Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-06-14
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The store house of Crance d Feather and
J. II. Welc - dwelling house at Albrights
three m les from Kingwood, was burned to
the ground. When the fire was discovere1
In the store building 1t was under such head
way that the goods could not be removed.
The dwelling-house caught fire from the
store. The origin Of the fire is not known'
The total loss Is about "a, 1000, with S2,5Oo In
surance.
The annual meeting Of the State Bank
ers' Association convened In Wheeling witnS
large attendance OF bankers from all over
the STATE. They we're W, lcomed to the city
bv Mayor @. F. Caldwell and by Robert L
Dalzsll on Lehalt OF the city lanks' James
II. Wilcox, president Second Natioral Bank
Of Pi Is .urg. delivered an address at the
| Opera House on "Solid Currency"
Shortly after midnight Wednesday there
was great excitement on the suburbs OF
Portsmouth. caused by the act OF jealous
colored woman named Sabina Thomas. Ine
woman saw her lover, negro named Geo.
Nash standing on Goodwin street talking to
another woman and got very much excitec
over IT. Nash and the Thomas woman had
been living together for a long time. Bod
were employed at Jake Pools place, ana ea-
bIna went to the latter's bedroom, where she
knew there was pistol kept. Securing this
without the knowledge Of anyone she re-
turned to where Nash stood, then alone.
High and angry words ensued, during which
the woman drew the pistol from her dress ana
fired the two being so close together thatthe
clothing on Nash was burned, and, as he fell
and rol cd iuto the gutter, he turned anu
drawing his pistol fired at the woman, VINO
was then being disarmed by negro named
James Minger. A crowd gathered az once
and DIR. Thoy was sent for. On his arrival
be made an examination and found that the
woman had been shot just below the ieit
breast the ball ranging upward and enter
,ng the cavity of the heart. Hers was a NOR
taI wound and in few minues alier Inc
shooting she diod. The ball entered Nasn
an the left side Of Inc abdomen AMI rangol
down. indic:ing q wound that viii prove IA
tal A Jury OF Inquest rended verdict thai
tbe deceased came to her death by a piso
shot fred by the hand OF George Ma H.
Neither OF the parties we're under the inhu'
ence Of liouor. and jealousy is the only cause
for the terrible act. The scsne OF the killing
Iva, almost the spot whore Perdue was killed
bv Robertson about two months ago.
A general miners strike Ia the Kanawha and
New River Valley seems probable. At meet
ING of United Mines Workers, held at Mont
gomery, resolutions were adopted demand
ing an advance of 10 cents per ton after July
Is nod'v'ng miners at unorganized points to
hold themselves In readiness to organize as
early as possible, and calling another conyen-
ton at Montgomery June -. Delegates rep
resenting 43 mines were present at the meet
ing.
One of the most disastrous fires ever known
In the history Of Fredericksburg broke out
about 5 o'clock A. NJ. In the excelsior mill oI
Wm. L. King & Co., supposed to have orIgl'
mated from spontaneous combustion III
few moments. and before the fire de- artmen'
could get the water turned on, the whole
block seemed TO be In flames. The excelsior
mill. the ice factory OF the Fredericksburg
Ice Company, the handsome brick residence
Of Mrs. Pittmap, and every house on the
hlook was on fire and the who.e square
burned to the ground The fire leaped acrcsi
Main tree. aud burned up one house on
another square before 1t c,uld be gotten un'
der contro. The loss is about $50, 900, par
tally covered ly insurance. The saccest
feature Of the whole occurance was the burn
inc TO death of William Deshazo the engl-
neer of the excelsior mill Dshaz) was on
duty up TO IL O'Clock, and then, as has been
bis custom since the hot spell, set in, he
went to sleep on lale OF excelsior IL Is
supposed that he must have ether been
stunned by the explosion or suhocated by
the smoke before waking. Deshazo was a
steady, reliable man.
In the Circuit Court OF Jefferson, Judge
Faulkner presidiny, the case OF An lrew j.
Scott, co ored, charged with tho murder Oh
his wife. Lizzie Scott, by poison with arsenic
on the 3 day of May Ia t, was put on tr.aL
The case was given to the jury, and YER
dict of murder In the fir t degree was found,
the penalty of which is death. This will be
the llrst hanging in Jefferson county since
/ John Brown and his Ifederates were
hanged in 1859.
A new Baptist church is going up In Ports
mouth on the corner OF South and Ell lgham
streets. for the South Stree: Baptist congre-
CATION, to cost S16, 90, and a new house OF
worship for the Eff lgham Street Meth dist
Epl copal Church, to cost $1O 900. The
Methodists have so greatly increased In
Portsmouth and the Sunday-schools mul l.
. Piled to such an extent that the No folk and
Portsmouth Sunday-School Association has
: been divided and each city has is 'wn asso-
ciation The handsome on Baptist Church
| lu erected on Green strret, in Portsmouth,
at a cost OF over $50 ,OO0 or the colo'ed
Baptists will be de Heated on the Oh n't
Conf dera:e memorial services were he
at Warrento Saturday. NJ. VIM. L. Mar
bury, OF Baltimore delivered an eloquent
Grafton. procession was fo' med, with the
the battalion OF the Beth i Ca 'e;s at the