Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-07-12
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
The Lats,t News Glelnei From Various Paris
of the States


Mia, & lille Davis Shepherd, aged 54 years,
relict Of the late Walton Shepherd, died az
her residence 10 Snuuton after long illness
Mrs shepherd was daughter OF Mr.. Isaac
Twyman, prominent citizen OF M"u'son
county. who survives her. The Is also sur
vived bv on sister-Alrs. James VII Is, OIL
orange county. and ne daughter and two
sons. Miss Lisa Madison aud waller snii'n
and Edwin Shepherd. OF Staunton. She was
closely related to the late President James
Madison The rema rs will be taken 10 'he
old homestead In Madison county Tor Inter
ment.
The committee appointed by tho Lee ana
Picket Camp to take charge OF the arrange
mepts for he great Confederate reunion III
Richmond next Spring, met and discussed
plans for perfec: organization. Genera'
Pey,on Wise the chairman oil the committee
sav that h will take immcdla'e sep' to
have the Lee monument grounds greatly Inn
nroved This he said, wou 90 the first
work of his committee, AMI was Important;
as the plot OF ground immedia ely arounu
the magnificent equestrian statue is not ID
the best of condition by any means and pre-
sens anything but al imposing sight
DIR. Burke Chrisman, proprietor OF inc
Massanetta or Taylor Springs, died suddenly
Of heart disease at the Revere Hotel In Har'
rIsonburg. He was 63 years OF age and was
widely known throughout Virginia, New Jer.
sew and New York. DR.. Chrisman belonged
TO prominent Rockingham family. lie re-
ce,ved his education at the Vrginll Military
Institute, and graduated in medicine In fni'-
adelpha.
1ocoh Nrodlin lately convicted at Danvil
of wlfe-murder, an l sentenced to eighteen
years in the peniten'iary is now raVing
maniac. He was taken le'ore the O'rcu'
Court and tried before jury on the chsrge
of lunacy. The case attracted large crowo
and ModIn entertained his audience Wild
much preaching and many scrip.ural qu,ta-
ions He was very noisy and 1t was impos-
sible TO res rain him. The jury was not long
In adiudging him insane, and tho court ui-
reeted that he be sent TO the State Hospital
at Williamsburg.
Miss Katie Mansfield, aged rs, Of Newport
News. made determined attempt to commit
suicide. She got upon chair, drove sp'Ko
above her Or, placed moose around ner
neck. tied the end OF the rope to the spike
and Kicked the chair from under her. A man
who boarded at the house me In just aI'er-
J wards and heard the nolse she made. lie
alarmed the household. The young lady
was cut down as soon as possible bat life ap
peared 10 bs extinct Physicians succeeded
IN resusclatatiDg her by persistent eilorls.Sne
was in critical condition for twenty-iour
hours. The cause assigned by the young
womans family for her rash deed is de pom
dency over lovers quarrel, coupled win
.ll.heaIth.
Nsws has reached Bristol from the Vlr'
gInia side OF the Cumberland mountains, In
Buchanan county, that Hiie L LIwson aud Bill
JJrden, two notorious mountaineers, who
ha been enemies. for several years, met IN a
lonely path In the mountains and engagel In
I a terrible battle Larson opened aro on Jor-
den. JorLeu returned 1t, and IA deadly bat
tie ensued. wllch )st L Irson his life. u
Jor len, it Is thought, made his escape across
the country into the mountains OF Southern
West Virginia. They were both bad mon and
had killed several men.
At recent m setting OF the city council oil
Lyuchburg 1t was decided not only to reiu'e
the salaries OF the city officers but t. increase
by S5 per month those Of the weighmaster
and market-house janitor.
A track hand namel Foutca was killed IN
freight wreck on the Baltimore AMI Oli1
Road, near Turkey. Foot, W. Va.
Mr.. c. II. B)xwell, m snayer OF the Rose
mont farm, near BsrryvlIle, Clark county,
!hrashed 2JS bu shells OF barley from i've
acre lot. which wa, an average yield oil
nearly sixty bushels to the acre.
Melville Slallej was thrown from horie
near Huntington, W. Va, and instantly
killed.
The ex-Confederates of Loudoun county
will hold reunion at Putcellyille Angus
20th.
The real estate assessment In Accom- 10
county shows An increase OF $427,676 COM
pared with 1890.