Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-10-12
THE NEWS.


at Adel. Ia, consumed the opera house and
n number of other buildings in the business
portion. Loss seyenty-hye to one hundred
thousand; insurance about hall Fifteen
horses were cremated. - The assignee APP
nointed at the time Of the failing OF ex-Gov-
ernor Foster announces that he Will pay
fortv cents On the dollar james H. Cross
man. a mining speculator, committed suicide
in San Francisco. Near Salisaw, l. T.,
Nathan Jones, deputy United States mar
shaI. shot and instantly killed Newt Fry, one
OF the weaIthicst Cherokees in the nation.
Fry shot at Jones first, and was attempting
to shoot again when killed. Jones was
guarding prisoner whom Fry was desirous
of releasing. Mrs. Wiley White, aged
thirty-nye years OF Irvine, KY, was beaten
10 death by some unknown man in the WOODS
nenr her home. She leaves four little chill
dren. - Albert Harris, of Harris Bros, glove
manu- acturers, killed himself at his homo IN
New York city.--While John Chandler and
his wife. colored, was absent from their nome
at Smithsonia, Ala, their house caught lire,
and four of their children were burned to
death.-A Cincinnati bank loaned Samuel
BENJAMIN. printer, 81, 500 10 pay the ex-
nenses Of himself and family to Australia to
secure an estate Of three million dollars lelt
him by an uncle.
The steamship City OF Athens sailed with
the first cargo Of wheat shipped from Ia
coma. Wash, for the United iAingdom. -
The National Association OF Funeral Dlrec-
tors in session in st. Louis elected officers,
and selected Atlanta, Ga, as the next meet
ing place. Mrs. Ethel Stockwell, better
known as Miss Thel Brandon, the actress,
was awarded n divorce in San Francisco
from L. r. S.ockweil, the actor, on the
ground Of extreme cruelty. - Frank A. Will
cox a lawyer, eyed twenty-four, OF the firm
OF Wilcox. Adams & Green, New York, COM
mitted suicide in Central Park by shooting
himself. Charles E. Day, lamp trimmer
OF the Boston Electric Light Company, Of
Boston. was killed by the current Mill
ionaire Ebenezer NJ. Byers, OF Pittsburg, was
declared to be a unatc. - Five bodies were
washed ashore at Key West, Fla.--Supern-
tendent of Police Coyey, of Evansville, Ind
received telegram from Elliston, Ind. on
the Evansville and Richmond Railroad, stat.
ing that the bank there had been robbed OF
S.. 5.OOO-Ogler & Etersoles Office building
in Winchester, Va, was wrecked by dyna-
mite explosion. The Union League Club
of Philadelphia gave a grand reception to
Rear Admiral Andrew K. Benham, and pre-
sented him with gold medal.
Webster Ellison, farmer, was takeII into
custody at Youngstown o., by the sheriff on
writ OF lunacy. Ellison had been reading
Coxey's effusions until he became insane.
1t is thought his case is amenlable to treat
ment. jarvis r. Ralph, prominent citi-
zen OF Huntington. L. l., fell at his home,
striking with his temple upon coal scuttle
Tho wound he received caused his death be-
fore medical assis. ance could be called. Mr..
Ralph was eishty-one years Of age. - Mar
tha II. Potter, seventy years OF age, sister OF
Consres,man Potter, committed suicide by
iumping into the river at Augusta, Me. -
George Hoffman. aged n.ty years, was in
stantly XII led and Dennis Falyey probably
fatally injured l,y being buried beneath eaitt
and stone at Easton, Pa.--The death Of
Mrs Minerva Grace Norton, wife OF the Rev.
S. Norton. occurred at Beoit, Wis. after a
lingering illness. She was the cousin and
early companion OF Francis Willard and au
thoress OF "a Great Mother "A True
Teacher" and other popular books. Mis-
Willard was with her at the deathbed.-
Suits have been brought in the United State:
Court at Trenton, n. j., against the Elsterr
Rubber Manufacturing Comrany,of Trenton
for the infringement Of patents forpneumati
tires. The suit is lrought by Morgan
Wright. OF Chicago Tho Anti-Crueliy t.
Animals Society in Albany has petitione(
that ca he licensed. and that women relra:I
from wearing the plumage of birds. Pete
Exstrom n fisherman, was drowned at TAP
May by the upsctting OF his oat.
John r. Costello, thirty-six years old, o
Chicago. was stricken with apoplexy at th'
Chambers Street Ferry and taken 10 tn
Chambers Street Hospital in Now York. -
The pay Of the men in the tinpate works o
the st. Louis Stamping Company was cut
Professor Yincenzo Botta, the wealth.
linguist and one OF the vice presidents Of tn
Union League Club. was severely injured b.
fail from the third story window OF hi
house in New York "A fire broke out il
the Wagner Block in Manchester, N. H., dur
ing the progress OF which three police officer
and four flremen were lady burned. The
cornerstone of the new Clearing house AS
socation building was laid in New York
Bishop Potter delivered the address. Tn
ground for the building, which is at Ceda
and Nassau streets, cost $575,OOO and th
estimated cost Of the building is $3.50, ,000.-
The National Wholesale Druggists Associa
tion began its twentieth annual convention
in New York. Thomas Herman, aged six
ty-lve, of Port Orange, and Thomas Shields
an eleven-year-old 10y, of New York, wer
drowned in the canal near West Brookvile
N. Y.-On Beech Fork, twelve miles sout
of Huntington, w. Va, William Adkins an
Tom Mays, two prominent young men, be
came involved in difficulty. when Adkin
cut Nays throat, the latter dying instantly
Jealousy was the cause of the trouble.
WEST VIRGINIA OIL WELLS.