Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-11-23
THE NEWS

ODllIfn. Lfltb CNtilO ONNA Oh thO olOdilSIlD
sikh. is being detained by the custom-housc
authorities, at Tacoma, WASH, and will,
doubtless. be seized. The opium was con-
signed to a Portland Chinese firm, and duty
maid of about $2.50). Tho Denver detcc-
tiyes have arrested Frank Rock, French
Canadian. on suspicion of being thcstrangler.
At Denver, COL, after careful canvass
a committee has reported 215 families Of
American Railway Union men are on tho
verge of starvation, and 300 unmarried men
are dcsti tute, in consequence OF the black lis
enforced 10y the railway against the men who
struck last tsummer.-The Pittsburg Synd-
cate, a discretionary pool, W. c. Smith, Iuan-
ager. made an assignment to Attorney r. L.
Trimble for the benefit Of its depositors Mr..
Trlmble has taken charge, and says he thinks
the syndicate will pay fifty cents Oh the dol
lar.--Five Georgian mountainers wore SEN
tencod in the United States Court, in Nash
vile. Tenn, to ten years each in the penitcn-
tlary. They are the moonshincrs, who shot
Wm. Roper, tho government intormer, and
LilcW ulIl illtO d fA'j hiAOA| iO AO-A"iiA-N
days until found by searching party.
1t is stated in Denver that a big syndicate
Is scheming to obtain control OF the silver
market and dica o the price OF the metal tc
all silver using countries. A reign OF ter
ror exists in Indian Territory. Bandits are
in full control and commit crimes at pleasure
without molestation. n.-The faculty Of the
| Kentucky University deny the story that
| twenty students are seriously Ill from drink
ing impure water AMI three deaths have oc-
Cured within the past week. They say nine
| students, at different times have been i'll, but
| there have been no deaths among them from
fever. r.-Thos. f. Drake, the Oldest employe
| OF the 3. g. O. system. died near Pittsburg.
Tho Denver Chamber of Commerce has
adopted resolutions inviting the governors oi
different etates throughout the country to
meet in Denver in midsummer, when the
new capitol building will be formally dedi-
Gated to agree on different subjects, such rs
div. rec. reGuisition, etc.-Rev. Richard
| Carroll, prominent Baptist preacher, hung
himself near Mayno. chville, Ky. He was
e:ghty-nine years old, aud had been preach
ing sixty-nve years. Fire destroyed the
Central Vermont car sheds at st. Albans, VT,
the presidents private car and number
OF private coaches. Estimated loss between
$50 900 and 500, 0OO "A company OF Penn
sylvania .pitaists propose to put down oil
and gas wells in West Virginia. The
tyen;y-nrst annual convention OF the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union was be-
gun in Cleveland. Miss Frances Willard,
the president, read her annual address. The
recording secretary and treasurer delivered
their reports, and a number of addresses
were made.
Burglars entered the store OF Pool Broth
ere. of Lamar. No., blew open the safe and
took thcreirom $3.50 in cash. S2,7CO in notes
and about 81 500 worth of diamonds and
iewelry. leaving tin box containing several
thousand dollars worth Of bonds and notes
hebind. L. Schultz has been delivered
TO the sheriff Of Van Buren, Ark, by J. L.
Little. who arrested him near Purcell, l. T..
an ,he charge OF having, in 1873, with Budd
uorr's and Jack Richmond, murdered tive
r,cc;yets. Schultz admitted his identity, but
denies having had anything to do with the
murder. Rudolph W. WolGTsobn. promi-
nent Republican politician, consul at ann
helm during Garneld's admin stra'ion, died
In Buffalo. - Queens Own" tho property
ot Graham Brothers, OF Claremont, and tn"
finest Clydesdale stallion in Canada, died
white on It's way 10 the New York Horse
Show. He took first prize wherever shown.
- The seventh annual convention OF the
Southern Surgical and genealogical Asso-
cia,ion met in Charleston S. c., with iair
attendance of members. Upwards OF one
hundred papers are TO be read on various
a,hiects. The association will be in session
thr, g days
Miss Hannah Weaver. aged forty-eight
was found dead in the attic of her home il
Newport. r. l., having hanged herself dur
Ing the night. She was one OF Newport
most pr ,minent ladies, and sister OF th'
late John G. Weaver, OF The Ocean House
and the Everett House, New York. .-Eman
uel Otto, an aged and wealthy farmer, nortl
of Morton, Mimi, was found dead in hi
residence with o bullet hole in his left sid
and another in his ear He lived alone with
his wife, and when the murder occurred sh
was absent. Otto was worth $50 900. In al
J iron chest in h.s house were found $4O0 il
cash $3.50 in blnk certificates and deeds
mortgages and notes. William II. Dawson
a merchant of Smiths Ferry, near Plttsburg
was fatally shot by trap gun set In his stor
to shoot burglars. The town OF Sheffield
J fifteen miles south of Mason City, Iowa. OF
the Iowa Central Railroad, was totally de
stroyed by fire. Loss $780, .O0O.-Sever
schoolboys who, with others, had dug cav
on a vacant lot in the northern part OF St
Louis, we're buried by the roof caving in AM
Henry Raedner. eight years old, was killed
Herman WaIkenford, aged twelve, was badl
hurt. William Gleetzer was murdered nea
ElyrIa, Ohio in his barn, and an attemI
, WAS made to burn the barn after the commits
sion OF the deed by the perpetrators. .-Th
schooner Apprentice Boy was beached a
J Ludington, Mich, with the schooner Austir
No lives were lost
DEATH IN FOREST FIRES.