Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-05-02
LIVE news OF The
OLD DOMINION.
Latest Happenings Cleaned From All
Over the State.
A REMARKABLE MARINE ANIMAL.
Carnegie's Gift Accepted - Norfolk COUNCIL
and Residents Provide for Library -
Engineer instantly Killed - Coal rouhu
In Roanoke County-Favor Proclaimins-
Fire at Danvile.

Fire at Danville.
Virginia PensionS-Afred White,
Berkley. Sc: Andrew J. Yates, FerneIla'
$40: John N. Duncan, Lexington, SI2;
Anna C. Wilson, Lynchburg, SI2; Emma
]. Roberts, Norfolk, $I2; Beverly LOCK-
hart, Rock Enon Springs So; Robert &c
cleston, National Military Home, Ellz-
abeth City county, 49,; Stephen Blunt,
National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth City
county, So; Henry Rucker, Pedlar
Mills, So.
A four-foot vein of coal has been dis
covered in Catawba Valley, Roanoke
county, on the land Of H. Clay chap
man, and a second find, being SIX feet
in thickness, has been uncovered on the
land of the Catawba Railway and Mining
Company. An expert mine operator has
been secured from the Pennsylvania
fields, and he is confident that the coa1
supply is almost unlimited, and says he
believes that oil and gas also abound IN
this section. The railroad, on whlcn
work will begin at an early date, will
penetrate this field Its terminal point
will be at Salem, and it will extend west
ward through Craig county to the
Brushy Mountain coal districts. The de-
yelopment of the mines and the building
Of the road are promoted by Roanoke
capitalists
Fire was discovered in the house occu-
pied by the Danville Furniture Com
pany, on Main street, the other morning.
The building was saved after sustaining
some damage, but the heaviest loss falls
on the furniture company and {. {.
Snead & Son, who had vehicles stored IN
the basement. The entire loss is eStl-
mated at $1,000, of which from $4,000 to
5000 falls on Snead & Son. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
William Burton. aged 30. for ten years
an engineer in the employ of the Ritter
Lumber Company. in West Virginia, was
instantly killed at Saginaw, western
North Carolina. His engine and II cars
ran away down the mountain and were
wrecked. Mr.. Burton's skull was crushed
and his body scalded.
Bell Hamilton and Albert Dean caught
a remarkable marine animal near Fox
Hill while fishing 1t was about four feet
long, had scales, head like an allga~
tors. seven rows of teeth and fins said
to resemble human hands. The report
of the find caused a sensation in Hamp-
ton, and committee of citizens, includ-
ing minister, will go to Fox Hill to
investigate.
A gentleman who has recently tray
eled through some ten or more countleS
of the State. and who has corYerSed
with the people on the subject, says that
they are almost unanimously of the opln-
ion that the new Constitution should be
proclaimed; that if put to a vote of the
people it probably would be defeated.
Norfolk's City Council has accepted
Andrew Carnegie's gift of $4,000 for a
free library. The Council also accepted
a site donated by the Misses Seden and
Mrs. c. w. Grandy and agreed to appro-
pirate $1,000 annually for the mainte-
nance of the library
William Tillotson, editor of the Nor
folk County Democrat, was assaulted by
a gang of unknown teughS and badly
beaten Editor Tillotson at the time Of
the assault was returning from court
where he had given evidence against a
number of Norfolk county saloonkcepers
who arc charged with violating the Sun-
day liquor law.
Destructive woodland fires are burning
over a large area Of land in Prince
George county, near Carsons, on the At
lantc Coast Line Railway A large
quantity of standing timber has been de
stroyed and several hundred cords Of
wood burned
Mr.. Randolph Guggenheimer, a prom
inent New York lawyer. has sent his
check for $4,000 to pay for an aviary
recently presented to the city of Lynch
burg.
Chas, Finley Morris. who is charged
with killing a colored man in Augusta
county three years ago, has been ar
rested.
The Methodist Church and residences
of A. w. Bell and W. H. Salisbury, at
Clay Courthouse, burned. A defective
fue caused the fire
The City Council of Danville has
/ adopted an ordinance requiring all sa-
looms to open at o'clock in the morning
and close at 7 at night, effective May. l.
AT Lancaster Courthouse Edward S.
| Jory. convicted of passing a forged
check for $I8, was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary
The 2-year-old daughter of A. L. Mel
ton was run over and killed near Scots
vile by freight train as he was sitting
on the track.
The Democratic primary at Williams
burg resulted in the nomination of John
L. Mercer for mayor
Mrs. Mary Lumpkin, widow of DR.. J.
D. Lumpkin, died in Richmond.
II. B. Minis has purchased the Hotel
Laurance, Luray, for $1,000.
Mrs. Nathan Day died at Deer Run,
Franklin county, aged 90 years.
Joseph Kelly, one of the oldest citizens
of Cuzzart, Preston county, is dead.
Mrs. w. c. Nell died at Bayard from
blood poisoning, which resulted from a
carbuncle.
Ex-Congressman Romeo H. Freer will
be the orator on Memorial Day at the
National Cemetery at Grafton.
Models for the Jefferson Davis arch,
to be erected in Richmond, will be placed
on exhibition in that city May 26
Alexandria is to have an extensive
plant for iron work.
Mr. A. G.. Chamberlin, Of Loudoun,
died from stroke of paralysis
Ground has been broken for new
dormtory for Fredericksburg College.
Carroll Willis, aged Id years, of Win
chester. was probably fatally stabbed in
the back by companion while playing
wild Bill
AT Petersburg. Judge J. NJ. Mullen, of
the Corporation Court, granted charter
to the Jackson Coal and Coke Company
! The capital stock is not to be more than
$4,000 Mr.. c. Jackson is president and