Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-03-22
VIRGINIA STATE news
Budget of the Latest Happenings
From All Parts.
SHOOTING ACCIDENT AT CAPON.
Room Cases to Be Tried In Clarke County Next
Week..Sulden Death Of Mr. Peter Light"
Collector of Customs Bethe! Dead"mh
De Costa of New York Will Operate the Rap
oabsnuock Gold Mine In Stafford County.

pahannock GOid Mine IN o'a'iofu "o'h''
After several years OF litigation the
,oted suit OF Walter Bird, OF London,
England, VS.. Major Stephen +. Haiscy'
I prominent tobacconist OF Lynchoure;
vas finally disposed OF. In the Original
rial in the United States Circuit Eoqrt
he iury's decision was in favor OF MI.
Grid. The lower court however: was
.eversed by the Circuit Court OF APP
,eals. and when the case was taken up
n the United States District Court MI
Ards counsel stated that he did not de-
ire 70 prosecute the case further, as ne
vas unable to give the security. Judge
oanl accordingly dismissed the suit or
lerinp that the plaintiff pay defend
lnts costs.
Floyd Eaton, the young son OF Mr.:
William Eaton, OF Capon. bridge; w%S
,hot and perhaps fatally, by Lap Johh-
son. The latter was riding along the
Dad. and he saw some object runninS
,long beneath some trees a conslaera2.e
distance ahead Of him. He thought. the
,biect was a dog and fired with DOT
le-barreled shotgun. The object prov
ID to be Young Eaton, and the entire
Dad struck him in the back. Inc
founded lad was carried by Johnson 10
lis fathers home and physician sum,
noned. His injuries are serious ana
perhaps fatal. Johnson was not arrest
n as the affair was clearly an accident.
A special term OF the Circuit Court
# Clarke County has been called 10
convene on March ~. This term Will
,e presided over by Judge c. f. NIcoI'
II the Eleventh Judicial Circuit 1t IS
allied to hear the boom cases OF the
3erryyille Land and improvement 20.
against delinquent stockholders, VINO
IRE resisting payment of assessment on
he stock Of that company, which went
nto the hands Of receiver some year
back. There are no cases now penaih8
IN the docket OF this court IN Wnlch 50
much feeling has been engendered and
which are as hotly contested as these
Eases.
The farmers institute OF Shenandoah
county was held in the court house a.
Woodstock and was the most success
nj and interesting one ever held there.
! Inc program lIlciuu0" "uI' TT,;.oJ
Hon. Martin Dodge, OF the Onitep
States Road Commission; Professor Al
yord, OF the Dairy Division. DePaL!,
nent of Agriculture; Prot FRANK I
Rogers, OF Port Huron, Mich, and NJ
John w. Copp, of Fishers Hill, va
ESSAYS were read by Messrs. Ernest
Funk. Frank Richards and others. =
arqe number OF farmers attended the
institute and pronounce it the best ever
leld.
The annual stockholders meeting OF
The Newport News ShipbuildinS ahe
Drydock Company was held in the Of
ice OF General Superintendent W.; a
Post at the shipyard, with about all o
he shares represented. c. B. Orcu'
Xas unanimously reelected preslden
# the company for the ensuing year
and |. Z. Gates was unanimously re-
alccted treasurer. The following d.
.ectors were elected: c. B. circuit, New
York: Charles H. Tweed, New York
n. Z. Huntington, New York; l; L
Gates, New York; F. H. Davis, New
York
, A charter has been granted in tn
: Circuit Court at Lexington by Judge ;
, n / etcher to the Rockbridge Whit
} Sulphur Springs Company for the pur
pose OF operating and improving tn
pronertv known as the McCluer
Springs property, situated about eigr
| miles southwest OF Lexington. In
/ .apital stock is not to be less than $ioc
= and the shares SIoo each. The land lin
tations are 100 acres. The property
t expected to be improved and made
I summer resort
. Peter Light, well-known farmer
t Log Marsh district, Clarke Count
i died suddenly from heart trouble. NJ
e I ;oht retired as usual after eating
0 yery hearty meal, and SOME time durlr
: the night he awakened his wife and to
her he was very unwell. Mrs Lig
left the room to rouse her son, ar
when she returned her husband W
II unconscious, and death ensued IN II
,, minutes. The deceased was 70 years o
u and leaves a widow and nine grow
u children.
+ Mr.. A. dc Costa, OF New York, to
~ nerlv of Spain, with other capitals
10 has leased the Rappaharnock gold mi
e in Stafford county, about ten mil
above Fredericksburg, and after intr
ducing improved machinery Will beg
active mining operations. The mi
has been leased for three years, WI
# the privilege OF purchasing. Mr..
T. Costa, with his family, will reside
- the mine.
% The Board OF Supervisors OF Roc
e bridge has appointed committee
10 iooL into the affairs OF the Valley Ra
at road to examine the books SO lar
practicable and all other matters p
tinent to the road relative to the coul
l. and report to the board, making s. y
lie SUGGESTIONS as deemed advisable. /
y, county holds stock in the road to
isce value OF SA2o. 1000: hence this mo