Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
The Latest New, Cleaned From Various Parts
of the States.

steamer for the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company, the repair work to the
B i,ish steamship Persian Monarch and the
repairs to the Transatlantic liner NewYork.
The work OF the Persian Monarch Is the
largest repair job the yard ever had, and
will cost abort $50, OOO The ship was
wrecked several mouths ago and Is now bH-
ing changed from a steamer mo full.
rugged ship. She will lily the American nag
after leaving Newport News.
Hon. John E. Massey State superintendent
of public schools, arrived in Norfolk from
Richmond, and later in the day Messrs.
Thorn and Medley. representing Mr.. Massey,
entered suit against the Plot Publishing
Company. Sam. W. Small AID each on OF
the directors of The Pilot, also ,ainst R. E.
Byrd, OF Winchester, for 900 for libel. The
case was entered In the Circuit Court, Judge
P. B, Prentiss, and will be called in May. 1t
is understood that Rev. San Small, who is
rrac icing law, will conduct the de'en.e.
Only the memorandum of the suit wa filed.
The declaration In the case can be fl ell ut
any time between now and the day on which
the writ Is m de returnabe.
Ali the judges anil clerks OF election ar
rested In Norfolk county on the charge OF
fraud and irregularities at the late congress
sional election were discharged from custody
by the grand jury to-day.
At noon. VIII 10 tho convlcts at Mounds
! vile were eating Their dinner, F. B. Bolden,
colorel, sixteen years old, from Mcdowell
county, sent up for murde-, suddenly sprang
TO his feet AID stabbed harles Lewi', OF
Wood county, who sat behinl Bolden, three
times in the back. AS Lewis attempted 10
escape Bolden caught him behind one ear
with the knife drawing the blade forward
under the chin. making cut nine inches
long. He also cut Lewis on the head. Lewis
can scarcely recover
Levy & Davis, dry goods merchants, Rich
mond, have made an assignment The La
assets are unknown.
The Southern Railroad Company has re-
fused the application OF thirty commercial
statesmen of Alexandria for reduction to
$40 in the price of the 2,OOO-mile tickets.
There is considerable excitement and in
d;gnation among the students of West Vir'
ginia University over the report that the
Legislature contemplates making wholesale
changes in the regents and faculty OF that
institution.
Engineers are at work looking for the most
feasible route for the proposed Southern ex-
tension OF the West Virginia Central and
Pittsburg Railroad. 1t is said the engineers
have found q pass through the mountain;
never before known, which greatly shorten
the route and removes the necessity 10
heavy grading and tunneing.
Real estate In the Northern Neck is said t.
be commanding better prices than for man
years, With the construction of a railroa
down the Neck, which now seems certain
ty, further advance os real estate prices !
that productive and inviting section may b
expected.
Under the recount OF the vote OF Rock
bride county for the benefit of Yost, Repub
lican, in his contest, it is said that intsead Q
showing that he hid lost by the reguia
count, Tucker, Democrat had a majority 0
81, when it was reported as Is for Yost
In the suburbs OF Onancock, Accoma
county, colored dredger named W. H
Dunbar was set upon by a crowd OF colore,
men. knocked down and robbed OF sma
gum of money. Two of his as atlantis wer
arrested and the others took to the swamp.
Among tho records recently pllced among
the archives OF the West Virginia II storlca
and Antiquarian Society, in the State Cap
Itol. il a wrtiny recording the frs; surVel
ever made in Kanlwha county. The entry
was ma le on January 2, 1875, AID WAS
CONVEYANCE OF $50 900 acres - land t.
Phineas Taylor, OF Waterbury, Conn. 1t be
gan on the description a. white oak an
birch tree. on the bank OF the Kanawh
River half a mile below the mouth OF Goa
River TAYLOR was the grandfather
Phineas I. Barnum. the great Snowman, an
the suryeywhich he secured at this earIyda'
WAS the cause OF more litigation than an
other piece of land in West Virginia, tn
litigation running dowl to the present az
cade. Barnum's life contains picture
this grandfather, and on one trial Jude
McComas. attorney against the heirs TO II
survey, exhibited the picture to the jury an
80 completely convinced them by his pocu
lar arguments that the original survey Ia
no existence and was grand numou-
founded by the grandfather of the prince
humbugs. that they gave him yerd
though everyone thought he had hopele
case.
syndicate composed Of James Cox, j.
Brown. J. II. Brown, w. W. Bucks, S
Flanagan and E.W. Perry, OF Smythe cou
ty. have organized the Southwest Virgin
Mining Company, which proposes to prospe
for and develop lead, zinc and other de'irat
; mineral property in Southwest Virgin
The company has already secured one OF
most valuable lead mines In Smythe coun
which they say runs in silver equal - u
celebrated mines OF Colorado. ms mi
Joins the property now being worked by
y Rye Valley Lead Company aud the VEINS
$ ore run directly into the new company Ian
The ore has been tested AMI iound to De o
n superior quality and there appears to @
j. end to the supply. Mr. Cox, with an expo
o ence Of twelve years In the mining bu'ine
during which time he has opened up a
It sold over 300 mines in Missouri al OF
o Western States, says tho Smythe cou'
Q properly is the most valuable he mas e'
= examined and that the stock IS not lor S