Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-09-06
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various fartS
Of the States

The Latest News Cleaned From Various rarsS
Of the States.
The breeding establishment at Cas'leton,
Va. of Messrs. James R. and f. Z. heene,
was burned to the groSnd and nump'r "
valuable horses, including the imported MAI
crates and Hyderabad, perished in the flames.
Imported Kailicrates was considered ono -
the most valuable young s'alllons In Ameii'
ca. Hyierabad cost the MessrS Aeene qOO-
0CO as two-y, ar-old. The stao'e was n0"
huiIdino and cost about $4,000. The care
lessy thrown stump OF cigarette Is sup
nosed to have caused the blaz'. The loss Is
estimated at about $4,000
Mr.. NJ Il. Guthrie, who Is employed az
Petersburg. by the Singer Sewing Maehino
Company, was he'd up a out IL CLOCK az
nioht about two miles from Petersburg "niio
returning to the city from the residences u
Mr.. Miles B. Branch, In Dinwiddle county,
where he had been to visit sone LADY irlenus'
One Of the men covered Mr.. Guthrie with
nistol and made him hold up his hands wnhe
the other bighwayman went through H''
nockets and robbed him OF SO.
After some little de'ay the entire rlgut u
wov f,r the proposed water works In Cui.
neper has been secured. The city engineer
has made his official report, and bids are
now solicited for the same, to close Seplem'
ber Is when work will be Immediately peguD
and pushed to completion
Cards are out for the marriage at Wincnes'
ter September 5, OF Lieut.. Louis Mccoy
Milton. United States Navy, and Miss Minnl'
Clarke Evans. daughter Of Mr.. &. ]. Evans,
Of Winchester
Capt. John F. Palmer, one oil Inc mo''
nrominent citizens Of Charleston, W. va, Il
dead.
Mss Rosa Walker, eighteen-y yesr-oIdd dau d
Tar OF MIR. and Mrs. Ben Walker, who reside
betvsen Oldham's and Village, In Westmore-
land county, was instantly killed by lightning
while standing in the kitchen door.
Giles Trinkle. a wsll-known citizen oil Glies
county was founl dead In his bed at Pearls
buro. He retired the previous night N MS
usual health.
The dem ocrats OF Mlddlesex and Essex
eonn,Is, have nominated Mr.. j. r. Segar ior
re-sIection to .hs Hou1e OF Delegates.
Great things are expected OF the coming o.
the Southern Railway Company to Noriolk
and the advent Of the system will be appro
oriately celebrated by the merchants anS
business men, 1t is said.
Over one million tons OF coal have beer
shipped from Lamborts Point piers sinc'
the frst of January, Notwithstanding LII
, ,trkes and consequent depression. The East
, ern coal feet has not crowded the piers
late TO the extent the vesse did last spring
q t,;t as the disturbance In business Is all owe
, the shinments are steadily resuming incl
former volume.
1 The flye-year-old child OF Mrs. Margart
5 Mcclure. living few miles south oil Hun
4 in0top. was horribly burned by the turnin
ov Of a large kettle OF boiling water. IN
Y little one cannot recover.
Y The Board Of commissioners appointed
% canvass the railroad vote in Stafford, hndin
II impossible to conclude their laoors owlr
% ~ the bad condition OF the registration book
q od;ourned TO have recount on the secoI
.s monday in September at Stafford Cou
:. House.
pt The new assessment In Essex county shoV
II a decrease OF $11,5 ,515.
n- The electoral board OF Lancaster coun
has ordered new registration In that count
On sora.hunting on the Rapahannock is abo
OF to begin. Birds are reported abundant.
IN The TiIewater Agricultural Asociatl
o. will hold It's annual fair October /, and
90 at Tappahannock.
"a. It Is officially announced that V.cto
Of Furnace, locs ed at Goshen, one oil the ia
est and best appointed blast furnace plants
no the South. will 90 into bla't between the
III, and 10th proHimo, and when itdoes get 90
TO- to work It will be run to its full capaci
This means employment to hundreds
er- hands and thousands of dollars place IN
ar cula ion In this county.
In The industrial revival at Buena vista
tn Times The furnace is in full operation, G
ley nloying full force of bands, and in addlI
,ps TO this al of the other industries are do
vas we'll and have plenty OF work ahead OF tn
Ter Buslness there in all lines is on the incre
re: and the outlook for the old town Is n
ent promising.
Prof. william Spencer Currel, Ph, D.,
lrs newly elected professor OF English In w'
rio. ,ngton and Lee University, vice Prof.. ia
JUS A. Harrison, L. L. D., resigned, has arrl
.ers to take charge OF his chair.
u;- A FIRE destroyed the main building OF
go, Standard Oil Company's works on Lee I
to Oronoco streets, Alexandria, occasionion
Of loss OF about 5000, uninsured. Abou
O'Clock, as one of the employees was hand
an iron-edged cask 1t slipped from bis gr
and struck with such force against anot
iron, bound tank, striking of spark wi
-. a - - tbo Ill ha hrfok oforah0