Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-09-13
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA,
The Latest News Cleaned From Various Parts
of the States.

an forty or more old cadets present. rst
Lieutenant David Price, frat United s ates
artillery, the new commandant took charge
OF the corp, OF cadets. By the last OF the
W ok the corps will number over two hum
drej.
| The stockholders OF the G lumbus, Hun
tington and Guyan Railroad met ut Hunting
ton. and, among o:her things, authorized
the board of directors to issue first mortgage
bonds not to exceed S25 900 per mie, to be
used In the construction and equipment Of
the entire road. The board will meet in
New York this week for the purpose OF car
| rying out these instruc ions, and-it is under
stood these bonds have already been cons
traoted for. Work on the new line will be
begun inside OF ten days, and will be COM
p eted inside OF eighteen months.
A disastrous fire occurred at Elk Garden,
a Goa mining town fourt en- miles south OF
Piedmont. MeIn .ire's store and residence,
McKin'ey's Loarding house, one double and
eight single dwelling houses a: d several
sable, together with much of their con-
tents were totally destroyed. The fire Is
aid to have started from al attempt to light
fire with Gil. Loss heavy, partially In
sured.
Forty Ita ians, railroad laborers. raided a
whisky shauty on Porter's Creek near Char
le ton. and 80: into fight with Geo ge and
Jack Logan and Bernie Cobb 1t was q small
room aud the woman who kept the dive es-
capped, and when the fight was over the room
looked like slaughter. house, ODD being
spilled all over the floor and scattered on 70
sides Of the room. Jack Logan was shot In
tn side and badly stabbed In the body aud
cut on his heid Cobb was fri. htfufy cut
about the bea and neck, and Geo. Logan
was cut on the upper part OF his body, lead
and arms The iDj lred men will probably
recover. Seventeen OF III, Italians who did
the shooting and cutting are in jail.
The greatest throng which ever assembled
In tits section OF West VirgInia-many say
the greatest which ever gathered In the State
at ended the COME ierate reunion held NJ
Union, under The auspices OF Mike Foster
Camp OF Confederate Veterans of Monroe
county. No estimate put tho crowd at less
han seven THOUSAND aud many believe that
1t excee led ten thousand people. The town
and the sp endid grove OF kingly sugar
map'es where the meeting was held were pro-
fusely decorated with Confederate and Union
colors.
Tle Al 'xandr.a depot o; the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad was opened on the river front,
near the foot OF Wolfe street. Mr.. d. P.
Hurley agent and John Waller, clerk. The
depot and freight-yard occupy quarter
square OF ground and connect with the Alrx-
andra branch Of the Ba tim IRE and Obi
Railroad by the railway ferry to Shepherds.
Stuart N. Andrews aged thlr.y-eight years
Tor whom the officers have been hun Ing or
ten days past, has been captured and jailed
at Staunton. He Is charged with a horrid
felony The mltimus by which the jaier
holds him alleges that on August 8 he did
ieloniousIy administer to Miss Alice Bible
medicines or drugs, from which her death
followed on the 18th. Ten days ago war
rant for Andrews arrest was issuel, lut ur-
til this time he elude cap ure.' He was oaI-
tured by Depuy Sher n d. A. Walker and
posse past m .dnlght in a barn on Andrews
brother-in-law's farm, on tn, Augusta and
Rockingham county line. The pr soner was
covered with shocks OF wheat aud provided
with watermeons and other food. Andrews
fa bo ofi Of 4 ha I'M
Is reported that lie vas one OF tue pall-bear-
ers at Miss Bibles funeral.
A distressing accident is reported from
Fairfield. Alexander Barclay, fen years OF
age, visiting Judge Paiton's lami y, went In
10 tie grainery bin to play, and while In
there a large gu nifty Of wheat was turned
In through q chute and tho boy was suffo-
Gated He was not missed for long time.
When found he was under tho bulk wheat
and life extinct from suffocation. He was
s)n Of DR.. J. P. Barclay, prominent ply
sclan OF Eutaw, Ala.
The dry goods firm OF Rand Osborn OF
Charleston, male an assignment Tor the
benefit of their creditors. The Liabilities ale
sea. 900. the heaviest part being $4,000 OF
the firms paper Lei by the Kanawha Valley
B nix. The hard times and p or collections
are given as the cause olthe assignment Tue
assets are not known.
The Confederate reunion at Fishers Hill
was an immense success, the attendance be-
ing very large. Senator John W. Daniel
electrified the crowd with his recital of the
gallant deeds of the Con ederate soldiers
Hon. s. S, Turner made q lengthy address
and was followed by Mr.. Richard H. P.
Staub a,d Rev. WIN n. Dame, bob OF Bal
timore. Purner Ashby Camp of Winchester
was present as uniformed body, mum .er-
ng seventy-1ve. Shenandoah Camp, Of
Woodstock, was also out In full force. Capt.
1. @. Morton, OF Staunton, represented Grand
Commander W. A. Smcot, who is i'll at his
home In Alexandria.
In addition 10 the work now going on rs
the beginning OF the great system of improve.
mertJ in this section, the Southern Railway
Company is now asking LIS for the con-
struction Of pier. warehouse and dock at
Primers Point. The pier and warehouse are
to be 700 by 100 feet and the deck will be 14O
feet long. They have N early contemplation
a 90 another similar pier. warehouse and
dock there