Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-01
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
The Latest News Cleaned From Various Parts
of the State

The Stonewall Camp OF Confederate Ve'er"
ans at Charleston has proposed to the o'her
comps OF the State to purchase hotel build
ing of the Kanawba Boom Company, at Mar
tinsburg. to o used as home for destitute
ex-Confeiera soldiers. The building can now
lie bought for 5000. 1t cost about $zO,OOo
to build 1t, but the boom collapsed. The ex-
Conlederates of B rkeley county have pledged
their cooperation in the purchase OF me site
and several other camps In the State have
thus far agreed 10 it.
Miss Sarah Hayworh fired five bullets
from a revolver at Mis- Dude Roads, who was
stand ng in her f ont yard In Huntington.
Mr,. Roads was not injured. The Hayworth
woman then ran 10 the Ohio river and was
crossing The river when oyertaken by Con-
staple Frampton, who arrested her. The
woman attempted 10 shoot the officer, but
was not success full. She has served two
sentences in the penitentlary in Kentucky
The last sentence called for ninety-nine years
for murder, but after being conane1 for three
yea the Governor pardcned her. She Is
No9DN I'd y MOMdu huO . INV IN lH'
The Ion p>continued draught has become
serious matter in Shepher lstown aud vlein-
Ity The wheat which was sown nearly a
month ago has 'ai Ell to sprout on account
of the dryness OF the earth, and only here
and there may be seen fed In which 1t Is
coming up, and then more or less Irregular
ly. Wells are going dry, cl terms have be-
come exhausted, ponds dEied up, and some
farmers have to drive their stock long dis
tance3 to water
A dispatch from Huntington, says: "At
Dngers, Logan county, William Demeron
was attacked by Two sisters named Hance.
The women succeeded In throwing him down
and then cut his throa', ath sulIing Ia
ten minutes The cause OF the crime Is not
known, u. several arrests al reported.
Thomas Wood, one of The Oldest and most
promne It citizens Of Char ottesville, Is dead.
He was born In Albemarle county, in 1910,
graduated in law fro n the University OF Vlr-
ginia when twenty years old, and was the
oldest alumnus OF that Institution. He repre-
sentel the county in the Legislature seyeral
years and was mayor of Charlottesville three
terms.
It Is estimate that Al, 900 barrels OF apples
will be shipped from Roanoke county, tn 8
season, John l.. We odrum, owner Of the IA
nous Woodrum orchard, at the base OF Bent
mo untain, recently sold his crop OF pippins
for the snug sum OF "a, 600 cash.
julius A. Smith, brakeman on the South
ern Railway, was Knocked from freight
car, near Charlottesville, and suu over and
killed.
". F Mallory, better known as "Buck, -
was shot and almost instantly killed on Boil
ling Brook street, Petersburg about gu r'er
past 10 O'Clock P. NJ, by R. H. Harris, Jr
| After the shooting Harris walked TO the pol
ice station and surrendered him self and gave
up the pistol with which be had fired the
fatal shot. He declined to make any state
ment. DR.. H. G. Leigh, coroner, with Dr. H.
| D. McIlWaine, made an examination OF the
body. 1t was found that the bail enter ed
about two inches above the left nipple. Mr.
Mallory was about foriy-threo years OF age
and son OF the late w. F. Mallory. He
leaves a widow without children. Harris 10
about thirty years OF age and ma red. Toe
| affair crea.el cons siderable excitement, aud
In a short time the dead man was surrounded
by large crowd.
a terrible accident occurred on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad, between Max
Meadows and Wytheville, 10 which three
men were killed and great deal OF property
destroyed. About o'clock as a west bound
making rapid time through the fiat lands
east OF Kent's Mills, 1t ran into lunch OF
stock cattle belonging to Mr.. George l.. Car
ter, which were lying on and near the track
The engine was derailed and the cars were
piled upon each other in the utmost con-
fusion. So great was the shock that the en-
CINE was turned completely around. Engin-
eer George McNiell, Fireman O. A. Linda
mood and Edward Newson, colored brake
man, were ki.leI. Twelve cattle were also
killed by the wreck.
John G. Ward, machiuIst In the shops OF
the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
at Grove, was killed in Petersburg. He and
compan on left Crewe for Petersburg short
ly after midnight on freight train, riding
on fat car loaded with railroad ties. When
the train reached Fleet street crossing, one
OF the ties, which WAS projecting over tue
side of the fiat, struck a car which wa stand
ing on side track. The collision caused the
tie to fly back with violent Fore, striking
Ward back OF the head. crushing his skull
and inAlctIng a wound that caused death
shortly aferward. Ward was son OF j. @.
Ward, an en- ineer On the Atlantic Co st
Line. The unfortunate young man was
shortly to have been married to young lady
of Chesterfield county.
M. G. Price, United States detective ar
rested W. P. Moore, near Harrisonburg on
q warrant charging embezzlemont OF posi-
Office monev-or order funds to the amount Of
$780, Until abou; October 1 Moore was
postmaster a. Roanoke, III. He suddenly
let home aud his accounts were found short
to tho amount named. He had been in Il ok
ingham county several weeks spending the
time among relatives
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