Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-07-20
THE NEWS

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The steamer Lnkmc. from Prebylof Islands,
r.norted at San Francisco the loss OF the
whoIine bark Abraham Barker on May IN
t,o Too off Cane Maverin. The entire crew
vos picked up by the whaling bark Horauo'
Tho Abraham Barker was owned by Wing, OF
Now Bedford. Mass. ss.--The sale OF the East
rennessee. Virginia and Georgia Railroad 10
lhe Southern Railway Company was con-
a,red in the United S'ates Court in Nashville
inv Judae Lurton.- W. Taylor an
A Amesburv shoe manufacturer, confessed nav
inc set his house on flre.-Mrs. Joseph
Nahndn, fifty years old, and her grandchild
Clifford. two years DID, and Joseph Nahadil,
the husband. was severely burned at Collins
buro Pa. The grandmother undertook 10
start a fire with tho oil can with the usual re-
sult-News reached Victoria, Is. g., that
China and Japan are about to have llyht IN
Korea Three men were killed near Love
lock. Nevada, as the result OF Jealousy. -
A Red Bank. N. j., Miss Julia Gesback, vino
resided in Brooklyn, was drowned WINE
bathing. 1t is supposed that she was sci2eo
with cramps. Miss Gesbach, who was thirty
years Of age was q summer guest at th'
Newman Springs Hotol.
Fx-Consressman Joshua G. Hall, Of Dover,
has been appointed administrator OF the es'
tate of benjamin T. Folsom, Of Stratham. n.
H., pending the result Of an appeal OF Miss
Idn G. Folsom. Of Boston. from the probate
OF her uncle's will About 100000 is in
yolved. Patrick Eugene Prendergast. who
murdered Mayor Carter II. Harrison. OF Chi
caco. was hanged in that city.-William
Fellers. a well-known young man, died at
Martinsburg, OF consumption .-CharIes
Poitrey, aged seventeen. was killed near
Chicosa Station, Colorado. by the accidental
discharge OF his rife while out hunting with
two companions. THE Louisiana Legisla-
ture adjourned. Robert A. Anderson, con-
yIeled of the murder of Emanuel Fleming,
WAS hanged at Livingston, Montana. The
Prohibition Convention Of New Hampshire
nominated Rev. Dr. D. c. Knowles, treasurer
OF Tilton Seminary. for governor, and DR..
Edgar L. Carr, OF Pttslleld, and David Heald.
Of Milford. for congressman. n.-Richard
Pjerco was hanged at Cape May Court
House, New Jersey. for killing his wife last
February. He confessed that he Killed her
The Union Pacific reorganization com
mittee issued call to the stock and bond
holders OF the companies comprised in the
Union Pacific system, asking for the deposit
Of securities under the preliminary agreement
nrepared for the protection Of their interests.
-Clarence Morrison and Henry c. Dean,
o! Philadelphia, and Palmer W. Holmes, OF
New York. the officers OF the Mutual Savings
and Loan Company, charged with operating
a scheme to defrauI through tho mails by
producing the payment Of monthly dues, in
return for the promised privilege OF borrow
ing money. were held unler 81 SOD bail each
for court in Philadelp phia. .--Whiie Peter
Jones. the inside superintendent OF tho Penn
svlyania Colllery, was riding up the slope at
Shamokln. Pa, his car jumped the track
and he was thrown beneath the wheels andin
staa.ly killed. Ylile E lwArd Becker, agoI
eighteen years, was attempting to stop run
away team at Mahonoy City no was struck
by wheel OF the wagon and instantly killed.
-George Hodge, a bookkeeper OF the Hlr-
lem Savings Bank, in New York, confessed to
appropriatng 81, 43O OF tho banks money.
The new cruiser Minneapolis arrived
Boston harbor, having acquitted herself very
satisfactory Oh her builders trip.--Fite dc
stroyed tho barn OF Attorney General John
P. Stockton and the Spring Lake, N. j., Pros
byterian Church adjoining it. Much OF TIL.
church furniture and the horses and carriage:
were saved.
At Campton, Ky, the Democrats OF the
Tenth Congressional district nominated j.
NJ. Kendall for Congress and endorsed Judge
W. NJ. Beekner for the short term, to fill tho
vacancy caused by the death Of Congressman
Lisle.-General John [. Rinaker, OF Ma
coupin county, has been nominated for Con
gress by the Sixteenth district Republican
convention OF Illinois. In q duel for thC
affections OF girl, John Spears shot anc
killed Howell Rainwater, in Liberty, Ky
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Columbia st. George Society and the British
Columbia Pioneer Society, cut his throat witt
n bread carver, in Victoria, B. C. He had
been drinking heavily. The suicide caused
quite sensation. .-Lightnin struck The
Lincoln Paper Mills, at Merriton, Ont Fir'
followed, destroying the main portion of th'
building large amount of stock anC
machinery was also destroyed The loss il
probably $50 .O0O--At Brighton Beach, Ind
Wlnifred Z. Smith cut the throat of Westol
B. Thomas, prominent business man o
Anderson. Both men had been drinking. --
The British ship Senegal, it is reported a
San Diego. Cal. probably went 20 the bottom
with all hands, during storm.
John Drake, Kentuckian, killed his VIII
and himself at Anderson, Ind; Jealousy tn
cause.-At st. Louis, Philip Jackson, WI
killel VIM. Mitchell. colored pri2a-nghtef
three weeks ago. was acquitted OF the char9
of murder in the second degree. The evldenc
showed that the killing was in sell-delenS
Tho steamer City OF Topeka arrived 4
Victoria, B. c.. from Alaska, and reporte
that the sealcr Gegrande reached Sitka Jul
A. with crew of Indians in irons. They ha
mutinicd, and threatened the lives OF tn
officers. They were landed at SItka an
Jailed. d.-At South Haven, Mich, the stcai
a.ge Myrtle NJ. Ross was partially purns
while lying in port Frank Smith, age
eighteen, son Of tho captain and owner, WI
burned to death; Charles A. Connel, chi