Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-02-27
THE OLD DOMINION.
Lctest News Cleaned From All V's'
the State.

tional Soldiers Home, Elizaoein "a
SIS: Moses Thomas, Dunnsvllle, 20
William H. Read, Norfolk, So; Ionin
Henry, National Soldiers Home; Ellz-
abeth city, SI2; Charles A. Santnyer'
Claremont, $40; Alexander Wilson, d.
coma. So; Wilson n. Persons, Princess
Anne, Sc; John Allen, dead, Ports
| mouth. $40; Mary f. Maltby, Spring
man, So; Fannie Allen, Portsmouth
$751; Selah T. House, dead, Portsmouth,.
S.; William Gaskins, dead, Keller. @lI
Elias Clark, Chincoteague, s.; Minors
OF William Gaskirs, Onancock. ,Sl4:
Walter Arnold, National Soldiers
Home, Elizabeth city, $40.
The new union passenger station az
Bristol, erected by John 2. Pettylohn q
Co., of Lynchburg, for the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company, was COM
pleted this week. II is buKt of buff BRICK
and stone, with green slate roof and
pranolithic floors, and cost upward OF
100000, including the grading, ETC., to
bcautify the grounds. The station prop
or j. over 200 feet long and including
sheds and platforms, is more than SOC
feet in length. The Southern and Nor
folk and Western Railways will use the
station, and it is probable that the Vlr'
ginia and Southwestern Railway Con'-
pany will lease right and oring iS
trains into the new station.
The big department store business OF
the late Frank c. Pitzer at Bristol was
sold this week by the executor OF the es'
tate to Oscar E. Mahoney, Of Greene
willie Tenn. and L. S. Jones, of Honaker'
Mr.. Mahoney is brother OF John n
Mahoney. the well-known wholesale Nler..
chant. while Mr.. Jones is brother OF
H. E. Jones, president of the Domin'or
National Bank.
Frank M. Finch, a cattle dealer, OF
Campbell county, was found dead on the
Canobel Courthouse turnpike. He had
fallen out of his buggy and his head had
been caught between the Spokes OF a
wheel in such a way as to break his neck
He was dragged some distance, but his
BODY became wedged in the wheel ~
such a manner as to bring the VENICE
and the horse to standstill. In TINS
position he was found some hours after,
ward, Finch was 42 years or age, ana
is survived by widow and three chill
dren.
II is now said to be settled that the
Southern Bell Telephone Company
which ooerates an exchange i'll Roanoke
with long distance connections, Will ap'
sorb the Virginia and Tennessee lele-
phone Company. which has a large pat
ronage throughout Southwest Virginia
For more than month representatives
Of each company have been taking an IN
ventory. Over $4,000 is involved.
Zeb Bass, 50 years old, well-known
horse trader. was found dead on his
farm, Holly Springs, near Manchester,
with his throat cut from ear TO ear; fle
had ended his life with razor, and was
lying in a pool of his own blood. bass
was visiting his brother, L. L. Bass, no
seemed in good health and spirits. NO
cause is known for the suicide.
The dwelling of Mr.. F. S: Hess, OF
Woodstock. at Ouicksburg, Shenandoah
county, was destroyed by hre. he
origin of the fire is unknown. Loss $500
insured
Cavalry veterans who followed Gen
'Jeb" Stuart will soon urge the Legs
lature to grant a site in Capitol Square
for a Szo,Coo monument to the cavalry
leader and to appropriate at least Slo'-
200 toward building an equestrian statue
Major A. R. Venable made such mo
lion at a meeting i'll the Lee Camp Hall
and il was seconded by Mr. Joseph
BRYAN. AS South Carolina has appro-
priated $4,000 for a monument to zen
Wade Hampton, they think Virginia
should do something for the honor OF
Stuart. A number of the leaders OF the
Legislature have already been ap,,
preached in regard to this matter, ana
thew express keen interest and promise
!heir support.
The business district of the little town
Of Clinchport. on the Virginia and
Southwestern railway was swept by ilre
due to a defective fue in one OF the
stores. The loss is estimated at $4,000
Not a store was left standing, but the
two hotels were unframed. Among the
estimated losses. with practically no IN
surance are: Head & Sloan, $1,000;
Gobble & Kidd, 2,5co; J ". Lyon, mer'
chant. $1,000; W. A. Ruth. merchant
$500: ]. NJ. Johnson, store building
$1,000. :,
Postofice Inspector Sharon arrested
in Lynchburg IS-year-old Rommle Mit,
rhell who confesses to having robbed
the United States mail. Mitchell was
The mail carrier of a Bedford county
route. A few days ago he distracted a
pistol from box and left the empty box
for the person to whom it was addressed
He was tried before United States Com
missioner O'Brien and was sent to the
grand jury.
NJ. w. Quinn, of Boston, Mass, owner
of the Swift Creek cotton mills, IN Ches-
terfeld county. three miles from Peters
burg, has sold the property to j. +: ay-
lor treasurer of the Klnston Cotton
Mills, at Kinston. N. C., who expects TO
start work at the mills in about two
weeks. These mills have been idle tor
several years.
Homer Seakford, young man VINO
left Page county some time ago, mas
heeu ON trial at Springfield, Ohio, Tor
the murder of Mrs. Gobeur at that place
last July.
Nine stores with most OF their cor
tents were burned at Blackstone, If
Nottaway county, entaillng loss o.
about $4,000. Insurance covers one
third the damage. The fire had it.
origin in H. /. Chapin's stores. Sc
great was the danger to the town tha
aid was sought from Petersburg. Be
fore the relief train started, however
the fire was under control.
Susan Randall was killed by Nor
folk and Western Railroad train at PC
tcrsburg. She had been patient III