Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-12-06
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various Parts OF
the State.

Tn an affrav at Bowmans switch between
Sridgewater and Stempheytown, on inc
chesapeake AID Western Railroad one man
vas probably fatally stabbed and two others
BADLY beaten over the heal. The men were
Engaged in sloping a cut at the place oil the
;racas when a dispute arose between Har-
low. Who lives near Charlottesville, and an
Italian. In the fight Harlow smashed inc
Italian over the head with shovel, fractur-
,g his skull. While they were engaged In
ne combat another Italian ran up and
tabled Harlow in the back with a stlletto.
\ man named Mahoney, Of Albemarle couh-
y. went to the assistance of Harlow, AID ne
yas struck over the head, receiving frac-
ire of the skull. II is not thought that
iarlow will survive the stab, while the ltal-
IN an! Mahoney are not considered fatally
wounded.
At a largely attended meeting OF the
Jlamber of Commerce Of Wheeling steps
,ere taken to secure tho early building OF
oai road from Wheeling to Uniontown or
Jonnelsville, Pa. Committees were appoint
ID to confer with the existing railroad cor
,orations. to ask the commissioners OF TINS
'ounty to subscribe loan of 55OO,Oo to the
people in aid of the road. Large subscrip-
ions are assured from other quarters on
10Th sides of the Pennsylvania line.
There was bad freight wreck on the Nor
ok and Western Railroad at Canterbury
Hill, caused by the engine leaving the track
md plunging down an embankment. En-
,ineer Walton, Brakeman Hardin and
ramp we're killed. Several others are seri-
3usly injured. Twenty ears we're complete
Iy demolished The loss is very heavy.
Tom Walling, of Central City, was fatally
| shot in that town. He was in company with
Lee Harris and two Lincoln county men,
,yhen a quarrel arose.
A. B. Ballard, one of the Oldest citizens I"
Salem. Roanoke county, died, aged eighty
| three years.
The plans have been prepared for the noy
Chesapeake and Ohio railway depot to BIO
built in Richmond. and contract was signed
with the Southern Railway for the right
of the former to cross certain of the latter
tracks and bridges. The depot and Other
improvements it will involve, will cost 81
| OoO 600. and the building will be located on
| tbe nortbside of Main street, just below the
| old st. Charles Hotel There will be two
| miles Of double track to reach the depot and
long iron viaduct.
| W. E. Marks. tobacconist OF Danvllle,
was run over by an Atlantic and Danvllle
freight train at Buffalo Junction, forty miles
from Danvile and his body crushed and
mangled terribly.
George Elklns, who fell of high porch
at Edgewater, is still living, notwlthssand-
ing he has broken neck. He is in the hos
pital and it is believed that he will live.
The town of Chatham. the county seat OF
| Pittsylvania county, is on boom, An en-
thusiastic meetingof the citizens was held,
at which it was determined to erect at once
three large tobacco factories, made necessary
| by the growing tobacco market there. The
preliminaries were arranged, the money sub
scribed and the building operations COM
menced.
AT Ferguson. head-end collision occurred
between two freights on the Norfolk and West
ern Road. Both engines were demolished
and twelve cars wrecked. All train crews
jumped and none were seriously injured.
Traffic was delayed for eight hours. The
loss to the company viii be heavy.
yane Wellman, of Ceredo, a fireman on the
Norfolk and Western, was probably fatally
scalded by fiue of his engine blowing out
at Canterbury HILL
Messrs. J. w. and j. B. Tasker have, it il
reported. discovered about 500 acres oil four
teen foot vein of best quality soft coal, ano
400 acres of from six to eight foot vein OF gas
coal on their farm. about six miles from
Piedmont. This coal will be placed IN the
market at once and will be developed In thu
near future.
general meeting of the directors OF thu
West Virginia. Southern and Midland Rail
wav Companv will be held in New York De
eember 10. Directors and officers will p'
elected. This is new road proposed to d.
built up the Cheat river
|
A somewhat sensational episode occurred
in society and educational circles at Bristol
Prof. II. W. Noff. former president of Kin
College, and at present a professor in South
west Virginia Institute, was talking to
friend on Main street, when King James,
well-known gentleman of Roanoke, a,coste'
him. demanding an apology for an alleges
insult. A few words were passed, whe
James struck the Professor a heavy blow l.
the face. Bystanders interfered and stoppe
the affair. but not until Sam Borsoa. VIII
thought his friend James was not gettln
fair play. struck the Professor across tn
head with his cane. None of the blows al
serious. The difficulty arose out of the Pre-
fessor's asking james to discontinue smok
ing on the street car conveying the youn
lady pupils to the college. James consider
ed it an insult and demanded an apology.
Samuel Ralston. an old white man, hvin
near Monterey, Highland county, was foun
dead in the woods. He wandered from HON
several days ago and died of exposure
.Twenty-six cases Of the Southern Mutui
Fire Insurance Company to recover for loss2
prior to 1874, when the company stoppe
business, have been decided in the Circu
Court against the company.
Patsnt-OR,c Stati5ticI.
TIL, report of the commissioner OF patent
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