Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-07-05
THE NEWS.

Georo a will have fine exhibits at the Atlanta
Exno.iti, n.-Lafayete West killed his son !
bv a blow at Brazil Ind. AT Chicago thir-
= an men were indicted charged with stuffing |
the city's pay rolls. s.-Mrs. Springer, wife |
Of Millionaire Warren Sprir ger, was indicted |
at Chicago on the charge OF trying to br.be
a iuror.-The Internal Supreme Lodge oil
Good Templars in session In Be ston, eiecteu |
of3cers and decided to meet next year in |
Zur!ct. Switzerland. Judge Ross, OF tue !
Tinted States Circuit Court in San Francisco
sustained the demurrer OF Mrs. Leland Stan
ford to the suit OF tn, United States govern
ment for SIS, ,00O, ,0)0.-In duel win pis-
toIs le ween Hyte Larson and Bill Jordan,
two notorious mountaineers, in the Cumper-
land Mountains Larson was Sil Cd.
"Bnd" Tom Smith, horse thief, incendiary
and WI oesale murderer, was hanged at
Jackson, KY, In tie presence OF 5000 people
who had come from miles around He mace
a speech from the g,llows. In fight be-
tween State Cons.able5 Pe.tlgrew and Loland
and two moonshiners namel Fisher and
Durham at Spartansburg, S. c., the latter
were xii cd PettIgrew was shot through
the lungs, and will probably de. Lolsnd is
badly W .undel. On petition of stockhold-
ers ia the B. Il NJ. Packing Company, Judge
Butler. in Denver, COL, apl ointed George
W. Balantyne rec liver OF the company. The
assets are value at s93 900; liabi tiles $685.
OOO.-Tweed, Ont, was almost wiped out
by fire, which started in hotel, and rapid
ly spread over the entire town. The loss is
estimated at about So, 0O0, with small insur-
ance. Two thousand five hundred dele
gates to tie Epworth League Convention at
| Chatta ooga congregated at the novel prayer
meeting at sunrise on the bluff OF Lookout
| Moua atain.-The fourth denominational
mee ing OF the Christian Endeavor Union OF
the Methodist Pro.es'a ant Church opened at
Pittsburg With lvs hundre delegates In at
tendance. Fire destroyed one million dol
lars worth OF property In California Five
fremen were ed and O dozen injured by
the ia ling OF a wal in Minneapolis.
Thomas W. Hill cashier OF tho Cleveland
National Bank, has been appointed a re-
ceiver for the Lorain Manufacturing Com
pany Suit was brought by Adolph Pollock
to subject ockholders liabilities The bond
IS 500 OO.-Pasquale Garolale, Of East
Boston. known as Frank Browa, was arrest
ell in Maiden Mass, where he ha been In
hiding since he shot his ghtee2-year-old
wife. 10 whom he had been married but a
day. He was held under 5000 bond.
Browns wife is In critical condition.
Two f)rgers, w:o gave their names as Will
liam McMahon and H. A. Sloan, and claimeu
to be representing pub icatlon known as
LaIrd's Industrial G zette, were arrested In
Butte. Mon, after swindling several firms on
forged contracts for advertising. Twenty
one cottages were destroyed by fire at the
Wyoming Camp Grounds, eight miles from
Wilkesbarre, Pa. The loss will reach $lO,-
OO0 The origin of the FIRE is unknown
Policeman Stephen Pleasanton, who was Bit
ten / Y mad dog In Dover, DEL, was taken
to the Pasteur-Instiiute. New York, for treat
ment
The experts have concluded the examinn
ton of the accounts OF the late city treasurer
OF Butte Mont, Jacobs, who committed sui
eide several weeks ago His defalcaiions
amount to s2O, 519. His bondsmen will make
good the loss. s.-Viee Chancellor Emory, In
Newark. N. j., denied the application, made
by the United Photograph Company, OF New
York. to restrain the Edison United Slater
Phonograph Company, OF Newark from fell-
| in
William ]. Myers, agel nineteen, who en-
ticed Forrest Crowley ino the woods, and
murdere AMI robbed him last fall, was found
guilty of murder in the n st degree In At
lanta. Ga. This is the eoond time he has
been tried and found guilty Colonel Will
lam NJ. Runkel was sentenced BY Judge Bi l.
die. In Philadelphia to three months In
prison for assault and battery on Colonel A
Louden Snowden, on June 10th, 10 which
charge he pleaded guilty. -01 the Caro-.
line, Cumbe land Gap and Ch cago RaiIrc sd
one mile from Aiken, s. c., freight train
loaded with rocx was deraied and wrecked.
Hugh Weatherford brakeman; Fireman
Cherry and colored man named Albert
Bronson were killed Two others were badly
scad d.
Tho convention OF the Railway Yardmas
ters' Association cf the United States anc
Canada has disbanded the old organization
and formed new one under thename OF th'
National Var masters Association. Will
lam Karus. aged sixteen years has confessed
TO setting fire to the barn Of E. G. Chabot, II
Mi ford, and which NJ. d. Wilbur lost hi'
life.-Volcanic disturbances are again re
rorted In the Cocopah c)untri OF Lower
California AlIel Stickwell, OF New
Britain, aud dwarf Luton, Daniel Gala
han and Jos eph Hogan, OF Hart'orI, Ct
J while rowb a, engaged In a scufde
which upset the Loaf. S'ickwell and Lutt
were drowned. The West Virginia Stat
convention OF Christian Endeavor Sccietie
C. included its annual meeting, at Martins
burg. and will meet next year at Hunting
don. The Governor OF pennsylvania
signed tie religious garb bill and vetoed tn
QUAY county bill.-GoyerDor Altgeld, o
illinois, informed a committee from tn
J Demo cratic House caucus that IL the leeisla
ture now convened in special session ad
| journed without acting on the matters men
toned In his pl oclnmntion, he would reas
semble that toiy. The second Interna
tional Convention OF the Epworth Leagu
opened auspiciously, at Clstta ooga.