Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-05-25
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various Parts Of
the States.

Virginia Midland Railway few months ago,
died suddenly at her residence in Alexan-
dria. Mrs. Grant, it is said, never recovered
from the shock her nervous system re-
ceived when the news of her husbands death
in the railroad wreck reached her.
Rev. j. T. Laurens died ut her home, Ash
land after a long illness. Mr.. Laurens was
born in Fauquier county in 1927. He served
as soldier in the Mexican war; and as an Of
ncer of the Confederate forces in the late
civil war. He was a member of the Virginia
Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church South and served a number OF
charges.
Garner Brothers storehouse, blacksmith
and coach shop, large stock of general
merchandise. tools and material, together
with some smaller buildings, in Northumber-
land county about eleven miles from Warsaw
were destroyed by fire.
Richard Henry Tynes, who killed Tom
Boone at DeOn's station, last year, was con-
victed Of murder in the second degree in the
County Court 1t Nansemond and sentenced
to 10 years in the State penitentiary.
Near Front Royal, q Norfolk and Western
train ran into herd of horses at pasture and
killed several of them.
An important real estate deal has been
consummated at Stanton which is of inter-
est to large number OF shareholders
throughout Virginia The whole property of
the Basic City Mining, Manufacturing and
Land Company the builders of Basic City
has been sold to a syndicate headed by L. f.
Zinns. of Milwaukee, Wis. 1t is understood
that Mr. Zinns and his associates assume tho
whole floating and bonded indebtedness OF
the Basic City Company and pay each assent
ing shareholder SIS per share for his stock
All the Basic City Company's lands, build
ings and chooses in action are sold under the
agreement which has been ratified Ivy 1880
shares and a payment of $4,000 earnest
money has been made. This syndicate has
bought from T.. A. Watson the Brandon
Hotel and will operate it this season. Mr.
Zinns purchased some months ago n valuable
iron property-tho Bear ore beds, contiguous
to Basic city.
The master machnist and most Of tho
workmen at the shops of the Atlantic AMI
Danvillo Railroad were discharged. 1t is
rumored that the shops will be closed and
be removed from Portsmouth to Danville.
An attempt was made to burn the Union
street bridge in Danville, a wooden struc-
turc spanning Dan river. A policeman dis
coycrc the flanes before they ma L. much
hcaIway anI cxtin pushed them. 1t is be-
lcvod 10 have been tho work OF IA incen
diary.
The Dry Fork Railroad is rapidly being
pushed forward from Hendricks up Dry Fork
River to Hartman, in Randolph county, dis
tanco OF about twenty-five miles from Hen
bricks. Already ten miles of track is laid.
The construction of the road is under tho
management Of J. w. Moore, Jr., chief ell
gineer, and is owned by a Philadelphia sym
dictate, headed by Mr.. Il. L. Whitmer, who is
President.
The Corporation Court ut Alexandria
granted to number Of Baltimoreans and
others charter for the Southern Immigra-
ton, Land and Title Company. Mr. Chaun-
cey f. Black is the president and among the
incorporators are r. II. Spencer, Richard II.
Edmonds and John r. Carey, of Baltimore.
The main office of the company is fixed at
the office of the manufacturers Record OF
Baltimore. The object of the company is to
promote immigration to the Southern States.
open land for settlement. clear up titles, etc.
John H. Blayton, OF Richmond, man
about IS years of age, shot and killed his wife
Esther Virginia Blayton, n rather pretty
women, aged &c. Upon hearing the cries of
the woman. A. T. Mallet, who lives a few
doors from Blaytons house. rushed into tho
iatter's residence just as Blayton fired n
second shot at his wife. Mallet attempted to
disarm the Infatuated man. but was fired
upon several times and forced to retreat. He
escaped uninjured. The woman died within
fifteen minutes after the shooting. dayton,
after accomplishing his deed, attempted to
kill himself. but only succeeded in inIlcting
slight wound upon his body. Bayton made
no attemps to escape lie freely admits that
be killed his wife, and gave as his reason Tor
doing so that The woman had been unduly
intimate with n man named George Bell. The
latter declares that he never was unduly init
mate with Blayton's wife.
Henry Fairfax, Of Loudoun county. shlpP'o
to Philadelphia 60 head of fat cattle, which
averaged 1.42714 pounds.
70 nina railway man
agent between Lynchburg and Norfolk, died
in Farmvile.
Cant. John E. Curd, one OF the Oldest ciu-
zens of Botetourt county, died, aged eighty
years.
John Boucher, for many years leading
cigar manufactures OF Richmond, IS dead
The West Virginia Central ticket oiiice at
Westernport was broken into but there w"S
nothine there to steal. The Elkins postollloe
was robbed the same night.
The storehouse and stock of goods OF Geo.
Murray. Override, Taylor county, were de'
stroyed by fire. 1t is supposed to have oeen
robbed and then set on fire.
The faculty of the University OF Virginia
has defeated by a large majority the PROPOSE
ton embodied in the report OF commit''e
submitted to admit women to the academic
schools on the same terms as men.
reward of $3.50 is offered by the National
Roard Of Underwriters for the conviction OF
the party who burned the L. l. E'lico''
dwelling house at Belington.
The West Virginia Central shop men nave