Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-02-07
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
The Latest News Cleaned From Various Parts Of
the State.


The Latest News Cleaned From Various Parts OF
the State.
Interest in the movement to nave the
Monongahela river made free is manitestlng
itself in all parts of the Monongahela Vaiiey'
At Paramount a big mass-meeting OF eitlzens
was held under the auspices OF the ChamoeI
of Commerce. Vigorous speeches were made
bv Ex-Governor Fleming, Hon. John W.
Mason. Col. Clarence L. Smith and others
and resolutions were passed urging West
Virginia representa- iv in Congress to WORK
for the measure. committee Of citizens
was appointed to go before the committed
on rivers and harbors and present the
claims of the upper Monongahela people
Congressman Dayton has been successful Id
securing hearing for the committee. An
invitation will be extended to the rivers and
harbors committee to visit this section when
thew come to Pittsburg and Wheeling, and IL
they except a big reception will DO given
them.
authorities of Mcdowell county, who In
formed them that they would prosecute the
members of the mob who participated in the
lynching of Alex. Jones. Many arrests will
follow. After the State has finished with
the mob. the Norfolk and Western Railroad
will prosecute its members on the charge OF
interfering with United States mail and ex-
press by stopping the train and taking Jones
,therefrom.
A suit for $4,000 has been instituted in the
Corporation Court Of Lynchburg, by Major
stephen P. Hasey, well-known and prom
inent tobacconist, OF Lynchburg, vs.. L. ?. Ii.
Jose & Son. of Bristol and Liverpool, Eng
land. TIE plaintiff claims that the tobacco
which he consigned to the English firm had
been improperly and ncgigently handled.
Furthermore. that the English firm had pre-
tended to be commissioners, while in reality
thew were dealers as well as commissioners.
The plaintiffs represented by Senator john
W. Daniel and Blackford, Horsley Black
ford.
The Danvllle city council unanimously
passed resolutions requesting the judge oil
the Husting Court to order a special election
TO test the sense of the people on the ques-
ton of annexing the town of Neapolis to the
citv of DanyilIe in accordance with recent
act of the Legislature. 1t Is believed that
large majority of the people OF thetw towns
are in favor of annexation.
Mr.. Julian s. Carr, president OF the newly
organized Southern Tobacco Manufacturers
Association, has called the second meeting Of
the association to be held in Greensboro, N
c., February r.
The ages of five brothers and sisters living
In Accoma, county, and all vigorous in bod!
and mind aggregate 3O3 years, as follows
Cant. Thomas Johnson, 81; Mrs. Sallie Barnes
S5; Mrs. Betsy Shreves, 70; Mrs. Mary Hurst
IS; Capt. Isaiah Johnson, CT.
Washington and Lee University faculty
has decided to do away with tho preparatory
department, and hereafter require that al
students that enter shall undergo an exam
nation In mathematics, English, Latin
Greek and American history. The examina
ton in Greek and Latin will only be require,
OF those that intend to enter those depart
ments. This will go into effect next year
except az to the school of Greek. The rul
as to this department will take effect TIVE
years from pow.
An attempt was make to wreck the Chesa
, peako and Ohio fast train by wedginga cross
) tie upright in bridge few hundred yard
! north of Clifton. The train was runnin
rapidly and the tie was broken of short b
t the pilot of the engine without derailing th
train. Some little damage was done to tn
engine. Tho attempted wreck is thought t
!, have been the work Of tramps
An important deal offectng Basic City ha
, been effected by which the long-idle Bas
City Iron Works has secured loan OF 500
. 900 through the Central Trust Company
New Jersey. This plant, 1t is said, will in
+ short time resume operations by the require
1 capital being secured by this mortgage, |
I which the New Jersey Trust Company
q trustee. Messrs. Isaac. Witt, Charles Ho
$ and other local moneyed men are in Il
;, Basic City enterprise
!; The first section of Raymond Il Whitcomh
excursion, bound from New York to Florid
/! Mexico and California when one mile nor
o OF Riyerton, the engine struck bould
q which had rolled down the track from Il
W mountain side and was completely wrecke
IS Tae baggage car left the track and role
y over an embankment. but, strange to sa
II the occupants. II. N. Burbank, commissa
lie mn lager, and the baggage master, were on
!, slightly injured about the legs and bac
a Engineer Long sustained several painful Gu
il a ,out the head, but was not seriously hui
d A colored Pullman porter named Phillips W
"a killed by being scalded to death and Charl
% W. King, another porter, was badly injur
fl about the back. Not single passenger W
re hrr'. The baggage car and Two Pnllma
n took fire from tho engine and were compile
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