Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-11-15
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
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the State.


The --latest News Cleaned From Various far'' VI
the State.
N tbe ouiet hours of the early morning
Lynchburg lost one of her largest anu ni0'D
successful enterprises, the furniture factory
of the Woodson-Johnson Company IN We
IVnchburg. The fire started aoou' "a
o'clock in the machine shop at the lo"oi -
Of the big building and worked its way o...
tbe entire plant without interruption. MI
Henry P. Woodson the President OIL .ne T -.
panv. was at the Norvell-Arlington ho'o-
ting up waiting for train to take piln -
on business when he noticed the red hgn' IL
the western sky He lost no time In 9oliis ~
Tho FIRE department, and Chief Thurman soon
had fremen and apparatus on the scene' ou'
as there was no water and the nre hao n"o0
80 much headway that nothing couiu W
| done The main building, the outpuil1ine''
iiIr thousands of feet Of fine lumber, d pol-
tiop of the railroad and several cars welo
consumed before the fire stopped. III i"'S
the big plant was entirely wiped ou', anu
only the hooks and few articles were saVeu'
The factory was fully stocked, ana thelo "'0
a hip lot of furniture on hand and In pfocesS
% manufactur The less is estimated Nv
over 800 900. and there is only S32,oOO III
surance The fire Is believed to have been Oh III
candiarv origin as there was no fire in that por-
tion of the building when it was closed III 'ho
evening. About one hundred men are thrown
out of employment by the fire. Inc pian' n"u
inst started on the road to prosperity, nnuihs
q ready market for all the furniture IL turn,
ed out. and was in full operation. It's asau
blow to the city. and especially that section'
for if the plant is started up at all tho
chances are that it will be located Where "
will have fire protection. The factory ha'
lust been fitted up with fire apparatus, hos''
etc. but all was dependent on the engine
and that could not be used.
I VA. Sparger, proprietor OF the DIis.o'
Cotton Mills. made an assignment OF MS
: property to Benz. J. Dulaney and 0onn L.
Caldwell. Assets unknown, but cover naoll-
. tiles. which will amount to probably Soo'O0O'
Mr. Sparger is one of the best business men
in the State but owing to ill-heaith, was
: forced TO place his affairs in the hands OF as
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j signees.
: Insurance companies are Offering reWaruS
G for fire Aends at the Big Stone Gap. Ihree
q or four fires have occurred there in the ias'
few weeks. Citizens of the Gap are patroiline
fl the town at night, hoping to eaten the VI
tenders po,t;s
- Az Eagle, Erwin Hoostley and be''le
|, shields. who have been lovers for some tlne'
fell ont on account of Hoostleys jealousy
toward the woman. She was seen WIN an
:, other man the day before, and he demanded
- an exclamation. which was given, but which
n did not suit him. Hoostley pulled his re-
yoIyer and fred at the girl, the pulies cu'-
ting the skin on her neck. Bette pulled hei
=, nistol. and then followed street duei III
~ which the woman shot three times a' 'ne
man each bullet taking effect. She came
ont ~ the fight all right but Hoostley is IN
.ar;ous condition, She is under arrest tC
- await the results of the mans wounds
~ While Mrs. Neal Mcintosh was at th'
snrine for a bucket of water, at QulniinohI
d thieves entered the bedroom OF her ros'
-, dence and ripped the bed tick open ana S.oi
~ 81 OO4. which she and her husband ha'
- saved. Mr. McIntoshis miner.
- The faculty of the University Oh Vlr8in''
have determined to recommend TO the Do"i'
of visitors that the rotunda be rebuilt SO a
- to appear externally just as JEFFERSON iei' II
w except that another portico be addeu. ~
ie' formally the arrangements will be such ths
''' the building can be turned into hprar.
y" There wiz be. It is designed, separate puil'
:" mos for the Law department and for the III
,hanical and physical laboratories. liner
will also be large building 10 contain
oubIic hall and several rooms, and all u
i'm buildings will be freproof.
y An agent is travelling through the sta'
selling a dozen cakes of soap for II an
promising ffty-eight pieces of chinaware
M a premium. which he never delivers.
Ia The town of Davis paid its firemen Il
fighting fire at the rate of twenty-five cen
nee per hour
CHI Fully $780, 900 have been invested in ne
the buildings at Grafton the past year.
ere The Grand Lodge of West Virginia, Ind
To pendent Order of Odd-Fellows, will CONVEX
ful in annual session at Morgantown Noyemp'
of 20. which time the new Odd Fellows Hall
nd, that city will be dedicated.
eby The Thompson Oil and Gas Company hf
lty- been chartered at Fairmont, with capital
M 100000. The incorporators are Messr
; to John W. Mason, B. F. Ramase, Smith Hoo
On Sr., S. G. Powell and 1. N. Lough, all OF Fal
MS mont.
hip The Grafton Oil and Coke Company wa
r OF Incorporated, with principal office at Ora
un- ton. Hon. John T. McGraw and others a
'ors the incorporators.
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