Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-09-13
THE NEWS.

Arthur W. Wilson, OF New CASTLE DEL, en-
tered suit against that city for $1,000 dam
ag 8 for injuries to his seven-year. Old son by
the EXPLOSION OF omb a public fireworks
di4nlay. Is o great boom In electric
railway construction in edmond, va
The Masonic Temple in Boston was gut ed
by Gre. The loss Is estimated at over $780,
Coo District Fro Chief Eagan and several
0remen were badly injured d-Forty men
and boys wele burned to death or suffocAted
in a mine near Calumet Mich.--Dr. Orand
E. Bradford, who escaped from the office oil
Chief Hagen, OF the United States Secret Ser
vlco in New York city on August a, was re-
captured, together with several other parties,
all charged with counterfeiting. "A break
bas occurred In the Virginia Peanut Trust
several OF the largest firms In 1t having with
drayn--The convention OF the National
AssocIation OF Letter Carriers at Philadelphia
adjourned, after selecting Grand Rapids,
M ch.. as the next place OF m cling.
The ten-year-od son OF DR.. j. Paxton
Barclay was sufTocated In q grain chute at
Lexington Va.--A letter was received by
tie Baptist Mi sionary Board In Phiadel-
phia from Rev. W. NJ. Vi crast. at Hankow,
China, telling o! the roagh experiences ofthe
missionaries In the recent riotous demonstra-
tious against foreigners. The sixth annual
convention OF the National Association Of
Letter-carriers opened In Philadelphia, and
the question OF salaries, uniforms and hours
| OF work were discussed. -Edwari Andres,
a st. LOUIS engrayer, who attempted to COM
nit suicide by jumping from ferryboat into
the Delaware River, lut was rescued and
! lockeI up In Camden, N. j., made rope out
OF his underclothing and hanged himself
Rand & Goshorn, the large retail dry goods
n d shoe house In Charleston, Va, failed for
$63. OOO Judge G. P. Snyder, ex-congress-
man, is the a'signee, and will run the busi-
mes, for six months In order to pay of credi-
tors.-In his address at the annual conven-
ton OF tho National Wholesale Druggists
Association. in Denver, President Thomas F.
Main, OF New York, recommended the mp
pointment OF O committee on foreign trade
relations and tho establishment of a bureau
OF information for the benefit OF advertisers
Judge Gordon E. Hayes a1d Insurance.
Aren't Toll Thompson have been indicted py
nm Oregon grand jury for intimidation, e4-
tor and coercion. The new Hill Semln-
arv. built by President J. J. Hill, otthe drea'
Northern Railway, was dedicated In ST. fau
by Monsignor SatollL- L-Charles Alien, one
Of the postofflce robbers who escaped irom
,o,l in New York was captured in Spring
field Mo.-A mob OF 15O or more negroes
and whites went to the house Oh Elder Ian
ner colored, In Ashville, N. G.. to run him
out OF town. About fifteen shots were cis'
charged. Two or three OF the rioters were
shot. and also one woman living In Tut
neiphborhood. Tanner escaped INJURY
Policemen finally interiered, and broke ul
the riot. IN. T. Rattle, his vile and inre'
children we're poisoned by eating caooaSe
which contained Iaris green. Tho Mexi-
cans who took partin the bull fight at Gillette
Col were heavily fned.-Tne steam'
Pocahoutas. Of the Virginia Navigation Com
pany was disabled Catharine v
Runvon was the first woman to be admitted
70 the Virginia Medical Association. -
Arthur T. Jennings, a lad of six years, wa
dangerously shot with parlor rifle In hicn
mond. Va.
James Jordan, q married man OF Mount
Clifton, Va was shot and seriously wounded
by Samuel Hopewell, who accused him OF be
ing too intimate with his-Hopewell's-sis-
ter. The Winchester Presbytery gave q
decision Ia the case OF John D. Gordon anc
John McKow1, elders OF the G'rardstowr
Presbyterian Church, sustainln the session
of the church, which had divested the elder;
of their office. The grand jury OF Spring
field ILL.,, Issued subpoena for Governor Alt
geld. commanding him to appear before the
grand inry and testify regarding boodling BY
members OF the last General Assembly,
The insurance companies not being able t
90 on with the case, the arraignment OF DR.
George W. Frakor was postponed for a week
Dock King, colored, who was arrested a
Fayet' eyilIe Tenn, on charge OF attempt
ing 10 criminally assault Mrs. Charles Jones
was taken from jail by q mob OF two hundred
men aud hanged. from al
mars OF the state Of Illinois attended meet
ing of the Honest Money League OF that stat
in Chicago, to prepare for the presidential
campaign OF 1885, Tho ttn-plate manutac
turers in Cleveland, O., say that the big ad
vance In the price OF steel ha, killed the tin
, plate industry.