Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-11-09
THE NEWS

X Hamilton, of the Ha1Geld Company, !
~ milwaukee. has commenced action against
the Menominee Falls stone Company and the
Menominee Falls QuFfry Company to compel
them to deliver their property TO him. the
claim being made that the quarries in "au-
keska county owned by these companies,
nronerly beIeng in the assets Of the Hadfleld
Company, And that they were traudulent'y
conveyed fto the corporation named
Adolph Shro, OF California, says he is gong
to erect a million dollar hotel on his properly
at the Gig House. He intends to make 1t an
ideal summer resort, and viii commence
oneratiohs when his new electric road to the
Leach is completed. Meyer I. Cohen q
Boston tailor, was swinded out OF S6,5OO by
a stranger, who sold him-a lot ofs'ui1 which
he represented 10 be eollenust At Perth
Amboy. n. j., the postofIlce was ropped
Of over $4,000 in money and stamps.-
The large factory OF the Berg Company,
manufacturers OF fertilizers at the
corner OF Russell and Bath Streets, Ken
sington, near Philadelphia, was destroyed
bv fire. entailing loss OF $780, OOOO.
a scaffold suspended under the roof oil
the Erie Depot train shed in jersey City feil,
and six of the eight men at work uponit were
hurled to the station platform beneath. Two
of the men succeeded in catching hold OF one
Of the roof girders and were thus able to
save themselves. The men who fell were all
seriously injured, one fatally
Martin Palaja, thirteen years OF age. shot
Annie Kamantowski, six years old, in Grand
Gando. Three men were killed and one
was fatally injured in freight wreck Oh tue
B.ach Greek Railroad, near Peeie, Penna.
The Zen were found TO have been burglars
ALI, ID Merritt, ex-president fthe Duluth.
Meaaba md Northern Railroad, has brought
suit in duluth, Mimi. against John u. hocKe-
fsller a. IF T. Gates, Of New York, cbarg-
inp then with fraud and Misrepresentation
in securii.s a consolidation OF the Messoa
Range iron mines. He asks judgment against
the defendants for 81 ,226, AGO. Tho eighty
employees OF the cutting department OF the
Standard Pearl Button Company struck III
detroit in remonssrance against the employ
| mpnt oil JOl0 Dtll do lOlShluhi ~ SNNN~~~
William Stevenson. Bell it is said, was
formerly foreman in prison shop at Ches-
fer. III. By the explosion Of the boiler In
A. Il. Kreep's saw-mill, mile from ParkerS-
burg W. Va, the building was destroyed ana
two men killed. DIR. Robert E. Peterson,
of Philadelphia, whose only daughter is the
widow Of George w. hilds, died at Asbury
Park. at the age Of eighty-two years. Ar
thur Meyer, the driver OF California stage
coach. was shot and killed by highway
man. Judge Foster, at Topeka, decided
aoa;nst the Santa Fe Railroad directors i'll
the United States Court. Tho decision was
ON the point OF law raised by directors at
torreys that the court had no jurisdiction.
the nlaintias being residents Of other states,
John A. Nightingale, wealthy retired
business man, died suddenly in Easton, Pa,
from paralysis, aged eighty years. The de-
ceased was a native OF Quincy, Mass, and q
dcscendent OF one OF tho most prominent
families in that state. j ID. Roe, OF Day
ton. Newton county, Mo , fired four shots at
Ed McAlester in Webb City, slightly wound
ING him in the neck He thon shot himself
through the head. causing instant death. He
was to have been married to a Miss Martha
Ford, but became insanely Jealous OF llc-
Alester. The shooting took place in the
presence Of Miss Ford, who is now prostrated.
Frank Klein and Otis Savage were ar
rested in The Dalles, Oregon, for robbing the
Pacific Express Compary's office Klein
confessed, and part OF the plunder was re-
covered. Adam Aberle was instantly killed
in Buffalo by blow with the fist struck by
John Liske. The men quarreled in saiooI
, and then fought Liske, who is pasterer
struck Eberle, a barber, vicious blow oye
the heart. Thomas NJ. Burke, Of Soutl
Beach. Staten Island, who, on August 10
caused the death OF Fred Bergman, his son
ln-law by means OF trap9un set at Burke!
hut, was sentenced 10 ten years imprison
ment BY advice OF his counsel, Burk
pleaded guilty to a charge OF manslauGhter
An overturned oil stove in the counting
room of the Newburyport, Massachusetts
r car shops SCI fire to the main building OF th
plant on Merrimac street. Loss, Sl25,CCU
Engineer James Lynott, OF Staunton; FIRE
man Elmer Scull. OF Moscow; Fireman Wm
Hosey, of Binghamton, were killed by col
lision on the rail at Foster. Pa.-Just De
[ fore the arrival OF the midnight train On tn
branch road from Kingston junction, a
Kingston, Canada, three mail bags contain
. inc the Kingston mail were cut and all thei
conts At PhilIipsburg, Pa,
Hun Rs picked up near Colorad
, Mine ~. 8, and taken to the hospital II
stated that he had been attacked by som
Q unknown parties. After making this state
!. ment he became unconscious and died.
Two robbers shot and mortally wounded on
, man. and seriously wounded another Will
attempting to burglarize house in Malone
City. Pa. "A jury in Trenton, Nj, awarde
George Spencer $4,000 against the Dela
ware Iackawanna and Western Road, fc
injuries received in railroad accident. -
Ex- Mayor Harry White, of Seattle, Washing
tor. confessed that he was interested in
q gambling place, and that he should hay
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