Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-02
The NEWS.

Eng. has decided to locate their immense
plant for the manufacture Of cotton machin-
ery in Pawtucket, r. l. The proposed plant
will cover several acres of land, the greater
mart OF which will be occupied by the manu-
factory, which will turn out every kind Of
cotton machinery. The official count OF
the vote OF the city of Philadelphia for con-
pressman -at-large shows that Grow received
1l7 682 votes, Hancock 59323. Grows plur-
aity IS. $50. Judge Brentano, OF Chicago,
oyerrued the motion for new trial for
Prendergast, and promptly sentenced the as
sas.in of Mayor Harrison TO be hanged on
March %. but the court granted counsel Tor
the defense thirty days in which to file bill
of exceptions upon which to take the case to
the Supreme Court. This will necessitate an
extet sion OF the time for execution. The
Miller bill to relieve Virginia cities from the
operation OF the local option law was de-
feated in the House OF Delegates Michael
Silka. Il mine labo,cr, was blown into atoms,
and James Collins, contractor and former
member oil the legis ature, was fatally In
iured Ly the explosion of fifty pounds OF
dynamite Norman L. Nunro, the New
YORK yachtsman and publisher, died at his
home, in that city, aged h'ty-one years.
Judgment has been rendered In the Dis
trict Court Sioux City, Iowa, In favor Of
the Fidelity Loan aud Trust Company
against tho Sioux City Street Railway Com
pany for 1868, go on its trust bonds. de-
cree lorecosing the trust deed was given to
secure the bonds issued. IN formation has
been received that the Mosquito flag was
hauled down at Bluehelds by the Niearaguan
officials M. r. Morley, actuary OF the
Hartford Life and Annuity Company died
In Hartford, Ct, OF apoplexy, agel s'xty'six
years. He was one OF the best-known insur-
ance men in the country. he coal miners
to the number OF 5S3 are out on strike in
Lethbridge, N. W. 4. Last week the new
superintendent issued "a schedule In which
genes al reduction In prices was givon. DIR.
f. NJ. ALott, well-known physician. was
shot by highwaymen 10 Indianapolis, and 10
turn shot and fatally wounded one OF his as
eailants. The Mansfield coal region riot
ers were sentenced in Pittsburg by Judge
Ewing. OF the thr y-hve foreigners con-
vcted seven were sentenced 10 the peniten-
tiary for terms ranging from fifteen months
TO two years and six months and twenty
eight were sent TO the workhouse for terms
ranging from two months 10 one year.
Ezra Martin, an Englshmau, thirty-hve
years OF age, and potter ly trade, al
tempted TO murder his wife, Clara,
in Trenton, n j., with butcher knife.
Martin next cut his own throat from ear to
ear and died In IN hour - Fire destroyed
the buildings of Miller & Peck and Conion
Brothers, In Waterbury, Conn.
Mrs. Anna Matilda Jones, idow, resld
ing in Wilmington, Del, received 'ntelil-
oence that by the death OF an uncle in Ger
many she had inherited million marks. =
Arguments on the motion for new trial oil
prenderpast. tho murderer OF Mayor Harrl-
son. of Chicago were concluded. Several
thousand unemployed men OF Boston made
a riotous demonstration in front of the state
house. The governor made speech to the
crowd from the balcony, but his assuring
words were Offset by the rabid uttering5 OF
an anarchist leader. Finally, the mob was
olieted by the intelligence that the leGisla-
ture had appointed a committee TO meet q
committee OF the unemployed to discuss
measures of relief "A terrible tragedy was
enacted at the Grand Central depot at Hods-
ton, Toxas, the central figure being James
n. Mitchell, and the trouble growing out oil
an old feud Milton Sparks, d. i. Sutton,
constable. and an omnibus driver were killed.
Mrs. Sparks was badly wounded, as was also
n child she carried in her arms. Joseph
& Hardin, o train robber serving a twenty
wears sentence in the prison at Chester, HIS,
escaped with the assistance of a "trusty'
convict &C. E. Ward, of Duluth, was found
frozen to death near the village OF Merritt, In
Minnesota, on the Mesahe range. Ward was
a well-known railroad conductor.
There will be over one million doilarS
which can be applied to o stock DIVIDEND
when the Worlds Fair matters are settled
a syndicate of wealthy men is said to DC
anxious to control the natural gas produc'
of Indiana. The Chicago Fire Underwrlt'
ers' Association has decided to advance
, rwenty-fiy per cent. in mercantile risks
At Maysvile. No., K Froman shot MS VIII
and then killed himself The vile may re-
cover Lewis Hendricks, colored, charges
with being concerned in the murder OF Mrs
, Jassie Rucker at Staunton, Ala, was caugh
near Jamson. Ala, and shot to death -
John Loakum and G. H. Craft were arrested
in Toxas and charged with wrecking tram
An effort was made at Lancaster. Pa, |
! hlow nm with bomb the Cherry stree
J bridge over the Pennsylvania Railroad.
J Emil Schmidt died at Hackensack, N. j.,
3 q stab wound made two weeks ago by Jon
Roetcher Tho City OF Para, with h'
officer. and crew OF the wrecked ship Kea
! sarge. arrived at New York.
Fire at Fort Wayne, Ind, caused loss
o s.oo too Some of the houses injured wer
9 the stores of Vordemark Bros, shoes; ID
Central Telephone Exchange, VIM. Myer
!, pro batlers. and s. B. Thing Co., shoes
which were completely destroyed, and Mel
oentheim & Co. S millinery and notion stor
h oroe eooded.-Mrs wm. Smith was burne
a 20 doath ut Hudson, Mich.--By collisio
on the Huntingdon and Broad Top roac
& near Huntingdon, VIM. Sheath wSs k'ile
n,1 1ohn MYERS and S. D. Worley badl
Nf