Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-01
THE NEWS.

lines in the hope Of ultimately securing con-
troll cf the property. Presbyterian
Synod Of vlrginla voted to remove Union
Seminary irom Hampden Sydney 10 Rich.
mond by an explosion In the mill OF the
Pacific Coast Lumber and Milling Company
at Fair Haven, Wash, two boilers were
blown five hundred feet, two men killed, an
other fatally injured, and several seriously
burt "A large number Of vessels are MISS
ing on the Pacific Ocean. The amount OF
property reE resented by the overdue vessels
is va ued at Sc, 900, ,O00-Bamberger, B oom
4 Co.. wholesale dry goods merchants oi
Louisville, KY, made an assignment. LA
biIities 81, 200 900 assets about the aame.-
An east-bound passenger train on the CHI
csgo and Grand Trunk Railroad was wrecked
nv running into burned culvert near South
Bend, Ind, and four trainmen and number
of passengers were more or less Injured
By the explosion OF boiler in the tugboat
t. T. Morford, lying at Chicago, one OF the
crow was killed and several Injured, and
CAPTAIN John Ferguson, who was lying
asleep in another boat nearby, was instantly
killed.
Potatoes have been frozen In the ground
near Pa'nneld, Wis.-At Newturyport,
Mass, Charles McManuS was killed, james
II. P. Reed was fatally injured, and four
others were seriously hurt by an explosion in
the dry and mixing room OF the FIbrelold
Works. ks.-Jim Umbra and Mexican John,
desperadoes, were lynched In Oklahoma -
Fire in Des Moines Qa.) elevator caused
loss OF $10O, ,00O. O.-Two freight trains on
the WAbash Railroad collided at Martins
burg, near Mexico No., killing Dan Kehoe,
pump foreman, and Edward Thompson, OF
Tulip Mo. Jack Henderson, was hanged
In Alabama. The charge against him was
attempting TO outrage O. woman The
town OF Ceres, New York, was destroyed by
FIRE. "A fast freight train was wrecked by
a herd OF cattle near Wythedlle, Va. The
engineer, fireman and brakeman were killed.
j. c. Ward, Jr, son OF an engineer on
the Atlantic Coast L ne, was killed near
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a station on the Norfolk and Western Rail.
road. on fiat car loaded with rails. 1t is
supposed that In iunn ng into another car
the rais knocked around, and Ward was
struck on the head. The works Of the
Diamond Tray and Ba,ket Company, at
Frankfort DEL, were burned. Loss, $l6 coo ;
40 insurance. At Morgantown, W. Va, a
jury decided that William J. Hoy must pay
So. 500 for alternating the affections Of Mrs.
George W. Cobb from her husband. 1.-The
drouth has been very severe In West Virginia
epidemic, OF typhoid and dirh:heria being
attributed to bad water THE President
made an address in the exposition grounds
at Atlanta before large crowd. - Orlando
English, a gunner, was killed In Delaware
by the accidental discharge of his gun.
In the South Carolina constitutional con-
ntion Senator Tillman urgei the adoption
of the New England township government
system. The polio. Of Chicago are look
ing for Ernst Herizsn, a crazy Anarchist, who
attempted to XII Matthew J. Steffen, the
ChIllian consul at Chica ;o.-One hundred
delegates were in attendance at the conven-
tioa of the National Delta Epsilon Society at
Gleencastle, Ind. .-Orson English, aged
eighteen years accidentally shot and killed
himself while on cunning trip near Laurel,
Del. "A special train OF three cars and a
locomotive beat the record r railroad
speed by running from Chicago to Buffalo,
51O miles, In 48I minutes aud seconds an
average speed Ct 636j miles an hour. IN
a wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near
Newpor' Pa, the fireman and engineer were
killed and number Of mail clerks hurt. -
Walter Dobbins shot and killed Joseph
Miller because the latter had insulted Dob
bins mother. Fire caused $1OI, 900 los,
in Mckinney, Tex Mrs. Della t. Parnell
has gone to New York from Bordentown, N.
J., to live. The celebration OF the seven
tie.h anniversary OF Professor Francs A.
March was held at Laiay cite College,
Ea ton, Pa.-Four MN were reported
missing by the captain OF the schooner LIZ
zIe Griffin, who arrived at Gloucester, Ma s.,
from Grand Banks They are Isaac Little,
Ed daard CARR. an, Martin Hansen and Carl
Johnson. Little and Carrigan were from
Nova Scotia, Hansen and John'on being
Swedes. The men were lost while hauling
travis.
Andrew Jackson, q negro desperado, killed
Major Campbell in Burdetts saloon In Mid
die. borough, KY. Jackson has killed six
men in all. Last winter he killed a white
miner at Jelllco, and affec ed his es cape by
shooting the officer who had him in charge.
Jacks on made his escape to the mountains.
The second annual convention OF the
National Association OF Manufacturers oil
Agrcu tural Implements was held at the
Palmer House in Chicago. There was an
attendance Of nearly two hundred OF the
leading m manufacturers in that line from all
parts OF the country. Colonel A. L. Conger,
of Akron, read his annual address, which
was an appeal for American supremacy In
foreign trade. The old Seven Stars Tay-
ern. In East Vincent township, Chester
county. Pa, together with the stables, was
burned The Seven Stars Tavern was one Of
the Oldest landmarks In the country. 1t was
built long before the Revolution, and 1t wa
a famous stopping placs for travee going
from Philadelphiato to Baltimore. .-Governol
O'Farrell and large patty from Virginia
celebrated Virginia Day at the Allan Elk
position. ANDY Jack, an outlaw, wa'
mortally wounded by Jas. Haze, ano!he
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