Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-28
THE NEWS.

The steamer Sausalito could not be stopped
when she reached her slip at San Francisco,
and crashed into it. damaging both the dock
and the steamer -Rey. NJ. Karl Stoetter
the jesuit missionary, died at Sterling, Ill
w. T. Goetz, Of Belmont county, guard in
Ohio penientiary, was stabbed in the neck
and groin by Convict Wm. Moore, OF Cincn-
natl and is in the hospital. - james Darcy,
n general merchandise dealer, Of White Top
Mountain, Tenn, was assassinated by un-
known persons, who called him to his door
late at night and ridded him with bullets. 1t
is stated that Darcy was killed by moonshin-
ers whose distillerics had been raided by
revenue officers on his information. WIN.
Smith. Of Allegheny serving twenty-three-
wear sentence in the Western penitentiary, in
Pitsburg. was shot in the neck and probably
fatally wounded by Keeper George W. Dean.
Smith refused to obey orders, and when repri-
manded, picked up sharp knife used in the
mat department and rushed upon the keeper.
-Four hundred and fifty employees OF Alex
Crow. the Philadelphia carpet manufacturer.
have gone on strike against a twenty per
cent reduction in wages. Margaret Sean
Ian. vie of Wm. ]. Seaman, the dcmenttd
actor, was appointed committee OF the per-
son and estate Of her husband by Judge Nc
Adam in the Supreme Court in New York.
- George Harpham, fourteen years old, Of
! 159 East One Hundred and Thirteenth street,
| New York, was found dead in his bed. hay-
ing committed suicide by swallowing quan-
tity Of paris green. Mandelileld
murderer of Spanish sailor has been caught
in Philadelphia.
George Schmous was hanged in pittsburs
for killing bis wife and two children. -
Thomas Green, recorder Of deeds Of Phi H.
de!phia died at his home in Fraukford from
kidney trouble superinduced by cholera NOR.
bus. Comptroller Of tho Currency Eckels
delivered an address at the annual cOnven-
ticn Of the Ohio Bankers Association
The Scranton Times, one Of the leading
morning newspapers Of Northern Penn'yI-
vania, and the only Democratic daily in
Lackawanna county. has been purchased by
VILLAIN r. Bell and Samuel L. Hudson, we'll
known Washington correspondents and OK
perlenced newspaper men. n.--Congressman
McAeer. OF the Third Pennsylvania district,
was defeated for denomination, Joseph p NJ.
Cullen being the candidate. .-Mrs. Elma
Hiles was stabbed ly a burglar whom she
surprised in her house in JcSrey City,
Uoruer Brothers big mill in Philadelphia
has passed into the possession Of John Brom
ley & Sons, the carpet manufacturers. The
purchase price is said 10 have been $500 ,O0O
The works will be operated by the Bromleys.
Joseph Ryan, eighteen, and PatricS
Casey. twcnty-one, the two men most severe
~ injured BY the falling platform at the Ex-
cclsior Athletic Club-rooms in Akron, O..
died durius the night. The tran:continen
tai Ines managers at n meeting in hicagc
decided to abandon their efforts to form the
transcontnental passenger association. -
Two thousand garment makers in Boston
went on strike
band OF Youthful colored burglars and
safe-rob5crs. their ages ranging from nine 10
G,tocn wears. was arrested in Lamar, Mo-
Fire destroyed Emery's Hotel, in Bergen
Poin'. y. j.. and was communicated to INC
Telcphone Exchange and Mitchell's Dehta
parlors The loss is about $25. 900, mostly
covered by insurance -Georgo hcii'y
superintcndcnt of the Dock Street Market, IL
Pbi;adclpbia committed suicide. .-Police-
nan Mellon arrested man, evidently insane
in Philadelphia. who was fiourIshinS reVol
yer AMI claiming that fortune-tellers wer'
pursuing him for his money. He had a re
turn railroad ticket from New York to Che
ago, and Papers which lead the authorities t
Lelieye that he is Peter Peterson, OF hicago
Tho eighth annual convention OF In
Typo;hetae o; America was begun in Phila
, dephia. II sailing yacht Gull has beef
wrecked On q reef where the Lake OF tn
Woods cmptics into the Winnipeg River --
John Mcdonald, a s,onecutter OF Perch Ont.
and Sanford Shipper, OF Detroit Mich, wer
! drowned. The wind was blowing gale, an
| the yacht was soon Il total wreck. The GREY
, WIS taken off the reef Tho rolling stoc
OF the Pennsylvania, Ponghkecpsie and Bos
ton Railroad was sold at Trenton, n. j., b
order of the United States Court and wa
bought in by the Central Car Trust ior sl37
500. The saIe OF tho railroad was adjourne
until October 18.
e Disillers outside OF the whiskey trust hav
appliod to the New York authorities for tn
incorporation OF the National pi-tributin
, Company. - Tony Ross. an Italian, tried
wreck a train on the Lehish Valley road II
| was captured ~ the engineer and taken
Buffalo. john Wood, of Boston, was pickle
UP by the crew OF Philadelphia and Read
6 ing freight train few miles above Wayn
= Junction. Wood said he lad been run oy(
by Bound Brook train. He was taken
the Germantown Hospital, where he died
short time after admission. - Reports irol
ali over California rccc vel by the State Agr
cultural Commission indicate the grape Gro
will be even less than at fist estimated.
is thought now the wine output will not e!
ceed Il. 900 600 gallons. a ia ling of o: on
third in the crop. - j B..cA wa serious
wouuled Is Il. CoPheyi,cA, clitor o! 81
vonic aper in San Francisco. - De:eciiN
n Harris has uncGrthed and captured some
8 a gang oil dan ;erous countcr.eters in lroki
, Cal. -. s. Little. postmaster at Maytowe
No. who was arrested for opening regi
tered let er. stabbed himself to death with
Q butcher knife.-Nrar Cleveland, o., Lafa.