Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-09-21
THE NEWS.
rditors Goodman and Armstrong shot each

Editors Goodman and Armstrong shot each
other dead in a duel i'll Ga'esyille, Tex --
The West Virginia Glass Works, at Wellsburs
w. Va. were sold to A. J. Vaughn Tor s2,O6'
The body Of Wallace G.. Porter, aged
thirty-Ave. was found in the St. Charles
Hotel Philadelphia. He had shot himself
through the head. At Philadelphla Ed
ward II. Defenbach and David B. Ycrgor,
trading as II. Stephen & Co., made an as
sionment for the benefit Of creditors to Fred
ericll O. Reeves. The assgnors are iron and
steel commission merchants Two daily
papers will bo published at Harvard Cnlyer-
sity this year -Fire in Scranton, Pa
caused loss of a quarter ola million doilafs'
-Rev W Poynter president OF the Science
Hill College, Frankfort, KY, has been charged
with heresy. E. ooper, wealthy farmer,
who had Just sold large lot Of cotton, was
murdered for his money, near IuskalCosa'
Ala-The first anniversary of the opening
OF the Cherokee Strip was appropriately ceic-
brated by the settlers. Thirteen men nave
been indicted by the Memphis grand jury ior
compIicity in tho recent lynchings OF colored
men. The home of Mrs. Friedling, at
Kewanee, ILL.,. was burned, and her two chill
dren perished in the flames. -- Albert
RofeIskv. of New York, who has been losing
money heavily on the races, committed SUI
eide in Chicago. .--Rey. Peter joseph Hurtle,
of Austin, Tex, was co4secrated bishop IN
the Cathedral at Fort Wayne. Ind, and will
be sent to Il diocese in Bengal, India.
WA Latimer. receiver Of the First Ma
tional Bank. OF Sedala Mo-. filed suit for
s358 600 against the directors, holding them
rosnonslbe for the wrecking Of the institu-
tion.-A dispute over a small account, Leon
Black twenty-five years Old, son CT mem-
Der of the police force. shot and killed Alex
Fred. a merchant, while in the latters store
in the suburbs. Father and son are charged
with the crime. - The Grace Line steamer
apac. Captain Thomas, which arrived at
New York from Chi Ian ports had narrow
escape from total d 4strucsioa BY, fire at sea
while on the voyage While partially un-
der the influence OF liquor, Eugene Nc arthy
J ouatreed with his mother. in cleveland, O..
and cut her throat almost from ear to ear
-Adolph Mafsiii commission merchant,
committed suicide at his residence in New
York.-Advces from the Fiji Islands state
the leaders in the devil worship rebellion
verc executed Goethe Lodge. Of YounSs-
town. O.. withdrew from the knights Of Py-
tbias.-Harry Gowser while robbing the
house Of Farmer Funk, near West Lieery,
Pa. was fred upon and killed. Beverly
Adams, twenty-five years old, was hanged
in Hopkinsvie, Ky, for the murder OF
o.. Campbell another negro, last May. The
execution in the Jail yard was witnessed by
Grty people. The doomed man reiterated hi;
statement that the killing Of Campbell wa'
an accident. john Kennedy. of New York
WAS suddenly stricken with insanity on {
PENNSYLVANIA train in Lima, o., and convey
ed TO the station house He has money and i
tcketed from Chicago to New York. The hea
and excessive drinking brought on hi
trouble.
The new watcrworks at Winchester, Va,
we're turned over to the city, and the citizens
had grand celebration in honor Of Charles
b. Rouss. the phi!anthropist, who gave $50,
900 towards the Yaterworks fund, and has Il
many other ways substantially shown hi'
love for the city of Winchester and its cltl
zcns. The Grand Army National Encamp
men( elected Col Thomas G. Lawler, o
Rockford. ILL.,. commander-in-chiei; Major y
2. BurchneId, Of Pttsburg, senior vice com
mander-in-chicf: Charles Shute, junior vice
ommander-in-chlef; o. W.Weeks, OF Marion
o., surgeon general; Chaplain T. II. Hag
gerty, OF ST. Louis, chapain-n-chief'- '-
Governors Mckinley. Of Ohio, and Pattison
Of PENNSYLVANIA. attended the centennla
celebration at McKeesport, Pa. Mrs. AM
Rogers. sister to the late General John a
Logan, took morphine with suicidal intent
Il is thought her life will be saved. Despon
dcncy is supposed to be the cause. bern
ard Toker and wifo were shot and killed J.
Connellsyille by Frank Morris and thei
house robbed Of thirty dollars -Rey. Jon
4. Iartela was ordained as a Baptist minis
ter in IIartinslurg. - The schooner M6u
pyc. CAPTAIN Geo. Wilson, Of Moncton, y. B
bound to Maiden Mass, from ST. John, \
B.. with l40 cords Of tan bark, was practl(
ally destroyed by fire while ashore on tn
marshes that border Mystic River. She wa
partially insured. "A. NJ. Wright and hl
brother Arthur seriously shot John tlsht
near Mappyille, Va.