Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-09
The OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All OVeS
The State.

the lower James and Potomac. lh'
weapons used are small cannon nine fee
.ong on the pivot of the boat or i'll thu
blinds. The statement was made that
prominent boat captain who made duel
shooting his business killed 235 bird:
1T one time.
Judge Christian, of Lynchburg, ha:
granted a charter to a company, known
IS the Natural Bridge Park Company
which is composed mainly of Lynchbure
gentlemen. This company is author
zed to hold tract of land known as
he Natural Bridge Hotel property
which was recently sold by commission.
:rs to Mr.. John S. Walker, of Lynch
)urg,. for $4,000, and the sale of which
?as since been confirmed by court. The
,harter gives considerable latitude rcla-
tive to conducting the hotel business and
also making a modern park. Among
The directors are Mr.. c. H. Paxton, Of
Natural Bridge, and Mr.. R. w. Win.
borne, of Buena Vista. Mr.. Walker
who is real estate man, is the presl'
dent of the new company.
The Huger Davidson Sale Company's
storehouse, near the railroad depot Lex
ington, was broken into several nights
ago, but nothing was stolen, that fact
being attributed to the thief cutting him.
self on the broken window glass that he
smashed in effectng an entrance. The
large safe had blood on it and all around
were blood stains, which showed that
thief was badly injured by the broken
glass.
The first hanging i'll the history OF
the State farm, in Goochland county:
took place Friday when Jack Brown.
serving term of IS years, was executed
for the murder of James r. Parker,
fellow-prisoner. The men were working
together in field when Brown stabbed
Parker to death before the guard could
interfere The. murder was committed
On election day, and the two men, who
are negroes, were disputing over the
relative merits of two candidates, for
whom neither, being criminals, could
vote
Some weeks ago Mrs. w. w. Taylor
Of Brandon, Prince Georges county,
went to Petersburg to attend the bed
side of her sick daughter, who IS at
tending school i'll that city. While there
she was taken sick with pneumonia, from
i which she died. Her daughter has re-
covered.
John Henderson, a negro, shot and
probably fatally wounded Clarence How
ard, colored, in Roanoke. He used a
shotgun and claims he did it in self-de-
| Tense. Howard alleges that Henderson
went to hall in drunken condition
and they threw him out. They after
ward met and Henderson shot him.
Henderson surrendered
The executive committee of the State
! Sunday School Association at a meet
ing decided to hold the next annual
State convention in Lynchburg in April
The exact date will be fixed later. The
convention is expected to be large
one At Petersburg there were 1000
persons in attendance.
The Richmond detectives are unable
to find trace of R. L. Gardner, who IS
charged with betraying and afterwards
causing the death of Miss Victoria
Barnhill, of Williamstown, N. c. Gard
her was employed by JeffresS & Shelton,
tobacco warehousemen. 1t is said the
Young man was. in Richmond Monday,
! but was told by friends that detectives
we're after him. Miss Barnhill died on
December Fl, and it is charged that a
| drug killed her. Gardner is said to be
charged in North Carolina with murder
Lee Furrow, the boy accused OF muir
dering Sam Scott, at East Radtordl
was captured by William Harris al
Belspring and taken to Radford. Fur
row, who is only II years old, claims
that the shooting was done in self-de'
tense.
w. P. Berry was fearfully burned
about the face at the Roanoke shops
while melting scrap iron. Gas formed
in the furnace and blew large quantity
OF molten metal i'll his face.
The Federal Coal Company, Of the
Fairmont field, has changed hands, S
B. Elliott and ]. l.. Lewis, of PittSburg
securing a controlling interest.
A mass meeting OF citizens OF New
port News formally Endorsed J. l.. Pat
ton, president OF the Newport News
Chamber of Commerce, for one OF the
Virginia commissioners to the st. LOUIS
Exposition.
The small child OF Henry Coles, o.
Norfolk. was burned to death while the
father was at work and the mother was
doing laundry work at Holins Institute
near where they live.
Leonard and James Cowherd, stu
dents from the Bowling Green Acad'
cmy, in Caroline county, were drown
cd while skating on a pond near the
school. They ventured upon ice moi
thick enough to hold them, when one
broke through into the water. His
brother, in trying to save him, was
drowned also.
Norfolk county is now the wealthlesl
community in Virginia, the Dispatch
claims This, it says, is shown by
recent publication OF the Twelfth
Census. In the year 1900 Norfolk
eet71tf2ty farmers paid out for farm labor
S2o8,85o. this being by far the Largest
sum paid to any fafin labor by the
farmers OF any county irf~tAc state
Loudorn ranks second, having cNpend'
cd S2gz.IsO. Nanscmond third, $500
40. Princess Anne, our adjoining
county, paid TO farm labor $I76,38o
Norfolk county also leads all Other
...,,,.;-, Ia ,ilo aInOt.i:C~Ct NlOr:-5--c:.
ID COT fertilizers, the exact sum
jof the year 1899 being $3oS,6oo. Nan. |
scmond is second, with $2Io,5Io, and |
Pittsylvania third, with SI8oSoo Prin-
cess Anne county spent Tor fertilizer: