Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-30
VIRGINIA STATE ITEMS.

r,,,o saeond annual report OF the opere-
tiors Of the Southern Railway Company ~.
thc year ended June 80, was suOml''eu ~
the annual meeting which was hela IN niVu-
mond. Tue report shows the properly 70 "
- aorrisbine condition. According 70 tne
sanres Of the report, the gross earnings
,r,,, oDoration cor the year aggregated sIS'-
,oo,7 "a ,vhich ia an increase OF about 81
GOO COO over 1895. Operating expenses "n.
ares were s19, 9,451 ,44I5 55, when ielS ne'
earnings from operation Of so,69O' '''4" -
,hio was aided 9lSs, 5O7 81, representing III
ooroo l,T from other sources. During the year
Vooomrorv operated 1854 33 miles OF roau'
"a comnared with 4,30L94 miles the Pre'io'
vear. New lines were opened, chiel "aiohS
which was the one from Selma, n u, "
Norfolk Va. which enabled the company 70
oa.oblish ito deep-water terminal at Plnners s
pint Va. During the year the companye-
nnired trackage rights over the Aiao"ui"
e rent Southern. and secured by purcnuso
tha 1O9 miles OF line between Atlanta anu
Fort Valley Va. The total earnings from
tho movement of freight traffic aggregatet
ato O55 940 which Is an Increase OF S5O6,6lh
over 1894, while the receipts from passenger
earnings were 5,287,9l4 In this Orancn Oh
.roo4, tbere IA also an increase OF SSOifO0.
Aftor having the coss Of operation there Is
L,lance Of s5. $50. 500, which is also an IN
craose Of s5Ol, ,421 over 1895. President
Spencer says; o.od
nTba comnany's lines have been supposed
70 dcpend chiefly for their revenues upon ag-
ri.uItnral products, but only 10 per cent Oh
tba tonnage is of that character, less tnan
,o, ccnt being cotton, while over 30 per
cont +. received from mines and mining III
dustries aud over p per cent consists OIL
manuiactur.es. -,
Hiras BeyIler, az aged farmer who ilVeu
ohout five miles east OF Woodstock, WIN"
driving along the valley turnpike at N"ure
town. was thrown from his y"hlcle by a t.-
away horse and instantly killed.
The dphtheria in Woodstock is CT l''-s
vary pttle uneasiness No new cases nave
deyeloped and tho few mild cases are pro-
crossing as well as can be expected. :.
w r Rambusch. the delaulting BANKER OF
juneau. Wis, who left that town aoout TWO
woeks AGO. shot himself in the right temple
in Fredericksburg, dying instantly Late III
the afternoon one OF the employees Of the Ma
tional Cemetery discovered man recNh'ne
on one OF the benches In the cemetery us@u'
He summoned Superintendent Hill to the
snot and the two made hasty examlnatlon'
They recognized the dead man rs stranger
who ha visited the cemetery several times
in the past few days and had been seen walk
ing in the grounds several hours before tho
discovery Of the body. lie was in sitting
nosition. with his head slightly inclined 70
the left. and In his right hand was pls'oi
TIGHTLY clenched. There was small hole In
the right side OF his head, near the temple,
from which blood was flowing. Stuck con-
spicuously in his coat pocket was note au-
dressed to Mr.. Van Duesen, OF the Exchange
Hotel.
Early Wednesday morning ALos Wamp-
Ter shot and killed his father Henry Wamp-
Ter. at their home on Cripple Creek, In
Wythe county. The old man anl his wife
wera quarreling, when the son took up the
quarrel for his mother and diverted his Ia
theirs attention TO himself The father fol-
lowed his son into the house, and as the ola
man entered the door, his son shot him In
the breast and he fell dead. The son, who Is
twenty-five years DID, fed, and officers are
In pursuit OF him.
The car shed AMI shops Of the Powel's
Valley Railway, at Big Stone Gap, were
burned, together With a locomotive and two
ears. Loss $1,000; no insurance.
Mrs. John D. Lowrie, perhaps the oldest
resli ut OF D nyille. died last week in that
ci.v. she was in her ninety-ninth year.
Mrs. Amal IA Cruppsr, wife OF Mr. John
T,r4op.r. Of Alexandria, died suddenly.
She ba 5lfs ed from hemorrhage Of tho
,unys slortly before she died. The deceased
was in the .yenty- year Of her age.
The democrats Of the scaboard district oi
/ Princess Auae county have passed resolu'
} tious Isnouucing Governor OFerrall for his
sunport of the gold-standard men and de-
, mani n , his speedy resignation.
Mr. John 4. Hagan, a we.l-known citizen
of Wythaylle, is dead.
Hog cholera still prevails in some sections
Of LoaIoun county, ono farmer in the north
ern part reporting that Of ninety head he
has but seven left.
The STATE board Of agriculture has agreed
j to expend 1925 in the analysis Of minerals o.
various sections OF the State. The report o.
~ Commissioner Whitehead shows that oyel
q 80 900 was received during the year on tn
r fertilizer account
I ar. Peter Peesles, one Of the largest rea
q estate holders In the city Of Roanoke, is dead
q His remains were taken to Homecoming, Nd.
t his former home, for interment
: Caiet Porter, from Louisa Court House
e was paralyzcl at Dlacksburg while sitting a
= the table writing He is better now.
3 Mr.. james Early, one Of the wealthiest an
+ most promisiog citizens Of Carroll county
y iiel at his home. near HillsyIle. lie was 1
g his eighty-hrst year.