Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-01-06
Personal

way.
On Saturday night, about nine
thirty o'clock, a skv-rocket fell il
an old pasture-feld just south Of
town and set fire to the grass. The
blaze. at first sight, occasioned
alarm to the sleepy populace, but
fear was allaved when the location
of the blaze was fully determined.
No serious harm was done.
At a shooting match near MIR.
Farmers on Thursday, our towns
man, MIR. A. G. Suddarth, was lucky
enough to carry off first prize--a fine
% pound turkey.
Mr.. IS. Dickinson made a trip
to Parsons on Wednesday, return
ing Saturday evening.
Mr. R NJ Trimble came in Satur~
day from a short visit to West Vlr'
ginia.
Misses Nora and Salie Wilson
were at their Monterey home sever
al DAYS during the HOLIDAYS, re-
turning to Marlinton Saturday.
Miss Lena Vance, of Mcdowell.
spent part Of the week with Mont
erev friends. Also Mrs. W. Il.
Rodgers and son, Russell.
Mr. Asa Trobaugh, who belong
ed to the carpenter force IN the
building of the new hotel, came
back to spend Christmas day IN
Highland.
MIR Charles Lunsford and wife,
of Barlow, were i'll town on Satur
day and Sunday.
MIR Will Jones, with W H Ma
theny. on the Loudon (Tenn.)
Record. came in to spend holiday
week with the home-folks.
Messrs Ray Wilson, Glide Hiner,
John Gillespie, Glenn Jordan and
Edward Rexrode were some OF the
Highland bows who cut loose from
the busy scenes of West Virginia
for a short holiday vacation.
The record at the Clerks office
shows an upward tendency" in the
matrimonial market, there being an
average Of one marriage a week for
the year 1904, better showing
than in several previous years.
MrH V Herold has lately quail
fled as Registrar at hickman S
precinct, Back Greek.
On the 2Sth ult. a marriage
license was issued to VIM G Way
bright and Miss Lucinda Helmlck'
Get your boys $3.50 wacth OF
II. NJ. Slaven, Jeweler.
All those who are indebted to me
will please arrange to settle by Jan,
list. 1905. | wish to have full
settlement with every one who owes
me, before starting on another year.
Respectfully,
Paul Brown.
Mr. W w Samples daughter has
little brother.
Always Oh hand, a full assert,
ment of engagement rings at ii. III
Slaven's Jewelry Store.
Now is the time you can be ht-
ted up in winter garments, turS
coats, jackets, suits, caps, hats,
boots. shoes, rubber goods, etc. at
a very reasonable price, at l. y
Simmons.
Rev R L Eutsler will Cd "
preach next Sunday Jan. s, at
Hightown at II m (Sacrament)
Trinity 3 p m and Monterey Z p m
A big stock of Bed Comforts at
low prices, at ]. Lunsford \ Sons
No newspaper pays any atteh-
ton to unsigned communication
a fact that has been so often
published that everybody ought to
know it, and yet such letters are
frequently sent in to us, and, we
presume, to every other paper.
MrLee A Siple, Of Mendon, III
is on a visit to relatives in Virginia
and West Virginia. He is sen OF
Samuel Siple, of Pendleton county
but has resided in Illinois for
TWENTY-FIVE years. After several
Gays spent with his sister, Mrs ID +
Slaven, he started for his old
Pend!eton county home on Wednes-
dav, having been met here 9y his
brother. Mr. Cosmus Siple.
The winter king resumed his
reign on Tuesday, and there was
no mercy shown by either wind OF
weather. On Wednesday morning
the mercury stood at zero. with
corresponding north wind.
The week of prayer is being OF
served by the two churches OF the
town.
Miss Signora Keister, Of the M
H. s.. spent her holiday vacation al
Barrisonburg.
MIR Charles P Jones, jr. of Gov
ington, was with his parents IN
Monterey several days last week.