Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-09-22
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From All Over
The State.

A match or ANAL becoming entangltd
in wool-packing machine caused tlie
destruction by fire of the picker build
ing of the Williams Bros. wooden mills,
a mile southeast of Winchester In adj
dtion to the building, which was
brick structure, two bagpickers, dus-
ter and 5000 pounds of wool were de-
stroyed, causing loss of $4,000, with
little insurance The mill force kept
the conhagration from the main build
! ing until the arrival of the Winchester
6remen, who promptly extinguished the
fire.
A large dwelling owned and occupied
| by G. NJ Hickman, near SlaneSville,
was destroyed by fire which originated
from defective flue. The loss is part
ly covered by $1,000 insurance.
Robert Jefferson, son of Edward JET
ferson, of Winchester, shot himself
through the hand with a pistol while
attempting to kill hawk
G. l.. Scruggs, young white man,
of Roanoke, was fined in Police Court
for drunkenness. In default of the fine
he was sent to Jail. A postoffice in
spector identified Scruggs as a man
wanted in Augusta county for robbing
a poStoffice.
R. H. Tanner, well-known resident
of Lynchburg, who formerly worked at
the Glamorgan Works, but lately was
engaged in the restaurant business, kill
ed himself by taking an overdose OF
laudanum.
| Mrs. Alice Francis, of Norfolk, asked
the aid of the police to recover her
daughter Helen, ID years of old, whom
she says is detained as member OF a
theatrical company now travelling in
Tennessee. She says the girl was taken
from Norfolk by relative, oStensiby
for a visit, and is now detained in the
organization without permission. The
police will attempt to reclaim the girl.
The top floor of the mill of the Lynch
burg Milling Company was Quilted by
fire early the other morning, the dam
age being between $4,000 and $1,000,
which is partly covered by insurance.
H. J. Coon, of Norfolk, has returned
from New York, bringing I7-year-old
bride who has just arrived from China
and was married to him in New York
on Sunday She is the only Chinese
woman in Norfolk, and Coon, who is
laundryman in Cumberland street. keels
her hidden, according to the Chinese
custom She is pretty and Coon is
proud.
Mrs. Jennie Smith, aged u years, of
Bedford City, was seriously injured IN
that place, by the horse which she was
driving running away. The lady was
thrown with great force out of the buggy
as it collided with mail box in front
Of the postofice, receiving fracture of
the left leg slightly above the ankle,
the large bone protruding through the
flesh. She also received painful blow
on her head in the fall The horse was
frightened by the disarrangement of the
harness. On account of Mrs. Smiths
advanced years her condition is con-
sidered grave
In some manner not satisfactorily ex-
planned Charles c. Bracey, IL years old,
blew out his brains near the home OF his
brother-in-law, James A. Carr, with
whom he boarded, near Buckhorn. He
went into thicket not far away, os-
tensibly to cut peanut poles. When
found one side of the boys head had
,, been blown away and one hand was
shattered. The boy was hardly as tall
as the gun which was found by his
) side.
The Retail Furniture Dealers Asso-
citation of Virginia closed its session IN
Richmond to meet next year in Nor
folk. G. B. Sydnor, of Richmond, was
!, elected president: !. A. Gilandur OF
Charlottesville, secretary and treasurer
! and the following vice presidents were
t chosen: Messrs. Phillips, of Norfolk
5 Jurgens, of Richmond; Fleenon, Of
:. Lynchbur9 Thurman, of Roanoke, ant
: Cox, of Newport News.
3 Mr. J. E. Boseman, a machlnlst EN-
e ployed by the Seaboard Air Line Rail
1 way in Portsmouth, was assaulted ant
0 seriously injured in the eastern part o
the city. While on his way home iron
+ work he was attacked by two highway
n men. He was struck over the head witt
S brick and afterward robbed of hi
9 weeks earnings and dragged alongsld
: the car track in dark spot, where n
n was left. A motorman on an approach
ing car saw the mans body in time Il
Il stop and prevent running over him.
!. Washington and Lee University op
. ened another session Thursday, with 80
q students present, the largest number o.
- opening day for many years. This is
e per cent increase over last years op
- ening. Exercises were held in Lee Me
~ mortal Chapel, and President Denny ad
% dressed the assemblage. A conservativv
% estimate of the total number that WI
Il enroll for the session reaches 375, tn
v largest number since Gen. Robert L. LIE
d was president of the college.
e The decision of Judge John w. Pric
e. in quo warranto proceedings against til
ID South and Western Railway Compan
ID in which Judge Price declared the cha
ter of that railway company IN Virgin
IS forfeited, has been reversed by the 81
Is preme Court of Virginia, sitting at SauI
IN ton. The upper court holds that, oV
n. ing to the form of the proceeding, Juds
u Price did not have jurisdiction. In
o. means that the proceedings will be r.
y newed in amended form. The delay tn
a will necessarily follow means a serio'
te-up in construction work in Scott al
" Wise counties, Virginia, on the new Goa
re CARRYING road. Besides this feature Ire
p /. Carter is meeting with strenuous o.
rs position from the Southern Railway Cor
~ pany in Tennessee and North Carolirl
a. In upper East Tennessee the Southe
&C. has begun in earnest the constructl'
s o., OF PARALLEL line which it proposes.
ID build through the mountains to Mario
y. N. c.
AT Mountain City, near Bristol, JET
Church has been sentenced to 10 yea