Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-10-20
The NEWS.

WaIu
Of the s25.O,(OO loan. Electric wires
crossing caused $500, eco fire in Allentown;
pa.---In the United States Court, at At
Ianta. Ga, Judge Newmah has issued an
order fix ng the date OF sale for the Marietta
and North Georgia Railroad for the Goth Of
November. THIS road has 100 miles in Geor-
ria and 1lO miles In Tennessee. The price
6$ed is s75O;0OJ fof the Georgia anl $780,
p0b for the Tennessee division. This roof
OF q railroad station in Buffalo was blown of
and the walls fell, killing three boys and in
iuring seven men.--In Philadelphia the
new Catholic Church OF the Nativity was par
TALLY DESTROYED. LOSS So, GOETHE storm
along the Indian and Hilsboro tiyers Id
Florida, was Unusually sevete. Towns were
flooded and many hodses unfoofed. The
orangs crop was badly damaged: john
| schrecker was murdered in Pittsburg by Ed!
ward Sloan. The motive was robbery
The Merchants Savings Bank, ofProyidenoe,
| R. l., has geEe into voluntary liquidation,
and has petitioned the supreme court for
permission to wind up its affairs. This action
was precipitated by the depreciation Of its
Western securities, interest on some OF which
had been defaulted, and the bank vas un-
able 10 turn its assets into cash to meet tho
demands of depositors.
Action was begun against tho Duluth,
Mesaba and Northern Railway Company, in
Duluth, in which it was alleged that the road
| is insolvent, and unable to pay its debts.
The plaintiffs are Norris, Shipley d Co., con-
tract ors Of Faribault eMhthais F. Boz
Inch, an hungarian physician, who was
lodged in Jail in Bridgeport, Conn, a month
ago. was released. Boznch's body was taken
In suit for $4,000, brought by Joseph
Kyrszanski, who alleged the physician in
jured him 10 that extent by criminally as
saulting his wife. "A courier from the
mountain town OF Ham, Mexico, arrived at
Guadalnjara with news OF conflict between
a mob Of law less men and the police author
tiles, which resulted in the death of eight
members of the mob and police. The out
laws who were not killed or wounded were
driven into the mountains. THE failures
ofE. H. Sisson, Jr., and ]. McKim were an
nounced on the Consolidated Exchange, In
New York.-The Ketchum Lumber Com
pany voluntarily assigned In Chicago. The
assets OF the company are estimated at s45)-
OCO. while the liabilities amount to $250O0,
Edward Gottscbalk, New York pawn
broker failed, and the sheriff took possess
lon OF his place. Liabilities about 100000
The trial Of Franz Weluhn and Bertha
Eschert, for the murder of the husband of
the latter, william Eschert, last June, in
Bheboygan, Wis, ended. The jury found
franz Welluhn guilty of murder In the second
legree and Bertha was acquitted.
james Hayes, n resident OF Brockton,
Mass. was attacked by footpads while out
riding, and terribly beaten and robbed.
Leslie Lots, church choir leader, of Holli-
daysturg. Pa, eoped with Mrs. Crawford.
Both are married. Two freight trains OF
the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Rail-
road collided two miles west of Bridgeport,
Ohio, damaging both engines and several
cars badly. No one injured. The amount
OF defalcation OF Cashier Jacob Arnold OF
the Merchants Bank, OF Lockport N. y,
will reach 800, 000 The trouble between
the Big Four Company and It's machinists, at
Indianapolis, was settled, the company back
ing down and agreeing to reinstate every
discharged man who did not actually par
ticipate in the recent riots. frederick
vogel, aged forty-one, whose wife left him
some months ago, committed suicide at his
home in Paterson, N. J.-The grand jury
of the Superior Court of New Haven, Ct. re-
ported true bill against DR.. William IL.
PuforL, Of Ansonia, charging him with the
murder of Nellie Nesbitt by malpractice. -
Connecticut Day was appropriately celebrated
at the Worlds Fair, Mrs. George II. Knight,
OF the State Board of Lady Managers, de-
livering an interesting address
While Northern Pacific train was run
ming at twenty miles an hour, two miles
south of New Rockford, N. D., the rear car,
loaded with a party of thirty hunters, left
the track, owing 10 broken rail, and turned
over on its side. Twenty men were injured,
all of whom were taken to New Rockford.
Peter Pearson, postmaster at Lewiston,
thirty miles northwest OF Blount, 8. D., shot
and killed his wife and then himself on the
prairie near that place. jealousy was the
cause Of the shooting. They leave six chill
dren.- fire destroyed s5OO,COO worth OF
business property in Sioux City, Ia.-Mrs.
Kate Maltera committed suicide in Paterson,
IA fire In the dwelling, in Provid-
ence, r. l.. occupied by Joseph Daily and
family, resulted in the death OF Harry DAILY,
seventeen years old, and serious injuries
from the flames to Mrs. DAILY and another
son. oe.-At meeting OF the lnnesfai
Branch of the Irish Federation, in Cincinna-
ii. resolutions were adopted protesting
against the actions, OF John Redmond and
asserting their adherence to the policy oi
Gladstone. Tho Mercantile Trust Com
pany OF st. Louis, with capital stock oil
81, OOO. .OOl, has decided to wind up its affairs
and 90 out OF business. The reasons given
are the present financial depression and the
extremely high rates Of risks, which the CON-
pany did not feel justified in assuming
The Hyndman Hardwood Company, al
Hyndman, Pa, has failed. The liabilities
are $50, 900, and assets $4,000 The prlnci'
pal stockholders reside in Brooklyn.
THE MAFIA AT WORK.