Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-14
HIGHLAND RECRODER
LOCAL NEWS.
Personal
Brief Items Of Interest to Home
Folks About Their Friends
And Acquaintance.

Hightown High School last week
and is boarding with her uncle, Mr.
John Kramer.
A new bill Of shoes just opened
at L A Orndorff's.
Miss Emma NcClintic of the
River is visiting the Misses Slpe at
the CONNER cial.
Mr.. John Sipe Sr. of Hightown
is spending few days with his
daughter, Mrs. James 0. Hiner.
Mr. elias. T. Bird of Back Creek
spent Tuesday night with Capt.
Matheny.
There are four cases of scarlet
fever in the family of Mr.. Dan
Ralston on Grab Run, we are in
formed.
Miss Hale of the Hightown High
School, we are pleased to announce
is able to resume her work in the
class room.
Mr.. Daily of the Ramscur engi-
neer corps and his friend Mr.
Switzerland, came in from W. Va.
Wednesday and are at the Com
mercial.
MIR. Mack R. Campbell Of Con-
way, Kansas, is one of our late sub
scribers.
1t would be too bad if Miss Alice
Rooseyelt's Pa wouldn't let her at
tend the coronation Of King Ed
ward VII.
The Fourth and last Quarterly
Conference for Mcdowell circuit
will be held at Doe Hill, Feb. 10th
and 18th. A full attendance Of
official members is desired.
The Monterey school house mat
ter is unfinished business and has
been laid on the table, but only
temporarily, and argument will be
resumed later.
Trimble & Lunsford have on
hand the fluid of which we have
spoken, that prevents horns from
growing on cattle. One or two
applications, at cost of one fourth
or one half cent. and yonr cavles
will be freed from the bloody, dang
erous, and painful process Of de-
horning.
O. Wilson, Esq. while out coast
ing the other day ran his sled
against fence and mashed his
singer dreadfuIly. Later-We were
not correctly Informed as to the
manner of Mr. Wilson's accident
The report that lie had been coast
ing grew out Of the fact that lie
was fixing his wood sled when he
hurt his finger.
Miss Jennie Chew who has been
making her home with DR.. |. IL.
Trimble for a number Of years, re-
turned to her home in Crabbottom.
where she will make preparations
to 90 to Iowa with her brother
Jacob Chew. They will start about
the first of March.
Drs. E. J. Jones and PinckEey
Rexrode Of Crabbottom performed
a successful operation last week in
the removal of carcerous growth
from Allen HILLS breast. Allen,
or Buzz Hull is a son of MIR. Joe
Hull who lives near Hightown and
is about Fl years Of age.
A few more pairs Of boots, los
and lis, will be closed out cheap
at Orndorff's.
The Richmond Times is giving an
account Of the purchase Of the
Foster farm in Loudoun county, by
MIR G w Hevener states that it con-
tains 405 acres and undoubtedly is
one of the finest farms in the state.
With the hope that these lines
may meet the eye of the gentleman
who so earnestly persists in the
joint ownership of. our wood pile,
we make known our desire that he
refrain from taking all the little,
pole wood; it is so good about
starting fires.
Mrs S W Crummett on Sunday
morning received the sad news Of
the death, on Saturday night, OF
her aunt Mrs Lea Clark of Green
vile. Mrs Clark had been an in
valid from paralysis for several
years. She was a sister of Miss
Sallie Arbogast who has made her
home with Mrs. Clark for mum
Der of years, and was also sister
Of John w. Arbogast, decd.
Last Tuesday evening Mr.. Glen
Mauzy and Miss Mamie Jones were
out for short drive and on their
return to town at the foot of Trim
BILE hill, the horses pitched INTO a
run and MIR. Mauzy was rapidly
losing control of them when they
slowed up to make the tarn at
Bishops corner and were stopped
by several men. No one hurt and
no damage to horses or vehicle, ana
we are sure the drive proved ex-
hilarating.
The third week of Rey. h. L.
Entsler's meeting at the Methodist