Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-08
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The will OF the late Mark Downey. Of Rich
mond, has been admitted to probate. The
estate is valued at 100000. lie makes
number OF charitable requests, including
$500 to the Little Sisters OF the Poor
Among the requests TO personal friends is
one of 5000 to VIM. A. Piet, of Baltimore.
las token OF his regard ana esteem for
him.
Mrs. Mary Thorpe, who lives near arshan.
is probably the Oldest person in Fauquier
county. She is nincty-four years old. She
brought up nine children, and all but one
are living-fyo daughters and Jour sons. She
has forty-six grandchildren, 100 great-grand-
children and three great-great-g
dren.
In the County Court of Page. Perry
Nichols, young white boy, was sentenced
to the peniie2,.iiary for two years for shooting
into a passenger train on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad on the 9th of April. 1894.
near Rileysyille Page county.
The salt works at satville are owned by
an English syndicate, who are putting in a
large amount OF machinery for the manufae
turing of soda and other articles. They have
n payroll low of between 5000 and $4,000
per month.
In the CASE against the elee ion JUICES and
clerks Of Smither's precinct, Henrco county.
the Indictment was qunshed by Judge Wick
ham on the g-cand that when the grand jury
was sworn there were only ten members
present, and Judge Wciham, under the JIM
preston that there should be twelve, had two
more members summoned. When the point
was raised Judge Wickham said that he hid
errei AMI sustained the poin. and ordered
the discharge OF the prisoners.
Col. / A. Gibbons member Of tho Mason
county bar, del at his residence, in Point
Pleasant, at the ags of 1fty-nve years. Mr..
Gibbons was widely knowl throughout the
State az a lawyer an1 q politician, standing
hisaLin the coIae.s of the Republican party.
H, WIS presidential elestor on the Garfield
ticket.
In the Circuit Cou OF Bote.ourt county.
the suit Instituted by the Fincaste and
Southern Botetourt Development Company
against ~ I. Weeks, 10 compel payment of
800 subscribed stock to the proposed Fin
castle and CloyerdaIe Railroad, resulted in
favor OF the defendant.
When ten months ago. the Bristol Bank
and Trust Company suspended business it
found it necessary to issue about S15,O 600 in
certificates for the benefit of
lis depositors. These certificates have all :.
been paid, principal and interest.
Capt. John S. Young, OF Alexandria, died
in San Francisco Cal, OF heart disease. The
deceased was abou. forty-hvy years old and
had followed the sea since his boyhood
Gorge Marshall, on OF ths oldest citizens
OF CaIpeper couaty, died aged eighty years.
The postofIlce at Elliston, Montgomery
0 Inty, was burglarized and about $50 in
stamps taken.
The Haskin Wood yuleanizing Company,
Of Alexandria, have arranged with the Balti-
more and Ohio to locate a railroad depot on
and of the yulcanizing company near the
loot of Wolfe street.
A little son of Mrs. Downey, OF Spring
Bank, Fairfax county, was kicke ly II
horse in such manner thai the entire front
If the face was cut off, the nose bone broken
md the face, skin, nose and eyebrows folded
Jack on the top of the head. The surgeons
lro endeayoring to restore the face to its
natural position.
The furniture factory recently established
It Port Norfolk by Ohio men has been bought
'ut by Portsmouth company and the plant
nlarged and more capital put into the con-
ern. The factory is turning out a beautiful
me Of goods which find ready sale, and is
living employment to quite force of hands.
t is the only furniture manufacturing esta5-
sement in this section of the country. Port
Iorfolk is on the opposite side OF the harbor,
{ the mouth Of the Western Branch and i'm
lediaicly opposite West Norfolk, with which
Is shortly to be connected hy drawbridge.
gricultural fair grounds, for annual exhi-
lions, ave just been constructed there, and
le race-track is said to be one OF the finest
J Virginia. The hotel season opened with
lany guests from the two cities, and ban
uet and ball were features of the festive
ccasion