Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-07-14
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death was hastened by excitement. De anu
ono,obtor had discussion over some dis'
aoreement. which 80 excited him tha' 'no
shock was too much for his enfeebied cohs'i-
.,t;on He ecame unconscious soon aitei
,rord and never rallied. Mr.. Shearer "as
notive of NIiwood, Clarke county
cvopaE FAIRFAX, aged fifteen, soh u
co., Foirfox OF Reedsville, Preston county
was thrown from runaway horse ana N,'isu,
Roth arms and logs were broken auo n0"D
crushed. His father and mother "i0 n'"'
Frustrated with grief.
Mo- 1.xr LOVING widow Of the late Lee
land Loving, died in AieAanura' "e'
seventy-eight yeas.
REPORTS from the peanut section In Vir~
ginia state that the average this year d'ners
but very little from that Of last year ihat
| the stand to O large extent Is not good, ana
the fate OF the crop hinges on whether or not
there will be good favorable seasons Tor the
or wing and development OF vino and nut
Altogether the outlook for the coming crop
is only fair. The consumption OF peanuts II
increasing every year, and the Norfolk clean
ers are ste I'd ly pushing into new territory
and distributing with great facility crop
that could not be handled few years ago.
Work is said to be progressing satisfactor-
iIy on the Wilmington, Newberne ana Not-
folk railroad, The road is steadily pushing
towards Norfolk, and is now built four miles
from PolIocksyille.
THE South Norfolk Water and Electric
Light Company have purchased fve-acre
site for their plant in Berkley for $4,000.
CoTroN was received in Norfolk quite
| Lively during the past week. 1t is mostly for
the mil s.
THE Norfolk and Carolina Railroad has
lust ordered lot Of new rolling stock from
the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
FoR the halt-year just ended the shipment
Of Pocal ontas coal from the Lamoerts foin'
piers reached S7s, ,2l6 tons.
AsHBY PAINrE aged about twenty-one
years, son OF Mr.. Joseph Painter, Of
Page county, WAS run over and killed by the
north-bound passenger train on the Norfolk
and Western Railroad near Ingham Station,
about ten miles south OF Luray.
The Association OF Engineers OF Virginia
adopted resolution favoring the establish
ment OF United States signal-services a'ion
at Roaroke. midway between Harrisburg
and Knoxville. c..L Nouto,L
STORE and residence in South Norfolk
was de troyed by fire. together with contents
! of the store OF which VIM. Sawyer was pro-
v pretor. The grocery and liquor store cor
b ner OF Howard and Nicholson streets, owned
Nv Robert Hill. was also burned. The STOCK
= was almost a toIal loss, but the people up
J. stairs saved all Of their furniture.
le THE total shipments OF coal and COKE py
10 the pocahontas Coal Company for June was
ID 224, ,223 tons.
Of THERE were thlrty-one deaths in Roanoke
10 in June
20 20 THE Petersburg council has reduced the
a tax rate in that city from 81 60 to 81 80 per
e. 800 OF value This, with the other revenues
l., Of the city. will run up the receipts for the
n next fiscal wear to about s225,0O0. The esti-
a mated expenditures for the year are ABOUT
's % e2lS,OOO. y,
" The Rev. James II. Leach member Oh
the Methodist Episcopal hurch, died at MS
home in Augusta county.
ABINGDON district, Washington county, mas
voted against license to sell liquor by ma
,r jority OF 1873. .
~ TIE officers Of the city and county Oh
Alexandria, chosen last May have all entereo
10, upon the discharge OF their duties.
tc HARRY BURNETT, aged twenty years, iei'
from train on the Seven Pines road neor
an Richmond. and was killed. He was standlhe
nd on the platform of the car. AS the 'rain
I'D nassed over high tresse he lost his footing
and tumbled headlong 10 the ground peio"'
ck n distance of forty feet. His skull was irac'
lee tured and death resulted very shortly aite'
nd. the accident. ,,,l co..,,,r;,b,
III. The valuable residence OF Johh Cartwrign
near Sleepy Eole. on the Nansemond river
'on was destroyed by fire. The fire was incen
'ns 'ns diary The property was insured.
out MRS. MARY OLIVER still fingers on her WAY
tly TO Norfolk in search OF the missing Harrison
satchel and bonds, and has not been hear'
% OF in any direction
I'D THE resignation OF Rev. R. c. Jett, who
has been rector OF the Episcopal churches
Is. Woodstock and Mount Jackson for three
wo V years, was accepted. Dir. Jet has accepted
" a call from the new Episcopal church receh'l!
ed established in Staunton.
ms, JACOB KERNs who resides near Morgan
ing town. comes under the head OF the oioes
inhabitant. He was born April 8, lSO1' an
rt rt is. therefore, over ninety-one years Oh ag'
rk' He reared fife en- children, thirteen oil wnoi
he are still living He has SO grand-cniiuren
I96 great grandchildren and seven grea'
nd ND great-grandchidren
40 HEAVY hail-storms prevailed In hoanoS
wo and Botetourt counties, and much damage
reported to the crops. In great many l'
on calities the crops were cut down 10 u
He ground.
the DE-. d. w. HOOPER, prom nent pnysicia
me of Bedford City, and brother OF Rev. L. "
Hooper, pastor of the Presbyterian churcn
,no ,no lhr.stiansburg, is dead.
,sa ssa FORD'E THEATRE DISASTER