Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-17
FINE HIGHLAND CATTLE.
price. Are Observation-Disclosures Per.
.ona1s-chns. Bussard Heard From.

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.onnIx-Chns. Bussard Heard From.
MONTERREY, VA, September la.-teps-
cial)-The fat cattle of Hlghlana are
ing shipped earlier than usual Oh ~
count of the August and Septemoer
sraueht Despite the damage to grass.
soma of the droves being weighed up are
found to tip the beam at hgure ina :
means s75 to $50 per head. nero VI
siyty purchased by D. Y. Ruckman. OF
simmons Brothers, weighed !, 4uo, tWen-
tv-four purchased of Early Sugder, i'lao-
These were grazed in Crab Bottom. ..
A. Porter, the purchaser of l. n. steph.
enson's cattle, has shipped .nfty-h'e VI
the lot. their weight being 1,456
Much of the Highland stock is this
season being carried at Stokesvtlle on
the Chesapeake Western, instead OF at
Buffalo Gap. as in previous years, the ia
cilities for carrying at the former place
being reported as very fine.
TELEPHONE NOTES.
The Monterey and Staunton Telephone
Company is having some substantial I'M
proyements made to its lines in all di-
rections The wires, where fastened to
trees, have been removed, and large. new
poles substituted for these and for the
small poles at first planted. The work a
present Is in charge Of Messrs. Richard
and Robert Hickln, Of eastern Highland
under the direction of the manager, Mr..
e. n. McClintie Of Monterey.
Mr.. Norval W. Arbogast. who left
Crabbottom when a load of Is, reached the
village on Saturday and win spend a
short time visiting the. scenes of his
childhood. He is a son Of the late Eman-
uel Arbogast, and left home In 1857, To-
eating in Tazewell county, III. But few of
the older men whom he knew in the ante
bellum days remain to greet him after an
absence Of forty-ive years. He is ac-
companied by his nephew, Mr.. Gainor, a
native of Illinois.
Mr.. P. Edward Hull, of Eureka, Kas,
is now On q visit to Virginia. He is the
son-in-1aw of Mr.. James Trimble, whose
home is near Monterey and also has a
sister living at Waynasboro. Mr.. Hull IL
record Of which the county may be proud.
OFF TO SCHOOL.
The boys and girls are rapidly taking
their places in the various schools Of the
State. Mr.. Boyd Stephenson has gone
to Hampton-Sidney, Homer to Paultops,
Miss Janet to Mary Baldwin Seminary,
Roy Waggoner and Forest Hull to the
University of Virginia, C. S. McNuIty
and Andrew Jones to Washington and
Lee, Prentiss Campbell to Randolph
Macon, and Clyde Carpenter to Duns
more.
Miss Sadie E. Stephenson has just re-
turned from Saratoga and win spend q
short time at the home of her brother.
Mr.. L. II. Stephenson
Mr.. F. NJ. Trimble. of Augusta, paid a
short visit to his old home near here.
Mr.. Charles Bussard, who was honor
ably discharged from the United States
army last spring, upon his return from
the Philippines, and who had not been
heard from since. has written his friends
from California, where he has remained
to recuperate after the hardships and
exposure of army life In the East.
hfr- Jacob Hevener and wife, Of Crab
potion, have just returned from visit
across the State line to Green Bank. the
present home of Mrs. Hevener's parents.
Rev. j. w. Mcneil
MIR. J. Mack seig. of {Iightown, a theo-
the summer In the mis- Won work OF Eek
ington Presbytery. retrtned this week to
the seminary at Richmond.