Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-01-23
THE Old DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All 0vR
the State.

Miss Lavina Dechert, the young lady
who was severely burned at Harrisburg
by the explosion of lamp, died OF her
injuries. The immediate cause OF her
death was the inhaling Of flames and
general exhaustion following nervous
Shock. Miss Dechert undertook to
blow out the light in lamp hanging
from the ceiling The fame was, com
nunicated to the oil and an explosion
followed. With her clothing ablaze'
she first ran upstairs and, returning
rushed out on the street. Several PEI.
sons went to her assistance and hnally
succeeded in smotherlng the flames.
Articles OF furniture that had become
ignited were thrown out OF the house.
The unfortunate young lady was ~
years old and daughter OF Mr.. I'd
ward L. Dechert.
Joseph Tate, engineer on the sea
board Air Line train, was badly scaid-
ed about the face by the bursting, OF
steam pipe on his engine while az
Woods Lane. The train was delayed
several hours. The engine and inJur,,
ed man were sent back to Kichnona
and the cars sent North on later Local
train.
A son OF Lewis Kronk, who lives
near Parker's, Spottsylvania county,
died OF lockjaw, caused by, WOUND
from a piece OF gun cap, which stuck III
his hand when he was firing gun.
T. C. Butler, of Clifton Forge, has
been appointed agent OF the Adams
Express Company in Fredericksburg,
vice o. J. Dearborn, formerly OF Alex
andria.
The dwelling OF Mrs. Ann Blanken,,
ship, near Swift Creek, Chesterfield
county, was burned with all its con-
tents and she herself was fatally burn
ed. The only occupant OF the house
was Mrs. Blankenship, who was 90
years OF age. In her efforts to extin-
guish the flames her clothing became
ignted and she was burned to death
She was widow and is survived by
four grown children.
Charged with burglary, with the pos,
sibility of the more serious crime o.
arson being laid at their door,, JACOB
Haines, Benjamin Clowser and Ollie
Linburger, sons OF respected parents
we're arrested at Rosenberger.
Mrs. L. Mccoy, a trained nurse OF
Norfolk, has received word that she mas
been beoueathed $4,000 by James NJ.
Hanahan. a resident of Charleston, D.
c., who recently died. 1t appears tha'
Hanahan was attended by the nurse,
and for her kind treatment he lett ner
fortune.
The street railway fare between New
port News and Hampton has been re-
duced to : cents. The Newport News
and Old Point Company and the Citi-
zens' Company will sell no more car
tickets, all fares being S cents straight.
One year ago w. NJ. Gordon, OF
Salem, and Miss Sarah Mills eloped to
Bristol and were married. The an
nouncement was made just one year ex-
Qctly after the marriage. 1t was spirit
of romance that prompted the AFFAIR,
and the friends of the couple were NOT
inclined to give the story credence un-
til they produced the marriage certitl-
cate bearing date of January IS, 1902.
On the farm OF Mrs. Hiram Roe,
near Winchester, three fine steers were
found dying, with their threats cut and
their bodies slashed. 1t is believed that
the perpertrator went to the barn to
steal calf and first attacked the steers
in an Enclosure outside the barn. Alter
he had cut the throats Of two and ais
emboweled another the maddened ann
mails jumped wire fence and tell ayin9
on the outside. The man then killed
the calf, skinned it and carried OFT q
quarter of the. veal.
In response to an alarm OF hrs ~
Suffolk, the driver, Ashton Appiew WILL
was thrown from hose cart. winch
passed over his right foot, inAicting a
painful but not serious injury. Apple
white, who had just recovered from {, a
long spell of typhoid fever, was unable
to manage the horse. which became ui''