Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-10-16
VIRGINIA STATE ITEMS

tive. SOVcral lTblhnh NNiS
buildings, we're burned to the ground -
tbourht the fire caught from the engiae'
Loss not reported
The annual report Of the Central State
Hospital. Petersburg, for the fiscal year emu
ed september 80, 1896, shows the following
notisnts in hospital beginning oi year;
Mola 99O. female, $780, total, 779- Admitted
during year, male, 11J; female. 81; total zlC'
Died during the year, male, ASi iem"'e' 'O'
total 70 Recovered during the year, fnale
re. fonale Al: total, 81. Patients IN hospl-
tai at end Of year, male, 400; iem"ie' 11O'
total, $50 -,
1ndce Grimsl Y, Of the Circuit Cou't Oh
Nelson county, has granted VIII o' 0iio-
and supcrsedeas in the ease OF T. '"
dale who was convicted OF the muruer VI
william ook, IN the County Court oi Ne'-
90, and sentepced to fourteen years In the
ner,tentiorv The trouble between the TWO
man. which resulted in the killing OF |ooS'
oocprrad on the Fourth OF July last at a PIC
10 noor Alton t,ost-ofllce, at the foot OF tho
Blue Ridge mountains.
The board of supervisors oi hoc~oiiueo
county have taken steps to see 10 'he carry
.oo,r ~ the roads damaged by the late
storm and to put in condition damageo
bridges and the replacing OF those c"'iiou
oG NV the bi0h water. The sum OF over
three thousand dollars has been SET "s''e iOi
the work Of repairing roads. Inc Do"ru n"S
aupointed special committees 10 a''enu ~
the work in the several sections oithe county
and bids have been asked for the cCus''H0
ton Of the bridges r"6iad.
rho Tidewater Agricultural and Stock AS
sociation fair at Tappahannock last Me0~
was we'll attended, though the storm kept
rrerv awav. The number OF horses was
larger. and tho exhibits, especially IN tne
ladies' department, more numerous "uH
beautiful than at any previous falr'
The Swift Creek cotton mill In CHESTER
field county, two and a hall miles iion
Petersburg, which has recently peeh reOuli''
will start up about the 18th OF this inon'n.
The mill viii give employment to about lzo
operatives. A..
THE new warehouse to be erected on the
wharf inst Purchased by the Seaboard Air
Line In Portsmouth from Peters heeu HAS
beon commenced and will be valuable ad-
ditlon to the vast holdings OF that company
In Portsmouth. The warehouse VIII cover
the whole property which runs from London
To Glasgow streets on Water street, fronting
054 feet on the mala channel and running
back to Water street 400 feet BY this pur-
chase all other railroads will be shut OUT
from deep water terminals In Portsmouth
! proper. as there is not enough lett IN lne
r hands of private parties to cover tho Deeds Oh
a large company 1t is said that the price
' maid was $4,000. The warehouse Will Do
4 capable of holding 10000 bales CT cotton,
and branch tracks will also be run on the
s wharf so that cotton can be loaded on chips
!, directly from the cars.
o News has reached Bristol Of a horrible
n ragedy which occurred near Jonesyille.
n Archibald Bales, a young married man, shot
dowE In his own home his fathcr-in-law,
: John Henry Jayne, and his son, John Jayne.
h The JAYNE family had falling out with
= Bales. and Mr.. Jayne and son went to Bale
9 house to induce Mrs. Bales to return to her
d home. They stayed to dinner and immeol-
: ately after eating Bales and the two Jaynes
o held a consultation outside the house. Bale
: hastily left his visitors and ran upstairs
N where his wife was at the time. Jayne and
b his son followed, and when they started up
the stairway were confronted by Bales with
r gun in his hands. He fired one shot
O, through the elder Jaynes head, killing him
h. fafhor'a fate
r Young JAYNE made further advances and re-
10 ceiyed shot In his left breast, which proved
g fatal. Both families are highly connected In
m their home county.
The dead body Of J. II. Thurston was
re found bv tie side Of the railroad track ABOUT
: one mile from Meherrin with one leg cut Oh
he md the body niangled almost beyond recog-
A. milton. Hehad the papers, &C., in his pocK-
ct, which proved his identity. His father
96 lives near Chase City and has been schooI-
IA teacher. formerly from King and queen
"a, county. 1t is supposed that the young man
+ who Is about twenty years old, was trying "
get TO Richmond on freight train ana iel
off or was making his way on foot ana lei
aseen on the track and was killed by the
morning passenger train. His remains "er'
carried to the home of his father.
'e- The purchase Of a large portion OF Pof
Norfolk property, which has been talked o
oh for some time, by the New York, Philadet
- nhia and Norfolk Railroad was consummate'
Tuesday. The deeds went on record In t-'
ov county clerks Office conveying certain lane
:. from the Port Norfolk Company to Joht
IIovd. trustee for the New York, Philaiel
10 nbia and Norfolk Railroad, amounting 4
- a34 3s7. and from Clarence Lane. OF HagerS
- town. Md. to same, the trustee property
- the value Of $4,000. 1t will thus be seen tha
no the New York, Philadelphia and NorfoI
=. Railroad has purchased S4O,567 worth
property at Port Norfolk This, taken I
. connection with the purchase Of propert
,at from the Portsmouth Waterfront Compan,
80 amounting to s2l, 900. making total OF 20
rho 5s7 worth Of waterfront property, embra
-Ls ing 1900 feet means important developmen
~ in the near future.
The store Of Jacob Cobn, doing buslne
be as q clothing merchant at Lexington, b
,rt been closed and the stock placed in t
"a. hands of the sheriff under a confessed juf
nv ment for So 500 In favor Of Goodman Bro