Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-05-15
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From All Over
the State.

Brugh's Mill; John D. Ghiselm; JIr'
Norfolk; James Q. Philpotts and kop'
ert G. Newlec, Blacksburg, each SI2i
Nelson Portlock, Great Bridge, 80
Miguel Martinez and George Smith
Elizabeth City county; Hugh Mckay
Norfolk; Richard T. Block, Golfers
town; Joseph L. Carter, Petersburg
William r. Wilbourn, Lexington;;, Ju'
Illus A. de Laguel, Alexandria; William
c. Mcclure, Glasgow, and Jeremiah j.
Talbert, Manchester, each $I2; William
E. Moore, Vienna. William Kendall
Paris, and John F. Brooks, Port Hey
wood, $I2 each; James Burner, Mount
Williams. So. Increase-Lincoln Phln'
ney, Soldiers Home, Elizabeth City
county $40; Wyatt Akers, Tyndall, ST2;
John Land. Portsmouth, $I2; David +.
Baker, Clifton Forge, $I2; Patrick
Riley, James L. Crowley and Robert e.
Crawford, Soldiers Home, Elizabeth
City county, each $I2; William Muir
ray, Soldiers Home Elizabeth City
county, So; Lindsay Pugh, Portsmouth;
John McCargo, Watcroak; Joseph Ed
win Spottswood, Petersburg, and Geo
W. Hayse, Lowmoor. each $I2.
The South District Baptist Church As
ISOLATION of Augusta county will meet a.
Natural Bridge Baptist Church May 20
Rev. John H. Harris, the blind preacher
of Natural Bridge, will open the first
days exercises.
The will of Sidney o. Pullman, pro.
| bated at Alexandra, gives his entire es'
tate to his widow for the support OF her.
self and children, and directs that nc
bond be given.
The Shenandoah Normal College, To-
Gated at Reliance, was purchased By
James S. Gardner 1t will be improved
during the summer and made ready fol
the fall opening by September L. The
school is in fouriShing condition, and
many students are expected from Porto
Rico next year. as those iii attendance
from that island this year are much
pleased The work of the school will
continue without interruption, a large
class will graduate June II.
Clinton Goodman, the 8-ycar-old son
of w. I. Goodman, of Donaldsburg
vicinity, years old, while riding horse
to the field was thrown, his foot caught
III d trace (lldlll, WlllSll was iOOPNN w.
a hame, and he was dragged to death.
Mrs. John P. Welsh has purchased,
for $2,coI, the John P Welsh property
a mile south of Lexington, of w. ),
Hopkins and P. NJ. Penick, trustees.
w. C. Agnor, of Buena Vista, caught
a carp in North river a few days age
that weighed 3oA pounds.
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for trial in the County Court of Sussex
for attempted feloniouS assault some
months ago OH Mrs. Coker, we'll known
lady of that county. Bailey was tried for
his life, but the evidence not being suffi'
cient to justify a death sentence he was
given IS years imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary After the alleged offense
was committed Bailey went to Newport
News, where he was arrested. Lynching
was feared and he was brought to Peters
burg jail for safe keeping. He was fully
identified by Mrs. Cocker as her asSail'
ant
The United States Court of Appeals,
at Richmond, has affirmed the decisior
Of Judge Jackson holding that the State
| has no right to tax bank deposits III
West Virginia owned by residents OF
other States.
Tom Robertson, a negro, was arrested
at Roanoke, charged with rocking
Roanoke and Southern train. He wa:
attempting to injure the engineer.
A writ of error has been granted by
the Court of Appeals of Virginia to Lane
Bros. & Co., contractors. in the cases OF
J. w. Bauserman and W. J. Bot, III
which the plaintiffs recovered $3.50 and
SI,2o5, respectively, for damages caused
by the explosion of blast in the StraS-
burg quarry.
Gen. Gilbert S. Mecm, ex-postmaster
of Seattle, Wash, and former owner OF
he Strathmore farm, lying near Mount
Jackson and Woodstock, is the guest OF
friends at that place.
Miles Charles, indicted charged with
the murder of his business partner, c. {.
Hatcher, in Buchanan county, six weeks
ago. and now confined in the county jail
at Grundy awaiting trial. was married III
his cell to Miss Heddie TibbettS, the
pretty IS-year-old daughter of Joseph
Tibbetts, one of the most prominent men
in that county and for a number of years
clerk of the Buchanan courts. With all
the doubt as to the outcome of the trial
Of her fance for murder staring her in
the face, Miss Tibbetts. accompanied by
minister, went to the Jail and was mar
ried to Charles. The groom is member
of well-known family, and at the time
of the killing was prominent merchant
Government officers Sworc out so war
rants for Chinese residents of Norfolk
who are alleged to have violated the
Geary Exclusion act. Seven Cinnamon
were arrested and are now in custody OF
United States Marshal West, who, with
the assistance of Charlie Key, a Chinese
interpreter of Boston, made the arrests.
The Misses Estill, of Waynesboro
have sold their residence in Lexington,
which was once the home of Prof. Harry
Estil and before that the residence of DR..
| John J. Lafferty. to Misses Martha J
and Susie NJ. Wash for $1,000.
J. Bruce Tutwiler has sold his farm Of
22S acres, near Lexington, to William Nj
Showater for $1,000.
Without a local-option election Prin.
cess Anne county has gone dry" Out
of 81 licensed saloons in the county only
six applied to Judge White for license.
Of these FIVE are located at Virginia
Beach, which come under the hotels
by-the-sea" provision of the Mann II.
At a meeting of the Staunton Aldmnl
Association of the University of Virginia
resolutions were adopted indorSing Hon
A. C. Gordon, of Staunton, for the posi-
ton of president of the university.
Jubal S. Cliugenpeel, who was sho
and badly wounded few days ago by
Sawney Arthur, died at his home, ii
Bedford, on Sunday.
Among the prisoners sentenced to th'
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