Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-06-10
THE OLD DOMINION
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their various avocations. A week
was given them in which to settle.
After that extreme measures will be
taken.
Liman Spalding, brother of V.
Spalding, superintendent OF the
Southern Express Company, with
headquarters in Roanoke, and himself
we'll known in express and railroad
circles, committed suicide by blowing
his brains out with revolver while
standing in front of mirror IN his
room in hotel. He had been drink
ing heavily for several days. Spald'
ing was As years of age and unmar
ried. He was native OF Plattsburg
N. Y. and for long time was ex
press agent at Petersburg, this State
Harry L. Maynard, of Portsmouth
congressman from the second dis.
trict, will be the candidate next fall
for reelection on the Democratic
ticket for Congress. The list was
closed by the district committee
Mr. Maynard's name was the only
one presented. The Republicans Will
also nave d
The Rockbridge Hotel, at Glasgow
Rockbridgc county, which was built
during the land boom times, was sold
by Commissioner W. S. Hopkins, Of
the Circuit Court, at auction to ,. X
Leckey & Co., of Glasgow, for $4,000
The sale will come before the Circuit
Court for confirmation. This hoteI
was offered at auction July, 1902, and
only $5oIo was bid. The hotel is
large structure and was erected at
cost of over $4,000.
The Lynchburg city council closed
a contract with Chauncey u. VIII
liams, of Brooklyn, to construct the
dam and conduit to conserve and
bring to that city water from the
Pedlar river, in Amherst county
about twenty miles from Lynchburg
Mr.. Williams bid was nearly halt
million dollars, and additional ex-
penses of the right of way and EN-
ployment of engineers will add an
other hundred thousand dollars. The
new supply of water, it is calculated.
will be sufficient for population
three times as large as that OF the
present.
Mrs. Martin Shreiner, wife of a
business man of Richmond, is absent
from home. A daughter, aged O. and
a son, aged 2, are also missing. -Four
little ones are left behind. boardef
who had lived at the house some
months is also away.
The legislative committee which
has been making tour of the State
to select A site for new State nor
NAL school will probably recommend
that three be erected, one TO be at
Front Royal, or Harrisonburg, an
othr at Radford or Roanoke, and the
third at Newport News. The next
Legislature will pass on the matter.
A cablegram from France an.
nounces that Williams & Rehling, OF
Richmond, have been awarded the
contract to furnish the French gov.
eminent with a million pounds OF
heavy dark tobacco for snuff. The
firm is allowed ten months in which
to fill the contract.
Cadet Arthur E. Wilbourn, OF
Lexington, a member of the gradu-
ating class of this season at the VIZ
GINA Military Institute, has been ap-
pointed to West Point Military Acad-
envy from the Tenth Virginia Con-
gressional district.
Mr.. David A. Fries, one of the
most prominent residents OF the
county. died from the effects of ex'
posure and the hardship endured on
! Tuesday night, when he was swept
down Gap run, near Winchester.
while on his way home Mr.. Fries
and his buggy were carried a. mile
down stream. He battled with the
| finally washed ashore. He was res.
cued next morning in an exhauted
condition, after spending the night
in violent storm. Mr.. Fries was Sc
years old.
A novel but terrific duel was fought
on the banks of the Shenandoah
river, near Berrys, between Ollie Cat
lett and William Burch, rivals tol
the affection of a young lady. She
favored Catlett, and it was said thai
Burch, stung by the success OF his
rival, sent him challenge to fight
a duel with bare fists to settle the
matter. The challenge was accepted
seconds were selected and in the
presence of a large crowd the mer
stripped to the waist and began the
fight with bare fists. For over hal
an hour the battle waged. The mer
fought desperately and their bodles
were covered with cuts and dripping
blood They were so weak from the
loss of blood that they could scarcely
stand, yet they continued to RAIN saw
age blows upon each other until
terrific right hand blow knocked
Burch senseless Both men were
taken home in carriages seriously IN
iured after Catlett had been declared
the winner.
Mayor Marcellus N. Norman dle'
at his home in Campbell county
near Lynchburg, aged 90 years. DE
ceased was native Of the count!
and a graduate of the Virginia Mill
tarv Institute. At the outbreak OF tn
war he raised a company known a
Moorman's Battery and was atterwar'
made major, serving through the en-
tire war. At the close of hostilitie
he engaged in the tobacco bushes
here and was successful. He is sur
vived by widow and three sons.
Superintendent Morton Riddle, Jr
of the Atlantic Coast Line, has bee
promoted to the position Of chief en-
gineer of the system, with headquar
ters at Savannah. Mr.. Riddle will b
succeeded in Richmond by J. T. Rus
sell. now Coast Line insurance super
intendent at Wilmington, N. I.
At Heathville Wade Pembroke
.I .La Weenc inc steam