Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-08-23
VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.
Budget OF the Latest Happenings
From All Parts.
|, TRAGEDY AT RAMPr EN- SIDNEY.
George Cason Shot and Killed by Negro Girl
..Floyd County Farmer Shoots Constsbc
"A Successful farmers Combination" Nv
Freight Trains Collide on the Norfolk an'
Western Near fonsack.. Other News.

Pensions granted during the week
were as follows -
William J. Bodell Fortress Monroe.
So; James Marrow. Morrison. So; Yves.
ley Chlders. Clntwood. So; John l..
/ Thomas, Petersburg. So; Belinda X.
Rogers. Norfolk. So; John Gwynn. N "a
thews Court House, IS: Robert Tavlor.
dead. Richmond. 50: Henry Levi. Pho.
bus. S.; Mary Taylor. Richmond. s.;
| Judith A. Anderson, mother. Windy. SI1.
Considerable excitement was created
in the neighborhood OF tIamrden Sid
ney College by the shooting to death
OF Mr.. George Cason by negro girl
10 years old. The girl claims that the
shooting was accidental. 1t happened
about as follows, as was shown at til"
coroner's inquest: Mr.. CaSon and tw
friends were out bat hunting. One oi
his friends set his gun against ienc"
post and walked over to another fell.
leaving Mr. CaSon standing near ii
gun. A negro girl named Ida White
came along, and. stopping where tn
gun was picked it TIP. No enc SEEM
to have seen this. but one OF the COM
panions Of Casou- heard him greet til"
girl with Good evening. Ida and
heard her return the sSutation. I'm
mediatey the gun was fired, and when
one Of the men looked around ne saw
Mr.. Cason falling to the ground and
Ida White standing with the smoking
gun in her hands. The load OF sho'
had penetrated the lower part OF the
1901. fo>a n,,J rcattarod 70 hi. hraIn
causing almost instant death.
In order to remedy the evil OF ir-
proper putting up OF produce and ov
stocking the market the farmers of Eas
ern Shore met last year and formed I
combination known as the Eastern ) o"
of Virginia Produce Exchange. vii 4
capital Of $4,000 The exchange la
Offices at all tho principal stations an
wharvcs On the shore, and their agent
there examine gerry barrel before sii
rent and assert in prime. second and
Gull grades and h1v" also az nts in a.
Northern cities e. Inok ;t.r their in CT
es,5. All consgnIrcn.S are mad
through the central Office a. Olney, and
in this way Distribution OF s!ipm Is
is made and no market ovcrs:ocked T.
membership is about 100 OF the mot
prosperous and progressive farmers.
A horse died in Louisa county lev
days ago which had reached the age of
80 years. In 1872 he became the pro-.
erty Of Capt Frank Jordan. who owncl
the Sulphur Mines. He was T2 yeas
old when Captain Jordan died Can
tain Jordan provided in his will for til.
care Of the horse aud for a decent
burial The horse died Of old age an'
was inferred in neat coffin by HEINZ
Niche, the groom who had cared io-
him for rs years.
AS Constable James A. Simpson was
attempting to serve warrant OF arrest
on J. Pucket, a Floyd county farm"".
he was shot and his right hand ard
forearm terribly laccrated. Three in-
gers were shot off and portion OF the
load entered his side Puckct saw him
coming and fired his gun through the
window. The constable drew his pts.
tol and fred several shots with his left
hand but they were ineffective.
A story was pretty generally pub'ishc1
in Roanoke that Theodore Lowe. one
OF the division superntendents OF the
Norfolk and Western Railway. has bee"
promoted to the general superintendent
cy to succeed J. c. Cassell. General
Manager L. Z. Johnson was interview
ed as to the change, and seemed sur
prised. He stated most enphat,caI:y
that there vas absolutely no truth IL
the statement
Two freight trains coliided on the \ -
folk and Western near R,n'2ck, de'ay
ing travel yearly six hours. The engines
were badly wrecked. : nGr1lcr Of cars
were demolished and the tra.'k tom p
for 100 Yards. Engineer Calhoun. ot
Roanoke, was painfully, though not scr
iously injured.
E. O. Cooke, OF Newport News. go
"a verdict for $500 against the Newport
News and Old Point Railway ard Elcc'
trio Company for re:rsa;: to acccp'
workiaEman's ticket reduced IN price
during hours o:he- than those stiprat-
cd on the ticket.
The paving and courthouse bond IS
sue election carried at Newport Ners
One hundred thousand do,liis will be
spent in paving aud $4,000 courthouse
redemption bonds viii lie issntd.
An unusual anG interesting feature OF
recent service n Christ Church, Wn-
chester, was tia. iorr clergy:Hc:' % the
Dame name ard family ofici::cG--n me
". Revs. William H.. Georgs v. alf W.
Page Dame, of Baltimore. ma k'v. Mel
son P. Dame, OF Wi,e;.estc:.
The Trigg shipyari, j" Ki:.,rnoi is a
scene of activity. Within t"9 wc,,, orc
of the revenue cutters on The st'tks VII
be ready for launching and a rt,s.-
peakc and Ohio steamer 20 ply biwr,a
Norfolk and Newpor. News is rcar'y
as far advanced i'll construction.
H. C. Bcliz. Of Richmond, is se.o,h-
ing Tor his cousin, Gail Henry III 7,
who went 20 Baltimore 10 live n 50
There is a fortune OF abou; S75,W1 y,;G
to be awaiting the missing m1r -
Hesse Casse! Germany.
William TaIley, Il farmer living : ar
Richmond. was shot by some un''nCWn
person. The shot Vas, it is 1e|icNr''.
fired by negro who had intended TO
take Talley's life.
w. H. Hughes. prospcro::S iaru
who lived near Holin3 lrsti.ute. WIS
drowned while trying 10 lord TinIer
creek, north of Roanoke.
Ground has been broken at -
for the erection OF an sSa
tory. ( Sew Yorki