Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-07-19
THE NEWS.

Of Dover, and lootiug freight cars en- the
delaware Rail- oad. Fire destroyed the
Ford's building at Clifton Forge, Va, and
Mr.. J. A. Ford, the owner of the bu iding,
nerIshed In the flames. john Brown, cor
Inspector, was XII by cling caugbtle letween
ears at oxford, Pa.-The villages ofThomp-
sonvIlle and Willin, In Grand Traverse
county. Misb., were destroyed by forest fires.
The French line steamer Normandie ar
rived at New York from HaVre after an
avontful voyage. The 6rst day out an ex-
nlosiun Of ges occurred In the coal bunker,
aud a fireman was burnel to death. o. the
evening OF July fire broke out in COM
partment In the lower hold, but was extin-
pttIshsd without causing any serious alarn
among the passengers. big eeyator
of the Central Elevator Company, at lndia-
napolis, was totally destroyed by fire, the
loss amounting to 100000. The loss Is pretty
well covered by insurance The steamer
Portland was wrecked near Dundas Island.
In Cleveland, O., Patrolman Reagan
dubbed to death man supposed to be crazy.
l=.=The general store Of W. w. Il r. W. Luct
Jr.. at Scranton, Pa, was burned. Loss
GIG 600; covered by urance.-Messrs.
Coats & Stillson, boat bui der, aud Mr.. II.
Tillswortb, OF South Haven, Mich, were
crowned by the capsizlDg OF yacht on
her trial trip. .-Seyeral persons were in
iured in an accident on the Ocean View Rail-
road, near Norfolk, Va.
1t is proposed to have bull fl gilt at GRIP
ple Creek, Col. William Walker, coz
orsd desperate, was killed by William wal
ron. colored. nen Memphis, Tenn. III
1outh Camden, N j., locomotive struck
frollny car and demolished 1t. All the pas
senqers succeeded IN escaping before the
collision. Alb 'rt Buckle, nineteen-year-
old lad committed suicide in Carlisle, Ia.
Fire broke out at Mauwatosa, tho western
suburb of Milwaukee, Wis, sweeping away
almost tho entire business part oil the place
within two hours, and en'ailing a loss OF
hotween $40 900 and $50, 900. The insurance
will not amount to more than hall that sun'
Alexander eimms was hanged at jack
sonville. Fla. for the murder OF Policeman
Minor asst April. IN an explosion oil gas
ot the Nelson colllery near Shamokin, "a,
Nicbola, Gehgich, Henry Osman, Joan
Francois. Joseph Ialiehl and William Daisy
were severely injured. Gehrich will prop
ablv die.-An additional number OF BONDS
f,rseI by T. I. Lewis, the bond broker OF
rrrbeoa Ohio. came to light. The cca'
onerators at The Ekhorn mines appeaiei 10
Governor McCoIkle for troops, CAIN ng
hat a relon of terror exists a. tho min s.
Capt. Webber has gone to China 1t is said,
for the purpose Of reorganiz ng the Chinese
nayy.-In collision which has occurred
between two immigrant ira rs ar San Pablo,
province of Corrientes, Buenos Ayres fifteen
persons have been killed and thirty injured.
j. H. Ormandy and his wife, son and
daughter, were arres'ed in Los Angeles, Cal,
for conducting an extensivs counterleting
establishment In the outskirts of the city.
Ormandly confessed but said his family were
Ignorant o. the business Ia which he was en-
gaged. The coins counterfeitel we Of email
denominations. At Na.ertown, N. Y,
Minnie Ingersol and Nicholas P. Strife were
shot by John Hoch, an ex convict. The lat
Ter afterward attempted suicide. The at
tempt at heliograph signalling between the
summit of principal snow-capped peaks IN
the Northwest did not prove success, owing
to the smoky condition Of the atm sphere.
Not one OF the five snow-capped mountains
within sight OF Portland in clear weather
was visible. The Minnesota Supreme
the case OF Harry Hayward. "A triple
drowning accident occurred in the village o
Slatersville, R. L George E. RIppett, ageC
seven; John Keesan, aged six, and John Nc
Gull, aged Ave, left their homes about tw'
O'Clock to go fishing They did not return
and at night their hats were found foatin!
down the river. Their bodies have been re
eovered.
John Lloyd, ch.etengineer OF the American
Line steamship Indiana, was drowned while
swimming in the Delaware River. Lloyd wa
thirty years old, and resided in Liverpool!
En- Forest fires have cut off communl
cation from towns In Michigan. A
FARES, a prominent liveryman and hors
dealer In Memphis, Tenn. fatally injured
himself by saving his throat with dull knit
severlng his windpipe. He had not beel
quite right In his mind for some time. &c
t. Kaker, wholesale dealer In boys aud chill
drens clothing In Philadelphia, has failed
burglars broke open a safe In a store II
Norfolk, Ct, but got only S!5.-For tn
second time inside OF year, serious con
6agration has destroyed part OF the town o
VIII ans, on the Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road, In New Mexico. Loss $40 0OO.-Five
cases Of smallpox have developed In tn
family OF David Reece, in Aetnaville, o. -
The remains Of Captain Stephen V. Bake,
Cuban exile, were found half eaten by buzz
ards ne,r McGregor, Tex. Quigle.
was murdered at the CorrItas ranch In olC
Mexico while asleep. His partner Is sus
Iected OF the crime. - In the federal cour
at Keokuk, Ia., E. L. Ca3satt, late pie iden
OF the Firs! National Bank OF Pella, Ia ha
been indicted for the embezzlement OF $50, 00I