Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-09-30
THE OLD DOMINION
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the home OF his DrOtneT, James l.
Willis, in Orange county.
Work was commenced on the install
lation of a police patrol system IN
Lynchburg.
No clue to the murderer Of John
McNcrnie, the policeman who was
shot by a burglar who was robblng
the safe of Bonney's grocery, Norfolk,
has been found. A negro girl said
she saw man pry open the side
door and enter the store at midnight.
Officer McNernie went to the store.
and as he raised his arm to turn on
the gaslight he received pistol shot
in the heart, from which he died in
few minutes. The murderer escaped
to the rear and was not recognized.
John Walker, colorcd, the porter OF
the Norfolk and Southern train to
Virginia Beach, was struck by a telc-
graph pole and was sent to Protestant
Hospital with a crushed arm. Austin
Webb, another negro. was sent to the
hospital with crushed knee received
in the same accident
The Masonic Temple at Winchester
is being beautihed and adorned III
he interior by Washington artist,
who is retouchng the mural paintings.
Many weeks will be required for the
work, which will cost several thou
sand dollars. Winchester Hiram
Lodge, No. FL, Ancient Free and Ac-
,epted Masons, which owns and oc-
,upies the Masonic Temple, was char
tered in 1868.
The large barn, with contents Of
wheat, oats and farming implements
belonging to Mr.. A. NJ. Daniels, near
Verdiersville, Orange county, was de-
stroyed by fire The loss was heavy
and there was no insurance.
Ralph Coles, mistaken for burglar,
was shot down and instantly killed
early the other morning by Jesse
Diggs' home, near Portsmouth. Coles
was returning home and not wishing
to disturb the Diggs family, attempted
to reach his room without awakening
any one. Digs heard noise and
called out three times. He received
no answer and then fired his revolver.
A minutes later he heard groans and
when he investigated he found Coles
wrlthing on the ground, and before
he could be removed into the house
Coles died.
William P. Poarch, a young white
man and an ex-member OF the hre
department of Petersburg was placed
on trial in the Hastings Court to an
swer the charge of setting fire to and
burning the stable of Judge w.
Hodges Mann, on Market street. He
was acquitted.
The destruction of bridges across
the streams in Dinwiddie County by
the recent washout, is the greatest
known for some years, and will cost
the county several thoSand dollars to
replace them. If tits sum is taken
from the county levy for roads and
bridges it will leave but little to be
expended for the improvement Of
roads for the next year or two.
After three days trial for killing his
shipmate a few weeks ago Richard
Walton was given one year in the pen
itentiary by jury in Lancaster Cir
cult Court.
The large stock of merchandise
store and barn owned by Mr.. NOAH
Coffman at Conieville, about IA mile:
west of Woodstock, were totally de
stroyed by fire at an early hour the
other morning. The loss on stock
and building will amount to $4,000 OF
$4,000, which is partly covered by
insurance.
Charges affecting the official char
acter of Justice D. H. Bragonier, one
of the best-known police magistrates
in the Virginia Valley, were preferred
by Officer Edward L. Mcintosh be-
fore Acting Mayor William P. Nc
CURE. The exact nature Of the charges
has not been announced. The affair
has created a sensation.
Rev. Robert Wilkins, colored, IL
censed preacher of Sussex county, in
dicted for stealing cow, was to have
appeared in court Thursday for trial
but he failed to appear and his bail Of
$500 was declared forfeited.
William Smith, rs years old. who
claims Boston as his home and who
says that he has wealthy relatives
there, was taken from the schooner
General E. S. Greedy upon her arrival
at Norfolk from Boston and placed in
the jail hospital Captain Tulloch,
of the schooner, says that the man
lost his mind during the trip. Smith
told the captain that he had plenty of
money in his own right, but said he
wanted to rough it on a trip to the
South, and the skipper gave him a
berth.
The Betty Washington Lewis Chap
ter, Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, of Fredericksburg, is making
preparations for the entertainment OF
the State Conference of the Daughters
of the Revolution, to be held there
October 26 and II.
Margaret Thumbery, SO years of age
was buried at Norfolk by charitable
persons. She had been an inmate Of
the almshouse for u years, having en-
tered at the age of I6, suffering with
epilepsy. She had no relations or
friends except the attendants and in
mates of the almshouse.
At Carterville DR.. Thomas Allen
Grover, of Washington, and Miss Ida
Helden Rhodes were married. The
bride is a daughter of Mr.. H. J.
Rhodes, of Carterville.
At the entrance of the Crane Creek
mines, on the Norfolk and Western
railway, King Cox came in contact
with the trolley wire in such way
as to form a circuit and was severely
burned.
The injunction granted the Roanoke