Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-12-07
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
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At Gotham. durin; dispute, Ike Hender-
son. ,oIored. struck TinsIey Flint, white, Win
n heavy piece of scantliny, knocking MN
down. and then beat the PROSTATE man with
the scautlng. innicting injuries from wnicn
he died few hours later. The negro made
bis escape.
The corner. stonc Of the monument TO the
Confederate soldiers OF MechIenburg county
was laid at Boydton. The monument bad
been previously erected and an opening lett
for the corners one.
Rev. 0. e. Miller has resigned the pastor
ate Of st. Marks Lutheran Church, Roam
oke.
s. L. CoghilI has been appointed paslmas-
ter at Smoots, aroline county,
Union labor circles have been greatly ex-
cited by an authoritative and explicit state
ment from Manager August Frohm, oi lac
tory H. of the United States Glass Com
pany. that the tru-t has resolved to start lac
tories 30" and III" both located in Norfolk,
about the first OF the year. The factories
have Leen idle for two years. They produce
the finest table goods made in the United
States. and all efforts 10 start them hereto
fore have failed, the men standing firmly TO-
gether
Mr.. Robert H. Fryer, president OF the Arrow
Steamship Company, states that the syndl-
cate which will complete the steamer Howard
Cassard is composed Of George FRANKIE, Leo
pold Arnd. John ~, William Smith, Peter
staab, Heury Arnd and N. L. Smith OF Baitl-
more; j. P. V. Ritter, W. c. Avery. b. Z. EN-
inert and G.. H. LaFetra, Of Washington, and
S. D. Carey, Of Wilmington, Del. ibis syn
dictate is an adjunct 10 the Arrow Navigation
Company. latey organized under authority
OF the Arrow Steamship ompany for the pur-
pose OF building and operating steamers OF
the Arrow type H. the Atlantic coast trade.
Anumbe, Il fine white siad we're shipped
through Norfolk from the Albemarle souno
section. where they are taken in the small
seine. Herring are caught at every haul.
This is unrs al, and is no: taken as good
sign by fishermen. The local market supplies
arc meagre. iresh-water varieties forming the
bulk, nanked by the perennial gray trout anu
mullet
The only kindling wood factory in Ports
mouth shipping stuff North has shut down
and clio ed, business having ceased to pay.
The log trains on the several railroad lines
are now doing an immense hauling Tor the
lumber mills of N rfolk and vicinity and for
shipment This traffic Is steadily increasing
and rafting the logs from the waters OF
North Carolina is by no means 80 large
business as formally.
The coal shipments from Lambert's Point
fer the wear ending next month will reach
2.25O. 900 tons. The tariff doesn't seem to
effect the movement of coal exceptto increase
the delivery aud shipments. Pocahontas
coal is shipped to the Eastern States and sold
cheaper than 1t is in Norfolk, and run into
Portsmouth Ly rail and sold 10 cents ton
higher.
Officer U. NJ. Hatcher of the Norfolk police
70 &C. shot and seriously wounded lsham
Hatchett colored. Hatchett was drunk and
creating disturbances. When arrested by
the officer he resisted. seize the officers
club and commenced to beat the officer,
whereupon the policeman drew pistol and
shot him. Hachett died and tho coroner's
Jury exonera cd the officer. The mayor had
Hatcher arrested, and after partial inyesti-
CATION con inued the case and bailed Hatcher
for his appearance Hatcher has been re-
lieved froLo police duty pending inyestiga'
tion.
Isaac Taylor, prominent and well-to-do
farmer living near Frenchs, w. Va, together
with his aged mother AID a young woman,
Nora Kidwell while crossing the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad bridge over the South
Branch river, near Frenchs, were struck by
express train No. AZ and Instantly killed.
Their bodies were thrown into the river
thirty feet below.