Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-18

! THE steamship Massachusetts,
when it sailed for England last Fri
day from New York bore some re-
semblance to Noah's Ark. There
were twcnty-siX elephants in the
cargo, fifteen Camels, SIX ZebraS,
thirty-two trained ponies, thirty-siN
cages of wild animals of many spC-
cies, twenty cages of monkeys AMI
! birds, i20 draught horses and the big
ChimpanZeo a." Juhauna.N The N0N-
age is not undertaken to escape
| flood, but is Il migration Of Baruun
\ Bailcy's circus To Europe, were
! exhibitions will be held in various
cities and towns during the next two
years. Most Of the three hundred
| human performers in the circus had
sailed already, and accompanying
the animals were 22I workmcn and
attendants. The preliminary en-
ponse of the new enterprise is said
to have amounted To 500, 900.
to decline. The official figures for
last year are /, 300, BIS. In 1915 they
were 500, O6I, falling below 1000
| 600 in 1870, below G,OOO, 900 in lSI6
and below 5000, 900 in 1851. The
excess Of births over deaths last year
was 81 ,9lI, and the loss by Cmigra-
= al
grants were in the prime Of life
The extremely poor crops this year
will increase the emigration ana the
island will suffer further decline in
population. Perhaps the recent visit
of the Duke and Duchess OF York
will be of benefit to Ireland, but its
unfavorable conditions are deep
seated. Poverty is its portion al
ways and famine threatens il with
deplorable trequency.--KUnU'Chu
Gazette.
DEFICIT.---The receipts OF the
United States treasury during the
month Of October amounted to S2l,-
39l 40 and the expenditures to S33,-
FOL ,5l2, making deficit of S9,3lU,-
097 for the month. For the four
months Of the fiscal year the deficit
amounts to SIS, 0O9,Ol This is the
showing made by the Dingley high
tariff bill, which its friends predicted
would soon flood the treasury with
money and create a surplus revenue.
" --.s.-N -
EDWARD HANKINs, white, 80. odd
years old, was hanged in Chatham,
Pittsylvania county, Va, on the lth,
for the murder of DR.. John Roy
Cabell, of Danville. Hankins killed
Cabell on the latter's farm near Dan
vile on August 26 last. The con-
demned man went to the gallows
with a firm step but uttered not "A
word. His neck was broken and he
died instantly.
WITH a very slim majority on
joint ballot in the Ohio legislature
said now not to exceed three-and
with the strong opposition to him on
the part Of Senator Foraker, Hanna
will hardly be able TO secure his re-
turn TO the Senate without resort
to his barrel, which, they say, was
subjected TO Il very severe strain in |
the recent canvass.
MORGAN, the Jackson county fiend,
murdered the Green family on
Wednesday, was arrested on Thurs.
day, tried on Friday and condemned |
to death on Saturday. This reminds
one of the speedy justice admins
tered in the old English "pi ponder"
courts, as the late Judge Gillas-
pie used to call them. Morgan will
be hung December 18th.
The Honorable Tom Davies, of
Montgomery, State Senator, who left
that town last July for Alaska, os-
tensibly as Marshal Of Alaska, has
returned to Montgomery and will re-
main. He tells many interesting
and chill-producing stories concern
ing life on the Yukon.
IT is said that fer members of the
Legislature in Ohio, 10000 more
votes were cast for the Democrats
than for the Republicans. Nothing
but the gerrymauder saved them
Surely Mr.. Hanna ard his friend, |
the President, cannot be much |
pleased at this sort of an endorse
ment.
DAVIS, Tucker county, now town
of $500 inhabitants, with one Of the
largest and best equipped saw mills
in the State, the West Virginia Pa
per Company's large plant and the
second largest tannery in the United
States, was, ten years ago, the center
Of IN