Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-22
THE NEWS.

second Tuesday III July, Iojo D"i"H
Uaves died from the effects of brutal beat |
ing inflicted by William Ramsden, in Ger |
mantown, Philadelphia. a.-The export de-
partment of Martin Fuller & Co.'S abattolr,
in West Philadelphia, was damaged by fire
to the extent of $4,000 Large quantities OF
lard. tallow and dressed meat, ready fof
shipment, were destroyed. The loss is cov'
cred bv insurance. Merickel, sa-
loonkeeper. was beaten to death in his sa-
loon at Toledo, O.-Bertie Wooten, white
girl. of Ashland, KY, eloped with Marshaii
Black. colored. and her brothers have shot
md killed the negro's brother, who assisted
the couple in getting away.-The grand
Jury in Detroit returned an Indictment
against Thomas NJ. Thompson, engineer OF
the wrecked Journal Building. The charge
is manslaughter. At Kearney, Mo-, Jesse
Cole. sixty-seven years of age, committed
suicide by shooting himself through tho
heart. Cole was brother OF Mrs. Zeraioa
Samuels. mother Of Frank and Jesse James,
the noted outlaws.-The store and post
office, kept by Edward Pickman, atToll Gate,
W. Va, was opened and robbed OF S2Oo
worth of stamps and merchandise. Later,
evidently the same persons robbed the store
of S. P. Hecker, at Cairo, and made quite a
good haul OF goods besides about 500 IN
cash.
Judge showalter, of the United States
Court. Chicago, refused an injunction asked
by the New York Paper Bag Machine and
Manufacturing Company to restrain the
Western Paper Bag Company from making
bags on the patent self-forming square sys-
tem.--The Plaza, one Of Bostons large
apartment hotels, was sold at auction Tor
$3.50, 900 to Albert Geiger. 2. Blox-
ham, John Zimbar and Frank Shields, who
were accused Of numbering the HUDSON
brothers near the Cobb's Island Llfe-saving
Station. were acquitted by a jury at East
vile, Ya.--The main building OF the Kan
dolph Paper Box Mandatory, in Richmond,
Va. was burned out. Loss $150,OOO; insur-
ance s97. .0O0.-One man was killed and
several injured by the falling OF the walls Oh
the Kelsey Glass Works in Newark, o.
The Latter Day Saints laid the cornerstone
of their college at Lamont, Ia.-Benjamln
Hall. deputy sheriff. was shot and badly
wounded by W. Scott Hines, who found him
talking with Kines' wife. Elizabeth Kelly,
aged twenty-five years, daughter OF gar
dener in Philadelphia, is said to have iallen
heiress to S15 900, ,0OO.--Jacob Ferror, a
miser. who was robbed in Waterbury, Ct, OF
s125 few days ago, died, as result OF an
attempt to commit suicide by shooting. Inc
loss of his money caused dependency
Charles Schilder, wife and child, who left
Fort Worth few days ago, were found MUIR
dered near Laredo.-The steamer Wltter
Captain Huntley, from New York, with
cargo of phosphate, sunk alongside the dock
at Mystic, Ct.---Four cars which were be-
ing drawn up a steep grade on the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western Railway, near
Shorthils. N. j., broke away from the loco
motive and ran back at great speed, crashing
into the locomotive of a newspaper tram
The engineer of the newspaper train was
killed and his fireman badly injured.
At Ottawa, Ont, the Canadian Pacihc
Railway Station, with all its contents was de-
stroved by fire. The loss will be heavy
Messrs. John G. Moore and H. W. Cannon
have resigned as directors Of the Oregon
Improvement Company. Mr.. L. hollini
Morse, of Boston, has been elected director
"A special from Rockport, Ind, says Mrs
Sarah Davis shot and fatally wounded Mrs
Isabel Goodman, her neighbor. They quar-
: relied about their chickens. Mrs. Davis is Il
iail.-Rev John F. Fee, founder OF Bere'
College, Kentucky, recently withdrew fror
his old church at Berea on account of dis
agreement with members on the mode OF bar
tism. and has organized new church know
as Church of Baptized Believers. -Fredel
} ick Romero and James Montague fought
, duel at Bisbee, Ariz., in which each receive
injuries that will probably prove fatal. Rc
nero believed that Montague had ALLEVIATE
! the affections of his wife, and challenged hi
, to fight duel.-Thc Bethlehem Iron Con
> pany shipped turret plates for the Unite
States cruiser Oregon TO the navy yard
D San Francisco. The weight of the shipmel
: was 164 tons. Another shipment, consistlr
' of gun and mortar MATERIAL weighing
tons, was sent to the Watervelt Arsenal
@ West Troy, N. Y.
d Governor Wood0erry has appointed col
s mission to represent Vermont at the expos
ton of industrial and fine arts to be held
: the City of Mexico the comming winter.
Augusta College, the most historic buildi
in Augusta, KY, was destroyed by fire.
caught at noon. with 400 children in Il
v building. There was mad rush, and t
il greatest difficulty is rescuing them. Ali we
saved. d.-Ex-Treasurer Mandrake Gre
d CLAW. of Lawrence county, o., was sentenc
to five years Imprisonment in the Ohio PEI
:, tentiary and to pay fine Of $11, 900, he hi
Ia ing pleaded guilty to embezzling the count
~ funds.-Two freight trains on the Chicas
Milwaukee and st. Paul road collided
III Summit. Mich, killing Alfred G. Mortag,
II Green Bay, an engineer, and badly lnJurl
Frank Stocks. Two locomotives We
,, wrecked and several freight cars ditched.-
~ It has been the custom for number OF yea
of the Union Pacific Railroad to sell its c
nloves coal at reduced rates. This Will
discontinued on January y. 1t effects eve
TO man on the system, and the privilege
t, been covered by every body who could
n claim to being an employe.-A petit
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