Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-28
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
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Of lie Stath

TIE Latest News Cleanei Ff) '@"'H AA's'
Of tie stat,
John Mallory farmer. living about Tour
miles from Culpeper, was dragged from MS
horse and robbed OF 595 by two men upon
the public highway as be was returning
home Mallory had nice wateh upon nis
nerson besides considerable money, put
succeeded in saving everything else except
the 925.
While Mr. John II. Brubaker who resided
Mt the White House, in Page county, was
driving his COWS to pasture near his mouse,
he was stricken with heart disease. lie ieil
70 the ground and died in few minutes.
The State executive committee oi 'no
Young Mems Christian Association mas Sc
lected Staunton as the place for holding tue
next annual meeting of the association. Inc
meeting will be held about the middle OF
February.
Work has already been commenced in re-
building the canning factory at MarIinsDurg'
W. Va.
Mr.. william G. Furr died at homo near
Bloomfield, Loudoun county, IN the eisn'y-
ninth year OF his age
Washington Haines, of Loudoun county,
raised on sixty acres OF land this season Z'oV'
bushels Of excellent wheat.
The Secretary OF State OF West Virginia
hartered the big lawrence and Panther
Creek Railroad Company to build a railroad
from the mouth Of Cherry river, Nicholas
county. TO the headwaters Of Panther creek,
Greenbrier county. Fifty thousand dollars
is subscribed. The stock is held by W. G.
Gartner 0. C. Gartner o. NJ. Boyer, OF
Selin3 Grove, Pa, and Thos. Carson, oil
Alexandria, Va.
A military campany Of State militia, under
the name of the Jefferson Guards. has been
organized at Charlestown with Mr.. {. }.
Pyne as captain. The company will soon
receive arms and uniforms from Governor
McCorkle.
Tho vast coal property OF W. c. Peel, OF
England. situated on the Kanawha, has been
leased to r. W. Pere, a Baltimore capitalist
Alta meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Piedmont Railroad held in Danyille the sale
OF the road extending from Danville to
G. eensboro'. to the Southern Railroad Com
pany was confirmed, and the property form
ally decided. The Piedmont, which was
Confederate war road, has been operated as
rart of the Richmond and Danyllle ever since
the war.
For some time past petty thieyng in the
neichborhood Of Laurel Dale, has been quite
prevalent, and about eighteen men and
women who made their home in log house
with jacob RiggemeD, were accused Of the
same 1t is alleged these people were living
very immoral lives. \ large crowd Of men
arrived on the scene and routed the gang
and tore down the house, scattering the logs
in every direction. II Is said one Of the men
was shot in the legs and was seriously hurt
/ by falling over cliff in his fright They
were given few hours to leave the county
and warned never to return under penalty ot
death.
Cotton has commenced TO open over tho
Carolina line and in few days nickers viii
be in great demand ami the great ru5h and
activity Of the yeal fully on with the planters.
The receipts by mail are 250 bales day and
will very shortly run up into the thousands.
The European buyers are returning and To-
eating and getting ready TO b. ndle and ship
the fleecy staple. None Of the fleet have yet
arrived and probably will not for two weeks.
! There is only one large compress here now,
the other having been taken to Texas owing
TO the fact that the staple brought over tothe
railroad lines il already compressed for ship
nent Handlers all say the receipts this sea-
son at this port will be somewhat larger than
last year
The receipts Of manufactured lumber at
Norfolk last month amounted to thirty-eight
million feet. This docs not embrace los re-
ceipts. which are also very large by raft ant
lumber trains. and are nearly all manufac-
tured in Norfolk and reached last year 12o,
100000 feet. Within the past five years the
lumber trade Of Norfolk is more than
doubled.
Farmers say the weather is becoming dis
tressingly dry. Unless the drought Is soon
broken the yield Of peanuts will be consider
ably shortened. Tho outlook for tho grower
lust now is far from encouraging and ne can
only hope for an Improvement in prices.
There is very little, however, to justify an ad-
vance in the market for some time to come.
The best farmers goods, fancy grade, are
quoted ~ in the market and the condition
of the market very dull
Providence Methodist Episcopal Church, a
new houge OF worship at Comorp, h'ng
George county. was dedicated with appro-
nria.e services. d.. Tudor, OF Richmond
preached the dedication sermon.
Mr.. W. c. Owens, who was nominated Tor
Congress in Kentucky, is son Of Mr. Ovens
who number Of years ago lived in King
George county, and is cousin Of Captain
Owens. Of the steamer Wakefield
Richard O. Morris has sold part Of his
fine estate in the Green Springs neisboor-
hood. Louisa county, to Mr. j. Armstrong
Cbanler. husband Of Mrs. Amelie Rlyes Chah'
ler at about 800 peracre
John r. Fowkes. Of Manchester was ki'led
on the Southern Railway bridge. at Rich
mond. being run over by train bound ioF
West Point.
Thomas Moss, who lives in MeDowe"
county. was shot by Gus Nida, a neiShpor,
and instantly killed Nida then went Rome
o,d sbot his wife She cannot recover Jeal-