Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-27

home on election day unless they can be
aroused from their present apathy.
The session Of County Court this week
will be one Of rare interest here. N .
well-known and somewhat prominent old
citizen, Newton Hook. will be tried for
his life for killing bis nephew. William
II. Jones, a few weeks ago. Hook IL now
In the stanton jail.
THE FATAL ENCOUNTER.
II f. alleged by the friends Of Jones'
as some OF your readers win recoIiect.
that when the two men met in the public
road, and Jones accosfed Hook, who was
unfriendiy to him, that he cursed him
and told him not 10 speak 10 him; that
he had better pay him what he owed him;
that Jones told him he would. and. get
ting down from his horse. approached him.
proposing to pay him. when Hook seized
a murderous bludgeon, and struck his
nephew a furious blow on the head.
crushing his skull from which he died
several days after The homicide fed, but
was arrested in Augusta county and
tailed there, as the Highland-county jail
had been pulled down preparatory TO
building a new one. The trial will be
a memorable one In the annals OF the
county, as there Is bad feeling between
the friends of the two parties. who are
on both sides are distinguished for ability
and experience The attorney for the
Commonwealth, l.. Y. Stephenson. Esq,
will be assisted by Senator c. p. Jones.
and the defence will be conducted by
Commonwe Mo,de f..
White, of Augusta, and the late United
States District Attorney, William f..
Craig. The whole county side will turn
out to witness the tilt between these
able attorneys.
A fine new Jail OF brick and sand
stone is being erected near the court
house here. 1t will cost $500. But the
Jail of Highland is never much used.
The people are generally very orderly,
and IL It were now ready for use Hook
would be the only occupant, while the
fall where he is confined. In Staunton,
has over forty inmates. There is not a
bar-room in Highland. while there are
eighteen in Stanton, and others IN the
county.
CONFEDERATE CAMP.
a movement IN which much interest
is manifested here Is on foot 10 organize
at Monterey a Highland camp OF Con-
federate veterans. There are about 200
of the old soldiers left and Comrade
r. c. Morton, OF Staunton, the new In
spector- general of the Grand Camp OF
Virginia, has secured and published their
names in the Highland Recorder, and
called them together to organize on Tues
day next at the courthouse
Though this place IS forty-five miles
from the railroad, with three mountains
intervening, there is no lack of pro-
gressiveness among its people. A tele-
phone here is now under construction be-
tween Monterey and Stanton, and the
poles have been planted TO within about
fifteen miles Of Stanton. and II will not
be many days before there will be talk
ing between Highland and Richmond. The
interest which now attaches to the arrival
Of the Staunton stage every evening, and
which always brings out a crowd on the
streets. will be somewhat divided with
the telephone Office.
SIS A TON FOR COAL.
What do your city readers thing OF SIS
n ton for coal? That Is what 1t costs
here after wagoning 1t forty-five miles
across the mountains, over an excellent
road, however Its consumption, you may
know, is limited, confined chiefly to the
blacksmiths.
The wool trade is an Item here. though
the prospect OF It's being made free Of
duty has demoralized prices. One dealer
here alone has bought about 5000 pounds.
the price paid being ID Ia cents in cash
or IS cents in trade. This is a good
stock county, and there are now large
number of fine beef cattle almost ready
for the market. There are also between
1900 and 400 lambs in the pastures.
which are about ready for market, and
will help to relieve the hard times some,
though, II one may judge from the way
the Highlanders live, the hard times are
more talked about than felt.