Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-09
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| bondholders OF the Richmond and Manches-
ter Railway Company, against the Redmond
] ailway and ectrlc Com any and the Rich
mond and Manchester Railway Company
| which has besn pending In the United States
| Circuit Court for the Eastern District OF Viz
| glnia, was decided In favor OF the bond
holders by Judge Simonton. The bill wa9
fled by the holders Of 500, 900 OF the first and
| $780, 900 OF the second mortgage bon Is ofths
r chmond and Manchester Railway Com
pauy to enforce a contract on the part Of the
defendant companies, under the terms o.
which the Richmond d Manchester Company
was to deliver to the plaintiffs, In lieu OF said
first and second mortgage bonds, $4,000 OF
q new issue of 100000 OF a st mortgage
bonds 10 be secured by deed of trust of all
its property the principal and interest Of
which new bonds were to be guaranteed by
the R chmonI Railway and Electric Com
pany. The court filed an elaborate opinion
sustaining all the claims OF the b,ndholders
and passed decree directing the Immediate
execution and delivery of the bonds ly the,
| defendant companies in accordance with the
contract and requiring the immediate pay
ment OF the overdue interest. The bond
holders were represented in the suit by Steeler
Semmes d Carey, OF Baltimore, aud Mere
dih & Cooke, OF Richmond.
The argument in the suit OF W. B. Marks
vs.. The City OF Petersburg, tr al of which has
occupied the attention OF the Corporation
| Court OF Petersburg for several days, was
concluded and the case given to the jury
which returned verdict for the pla ntif Of
| $40. The suit was brought to recover $1,-
900 for damages to plaintiffs properly by
reason OF back water from stream running
through the city.
great iolhcation meeting was held In
Dayton to celebrate the opening of the new
Chesapeake and Western Road to that place.
1t is estimated that five thousand people were'
present. The houses of the town were hand.
&C mely decorated with flags and bunting and!
al its people were in hosptuble mood
After happy speech Of welcome by Prof. j.
N Fries, which was responded to by Col. E.
c. Machen for the people, Judge John Paul,
of the United Sta es District Court, was in
troduced as the orator Of the occasion, and
stirred up the people to high pitch OF en-
thusiasm by depicting the possibilities for tho
two Vlrginias when this road becomes O
throu n trunk line. Judge Paul was fol-
lowed by a number of other speakers. Cit
zans OF Rockingham came from miles around,
laden with we l-hlled baskets and the multi
ind, was fed In old fashioned picnic style.
The Jury In the Massey-PIlot libel suit
rendered a verdict in lavcr OF Massey,
awarding him damages to tie amount Oh
81 6ol The amount claimed for alleged
damages was $4,000. The verdict Is against
Sam Small, and R E. Byrd and the Pilot
Newspaper Company, clearing the directors
OF the Piltt The SUI grew out OF publica-
tons in the Pilot then edited by Sam Small,
formerly we'll known as an evangelist
charging bribery against Masses, who is
superintendent OF public instruction OF Vir-
oinia in connection with the States dealings
with what Is termed the American-Schcol-
r OK Trust. The libel suit was on trial
twenty nine days
Messrs. Wise and Fournoy OF Richmon
who hay, undertaken the the task OF secur-
ing new trial for Mary Alternately and
Pokey Rarnes, have gone to work in earnest
They are certain of the innocence OF the
w,men. 1t is said that a prominent white
citizen has sent Mr.. Wise $25 towards deiray-
inc the expenses that will be iLcurrel, and
from another white gentleman $40 was
received.
Mrs. William Pierce OF Middleport, n. Y,
and er married son, Franklin, WHO own
large family boat and travel by river, opera
tin, a merry-go-round, were drowned at
Ce,elo. Mrs. Pierce while walking ontherear
OF the boat accidentally fell into the river. Her
son Jumped in 10 rescue her and the current
swept them both under float OF barges
living Just below. Both bodies were re-
vered
Charles Ringo, OF II llniugton. who was
tried at the recent Term OF the Criminal
Court, charged with thskilling of ono OF his
little step-chlldren, AMI was released, and
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other one, made contest ion. He'state5 that
his wife: the mother Of the two tile boys,
killed them and threw their bodies into the
river. He states that he waJan eye witness
10 the terrible affair, Ut the reason he did
not divulye this before was on acc ount q
is lows fCr the woman. He said that now
since she was trying so had to convict him
he was going to give the whole affair away.
He exhib is some letters which have some
caring on he subject Heeays she took the
children to feet OF timber Just below inc
wharf, and after strangling them threw them
iDo tho river III, authorities are working
on the case and Mrs. Ringo will probably lie
arrested. She proclaIms her innocence.
John B. Minor, LII. D., professor oil COM
mon and statute law in the University oil
Virginia died Monday.
Mr.. M nor was eighty-two years oil age
having been born June 0, 1918; in the county
OF Lou:a. His early education was acquired
at Kenyon College, Ohii. Later he pursued
academical and legal stuiies at the Unlver-
81 OF Virginia. Leaving tho University, ne
re .iIed fret In Bedford county and then In
Albemarle at whose bar he begun the prac'
tic, OF law, with his brother, the late Luciar
Minor.
TEN PEOPLE DROWNED.