greene, OF Philadelphia, were in.
jured at n fire in that city.--A. J.. Stetson.
son OF San Francisco capitalist, committed
suicide.--Tho first national cooperative
congress ever held ia this country was be-
gun In 81. Louis. 1ts object IL to establish
reciprocal relations between existing coop
eratlve societies Of every character by form
ing general federation.
ROOFS LIFTED BY A CYCLONE.