Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-02
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various
Tarts of the State.

The Rarig Machine Works, Buena Vista,
was sold at pubic auction to the Alex. X.
Rarig Company for $500
BoTH houses Of the Virginia Legislature
have passed bill TO regulate the practice Of
mediciac and surgery in that State. This so
amends the recent act rs not to prevent any
physician now legally practicing 10 Virginia
from being licensed an continuing to rrac-
tice without appearing before the examining
board.
JOHN | WAKEMAN, OF Warren county, who
served in the Seventh Virginia Cavalry Con-
Tolerate army, throughout the civil war,
died very suddenly of paralysis.
WESLEY MACY and Ell Rice were drowned
in Elk river, Webster county West Virginia,
by the upsetting ola small boat.
R. L. GRAHAM, OF Floyd county. sold ia
Lyach,urg 20 pounds of leaf tola,'o at
an average of S4l 50 per hundred pc unds
JOHN c. WILKINSON, a native of Bedford
county, was killed recently at his ranch in
Kansas.
Ex-CoUNcILMAN BENJAMIN FAULKNER, OF
Manchester, died in Richmond.
The papers in regard to the election Of Dr..
Newton as ass slant bishop for this diocese
have been forwarded TO the presiding bishop
of the United States 1t will probably DO two
months or more before the papers are re-
turned to Richmond. DR.. Newton will con-
tinue as rector of Monumental Church,
Richmond, until his conservation as bishop
The Bed ord county boarl OF supervisors
find working State conyicts on the county
roads so economical that they are petit
ing Tor more. They estimate that 1t costs the
county just 81 cents Il day for convict iaoor'
They have portable prison which is taken
down, loaded up on wagons and carried 10
where the convcts alo Mt work.
CONGRESSMAN Turner has recommended
the reappointment of Mrs. Long as post
moster at Charlottesville. She is the widow
of the Iato General Long and daughter OF
the late General Sumner.
The Liberty Wooden Manufacturing Com
pac,, at Bedford City, have secured another
government contract for the army This
time for 1000 broad yards. The contract
amounts 10 over 98, 900.
The Buena Vista council has appointed
committee TO confer with Baltimore d ONO
officials in regard to the extension OF that
limo south from Lexington to Buena Vista.
Andrew i. Hambrjck, plasterer, was
frozen TO death ut Mcdowell. w. Va.
The Odd Fellows OF Nor antown, w. Va,
will erect q building to cost S2O,O
Ara mass meeting OF citizens OF Freder~
icksturg. Mayor A. P Rowe, presiding, rego~
unions offered by Mr. II. ii. Wallace and adj
yocated by w. s. White were adopted,
strongly opposing the bill now pending he
fore tho Legislature for a rarlroad froI Ma
nassae 10 Richmond unless sai road passes
through Fredericksburg. Tie Delegates
and Senators from this section are requested
TO oppose the bill, and n committee, COM
posed of II. f. Chrismond, NJ. b. Rowe, ST.
George r. Ftzhugh, T. McCracSen Major
r. P. Wallace and W. S. White, was APP
pointed to go TO Richmond and do all In
their power to defeat the bill unless the
amendment suggested in the resolution is
adopted.
AT meeting of the board OF directors OF
the Norfolk Chamber OF Commerce a resolu-
ton was adopted indorsing The action OF the
Richmond Chamberof Commerce petitioning
Congress TO pass Il general banking law, I'M
der which all banks. whether chartered by
the State or national government, may issue
currency with proper safe guards as to Sc
curity and redemption. A resolution to ia
vite the House committee on rivers and har-
bors to visit Norfolk was referred to the
executive committee, with power to act.