Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-07
THE NEWS,


was burned. Ten miners were killed by
nm EXPLOSION in mine near Shamokin, Pa.
The Higgins Hotel at Bradford, Pa,
railroad station and several other buildings
were burned. Six persons were burned 10
death and large number injured. .-Scy-
mour Stern. of Richmond, Va, attempted
suicide in Petersburg hotel.-GlbSon |
Peacock. editor-in-chicf and the principal |
owner of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, !
died dsuddenIy.=Twoy young ladies, Blanche
Keister and Maggie Blair, were drowned IN a
creek near Butler, Pa, by the upsettlnS Oh
their boats. Governor Turney, OF Ienn.,
appointed Judge w. X. McAllister, Jr., to the
| supreme Bench to flll the vacancy occasioned
bythe appointment of Chief Justice Horace ID.
Lurton by President Cleveland to be United
States Circuit Justice in place OF justice
Howell +. Jackson, now an Associate jus
uce of the Supreme Court Of the united
states.-Judge John D. Brien, lawyer OF
Nashville. Tenn, was stabbed and paoiy
wounded by A. W. Griswell. Brien, In the
heat of a debate, used harsh language to-
wards Griswell some days since and ap-
nroacbed him in Paig's drug store to apolo-
oize. After he had done so, Griswell seized
him and stabbed him, inhicting Serious
but not fatal wound. Griswell is in jail
The Mersson roller mill in Newton, Iowa,
was DESTROYED by fire. Loss S45, ,OOO.-h
McCartys saw mill, near Pueblo, Col, the
boiler exploded with great force CnarieS
ranguame. the engineer. was blown over one
hundred fees and instantly killed. j. NJ. Har-
din was seriously injured and two men sngn'-
" hurt. The mill is total wreck. e. Inc
Ave fye-story buildings, Nos. 1923 70 lSI
North Front street, Philadelphia, owned ana
} occupied by the Weikel Il Smith Spice COM
many. were partially destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000; covered by insurance e'eA
Bloom. aged ffty-two, who made e fortune
IN the Bradford oilhelds during the oil ex-
c;tement. committed suicide in Sunoury. Ia
. Bloom was injured in the head seVeral
} months ago and has since been subjected
g 20 fits Of insanity.-Mrs. Mackenzie
the widow OF the late Premirt
Il ier Of Canada. died in Toronto. Wllllan
t p. Van DYKE. twenty-six years ofage a ma
r tive of Cincinnati, is locked up at ponce
J.. beadouarters in New York, for the forgery
a bis emnlover's name to 81, 600 check which
q he had cashed for him and then lost tn'
/. money upon the horses.-A dynamite ex
u nlosion near Etna. Pennsylvania, caused TN
q death of one quarryman and the serious III
IS iurv of two others.--James Rose, poot
&c black fifteen years of age, and VIM. Nogel,
n haker's helper of the same age engaged in
d ouarrel in Paterson, n J. Nogel picked u
q heavy stick and beat the bOotblack into IL
D. sensibility. and badly fractured his skull
d Rose was removed to the hospital in dym
IL condition. Internal Revenue ColiectC
u Klein seized the brewery of Philip Klein
10 Son, in Philadelphia.
% clarence Sherman, wanted as an accol
3 plice for the murder of Banker Mead VI
;, was shot nearly ten years ago at "aupaC
L., Wis WAS arrested at Carlton, Mimi, and
now held there, awaiting the action Oh
~. Wisconsin authorities. Auburn, Ne
Edward Sterrett, laboring-man, shot
J. wife and then himself. Woo
,,r ruff. died at his home, in Railway, NJ jag
- saventv-eieht. Mr. Woodruff had been
- prominent carrlage-builder for many yea
"a md was well known throughout the count
Refore the war of the rebellion he had
Al. large carriage repository at Memphis, Ter
" At Mont Eagle, Tenn, q large number
business houses, including the postofn
ware totally destroyed by nre. Nothing
- the postofice except some OF the stamps
81 81 sayed.-A. NJ. Billings, Of Chicago, ow
i'' Of the electric lines in Memphis, Tenn
,1' preparing to sell MS property to New I
syndicate. Lake Geneva will oe the home
>, the Yerkes telescope and observatory.
.lt committee of trustees Of the chicago UNIV
,n' sitv which has this matter in charge m
L.. the decision.-A man named Allison,
,na Oakland, ILL.,, has genuine leprosy.---h'
,rJ1 tic N. Miller, eighty years old, was burned
WV death at Cortland, N. Y. 1t is believed
ol. the clothing of the old man caught fire W
snt he was axing the fire in his room. His b
oil was burned in horrible manner
are A typewriter company, with capital
600 0OO. .OC>., has been formed, and articles
sells incorporation were filed In the Office OF
pity Secretary of State at Trenton, N. J.-M
are Adeline Townsend, the wlfe OF inc "e0i'
lth- New York importer, R. H. L. Townseno'
ome had been isolated for two weeks IN ner l'
to dence. No. 4297 Madison avenue, while Ill
ulk tvphus fever died there Mrs. Townsen
case js noted as being the first instance
,ort some wears of typhus fever patient In n
all York being treated at home.--The iast
the the five million Worlds Fair souvenir J.
ned dollars was struck off at the mint In Ph
lay. delphia. The preparations for the mint
rres hjbit at the Exposition are nearing conn
way ton. and it is expected to move the press
that cabinet of coins next week.-In accorda
It at with an agreement reached at ameeting
n to ahout Ten days ago, the wholesale sash, d
'ork and blind manufacturers combine mas
nounced another five per cent. advance
rrcee The scarcity in lumber and the g
demand for doors and sash caused by
san Worlds Fair are given as the cause.-Da
two sweeringer wealthy stockbreeder OF On'
was Fork O., was wayaid, robbed and killed
mock hlghwayman. john hni, Seneen'eu "
one hanged April 14th, in Camden, n. j., has
dig fcssed to the murder oil Joseph DouSon'
| to denies his first story, that he was hired
him Reed and Derrickson to commit the CT
,vel- Tho Pennsylvania Board of PardOns