Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-23
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various
Parts of the State.

FartS OF the 6taLe.
MACK RYAN. the night Baltimore and Ohio
yard engineer at Fair nont,W Va, was badly
crushed about the b p. His engine was de-
tached from the train and he was oling it,
and attempting to pass between the tender
and cars, and engine at the other end OF the
train suddenly pushed the train, catching
him.
REV. DIR. NJ. s. DULIN, a distingui' he'd edu-
Gator died recently at his home in Westfori,
Mo. He was born IN Fairfax county, in 1921
In 1889 he protested religion and was bap-
tized into the fellowship OF Calvert Street
Baptist Church, Baltimore.
Ir is stated that Northern capitalists have
bought OF the heirs of Gen. B.nj. +. Butler
all the properly he possessed in the vicinity
Of the Great Fall of the Potomac. with the
view Of erecting summer resort on the
most suitable piece.
JUDGE NORTON has selected Mr. John D. H.
Lunt as the successor of Mr. NJ. B. Harlow in
the office of city treasurer of Alexandria,
when the atter's resignation takes effect on
the LIST of September
Mr.. JAMES L. CLEMENTS has been appoint
ell county superintendent of schools foc the
county of Alexandria, wee John L. Fe5rey,
deceased.
THE Odd-Fellows of Virginia propose to
erect in Richmond a splendid temple and for
that purpose a company is being formed.
PROF ADDISON HoGE. of the University Of
M ssissippi, has been elected to the cha OF
Greek in Washington and Lee University.
The corner stone of the new Prince William
county courthouse was laid at Manassas with
Masonic ceremonies.
A FIRE at Hampton greatly damaged
Lakes brick building, on Queen street, &C.
cupied as q shoe store on the first floor, fur
niture factory on the second floor, and lodge
room of Kecoughtan Lodge, X. Of P. on the
third floor The Junior Order United Amer
lean Mechanics, Ancient Order United Work
men, and the Junior Order Good Templars
Lodges also meet on the same floor, and lost
nearly all of their furniture and parapher-
MALTA. The Pythians were partly insured.
The goods on the first and second floors were
total loss
Mr.. JAMES L. DoGGETT, of Mckinley Tex,
who has been appointed by President Cleve-
land collector OF internal revenue for the
fourth district of that State, is a native OF
Fredericksburg.
PROF. N. T. LUPToN, of the Alabama Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College, whose death
has been announced, was native of Fred
erick county.
REV. J. AUGUsTIN SMITH, assistant rector
of Moore Memorial Church, Richmond, has
accented call to church in Kentucky.
THE Lynchburg Cotton Mills filled an Or
der from a New York firm for 100000 yards
of goods.
MOSES LEVY, resident of Norfolk, was
awakened early the other morning to find Il
strange man standing at his bedside, with
fine gold watch, the property of Mr.. Levy,
in his hand. Levy grabbed his pistol, which
he kept under his pillow, and jumped to the
floor. The thief turned and the two men
grappled, beginning struggle for life and
liberty. In few minutes the stranger broke
away and started downstairs and Levy fired
one shot, which struck the mans chin Levy
followed downstairs, fired another shot,
which missel. The two men again grappled,
when Levy placed the pistol at the stranger
back and fired, the ball entering the lett side
near the spine, between the shoulder blades,
lodging In the right side. At this point the
officers entered and took charge of the burg
lar. who proved to be Thomas X. Farley, a
cigarmaker from Richmond, about twenty
years OF age, and took him to the station
house in the patrol wagon.
PEYroN L. TERRY, president, Samuel W.
Johnson, secretary and treasurer, OF the 10
anoke Trust, Loan and Safe Deposit Com
pany, and W. Frank Carr, general manager
of the Roanoke Street Railway Company and
Electric Light and Power Company, went to
Salem to meet committe Of the city council
/ for a conference with view to extending the
street railway through that city 10 Lake
Spring. If council makes the proper con-
cessions the extension will be made ut once
ROANOKE county will have eighty school
teachers at the school Of methods to convene
at Salem June Goth.
MRS. "SroYEwALL" JACKSON. VINO resides
at Charlotte. y. c., has been presented Win
a sprig of ivy from Martin Luthers grave
which she intends placing on her husband
burial place at Lexington.
L. H. HoLcoMBE, of Roanoke, dieu a9eu
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