Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-10-27
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various
Farts Of the State.

B. B. BoULDIN. of Charlotte county, has
been appointed a special inspector in the IN
ternal revenue service at a salary OF $500
Under Mr.. Cleveland's first administration
he held the same position and was shot and
badly wounded by some North Carroll ma
moonshiners.
COLLECTOR Of Internal Revenue Shepperd
Is IN Cupepper investigating the recent SELF
ures of Illicit liquors in that and Rappahan-
mock county, in both of which much excite
ment has been caused and many stills have
stopped operations.
The Leesburg Washingtonian says: eve
learn from those who deal in fertilizers that
more havebeen sold this fall than usual. Our
farmers are plueky in their determination to
raise wheat"
REV. ". w. HEDRICB, pastor of the New
port Methodist Circuit, Giles county, died
from the effects of injuries received in being
thrown from his cart by runaway horse.
He was crossing the mountains between
Newport and Blacksburg when the accident
occurred. He was found in an unconscious
condition and was never able to tell the par.
ticulars.
Mr.. JAMES TAYLOR, Of Corvallis, Richie
county, died sud lenly few days ago. II 8
death was caused by heart disease brought
on by dropsical affection. Mr.. Taylor was
one of the leading business men Of that part
of the State. He was sheriff of Richie
county while 1t was part OF Virginia. and
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West Virginia.
IT is estimated that the value OF the
marketable apple crop of Augusta this sea-
son will be $50, Ooo Rockbridge 100000
and Albemarlc lo),OOl. u'sglnia apples
are in great demand this YER.
RYAN & McDoNALD's quarry, near Stras-
burg, Shenandoah county, shut down last
week, throwing a number OF men out OF en-
ployment. Their lease on the quarry had
expired. .-.
The heavy surf from tho storm of Friday
unearthed the skel tons of two human
bodies at Newport News just ueIUw the Ches-
apeake and Ohio pier No. 7. The bodies
were In plain wooden boxes and the theory
is that they were the bodies of two soldiers
buried there during the war; The boxes
were lying side by side.
DEM ONeill, the twelve year-old son of
Michael O'Nell, of Richmond, was accident
ally shot and killed while out shooting near
the city in company with several little
friends. The boys had parlor rife, and it
is thought that it was accidentally dis
charged.
Rev. C. NJ. Galway, of West Virginia Con-
ference NJ E. Church, died at Grafton, of
typhoid fever. He was pastor last year of
the Seventh Avenue Methodist Church,
Huntingdon, and at the recent conference at
Grafton was assigned to Kingwood Station.
The chestnut crop throughout the Luray
Valley, large section of the Valley of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia is reported to be
more abundant than for many years past.
The trees are heavily loaded and the nuts
are claimed to be of very fine quality.
The Annual Conference Of Virginia of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet
this year at Danville, on the 25th of next
month.
Mr.. Edward N. Eubank, formerly O. lynch
burg, has been appointed deputy collector Of
customs at Newport News.
The Crabtree building, on College avenue,
Salem. has leen sold 10 Roanoke College for
S550O