Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-05-12
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way accident, and her sister,, MISS NJ
wena Saunders, was seriously injured.
Both were we'll known in ,Loudoun ceun-i.
.ty and belong to an old family. The &C
cident occurred near Paeonian, about
half mile from their home, on the pub
lie road, while they were returning from
visit to friends in Hamilton, From
some unknown cause the horse which
they were driving became frightened, ran
over high embankment, upset the We
hicle and threw both to the ground. Miss
Martha Saunders died from conclusion
OF the brain before assistance could be
summoned. She was about so years old
and is survived by three brothers
Messrs. Philip, John and Armistead
Saunders--and seyerahsisters. Formany
years the Misses iSaphders have :beqll
hprpmietbts ofIai POPULAR summer 5reEori
at >Paeonian Springs and are widely
known. ~ .,....e.2
THE ipostofhce al MiIlbor6 Springs was
robbed, the safe being blown open. The
burglars carried off $3.50 in stamps and
money and diamonds and other precious
stones, valued at $1,000, thetproperfy OF
Miss Palma Hawkins, daughter OF a
citizen who had placed them there tor
safe-keeping.
=. Details reached gWinohester qi a !bold
attempt to poison the family OF Joseph
Fawcett, rural mail carrier OF that
county. Enough strychnine was PUTIN
the spring from which the family OBJ
tanned drinking water to kill 100 people,
but they escaped with only a deathly
sickness. Poultry and cattle about the
place were poisoned.
|, Il Judge Haynes; Of the Bristol Chan
ce ~ Court, has granted Robert Pile all
absolute divorce from his wife, Mary
Pile, on, the, ground of desertion. MIS-.
Pile, who with her children resides at
Charlottesville, Va, retains possession OF
the estate without contest. This estate
includes Bristol property valued at $780,
"a TaiefeZA was "a >nlistriaI~of Edw. P.
F|==BFoiig ton,- in I4he-Federal Court, Nor
folk. He was accused Of rifing the
mails while a. letter; caHier5of the Ports
mouth Postohice. The young mar was
held under bail for a new trial.
Fire completely destroyed tlie planning
mill, lumber yard, storage warehouse
andi coal land wood yards of Catogm
@Bresy~ifi ~Reaneke.waThe~ property Gov
cred two acres or more of ground, and
Within few minutes latter the alarm
|: was turned in the entire area was mass mas
7 4Firie at JOHNSON = CITY, Tenn, stafting
shortly after midnight destroyed proper
| ty valued at 100000. Insurance will
cover halfElthe loss! Among the build
| ings DESTROYED are the Christian Chtrch3
| the City National Bank, Cargalrs Cali
| lery and the stores of Webb Bros and
William Silver. - " 80 -.
In the Southern oratorical contest held
at Charlottesville the University OF Viz
| GINA representative, John A.. Shishman-
IAN, won, with Chas. T. Talley, of Van
| derbi1t University, a close second Shish-
manian's subject was "The New Diplo-
i niacyi;" Tracy's, The Square Deal"
Rev. H. M/BristoL, of Washington; Hon.
| H. St. George Tucker, Of Washington,
and Hon. B. P. Kennedy, OF Richmond,
Va, acted as judges.
The sale @ef the Farnville and Pow
haia5if Railroad has Been pos tpehed until
| June ,. The line extends from Farm.
vile to Bermuda Hundred, and is ~
| miles long. 1t is in a receivers hands
L Monroe Kelly a cons table of2Stafortd
| County, was accidentally drowned on the
| Rappahannock q river, near Hopeyard
| The body has not been recovered MI
Kelly was 23 years old and is survived
by his mother and six sisters. 9;''a' Typ
e. Mr.. Richard Wallach,- Of Warrenton,
has purchased from Dr. George H.
Chewing, Of Fredericksburg, the latter's'
fine estate, Fenton, containing 500 acres,
located near Warrenton. The price paid
was $4,000. .a.. tr.x,g./, ..,..u
Another case of a fatal 9unloaded"'
gun occurred ,at-BrewryYille. + Thomas
Young, a young son, Of T. p. Wynn, was
accidentally killed with a rifle. in the
hands of a, colored playmate. The boys
were playing with the weapon when the
negro, thinking the piece anloadcd, point
edit at the Wynn youth and pulled .!le
trigger. Death was almost instantaneous
Loudoun Lodge, no. z6, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of Eccsburg,
claims to have as one OF its; members
the oldest Odd Fellow in Virginia. Mr..
William FL Thomas, Of Leesburg, has
l. been member for 81, years, Having, re-
cceivcd his final degree in the work April
70, 1854. The local lodge is the oldest
in Virginia. ~ -, o7-,,ras al ,..f,.a. =.
The Old Dominion Chapter, Daugh-
! te,s of the ,Confcderacy, at its annual
| rleeting in Lynchburg, decided to take
tip this year as a special missionr.tfe
marking of all the places Of Civil War
interest near Eynehbaig. Miss Ruth II!
Early, niece OF Gen. Jubal Early, was
Masor Bax5sns issued al Statement, il,
which he announced that hereafter no
rafting would be permitted at fairs and
bazars held in Newport News. After
stating that both precedent and lack
/ uf criminal intent led him to believe that
| thc violators Of the law should not have
.oeen held amendable in the instance called
i to his attention. he says that the law will
hereafter lie strictly enforced.
"a bold attempt to rob the palatial res
4 idence of German, Smith,, of Winchester,
was made the other morning, and the
thief would have succeeded but for TIC
unexpected appearance Of Mrs. Smith,
Ewho, armed with 3S-oalber revolver,
| fred at the man from the Window. A;
the man ran she fired several more shots,
one of which struck him. The intruder,
however, escaped. u ! 4i4lr naftetq1..
| .-- re- q. ~s
7 DR.. Al J.. Dickey was. re- elected Mayor
of Bristol without opposition. Only three