Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-06-21
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
The Latest News Cleaned From Various Parss
of the States.

The southern Foundry and Machine works
It Fredericksburg have closed down foE two
,r three weeks to take stock and put upa
arge addition to the buildings.
A telephone line is being put up from Mil
lord, In Caroline county, to Bowling Green
The barge Francis, from Lamberfs Point
TO Philadelphia, with cargo Of pig'iron, In
tow of the tug Emma, sank In Chesapeake
hov off Piankitank. Two other barges,
loaded with lumber, from this port, In the
same tow, lost their deck loads and wer'
towed into Pianki,ank water-logged.
A very extensive land deal has just been
partially consu nmated in the purchase OF
the Cotton and Wise farms, adj lining the
property OF the Norfolk and Caroline hall-
road, at about $1O4,O The purchase to-
oether with an option now held on what Is
known as the Thompson tract, covers nearly
all the water front between the eastern line
Of the Port Norfolk Company and the Vest
arm line OF the Norfolk and Carolina Road.
The purchaser is supposed to be the Norfolk
and Caro- ina Railroad. Rumor has 1t that
tue Southern and Atlantic Coast Line have
Joined issues and that the former system Will
come to deep water via the Norfolk and Car
olina Railroad, which, as Is we'll known, is q
part OF the Atlantic Coast Line.
One of the torpedo-boats OF the batt'e'hip
Texas made trial trip at Norfolk a. lar as
Bush's Bluff. The second torpedo-boat will
be ready for trial next week. The coast de-
fense steamer Amphitrlte passed in the capes
and will await orders from Hampton Roads.
The Amphirite has arriyel at Fort Monroe.
This warship is the first vessel ofthe new navy
that has gone immed ately into service, has
made her cruise and has returned without
finding auyshing that need be repaired. The
Amnhitrite Is a low iree-board monitor oil
4COO tons. doubls-turie eted, twin-screw, with
20 horse power. The department is much
orotif,ed with tho result Of the showing made
by this ship.
Howard Newbold, the negro who shot and
killed Jim Tazewell on the Dismal Swamp
canal has been captured at Wigford, Hert
ford county, N. c., and lodged In tho Norfolk
county jail.
The new machine shops Of the Atlantic and
DsnvIlIe Railroad, at Lawrencevllle, are al
most completed.
In the Circuit Court OF Jefferson County
Andrew J. Scott, the colored man found
guilty OF murder In the first degree at the
present term for poisoning his wife, Lizzie
Scott, with arsenic, was sentenced TO-DAY ~
Judge Faulkner to be hanged In the j1ii-yaro
en- Friday, October next. The aocusel was
calm aud received his sentence without an
Visible emotion. he stated to the jud 20 tha
he was guilty OF the crime. Tire execution
was p'a 'aced at that date to give tho accuse
lime to apply to the Court OF Appeals Tor
writ Of error If he desIreI This will b' tE
avst legal execution In this c)unty sine
1852
Parker, the alleged gold-5rick swlndler,
now at liberty Julge Hughes, in the Unite
States Circuit Court at Richmond bailed hin
in the sum OF 800 on his own recogi izance
Lat Saturday. Ju Ige Christian, ot Ne'
Kent, granted Parker bail In tho cum G
81. 900. and tie United States authorities i'm
meliatey arres Ell him on the charge OF I'm
nersonating Unite States as'ayer. Tn
accuse appeared before Judge Hughes thi
morning with his counsel and his frien'
Emery. the bookmaker, OF New York, and
few minutes af' er the applica. ion for bail ha
been made the Judge wrote out his dec sion
the form OF bailing the prisoner was gon
through and Parker bnd his friend, overioye
at the result, leil the COURT com.
Mr.. Henry Newcomb, a farmer living
Prince George county, near Petersburg. vi
gored by tull and almost Instantly k'lle'
He was taking the bull 10 pasture when II
animal brS:D loose from his chain AMI ro
of, Lut suddenly wheeled around al
charged up Mr.. Newcomb, knocking hi
down and thrusting his horns into his SOL
ach repeatedly. Mr.. Newcomb leaves wi
ow and two children.
An elevator used by workmon on the NJ
ton blast furnace at Wheeling, btea ne u
: mauagee le. Four mon iump'd 10 ga
, their lives. Henry Delbrugge, head mi
wright Of the company, slipped as he jump
and fell to the ground, distance OF 'igl
feet He was dead when picked up. a
=, other of the workmen WAS caught by |
legs and saved from Il similar fate.
Memorial services in honor Of tho COME
y crate dead were held at Lexing on. Gr
4, Fnzhugh Lee delivered an address In
Washington and Lee University chapel, a
the tomb Of Gen. Robert E Lee was ID
decorated.
The procession was formed as folo'
= Corps OF Cade Of tho Virginia Military
Btitute and Post B md, students OF the u
> ver-ity, Lexington Fire D partment, sec
> organizations of the town, citizens, and q
iederate Veterans of Lee-Jackson Car
The procession moved 10 the emetery, wa
the burial place and monu Eeat OF Gen. L.
jackson were decorated, also the grave
Gen. William +. Pend n, chief OF artll
OF the Amy Of Northern Virginia III
II, was large gathering Of peoI lie.
Striking miners In the PocahoDias reg
o. OF Virginia are being evic ed from hou
n they occupy In large numbers, aad h9 exc
Ia ment there has been inteLse. The ofii(
t,o chop their way through the bHrrlclded DC
\ and remove the furniture to the street.
"a woman, a Hungarian, who fou yht to prev
her furniture being rem oved, was struck
-, hatchet by constable and serious
as jured.
- Five men, acting as agents for W. c. b
49, win. the Northern aud Western Railway