Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-05-25
THE NEWS.

Stage robbers held up u coach on the
way TO stockton, CaL. Ono OF them was
killed by the express messenger, and the
second robber then shot two of tho passen-
gers.-Two livery stables planning MIL
and a brick block of business houses at
Akron. Ohio, were burned. Total loss about
500. .OOO.-At Rhinehart, Mo-, William Tar
due shot and killed A. W. Rundlc, then set
fire to Rundlee house, and killed himself
The appeal OF Dr. D. c. Kelley against the
action of Bishop Hargrove in susponding
him for leaving his charge in 1890 to make
n canvass for governor on the PromDltlon
ticket. was sustained by the Southern Metho-
dist General Conference. The commission
appointed by the New Jersey legislature to
investigate the oyster troubles in the Della
ware Bay reported that unless some radical
change is made in the laws the industry will
be extinguished
The village OF Palmyra. about thirty miles
west of Nebraska, Neb., was almost totally
destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 600:
insurance $4,000 --Ex-State Senator Sea
burn, who WIS wounded during the bank
robbery shooting at Southwest City, 40. died.
The other two who were wounded at the same
time are getting along nicely None of the rob-
lers have been ca, tured Combina-
ton Company has been incorporated in Sioux
City by the officers of the Credits COmmuta-
tion Company. 1t has @25OO.O00 authorized
capital, and its object Is to complete the un-
finished bridge across the Missouri ut Sioux
City. The company has promise OF $1,200,
0OO tax from Sioux City, and will begin work
in June. led Dan Williams to
shoot and kill Mrs. Sarah MclIauley in Fort
Worth, Texas Daniel McKclvy, of Cedar
Hollow. Pa, was run over and killed by a
freight train on q trcstlc.-Coot Williams, q
coiored convict, was taken from Mallory's
Camp. at Pine Grove. Fla, Sunday morning,
and lynched bya crowd of about ono hum
dred men. 1t is said that he was implicated
in the brutal murder of two ladies in Hamil-
ton county not long ago.-John Hudoz, a
prominent Hungarian, who resided mt Free
land, Pa. was murdered and robbed by ban
dts. The evidence thus far oba 'nable shows
that Hudoz was first shot, and then his money
and valuables stolen.
It is stated that n number of fraudulent
Indian claims. on account Of alleged depro-
dltions in South Dakota, were pushed through
by connivanco of government officials
The body of Edmund Roach, a highly con-
nected Euglishman. from Liverpool. who was
lost in a snowslide last January, was found
near Silverton, Col. His papers and money
were recovered. THE South Park Commis
ouers, in Chicago, have decided to turn
/ Midway Plaisahcc into canal 100 feet wide,
with walks and lawns upon each side. The
Illinois Central Rlilroa declares that it will
n,ver allow the canll to pass unler its tracks
an legal contest is problble. DR.. A. L
| Griffith. q delegate from Jasper Tenn, while
returning from the congressional convention
! q, Calttanooya, on the train. was shot an1
killed by John L. Stckley delegate from
| Waite county. Si5kloy was very DRUNK at
the timo.- C. Saodgrass was renomin-
aeed for Congress, in Chattanooga, Tenn. on
the four hun lrol all thirty-seveAth ballot.
At the instance of Attorney General Oiney.
the district attorney has begun suit against
the receivers of the Union PLcilo RIiIrol1 to
aln1l patents on 1920 a;r15 OF lanl in the
Vicinity Of Denver, most of which is worth
over 300 an acre.
Jake Rudolph the politician who last week
ATTEMPTED to shoot Business Manager j. B.
Eliot of the San Francisco Chronicle, has
been adiudged insane and dered by Judge
Levy to be committed TO the Stockton asylum.
The charge Of attempt to MURDER however,
has not been dsmissed.-A man named
AzofT who attempted robbery at Boulder
Creek. shot Detective Harris, OF the Southern
Pacific Secret Service, who interfcred.-
Forest fires arc raging between Port Jervis,
N. Y. ana Milford, Del At Pawtucket Il.
l.. there was big blaze in the coal yards ol
Newell & Co.. Olney & Payne Brothers and
Pawtucket Gas Company. Loss 93OO,OOJ.
The large crockery store Of ellington Bros, at
Brooklyn. was gutted by fire. Loss $40 900
insurance. SS5. OOO.-The National Bank Of
Pendleton Oregon, has closed its doors
At Wayerly. N. Y. Liant Hyatt stabbed his
wife and then cut his own throat-It was
repcyted that the Diamond State Match Com
paliy. of Wilmington, Del. would close IT
factories in this country because Of the tariff
bill.-Miss Emma Reynolds Moody. daugh
ter of Evangelist Moody. was married to Ar
thur Percy Fit, of Chicago. In the Congress
sional Church at East NOrthiield. Mass
The strike of the bituminous miners arr
affecting large industries in Canada.-Dr
Henry M. Hurd. Of the Johns Hopkins Uni
yorslty. was elected secretary and treasure
of the American Medico-Psy sociological Asso
citation. The second days conference o
the miners and operators, at Cleveland, endc'
without any agreement being reached, tn
miners refusing to recede from their deman'
for d restoration of the old rate.
,nere WIS u fearful storm the Lakes
The shipping suffered terribly, and many live
were lost. Five men and a woman perishe
in the wreck of the schooner NJ. J. J.Cumming
near Milwaukee. At Chicago eight vessel
were driven ashore. and ten men drowned
AT Bridgeton, N. j.. Mrs. William Pore
and her infant were struck by lightning an
fltally burned. Breeding, who
> wanted for forging money orders on IL
Wells-Fargo Express Company, has been
rasted in San Antonio did $1,000
damage in Honesdale, Pa.-Indiana fiji
glass manufacturers have formed compih
l and contracted with Fox Bros, glass broke
{ of Chicago, to take the product OF the sever