Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-02
LOCAL NEWS.

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Yield moderately good.
Mr.. James Hevener of Hightown
was in to see us Monday.
Mr.. G. ]. Hiner has started out
with his threshing machine.
Mrs. Chris Wallace, of Williams
vile, il visiting friends in town.
Miss Phoebe Jones spent part
of the week with friends at High
town.
Mr.. VIII Hiner is applying coat
of paint to the front Of the RECORD
Err Office.
Mr.. Paris Johnston of Wander
pool is cIerking for Orndorff and
Whitelaw.
Messrs. W m. and Edward Vance,
OF Bullpasture were in town last
Wednesday.
S. W. Crummett made a trip to
Bath county this week for a load
of hides for his tannerY.
Mr. R. F. Gillett of Bullpasture
is here for the purpose of re-paint-
ing V. B. Bishops store house.
Mr.. Ice and his sister Miss Sallie
and Miss Leta Farmer, of Bath Co..
paid our town a visit Wednesday.
Mr.. Messersmith returned this
week from the Valley where he has
been Oh business for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Warrick, of
Pocahontas county, spent last night
in town the guests Of Capt Matheny
J. W. Bever, Photographer, will
move to Crabbottom Monday, Aug
4th where he will remain two weeks
only.
Mrs. R. J. Crummett Of Head
waters was guest Of Mrs. S. W
Crummett a couple OF days tins
week.
Mr.. George Tough, Of Highland
county, Ohio, was in the nejghbor-
hood this week visiting his aunt
Mrs. John Samples.
DR.. Charles Rodgers and wife o.
Augusta returned Wednesday from
visiting his father. VIM. q. Rodg
ers Of Meadow Dale.
Another load OF Furniture thit
week. consisting Of Bed Steals anC
Bed Mattresses etc. Our Motto
Good Goods and Low Price.
II. H. Slaven & Sons
Mrs. Jane Gwin of Conway. Ar
kansas is visiting relatives in Mon
terey. Mrs. Gwin was former
resident of this place, and her a!an,
friends will be glad to have her ii
their midst again.
We return thanks to the Commit
tee for an invitation to attend thu
Grand Jubilee and Banquet giver
by the citizens Of Dayton, to the
officials of the c. & W. railroad
We hope to return the compliment
not latsr than July '96.
Mr.. HELEN, manager of the Roar
ing Greek railroad, in company with
a couple Staunton Gentlemen. were
at the Cunningham House last Sat
urday. Mr.. Cunningham took
Mr.. HELEN to Beverly w. Va, anc
the other men returned 10 Staunton
Mr.. V. b. Bishop returned from
Elkton this week, where he has
been visiting relatives for several
days. Mr.. Bishop says he saw the
new railroad, and so far as Rock
ingham is concerned it's being built
through the county is an assured
fact.
Robt. F. Lindsay, mayor of Basic
City, F. W. Weaver and J. H. Ran
kire, lawyer and capitalist of the
same city and R. w. Crowdpr, of
Waynesboro, passed through Mon
terey last Tuesday morning, going
westward pia Allegheny battle
fields, Green Bank and Marlinton
to Nicholas and Webster court
houses, VIVA. Some of the party
are making the trip with the view Of
locating at some of theabove places.
While Mrs. George Mauzy was
returning from Monterey to her
home in Crabbottom, last Saturday,
the horse ran away. threw her out
of the buggy, and, it was thought,
injured her seriously, but later re-
ports show that she escaped being
hurt badly. Mr.. Lynn Sullenber-
ger, who was driving, was out of
the buggy fixing the harness when
the horse started, and in his effort
to stop the horse was thrown to the
0r,und and narrowly escaped being