Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-04-26
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TREE HILL TO HAVE STEEL PLANT
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway is Behind the
Moyement..The jefferson Hotel May BE Re'
built by the Insurance Companies mr.
Thomas [. Alfriend Dead'.Desperatc Figr
at the Warwick City Jail..0ther News.

Warwick City jail, about ten mile
above Newport News, was the scene o
a desperate fight between George Ear
nest, a negro prisoner just brough
there from Baltimore and waiting tria
on the charge of robbing a schooner. o
$500, and Frank H. Gibson, the Jallcr
Gibson opened the cell door and tht
negro struck him with a heavy piece o
iron. A hand -to-hsnd fight ensued. GiD
son receiving nine scalp wounds IRON
the iron. The negro had him dowt
finally and was beating him into lnSenSi
bility when negro woman prlsohe'
rushed to the rescue. Her screams at
tracted the attention OF plumber work
ing outside, and the two manage1 tc
subdue the brute in time 10 prevent hin
from finishing his man.
The shaft to the finders Flat mine, ir
Louisa county, which is 300 feet deep
has had some additional borings by dia'
mond drill about 100 feet deeper thar
the working shaft The gold fields O.
the finders Flat mine are now being
prepared for systematic and extensive
working. A branch OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad from Sulphur Mines
has been run to Them and buildings, en-
CINE. boilers etc. have been put in tc
work the gold gravel, which covers
large area on Contrary creek. Attei
extracting the gold the gravel will be
delivered on Chesapeake and Ohio cars
and used for ballast by the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway on its main line
Mr.. Thomas l.. Alfriend, one OF the
best-known fire insurance agents IN
Richmond, died very suddenly at his
home on North Laurel street OF heart
trouble. The deceased was So years OF
age and was widely known among UNI
derwriters all over the country. Mr..
Alfriend was gallant Confederate sol.
der. lie leaves a widow and several
sons and dauhgters. all grown. lie was
a brother of the late Frank Alfrlend, at
one time Librarian Of the State, and
well-known newspaper correspondent at
the national capital Is years ago.
The Alexandria authorities, after they
had constructed sewer on Henry
street, in the ''twenties, made no more
sewers until after 1890 Since that time
all the old open drains running into the
river have been closed in and sewers
have been made on King, Prince, Pitt
and other streets. A portion OF Alfred
street is now being severed, and an eX-
tension of the King street sewer, be-
tween Royal and Fairfax streets, has
been projected as we'll as the covering
in of the south end of the great drain
into Hunting creek at the south end OF
Royal street.
1t is stated that the Chesapeake and
Ohia Railway Company is behind the
movement for establishing 4 steel plant
at Tree Hill, on James river, near Rich
mond. The road is reported to have an
option on this property. Tree Hill was
the home of Franklin Stearns, man
who was conspicuous as Unionst dur
ing the Civil War.
The Jefferson Hotel may be rebuilt.
not by the owners, but possibly By the
insurance companies. Those who had
risks on the house are, it is said getting
estimates from builders with a view Of
restoring the hotel The companies
claim that they can put the building
back in the condition it was before the
fire for the amount of the insurance,
S565,oo
AT the Joint convention OF Lancaster
and Richmond counties Mr.. w. +. Dua-
away of Lancaster, was unanimously
nominated as the Democratic candidate
for the two counties to the Conssi!u-
tional Convention. Mr.. Dunaway in adj
dressing the meeting said he was against
! the wholesale disfranchisment Of the ne
gro. He is also in favor of new judi
ciary system. W. B. Sanders was made
chairman OF the meeting and w. Y.
Morgan secretary.
The long distance telephone line con-
Meeting Lexington with Richmond via
Stanton has been completed. The line
connecting Lexington with Buchanan
has been completed, and connection will
he made with Roanoke and from that
noint connection can be secured with
Lynchburg.
Mr. Eustace Limerick and Miss Har-
riet Bullock. both of Fredericksburg,
we're married by Rev. DR.. J. 5. Dill at
his residence. This is the young couple
who went to Washington to marry, but
we're denied a license on account OF
their youth. 49,.
The Richmond Board OF Aldermen,
bv a vote of ID to 2, decided to accept
Mr. Carnegie's offer of 100000 icr
nubIic library here. The matter now
Goes to Common Council, the lower
Branch of the city Legislative body
The saloon and grocery OF J; Walter
Vaughn, at Suffolk, was burned. Less,
S1Ioo; insurance, $3.50.