Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-08-14
VIRGINIA STATE ITEMS.

tronble grows out OF contest over an organ
which that firm put in this church no
vesttv claim this instrument does not ei'e
satisfaction, and insisted upon the DuiNe''
remedying the troubls. This they agreeu w
do, but not complying as promp'iy as 'No
,,os,t4 desired. the latter employed Doss"n
concern to make the alterations 1niS
Moller & Brother objected 70, but the cnurcn
ofac,als will carry out their purpose "nless
restrained by an injunction from the courts
s,x children OF Mr.. James Kiimartin, a
+rorcbant Of Petersburg, were poisoned and
made critically Ill after drinking onttermllK'
irhav range from two years and six months
90 .birteen wears old and they were all taken
m about the same time with violent vomit-
%, Alof them are supposed to be out OIL
danger.
Mr.. Edward E. Barney, president OF INC
Virginia Navigation Company, was iounu
dead In his Office, at Meadowyille, on the
James river. bullet had been hrea in'o
his head. and the pistol was lying on the
floor between the dead mans legs. Mr
Barney arose about O'Clock A NJ. and after
dressing himself left the house. He did NOT
act in an unusual manner and no one Sus-
bectcd that anything was wrong with him'
lust before o'clock the breakfast bell rang
and Mr.. Barney not returning, one oil the
attendants was sent for him. The BODY was
found in the Office, q short distance from the
r sidence. as above. Whether his death was
the result OF an accident or that he deiioer-
atelv Killed himself is not known. though
tie general opinion is that he commlttea
suicide.
Fifteen hogs we're killed by lightning dur
Ing heavy storm a day or two since In lsle
of Wight and a 'arge number stunned by the
shock.
After spending $4,000 in establishing
beautiful Home for the Aged in Norfolk ana
providing an income for its support Mr.
| Thomas R. Balentine, the wealthy trucker
and landowner, is unable to find ten worthy
persons In the city willing to become In
mates Of the institution aud 30 open the
home He is very much disappointed anu
80 are the trustees.
Tho extensive wharf and dock Dulidlhg
and dredging plant OF the late Ii. 4. Cuipep'
Der, Of Portsmouth, has been sold to Messrs'
| Sanford Brooks h Ronssl, OF Baltimore, ano
the firm took possession OF their property,
retaining ali OF the old employees Inls Is
one Of the most valuable plants in the South
The Norfolk county farmers say the pres
ent spell OF warm weather Is excellent loi
the growing crops, but the hundreds OF tnou-
sands OF bushels OF Irish potatoes IN tns
ground are doomed to rot, as it will not paJ
10 dig. The melon-rsisers are now reap'hY
their harvest. Immense fleets OF Ooats
crowd the wharves daily, and every steam
.hip bound to the Northern markets Is deel
ooded with yatermelons, citrcn and canta'
loupes.
Nansomond is infested with a gang o.
daring cattle thieves and the farmers are
suffering considerably at their hands I'M
thieves drive the cattle to Suffolk or IN IN
direction of the city to dispose OF them and
are sonetlmes 30 closely pressed thai they
have TO abandon their stealings and take Z
} the woods.
The complaints of the fast running OF th
} electric and steam trains tn ough Alexandri
has resulted In the issuance OF an ord b
the mayor, which instructs the police t
arrest the engineers or motormen OF a.
J trains which move over the streets at spec
} greater than is allowed bylaW--hve miles
hour.
George Bridgewater, proprietor OF tn
Hotel Clifton, Clifton Forge, committed SUI
eide by shooting himself in the breast an
head with pistol. Just when the act wa
committed no one knows, but is supposed
J have been between 3 and o'clock In th
afternoon.
About o'clock the steward says, he wei
in the pantry and drank n glass OF clare
From there he is supposed to have gone
. his room. Some time after O'Clock two
the lady guests of the hotel, whose room
are separated from Mr.. Bridgewater's on
by a room and a passage, heard two shot
which they thought were bowls poppin
The steward and bell boy also heard shot
but did not investigate them.
Mr.. August Menzel was drowned at shil
yard. on the ChicahominY. He was loadiT
y vessel with melons and his horse becan
y unruly and backed the cart into deep waite
He was about thirty years o d, and can
from New Jersey about three years ago
- engage In the fishing business with b
brother, the captain of the Bismarck.
=. Uncle Joe Banks, the old colored ferrymt
and well-known character through Il
y Northern Neck and to Baltimore drummer
was drowned near Bundick. He was brin
= ing two girls from Coan wharf to Bundle
! in a skiff when he was taken with fit al
fell in the water, carrying the oar with hil
, When Mr.. George Q. Thomas got him out
4 was dead in water only four feet deep I
: skiH with the girls driftad down the riy
TT until man in a sailboat near went aft
them and brought thep safely back. UnC
D. Joe was faithful to his post in all weathC
o for nearly twenty years.
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