Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-10-27
THE NEWS

and over 1900 worth Of postage stamps
stolen: n:--the Virginia Synod Of the Presby-
tetiaf Cbhrch otdef9d Tbs division of the
East Hanover Presbytery; ihene% Soas TO be
known as the Norfolk Presbytery. The synod
VAS adionrned at Lexington, to meet next
Year at bahsille-kh attempt Of fifteen
Irishmen to pull down the English Tag from
the tower of the Blarney castle at the Worlds
Fair. on which It had been raised in honor
of Lady Aberdeen's husband, the governor
tenefal IL Canada; caused riot in the Irish
village, and crowds of anti English 5lsltdfs
tried to prevent the guards from arresting
the offenders. s.-Tbe First National Bank
of Dayton, Tenn, closed its doors, owing to
the financial s.ringency. American
Ass5ciatidh, linit5dj cofpotatien created
uhdef the LAWS bf Gtedt Bfitaih and ttelahd;
and Which owns thousands Of acres Of land
in Pell county Ky. Claibourne and Camp
bell counties, Tenn, and Lee county, Va,
was placed in the hands OF two receivers by
| the Louisville court Colonel Robert s.
taHiet biSbaLly the oldes. lawyer In Geor-
ola aid most emiheht In his pt0fes56n, dsd
jh Macct1 at the age Of seventy yf6ut yeats:
stratton White; electfical and general
, ihplemetit dealers In Fort Worth, Texas;
filed deed Of trtst fot s46 ,OO', with but
$50. coo preferred. The business portion
of yarna, village of the Chicago and Alton
Road, was wiped out by fire. Two elevators
n lumber yard and thirteen store and office
| Buildings Vets burhsd. bossJ E45,O0O; in
, surance $500 O.--Mfs. &ugH,ib Schheidef
shot Oscar Walton, tenant, near Walton;
Indiana.
Executions aggregating over 800, OcC have
been issued against the carpet and wallpaper
firm of H. q I. welty, Allegheny, Pa. The
establishment Is III the hands Of the shetih.
-dreat distress ID ret6ned amohg the
miners in the Houtzdale district Penhsyl-
vat ia Mines No. :, aid have been
closed for long time; and the others are
rtiinifg on half time.--Eltner Craddockr
who killed man batned Pollan In Parkers''
burg, was convicted OF murder In the fret
degree. with a recommendation to imprison-
ment for life--A building in Hopkinsville,
Ky., which was undergoing repairs, col
iapsed, killing John Parker, Gricklayer,
Of Nashville, ard fatally iDjbring Charles
Davis. OF Clarkestille, Tenn, and another
workmah.--Ths postofice at Shiloh, N.
J., vas robbed. The safe was blown open
and all the money In it takeh All last even
ine's mail remaining there was Carried off
| Ia pOctnnnafQf Tho
thieves then robbed q bakery and stole a
horse and buggy. gy.-Laborers digging a
trench In the Carnegie steel works at Home
stead were covered under several feet OF clay
by q cave-in. Andrew Dursk and John Nc
Manus we're dead when taken out. Both
men leave families residing in Homestead.
Five other men were seriously, but not IA.
tally injured. The annual statement Oh
the Northern Pacific was made. "A num-
ber of papers on financial topics were read
at the closing day Of the nineteenth annual
convention of the American Penkers' Asso-
citation in Chicago.-The building occu-
pied by the Canada Banknote Company in
Montreal was burned.
Bill Wade notorious desp petado, was shot
At Webb. Miss while attempting to terror
lie a uiet citizen john Neil, aseaman In
the United States navy, committed suicide
nt Mare island because he had been repri-
manded The mystery of Annie Ofr's dis
APPEARANCE from the home Of her father,
Castleview, on Holland Heights, Bridgeport,
Ct, hes been cleared up by the finding OF
her body in an old well.-Tne statement
OF the assignee oit the insolvent Grant Loco
motive works fled at Chicago shows assets
of S1,1s6, ,33807. Receipts on transactions
from June to September 29 are placed at
s26. .43S. .S3, and the sbursements for that
period were &26,l 1.28-The British
steamer Miowera was stranded at the en-
trance OF H. nolulu harbor. r.-Mary Carey,
aged seventy, OF Worcester, Mass, was mur-
dered. Her husband is suspected. "A pitch
ed battle between Poles andItalans In Chi
cago hall wound up dance. One man was
killed. two fatally injured and ten others
carved. 1.-The Upper Michigan Brewery
Company at Iron Mountain, capital stock OF
S15O 900. went into the hands OF receiver.
The liabilities $780, 90; assets 81 0,0C.-
An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck
the Keystone express train on the Fort Wayne
Road. George NJ. Mcdonald, president
and general manager OF the Guarantee In
vestment Company came into the United
States Court at Chicago, and was admitted
to bail in the sum of e 1000 The statute
under which the indictments were brought
provide for penalty OF not more tban soUJ
fine or one years imp isonment. "A ser
ious wreck happened on the Canadian Paci-
flc near Grand River, when special train ol
fourteen cars came into collision with west
bound freight. Fireman Wilbridge ana
Brakeman Elliott are reported killed and
cargo OF tea is said to be in Lake Superior
and scattered on the tracks
John NJ. Adler, a New York shoe dealer.
made an assignment.-M. NJ. Soudar, New
York tallow dealer, committed suicide In
Harrisburg. The Eau Claire (Wis.) Pulp
and Paper Company, whose paid'up capita
stock Is 100000, was placed in the hands o.
n receiver Clarence NJ. Burlington was ap
pointed receiver. Will Hanks, president
of the suspended Merchants National Banh
Great Falls, Mont, was arrested on th'
charge of embeZzlement.- "A shortage tha
may exceed $4,000 has been discovered II
the Cincinnati Office Of the Wells, Fargo Ex
press Company, and money order clerk VIM
r Orchard is n fugitive. Alfred Jergens