Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-02-21
VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.

Judge y. NJ Mullou, az IetcIsVuiSt BAoheS~
a charter to the Magnolia Manufacturing
Company, with capital Of $4,000. The
chief business of tho company is to be the
manufacture, buying and selling Of chewing
gum, baking powders, extracts and other
specialties in the city Of Petersburg. The
officers for the first year are President, Ben
iamin Lion; vice-president, Charles Trotter
Lassiter; secretary and treasurer, .. b. Nor
gan. The board of directors are the above
and R. r. Aunspaugh, of Lynchburg, ana W.
L. Walters, of Petersburg.
John 8. Weatherman was hung at Hills
willie for the murder of his wife by Draining
her with an axe in the sight of his children
while he was drunk In 1891. He secured two
trials, and the Supreme Court sustained the
decision of the lower court. Insanity was
the plea. and finally the Governor was petit
toned. He had the prisoner examined by
three superintendents OF the State Insane
Hospital. and they pronounced his Insanity
feigned.
a great deal was consummateJ by which
the Newport News Iron and Brass Foundry
passed from the hands of the Messrs. OAR
ling. Stark and Savers, the original owners
and builders. to the well-known firm OF
Caskey Bros, of Philadelphia. The terms
on which the sale was effected have not yet
been made public, but it is generally under
stood that quite handsome SUN was pail
for the plant. Since its completion, but few
weeks ago the foundry has kept larg' force
of men constantly at work, very frequently
through the Light. The greater portion OF
orders now being filed is for the ship-yard,
and wien work is commenced on the con-
struction of the two new battleships the torce
and facilities will be largely increased.
Intelligen @ was received by Mr.. f. &.
Rarabaugh, Of Manassas announcing the
death of his son, Henry, aged about 30 years.
He WAS killed in a coal mine at Swift h5a@k,
W. V :, where he had been for some tine
past engaged as an engineer
At meeting CT the executive commit OF
the Lynchburg Board of Trade, a commit GO
was APPOINTED to take action in an effort to
hay, the State Senate bill no 150 repealed.
This bill recently passed the Senae and 1t
makes it impossible for any business man to
take out insurance except throughth agents
OF the State.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers' Associa-
ton. one of the most important and power
full business organizations in the Bouth, VIII
probably hold its next meeting In Richmond.
June is the time for the meeting, and the
members favor Richmond because during
that month the reunion Of the United Con-
sederate Veterans will take place there.
The government has Just purchased q
tract of lard about three miles south of the
navy-yard. on thu southern branch OF the
Elizabeth river, for the sum of $40, O00,
which it interds utilizing as Il site for the
erection of the United States naval maya
zine when Craney Island, the present maya
zine. is abandoned. 1t Is said the constant
and heavy wash from Hampton Roads dur
ing the stormy season is gradually encrOach-
ing upon Craney Island, undermining the
heavy bukheads, and it is only question
OF time when the entir9 island will be sub
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new magazine buildings, gunners quarters,
&c. will commence In the ia !, and within a
year probably the stores will all be removed
and the island abandoned. Most OF tho
buildings there are Of temporary charac-
ter. but will doubtless be removed to the
new site as far as possible. Craney- Island
was purchased from the State of Vir. mia by
the government some twenty-five years ago,
when the naval magazine was removed from
Fort Norfolk. Tho new site is considerably
further inland, AMI the piers will run out to
n channel nearly forty feet deep, affording
war ssels coming to the nayy-yard and
discharging or receiving their ammunition
stores many advantages that could not be
had at Craney Island because no piers were
ever built there for vessels.
It is authoritatively announced in Lynch
burg that the Bonsack Cigarette Machine
Company has sold outright to the American
Tobacco Company the machines now being
operated by that company on royalty. Tae
price paid was $3.50 900. It is said that th'
Bousack Machine Company is at liberty t
Mace its machines with other parties in thu
United States The number of machines
purchased by the American Tobacco Com
pany is about one hundred and twenty-five
All the truckers Of Norfolk and yiclnit
will commence planting potatons this week
Some have already planted The sprini
, cabbage are heading out AID coming Of
finely. and shipments will commence early
az the crop is largo in every direction. Tn
= truckers Just now have ! their forces a
work preparing for their early spring crops
cutting and shipping kale, &c. The kaV
seasoa has been an average one. The truck
er saws if he can get fifty cents barrel 10
kale there is money in the business and h
very frequently gets more than fifty cents.
q A fatal accident occurred in Warwic
county, about seven miles from Newpo
News. Mrs S F. Foxwell went into h
d house after being out short time, an
l. found her two-year-old child enyeloped il
- flames. Before the fire could be extinguisl
9 ed the little one was burned 50 badly that
8 died in two hours.
y William Nelson, well-known color'
y preacher, is in jail at Charlottesville. He
- charged with being implicated in tho murd
9' of Thomas Thompson and burning Il
~ storehouse of w. A. VIII to, at Free Unio
1T in which the body Of Thompson was, as
* seems. placed to conceal the awful Grim