Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-11-13
VIRGINIA STATE ITEMS.

There Is work enough In sisit OF the Nor
folk navy yard to sraploy one thousand more
nen bat for the difficulty In obtaining ma
tsrial most OF which has to be purchased 10
the market by contract The material
problem seems TO DO the only hindrauce to
the employment Of several hundred more
men than they new have on the rolls There
Is also an order to build two scows for tho
Naval Academy, one Of iron and one OF
wood. AS In the other cases there Is no ma
terial on hand to begin this work. The pros
poets at the yard for wsrk during the com,
ing winter is fairly good, bat II the mate; Ia
does not come in faster any further Increase
in the force will be impossible
At Madison Court House DR.. W. E. Teas
ley. prominent dentist, was brutally as
saulted by a colored man. His skall was
fractured in four different places. He died
without regaining consciousness. The per-
petrstor of this horrible deed Is still a. large,
and his whereabouts are unknown to the
county authorities. The deed was done with
large stone full OF edges and points, and Is
now in possession OF the sheriff.
There is a large quantity of walnut lum-
Der being shipped from Page county at good
prices. This species Of lumber is getting to
be very scarce in Page, and 1t will not be
long before it will be as rare and high as
rosewood aud mahogany 1t oiden times 1t
was so plentiful that it was used for almost
any purpose.
While william Rose was driving ON OK
hitched to cart loaded with wood in Prince
George county the beast took fright and ran
away, Rose was thrown out and the whole
load Of wood fell on top Of him, breaking his
leg and otherwise injuring him. His injuries
are likely to prove fatal.
Mr.. Henry s. Gold, a farmer, and son Of
Mr.. Thomas D. Gold, Of Clarke county, died
suddenly Of rheumatism Of the heart.
Vim. /. Spillman has sold Rappahannock
farm of 800 acres, In King George county, tc
a Baltimore firm for $4,000. The river front
Of the farm contains vast quantity OF
excellent potter's clay, and for some time
past immense machinery worked by steam,
has been in pla working this clay, which
is shipped to Baltimore as fast as 1t Is pre-
pared
Zach Flynn, a cattle drover and dealer OF
Loudoun comfy has been missing for aev-
eral weeks, aud the community is becor ing
quite anxious as to his fate. He left home
with several carloads OF beef cattle In the
early part Of September, bound for the
Northern markets, and has not been seen
since.
Norfolk has received 40, 5S7 bales Of cotton
during the past week and large stock Is at
present stored here awaiting shipment prin-
cipally to European ports.
Mr. Charles Gone, chief engineer OF the
Norfolk Knitting Mills, is at the Retreat foE
the Sick In very precarlous condition from
beins caught in the machinery and badly
crushed.
The residence Of Mr.. A. E.. Worthington, In
Norfolk county, on the Great Bridge road,
wos totally destroyd by fire. Everything In
The residence was destroyed and the family
barely escaped with thsir lives. The loss
was about $4,000.
The Portsmouth Knitting Mills has In
creased its working force to two hundred
hands and there's constant demand for the
product Of the mills, meaning the employ
ment of moro people, and, with good prices,
an increased margin OF profit for the STOCK
holders. The goods turned out from the
mills are bought almost exclusively in the
New York market, and the enterprise has
nroyed very successful venture. Another
mill will probably be established In Ports
mouth In the near future.