Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-12-07
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Three small children OF : rs. W. X. Walters
,ear IHtle Rock. Ark were burned TO death.
--ITnitcd S ates Commissioner Rogers. while
irving n case OF Illegal whskcy-sell. NJ at
Mount Sterling, KY, Charles Watkins shot
and fatally wounded Green Atkins in the
courtroom. s. Mary MADEIRA, milliner
of Morgantown, W. Va, accepted the offer
of 81. 900 made by Ephraim Walters, an oc-
t,genarian. 10 marry him, and the wedding
took place Thanksgiving Day Henry NJ
Lloyd, young farmer OF Martinsburg. W.
Va. was killed by the accidental discharge
of gun in the hands OF friend, Ell Rush.
The Commercial National Bank of La
moni, Iowa. was robbed. AT a clay pigeon
shoot at New Brunswick, n j., Henry Nc
Cawley and William Griggs wero fatally in
jured by the explosion oia gun. - An earth
quake or tidal wave did considerable dam
age to the water fir Mt OF Tacoma, WASH
Stephen Madden, aged eightyears, was killed
and his little sister severely burned by the
exI losion Of gun with which they were
PLAYING Il. Coal Run. Pa. - The legislature
o Georgia has IA led TO make an appropria-
tion for the state militia and majority OF
the CONF anies may disband in consequence.
-Arrangt ments are Icing perfected for
speedy putting in OF a blast, still and iron
furnace at Greensboro, N. G. A number OF
prominent iron experts visited the iron
mines at Ore Hill, near Greensboro, 10 in
spect the ore. A syndicate has taken hold OF
the entire plant at Greensboro. The James
Lick monument was unvailed at San Fran
cisco with appropriate ceremonies.
The business portion OF the town of Athens
Ala, was almost to ally destroyed by fire,
The north side OF the public square is in
ruins. The losse aggregate about $3.50 900,
and the insurance is probably 100000
The steamer Falcon is iel orted to have been
wrecked off the coast OF Newfoundland. -
The New York Court of Appeals confirmed
the sentence o! conviction on John Y. Nc
Kane. - The Security National Bank Of
Grand Ioland Neb., closed IFS doors.-The
steamer Oceania arrived in San Francisco
with the news that the heroyalist plot in Hawaii
had been discovered and frustrated. -
Chancellor McGill, of New jersey decided
not to grant Theodore Laml ert, the colored
murderer of William G. Kairer, the Old Cam
den cracker baker, writ OF error, and un-
less the Court of Pardons interitres Lambert
will be hanged in the Camden Jail on Thurs
day. December 13. The town OF Lyndon
vile, VT, was nearly entirely Destroyed by
fire. Loss 5000. 900. A conference OF the
leaders OF the American Bi-metallc league
was held in St. Louis to outline policy for
the silver factions OF the two great political
PARTIES.
Chief Justice Beasley in 1rchton, N. j.,
granted writs OF certiorari removing to the
Supreme Court the charges against Supreme
Court Justice Jonathan Dixon, Reuben Wells,
hares r. Fitch and James InSlis, Jr., who
were arrested Oh complaint OF Game Warden
Cbas. A. Shriner, for violating the game laws
OF New Jersey in shooting wild ducks. -
Mrs. Jessie Richards, a Miami Indian, a
daughter of Wa { ah Co Nah, one Of the most
the Indian reservation, near Wabash, Ind.
She was the last surviving member OF the
Wah ah Co Nai family, which was inhuen-
tial in the NJ ami ibe back in tho '75s.-
Two brothers named Sanders were instantly
killed near Bowmans Station. Pa. by being
struck by the Lehigh Valley milk train. They
were picking coal. - The saloon OF Price
Ditch, in the village of Festus, q few miles
south Of st. Louis, was burned and the char
red remains Of Ditch were found in the ruins.
Indications point to murder and incendiar-
ism. Neal Bros. & Co., OF Portland, Ind,
failed. The amount will reach 100000 to
S7J, 900, although no statement is to be had.
The firm did an enormous business, and a
large amount of wheat was stored with them.
Hundreds of farmers are caught for their en-
tire crop.