Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-09-02
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PROMINENT Hidli, VII thS Nhoi sc VI ii'N'
dering Miss Annie Boiling, young
woman, and his ward, and afterward
burning the body. Twenty-Five wit
nesses were at the preliminary trial
On June 26 the body of Miss Boiling
was found burned to a crisp, IN
piece of woods near the Stewart home
Suicide was the theory at the time
though the fact that the womans nan
had not been burned, but had been
cut from the head, and lay twenty
feet from the body, was never ex-
planned. 1t is alleged that otewai'
originally took Miss Boiling into ms
family in order to get possession OF
her property, and that having done 50
he tired of keeping her. The BollingS
are among the old Virginia families,
and claim descent from Pocahontas
and John Rolfe.
Walter Hatton, aged 40 years. vi
Portsmouth, where he is prominent
church member, was held for the Unit
ed States grand jury charged with
stealing from the navy yard brass
coupling valued at only a Jew dolaIs'
Hatton was employed at the yard. lie
has a wife and several children
The State Board of Trade, which
has been holding its contntlon, IN
Richmond, adjourned. The following
officers were elected: President. John
B. Primer, Suffolk; first vice-presdent,
Thomas S. Southgate, Norfolk; second
president, James R. Gordon, Rich
mond; third vice-president, NJ. B. Har-
low, Alexandria; secretary and treas
urer, R. A. Dunlop, Richmond.
Mr.. Scott Weaver, one of Warren
county's most prominent farmers and
fruit growers, died at his home in
Front Royal. He was 81 years of age
and is survived by one son and thee
daughters. -.
Mr.. w. R. Shiflet. >of bonneville
was shot in thc i>g by Warren DAVIS:
of Rockir liam county. Davis is said
TO .L~-,e made charge against his
mothcr-in-law, Mrs. Bluford Morris.
Shifflet denied the charge, whereupor
Davis drew a revolver and fired three
times at Shihlet. The shooting took
place near he Mission Home recently
erected by the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
1t is said that Lieut. Gov. Joseph
Willard will soon establish bank
either at White Hall or Arvonia, ip
Buckingham county.
Mr.. Alfred Smith, of Fauquier coun-
ty, has accepted the presidency OF
Gordon Institute, of GAINESVILLE, Ga
John Viers was killed by a train
two miles west of Pulaski. He must
have been sitting beside the track
when struck, his head being hit and
skull crushed. Two empty whisky
bottles were found beside him. On
his person was found box of sardnes
a pair of knucks, knife and purse
containing So.
AT an early hour the other morning
Mrs. S. B. Lubman, who resides on
Sycamore street, Petersburg, was
awakened by someone having hold OF
her hand. The party proved to be
NEGRO boy, who had gotten into the
house and was in the act of stealing
very costly diamond ring FROM her
finger
William Poarch, young white man
was before the Mayor at Petersburg
to answer the charge of burning the
stable of Judge w. Hodges Mann, in
that city. The circumstantial evidence
was so strong that the Mayor held
him for court. Poarch's mother and
sister testified that at the time the
FIRE occurred Poarch was at home
playing cards with his wife.
w. S. Clark, of Petersburg, fell from
train on the Atlantic Coast Line at
Dunlop's Station, near Petersburg,
and his left arm was so badly lacerated
that it had to be amputated. Clark,
it is alleged, was stealing a ride at
the time the accident occurred.
DR.. Oscar Wiley, aged 70 years, died
at his home, in Salem, from an at
lack of rheumatism of the heart. Dr.
Wiley had been practicing physician
for 81 years, and was for four years
surgeon in the Fify-fourth Virginia
Infantry. He leaves widow and two
sons, DR.. Robb Miner Wiley, of Sa.
lem, and Chaning Wiley, of New York
who is now in Europe.
John Shea, II-year-old son of Mt
sician John Shea, at Fort Monroe, was
drowned near Old Point. The body
was recovered. While assisting in the
search Musician Bryan was seized
with cramps and narrowly escaped
drowning.
Officers were elected at Richmond
by the Retail Furniture Dealers Asso-
citation as follows: President, Robert
Strother, Lynchburg; vice president
E. A. Thurman, Roanoke; T. M
Hundley, Richmond; c. NJ. Koones
lexington; Alexander Wingfeld, Pc
tersburg; D. Carpenter, Norfolk; dele.
gate to the North Carolina associa.
ton, J. A. Gilmer The association
meets next year at the call of the di.
rectors.
The Roanoke Water Power Com,
pany has force of 30 men at work or
the new dam on Roanoke river. More
than $50 acres of land has been &C.
quired for right-of-way purposes. and
at present the men employed are
working on the sluiceway for the dam
now in advanced stage. Thirty-six
thousand horse power is expected tc
be generated.
Capt. Keith Davis was injured re-
Gently at Colonial Beach, two ribs or
his right side being broken. He was
caught between a naptha launch and
the wharf by the careening of the
boat.
At Lynchburg w. L. Wood, a mer
B. chant hailing from Otterville, Bed.
ford county, was waylaid and robbed
of S45 about o'clock in the morning
in secluded place on Seventh street.
During the day Thomas Butts, Of
Lynchburg, and Andrew Arnold