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HIGHLAND
RECORDER
vol. vi.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., JULY 14, 1893
NO. 33.
-OR
The Curse of the More?
lands.
BY LEON LEWIS.
CHAPTER II_(Continued.)
IIow cordial and sympathetic, as well
as affectionate, were thc relations of the
couple has already been mado apparent.
They were like two brothers, despite
the difference in their ages.
"Let's see. Vance," resumed Mr. Wye?
ville, after his cigar wis well lighted,
"I have beeu with yon to The Elms to
ten or dinner barely half a dozen times;
und yet I know Mrs. Moreland and Jes?
sie better than you do. I told you the
girl would say you nay'."
"So you did, uncle," admitted Vance
with keen interest. "What can have
given yon loch a clear nsight into the
situation'.'*'
"Simply due attention to its facts," re?
plied tlia- uncle. "To begin with, was
not Jessie a sunny, light-hearted girl
when you first met her, oa the occasion
i.f being called to treat her mother's
.sprained ancle?"
"Yes. sho was. uncle?"
"And since then thc more she has
learned to think of you the more she has
?rruwn preoccupied and uihappy?"
"I must admit it!" replied Vance.
"She has a secret, then, which renderr*
her averse to marriage! Does she love
you?"
"Hetter than she loves her own life,
uncle," replied Vance, with a lover's
ardor. "About this there can be no
doubt!"
"And yet she rejects you!"
"That's because of some secret, as you
have already hinted."
"Do you propose to give her np. Vance?"
"Jiirt about as mnch as I propose to
pive up living, uncle.''
"Or just about aa much you would de?
bert a patient who dismissed you in a
moment of raging delirium.'"
-?Exactly."
M,-. Wyeville uttered an ejaculation
of the liveliest contentment
"I am glad to sec you so sensible," he
Faid. "The trouble with that girl, as
with her mother?I have been studying
them both?is that they are almost in?
sanely morbid over some personal blem?
ish or deformity, and this feeling has
been aggravated hy tie solitary lives
they've been living. They seo nobody
and return no visits. In a word, they?
are in a most unhealthy and unnatural
state of mind, as tho result of somo
chronic atlliction of the body, and the
business wc now have in hand is to lind
out what alls them and apply the neces?
sary remedy. Are you their doctor,
Vance'-"'
''So, uncle. They have never said the
-t word to ma- profarssionally outside
of that sprained ankle which first intro?
duced me to them nearly a year ago."
"They've never even demanded the
usual tonics and powders of thc interest?
ing invalid?"
"Nothing of the sort, uncle."
"Nor any plasters or ointments?"
"No, uncle."
Vance mused a minute or two, with a
thoroughly puzzled air, and then added:
"They simply seem to be worrying
themselves to death over some mysteri?
ous fear or apprehensior?heaven knows
what!-'
"Which fear or apprehension has beer
Intensified by your appearance on th(
scene as a suitor for the girl's hand?"
"That's about the situation, uncle, ai
unflattering as lt is for this deponent."
"Let's comprehend just where w<
Maud, therefore. To begin with, thc
girl has a secret?"
"Evidently ? something awful. Bu
what is it, uncle? What can it bc?"
"I think I can tell you. You asked thi
girl for her hand in marriage?"
"Yes, uncle."
"Well, she refused you because she ha
no hand to give."'
"No?no hand?" stam nered Vance, be
wildered.
"That's what's the tiouble!" affirmei
Mr. Wyeville. with an air of intenS'
conviction. The poor girl refused yoi
for the simple reason that sho has n
hand io give you! Beth mother am
daughter were born without hands!"
Vance Wyeville started as if shot a
this enunciation of his uncle's.
"And you never even thought of this
you a medicos?" pursued Mr. Wyeville
"Never, my dear uriel*!"
"And have never so much as suspecte
anything of this kind?"
"Never!" returned Vance, with a prc
found preoccupation. "How?how wa
lt possible for any such suspicion to occu
to me? I have never noticed, during a
my acquaintance with these ladies, tha
there is anything thc matter with thci
hands. To the contrary, I have see
them engaged in all sorts of feminin
work, such as sewing and weeding flo*A
ers, not to speak of rowing, writing, fai
liing themselves, and i.lmost any othc
use of hands you may ac pleased to su(
gest or mention."
"All of which has its value. I admit,
rommented Mr. Wveville, "but all whic
ll entirely inconclusive. Permit me 1
ask if you have never been struck t
the persistency with which both Mr
Moreland and Jessie wear gloves?"
"Certainly, as who hasn't?"
"Well, what explanation have yr
given yourself In this matter?"
"To be candid, uncle," replied tl
young physician, "I have never given
great deal of thought to the peculiar!
In question. I happen to have a lac
patient at this very moment who h;
wo; n ?,lives ever since I knew her, a
gb she cuts off the fingers at tl
, joint. The trouble with this lady
u simple erysipelas, which leaves h
hands red and rough, scaly, even, andd
tics thus far all my attempts to eradica
it."
"Well, Vance!"
"Well, uncle, I concbided, at an ear
ftage of my acquaintance with Jessie ai
Mrs. Moreland, that they had some sin
lar affliction, and I had too much pi
fessional pride to be the first to refer
!t!"
"And SO it has been left to me to gi
yam the solution of the enigma," e
claimed .Mr. Wyeville. "Y'ou must cc
tainly be aware, as a medical man, th
many persons havo been born into tl
world without hands?"
"I have read of such ca9ev' repli
Vance, "although I never s.iw me."
"Then I have the advantage of you
fhis respect," pursued M' Wyevil]
S'S ie I..
"for I have seeii several. I remember ono
man who was born without hands or
arms, but who nevertheless became a re?
nowned painter, holding his brush and
palette with his feet. Since that day,
however, the manufacture of artificial
limbs has become a wonderful science,
and these poor ladies have evidently pur?
chased the best there is in tho market!"
"What! You think their hands aro
artificial, Uncle Erastus?"
".Undoubtedly, my dear nephew?un?
doubtedly."
The assertion seemed to come with im?
mense force upon the young physician,
for he made no immediate attempt to
controvert it. He merely set his teeth
hard together, while his eyes gleamed
with tender pity, and murmured invol?
untarily:
"Poor Jessie!"
Tho silence that ensued lasted several
minutes.
"But, after all, this is only your sus?
picion or suggestion, uncle?" Vance then
laid.
"True, Vance. But what if it should
be true? Would you marry Jessie More?
land?always supposing she would have
you?if it should appear that she has no
hands?"
"Certainly, uncle," affirmed Vance
without an instant's hesitation. "What?
ever may be her defects, if there is'
enough of her to stand up or sit down in
the presence of a magistrate or clergy?
man, and pronounce the one word, 'Yes,'
t would marry her."
CHAPTER III!
mail AND HEH MOTHER.
OR a few minutes
subsequent to hei
terrible interview
with her lover,
.lessie Moreland
lay in the arms of
her mother, at
first sobbing con?
vulsively, and then
sinking into a pro
fo uiul quietude,
which was equally
the silence of ex?
haustion and de?
spair.
"Has he gone,
mamma?" she at
length asked, turn
Inn her face toward tho veranda anc
listening.
"Certainly." was the answer. "He re
mained scarcely a moment, after you lefi
him. You?you are not sorry you dis
missed him?"
"No, mamma. And now to take la?
the burden of our lives on a new hasis
Let's complete our preparations anc
Start for Egg Island."
"That's now my one thought, Jessie.'
"There are a dozen reasons why wi
{mould not lose a moment,?? continue!
(he resolute girl, gaining her feet witl
feverish impatience, while a flash of ex
citement crept into her cheeks. uIn thi
first place, we may expect Vanco to bi
here early in the morning, and I wouk
sooner die than go through another luci
scene with him!"
There came a ring at the front door a
this moment, and it caused Jessie ti
start violently and change color. Ha<
Vance come back?
"No, it's merely a young man fron
Totter at Carpenter's," said Mrs. Moro
land, in response to.fessie's mute appeal
"His arms arc full of signs which he ha
come to put up. I'll take a lantern an<
show him where to put them, while yoi
close the house and light thc lamps."
By tho time Jessie had acted upo;
these suggestions, her mother came bac'
to the sitting-room, remarking:
"I am glad the real estate people hav
been so prompt. To see theso sign
staring him in the face at thc momen
of his proposed arrival will hardly be th
sort of welcome for which your Uncl
Radd is looking."
"But it will be just what ho deserve;
mamma,'' returned Jessie, "and the far
that Thc Elms is in the market will alf
be a timely admonition to Vance. Il
will realize that I am irrevocably rx
poked not to marry him, and will tur
his thoughts into the only channel whic
can bring him a lasting peace."
Leading thc way to an adjoining be<
room Jessie bathed her face and eye
nnd passed a brush deftly over her wa\
hair.
"Let us now have a bit to ea
mamma,"' she proposed with a mien th;
was almost cheerful, as she drew lu
mother's arm within her own, with ft
vent caress, and turned towards the. di
Ing-room. "I really had no appetite i
our usual supper hour, and I haven't
great deal at present, but we mu
think of our health and strength."
The couple were soon in their accu
tomed places at table with an excelle
repast before them, and with blin
closed and curtains drawn, whilo a m<
low radiance was diffused around the
through thc shades of a couple of lan
kerosene lamps suspended from t
ceiling.
Fora few minutes the meal progresa
In Silence, both eating as an eneourag
ment to tho other rather than beean
tivy had any appetite.
"Sly thoughts keep coming back to t
necessity of at least a brief absence,"
length remarked Jessie. "If 1 cann
really expect Vance to remain away,
is certainly too much for me to strugf;
with his pleadings and with my o*.
feelings. We must go."
"And not merely on his account," i
turned Mrs. Moreland, "but also a
particularly because of tho threaten
intrusion of your Uncle Radd. Now th
he has found out where we live,
would be useless for us to remain he
and receive him. No kindness of oi
could prevent him from getting dru
and making an exhibition of himself
this neighborhood. There is no qnestl
of our remaining here to await his ?
vent. We must fly."
The more Mrs. Moreland thou?
about the proposed advent of her bro
cr-in-law. the more uneasy she beean
mid it was not long before she resume
"There is a singular history Invoh
in my marriage. Jessie, and 1 think y
now ought to know it. I met your Un
Radd nearly a year before, I made vc
father's acquaintance. Radd profess
to be greatly smitten with me, and i
proved every opportunity of intrucli
upon me. Intruding. I say, for I quia
ly made him know that I did not des
his company. He nevertheless kept co
Ing with such persistency as to prove
a great deal of comment, besides Ins]
ing me with the keenest terror and :
prehension, and at last he preseu
himself to me in such a state of intoxl
tion that he could hardly keep his fe
He not only fell Into a furious pass
at my remonstrances but became violi
and threatening. Heaven only fc_c
what would have happened if yt
father had not been near me at that l
ment and hastened to give mo his p
lection."
It was the first timo Jessie had e
heard these facts, and they naturi
possessed a strange fascination for h
"The acquaintance thus begun," pur?
sued Mrs. Moreland, "was duly continued
with grateful respect on my side, and
with devoted affection on the part of
your father, until ho asked to marry
iiim."
"And you refused?"
"I did. although I don't remember ever
speaking of that fact, to you. But Wal?
ter Moreland loved me too well to take .a
negative answer, and ho was destined to
be favored by circumstances, as you shall
hear. To bo brief, Radd made a reso?
lute attempt to carry mo off, with the
aid of one of his cronies, a ruffian named
Hutchley, who was as drunken and law?
less as himself. The couple would have
certainly got away with mc, despite my
desperate resistance, if it had not been
for the timely intervention of your
father."
"And soon after this event you mar?
ried him?"
Mrs. Moreland assented.
"And have you ever regretted doing
60?"
"Certainly not," answered the mother,
as soon as she had recovered from the
surprise caused her by the question.
"Your father was one of the best and
kindest of men. Not strong-willed and
positive, like Vance and his uncle, but
good, thoughtful and devoted. I was
not only contented with him but happy.
Only too briefly happy," she added, as
her eyes ulled with tears, "for he was
taken ill soon after your birth and died
thc very day you were four months old."
"Poor papa!" breathed Jessie. "How
often I have wished he could have been
spared to us. How much I would have
loved him!"
"For a year or two after your father's
death," resumed Mrs. Moreland, "I saw
?very little of your Uncle Radd, who, de?
prived of his brother's advice and assist?
ance, went to the had rapidly. I heard
of him from time to time, but he wa?
generally at some distance from home,
he having entered upon the vugabondish
rarecr he has eter since been following,
but at length ho came back to renew his
persecutions."
Jessie remained all attention.
"Fortunately I was ready for him,1
continued Mrs. Moreland. "I had long
had the keys of The Elm", and had been
[juicily endeavoring to find a tenant or
purchaser for lt, but your Uncle Bar?
ton's affairs in India had prospered to
6uch an extent that he felt able to give
ns the place, and lie did so, urging me
repeatedly to take possession of it. To
pom ply with these injunctions seemed
the best way of escaping the persecu?
tions of Radd Moreland, and I accord?
ingly gave him tho slip and came here
with you."
Jessie drew a long breath of relief.
"I have stated these facts, Jessie,"
finished the mother, "that you may have
a clear comprehension of the situation.
That man has at last discovered where I
am, and his ono thought ts~ to force him?
self upon us for thc rest of his days. He
writes me that I am the 'only woman he
has ever loved,' and that I am the 'reali?
zation of his life's ideal.' What can bo
done with such a man? A retreat to
Egg Island for a few weeks is tho only
way of getting rid of him."
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CHAPTER IV.
HADD MOKELAHD.
N Involuntary
comment came
from a concealed
listener under
one of the win?
dows of tho din?
ing-room ? one
which had been
left slightly rais?
ed for tho sake
of fresh air?but
this ejaculation
was made in such
an inaudible tone
that it did not
reach tho hear
ing of thc moth
er and daughter
This intrudei
was of such sin
gular and sinister aspect, even as seei
in the imperfect light struggling ou
upon him, that almost any one encoun
tering him would have formed a very un
favorable impression of him.
His coat was patched and ragged, anc
had been browned by tho suns and rain
of many a year, while his pantaloon
looked as if they had sustained the brun
of many a skirmish with watch-dogs.
Undersized, and at least fifty years o
age, as was only too plainly announce
by his long gray beard and bushy hair
he was nevertheless possessed of a wiry
well-knit frame, and the very steps b
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strong and active.
His face was red and bloated, wi thou
having lost its natural sharpness an
regularity, and its every feature was
living indication of tho dissipation an
depravity of its owner.
This man, it is hardly necessary t
add, was no other than Radd Morelanc
He had been hanging around tho hous
ever since twilight set in, and had ove:
heard the various "golden opinions" c
Mrs. Moreland and Jessie concernin
him, with what grim satisfaction nee
not bo stated.
Seeing all they were doing and liearin
all they said, he could afford to be pi
tient.
"We will of course go to Egg Island i
our sloop," remarked Jessie, after
thoughtful pause. "Tho moon will 1
up at ten o'clock, and the night
charming, witli tho wind in our favo
How much better to get away quiet
than to toss in sleepless misery upon oi
beds till morning!"
"I agree with you, my dear child," r
(urned Mrs. Moreland. "What you nei
DOW is something to clo?just such a tas
as it will be for you to tako the sloop v
the lake. After tho excitement we ha'
had for tho last twenty-four hours, v
shall not be able to sleep until we a
thoroughly worn out."
"Or until wo havo found that pea
which only a chango of scene can bril
us," supplemented Jessie. "How imp
tient I am to be gone!"
A singular and undefined som
reached the hearing of tho laclie-, at tl
moment, causing Jessie to raise her hai
warningly, while Mrs. Moreland si
pended lier breathing and listened.
"What can that be, mamma?" wh
pored the daughter.
Mrs. Moreland stirred uneasily in h
chair, looking around sharply as she a
swered:
"We're nervous, I suppose. This
not the first time I have heard th
sound, or something like it. For sevei
days past I have been unable to pm j w
from rae the thought that the house
haunted."
"Haunted, mamma!"
"Yes. I havo heard such singul
sounds at all hours of tho day and nig
since last. Monday."
"What sort ut wunis?"
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-^Why, footsteps, whisperings, move?
ments, and the opening and shutting of
doors," explained Mrs. Moreland. "Mere
nervousness, you may say, but I cannot
forget that Tho Elms had stood empty
ton years when your Uncle Barton pur?
chased it just before his departure for
India, nearly twenty years ago, and was
RVen then popularly believed to be
haunted. My brother was also told that
there is an underground passage from
the cellar to tho lake, although I havo
never been able to find any trace of it."
"Why, in that case," suggested Jessie,
looking startled, "may not tho noise we
have heard bo caused by human intrud?
ers? Did Uncle Barton ever live here?"
"Certainly; several months."
"Then ho may have discovered the
'underground passage' referred to, and
wouldn't lt bc splendid if Uncle Barton
should tako it into his head to come
home suddenly and secretly, and get into
the house without our knowing anything
about it, and take a good look at us be?
fore showing himself?"
"Oh, yes; that would bc very nice,"
replied Mrs.* Moreland, with a smile and
a sigh, "but your Uncle Barton is rather
too practical for that sort of perform?
ance. It's far more likely that a gang
of tramps or other marauders may be .
making free with The Elms by means of
the secret passage. "
The suggestion of Mrs. Moreland gave
Jessie a positive shock.
"Let's be off," sho proposed, laying
down her knife and fork abruptly. "I
shall never dare sleep here again!"
"Oli, there's no necessity of being
quite so nervous," assured Mrs. More?
land. "Even if such persons were to in?
trude upon us, they would have every
motive for keeping as shady as possible.
Then, again, even if thero is a secret
passage from the cellar to tho lake, it is
by no means likely that there is a secret
passage between the cellar and the rest
of the house." You can finish your
-upper."
"I have had all I want, mamma," re?
turned Jessie. "Besides, the voyage
will not bo a long one, and we. can take
along with us a good basket of lunch."
"Well, I am not so hungry as to need
to linger here longer," declared Mrs.
Moreland, as she arose and set about
clearing off the table, "and the sooner
wc are off the better."
The words were immediately followed
by a brisk ring at the door.
The ladies started nervously, exchang?
ing questioning glances.
Was the newcomer Vance? Was ho
Radd Moreland? Or who could ho be at
that hour, considering how rarely Tho
Films had received a visitor, other than
the young physician and his uncle?
As the couple stood undecided, almost
lidding thoir breath, the ring was re?
heated.
aSeizing a lamp, Mrs. Moreland led the
way to the door, which she cautiously
drew ajar.
"Oh, it ls you, Mr. Sheen?" she ex?
claimed, with a polite bow at sight of
the visitor.
"Yes, ma'am. Here's a letter for
you," extending it. "I was coming this
way, and thought I would take the
liberty of handing it in, as you seemed
to be so anxious when you inquired this
morning."
".Many thanks, Mr. Sheen."
Thc thoughtful and good-natured vis?
itor was already turning away, tho
young lady he was waiting upon residing
near by, and Mrs. Moreland had barely
timo to return his good-night before he
vanished.
"Such an incident as this shows mo
how much my nerves arc weakening,'
remarked Mrs. Moreland, as she closcc!
the door. "I am all in a tremble!"
"So am I, mamma!" returned Jessie,
"And just because a postofflce clerl
comes a few steps out of his way to give
us a letter hepresumes we are anxiously
awaiting!"
"Which isn't, after all, the letter w<
wero so anxious about?your Uncle Bar
ton's," observed Mrs. Moreland, glancinj
at it. "It's from Mrs. Barnett."
It was with a nervous hand that Mrs
Moreland opened tho letter, and with ;
t puzzled air that she entered on its peru
sal, but her face quickly brightened.
It was in every respect such a letter a
a long-trusted and faithful housekeepe
would write, reporting the state in whicl
she had found the cottage at Egg Island
s - and what measures she and the chambei
t maid had taken to prepare it for occu
paney. It contained a number o
thoughtful suggestions, and conclude
with tho hopo that the mother an
daughter would arrive as promptly a
possible.
"It's a relief to find that they aro a
right," commented Mrs. Moreland, a
sho folded tho letter and thrust it int
her pocket. "It is also pleasant to reflec
that we have such a comfortable retros
at our disposal. Let's put everything t
rights here in tho courso of the no
hour and take our departure."
"But ought wo not to make some a
rangement about tho letter wo expec
from Uncle Barton?" asked Jessie, as tl
couple resumed tho task of clearing tl
table.
"Yes, we ought," rcturnad tho mothe
"What a pity that wo did not speak 1
Mr. Sheen when he was hero. But I ca
drop a line from our new address to ha\
thc letter forwarded. That will suffice.
Little more was said until everythir
at The Elms had been put in order fi
the proposed absence.
"What do we need to tako with us'
then asked Jessie.
"Nothing moro than our toilet and pe
sonal effects," answered Mrs. Morelan
"and they will all go into that solid loath
portmanteau, which wo can readi
carry to t..o boat between us. Let's pai
lt now'.''
This task was quickly executed.
"Of courso there is some risk in lea
ing so many valuables about, with
ono in thc house," remarked Mrs. Moi
land, "but I have requested the youl
man from Potter & Carpenter's to kc
nn eye on the place, and he expects to
hero often to show thc premises, so th
there is no occasion to fret about an
thing we leave behind us. The distan
is scarcely a hundred milos, and <
ought to arrive at an early hour to-m<
row. If we don't, wc can go ashore
Bayside, or elsewhere. But we sh
need extra wraps, as there will doubtle
be quite a chill in thc air between m
and morning. Let's make a final tour
the house now. to see that all doors I
locked, and a!l fastenings in their piac
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
A Syininotricul Fact.
The world is full of people whp
about righting windmills and wasti
effort iu struggling with imagine
evils, but the maa who attends to
own business, reads the right kind
a newspaper, and pays the cash for !
groceries is the one with whom pr
porify loves to roo*t.?The Rai
Horn.
TOE NEWS.
The Du'ro of Sehloswig-Holsteln and Prince
Henry, a brothi r of tho Ga minn En peror,
Will visit tho World's Fair.-In ix collision
on the Philadelphia nnd Erle Railroad, near
Johnsonbury, Pa., Engineer John Braddock
was killed nnd Iwo trainmen crus'.rod to
death.-A woman opium smuggler was
captured in North Idnho.-Secretary Car?
lisle ls personally investigating in Chicago
the violations of tho customs laws by foreign
exhibitors in selling goo I* in bond entered
ns exhibits, nnd step-; will be taken to prose?
cute tho offenders.? Alert Bomberger, tx
(arm hun J. murdered Mr. Krieder, his wife
nnd four of his children and ns-nulted Miss
Annie Krieder, at their home near Cando, N.
D.-A platform at West Brigh.on Beach,
Coney Island, on widen a large crow 1 of
people were waiting for ix train, gnvo way,
and fifteen persons were injured.-In ad?
dition to the great number of lives lost in tbe
Iowa cyclone, the estimated damnge to prop?
erty exceeded $800,000.-Charles Mitchell
was killed nt Brigantine Beach, N. J., by
taking bola of a live wire.-At San Fran?
cisco, John W. Flood, who was convicted of
embezzling * 164,00) from the Donohue,
Kelley Bank, hos been granted a new trial
by Judge Seawell. Baii was fixed ot $.0,000.
-Tbe First National Bank of Hot Springs,
S. D., closod its doors.
_. u .uia-er a.-? UM-n-n ar i\nn Arr.or were
.eirlbly mangled by*fhe prematuro explosion
of tx small cunnon.-The Ave daily papers
in Denver hns asked tho compositors to ac?
cept a reduction from fitly to forty cents a
thousand oms. Tho p.inters sa.- they will
not accept.-Guerdon Conkling's large
barn nnd horse hospital on tne Grasslands
Stock Farm, near Dunham's Basin, N. Y.,
Were burned. There were thirty-eigh valu?
able horses, brood mares and colts in tho
building nnd only eighteen if them were
saved.-Tho doors of the Nntional Bunk of
Cisco, Texas, wero closed by an inspector
while nu examination of tho bank's condition
was being made, to prevent a run of deposi?
tors. Tho cashier slated that the bank lind
two nnd u half dollin s for every dollnr of tho
liabilities.-Yioe-Pre&ident Stevenson pre?
sided nt the Fourth of July celebration nt
tho World's Fair.-The oiator of the day
was Gan ral Hampton 1,. Carson, of Phila?
delphia. At noon Mrs. Stafford raised tho
Paul Jones' flag, nnd Mayor Harrison in
pelled the audience to sweir alleginneo to
their country by the sword of Jackson.^?
At the annual meeting of the Gettysburg
Battlefield Association, it wns determined to
continue tho fight uga inst the trolley road.
-While out gunning near Hollidnysburg,
Harry C. Burger, of East Freedom, fra., shot
himself.
Tbe Columbus carave's arrived at Milwau?
kee, after having gone through a terrific hail
and wind storm.-Tho Haskell Hhow Print?
ing Company, one of the lnrgest concerns of
tho kind in the Middle nnd Western States,
made an assignment in Kansas city.-Two
men and one woman hst their lives by the
burning up of a floating lodging-house for
rivermeu, anchored in the river at St. Paul.
-James H. Callan, aged fifty-two, pro?
prietor of tho Union Depot lunch counter, in
Bloomington, III., was shot, probably fatally
by his step-son, John Farrall, Callan had
boen in the habit of abusing his Invalid wife,
Farrell's mother.-Two Kansas banks
closed their doors. The failure of the Finney
County Bank, at Garden City, was not unex?
pected, as the bank has for some time boen
in bad condition. The Bank of Leroy, Coffey
county, also closed.-T.Cavender, a promi?
nent farmer living near Rossville, Ga., killed
B. Reed, another fr.rmer, while J. Erwin, u
colored man, held the victim.'-George
Kerrick, postmaster at Reads Station, Ky.,
| shot and killod Ross Leonard, a young fannel
? of that place. Leonnrd was drunk and raised
a quarrel in Kerrlck's store.-Ike Ethridgc
j killed Dave Brewer in Onion township, Ar
. j kansas. Brewer went to the He'd where Eth
I ridge was working and attacked him with t
9 I butcher knife. He pursued him home,when
1 , Ethridge got i\ gun nnd killed his assailant
A train on the Big Four road jumped thc
,' I track near Fnirland, Indiana, nnd piled up ii
lot of people ; nobody seriously hurt.-Al
f New York n Judgment was entered in tho Bu
d premc Court in favo/ of the First Nationa
cl Bank of Chicago, against ex-Governor Jas,
3 E. Campbell, of Ohio, in a suit brought on I
promisory note of $5,000. The amount o
tho judgment, whioh includes the costs o;
0 the suit, is $5,228.50.-Captain Georgi
,i White Remiek, who was ono of thj crew o
i,t the Kearsargo when that ship fought Un
0 Alabama, died at Newburyport, Mass., agei
't seventy-two.-John Balle, of Austria
claims to have discovered tho cause of th
_* dis ase among silk worms. Ho is expert
seating on the Pacific Coast.-Work a
ie Iron Mountain, Mo., will soon stop. Mud
suffering,' will result.-Tho Bank of Nev
r. England nt Minneapolis assigned; asset
o $-280,000.-Tho Cherokee commission ha
11 failed to mako a treaty with the Ponca lu
dinns, and their reservation will not b
opened at tho strip.-David Cavendar, wh
3r murdered R. H. Reed near Chattanoogr
Tenn., confessed, nnd was committed hy
coroner's jury.
:i
r- AN INNOCENT MAN HUNG.
da
cr
ly Andy Hulepeht Executod for the Mw
der of a mm, Who Turns Up Alive.
In 1886 George Watkins with a come
v" Wife moved to Arkansas from Kansas, locati
110 In Boone County and settled upon tho far
e" of Andy Hudepeth, a wealthy planter. Hud
.j: peth fell an easy victim to tho charms
bo Watkins' wife. Wutkins became aware
at the attachment.
y- Ono day the two men went to market
oe Watkins'wagon. Hudepeth returned alon
'vo The sudden absence of Watkins excited sn
n~ pj<?ion and Hude; oth an I tho wo mnn wo
ft" arrested. The woman repented and nt t
aH tr al stated that tho and Hudepeth h
:ss agreod to kill her husband, but denied a
jw knowledge of the murder. Hudepeth, Lei
of allowed to testify, told ix slraightforwai
iro story claiming that Watkins had left hi
es.
-.a
,yiug he intended leaving tho country.
Thu cvialence wns purely clrcumstanti
but in a slrong, uubruKen chain, he havi
the supposed dead mnn's money, cont, p
and gloves. There was also blood in t
wngon and tx bloody hatchet was found. 1
? case wan carried to the Supremo Court,
D8 versed nnd nt the second trial Hudepeth \
>rV again convicted and hanged.
bis s ho eouusei for tho unfortunate man si
0f ceeded in locating the mau Watkins. W
.? kins is living nt his old home in Kane
where he has been ad the time. Ihe won
?8" was also indicted, but died before the tri
n's The execution of Hudepeth was at Harris
in Boone County.
A
Fifty-Three Persons Dead in the
Town of Pomeroy, Iowa.
'attie and Horses Killed aad Crops
Ruined.
A despatch from Pomeroy, Iowa, saysr
Fifty-thrce persons doad, seventy-five fatally
njured and 100 with broken limbs, cuts nnd
aruists more or less severe. This is wha'
,he tornado accomplished lu tho matter ol
jasualty.
Stvernl little babies havo been found nlive
ind woil, but it has been Impossible to find
pnronts for thom.
Tne town of Pomeroy is ons complete
wreck. Thero is scarce y a hou-e left stand?
ing. About lifteen acres of debris constitute
now What was n thriving village. Splinters
are all that remain. Scarce})- a tree remains,
Piles of broken timbers and occasional
pieces of luruiture are all that can be found
of what was .once the largest buildings in the
place. Two hundred und fifty houses were
in ad destroyed and the money loss on these
and their contents s placed at $-.00,000.
Everywhere about Pomeroy were dead and
dying people, a cozen men were delving
graves in .he burying ground on tho hill just
north oT the village nnd the hearse was Kept
busy carrying the victims of the s.orm to
their inst resting place. Doctorsf o nadoz n
or more places hurried through the streets,
and ia the r wake followed squ ids of soldiers
carrying coffins. Special trains from nil
surrounding towns brought tbou-.au la wlv*
were ready to take part in tho work of caring
for the dead nn 1 wounded.
Clothing, food nnd medicines wero shipped
In by the ion. Soon order was brought out
of chaos. Belief corps wera orgn .ized, and
things w.-re going ulong in business like way.
Tue mght in Pomeroy is ono that will
never i e forg ,tt n by th jse who were here.
Darkness followed quickly in tho wako of
the to. undo, and those who escaped death
aud injury wero eompollo I to grope their
way among the ruined homes, iuiiol ulone
by tho cry of some poor unfortunate who
was pUnod under the falling timlers. Al?
most every light of any description whatso?
ever wns destroyed, and the people from Fort
Dodge and the surrounding places,who were
tho first to reach the scene, (ailed to bring
lanterns with them. The search for the v.o
tims, therefore, was necessarily slow till
morning came.
It wns not till the first streak* of light ap?
peared in the east that tho enormity of tho
d snster dawned [upon the people. Eveiy
residence :o the south of the railroad tracks
hud disuppi-are , and the spires of seven
churches in the place that only a few hours
before shot upward to the skies were no
whero to be seen.
Horses nnd cattle lay dead in the streets,
pigs stuck in the sides ofhors-s, and demi
c its and dogs and chickens were scattered
over the ground. Pools of human blood
mingled with tbe mud at every turn, show?
ing where some victim of tho tornado had
been tossed niter lifo had been
crushed out of him. The air was full
of moans and sighs nnd shrieks, und every
other face met on the street w..s stained wi.h
tenrs.
Tne Postofflce building, but what has re?
cently been usel as a billiard-room, was
turned Into a morgue and hospitals wero es?
tablished in tho remaining buildings, the
biggest ono being the Pomeroy Hotel. Tho
sirene in the improvised morgue was a
ghastly ono. Billiard tables we.e turned
into slabs and ou these mangled remains ot
the dead wero placed.
On tho tables were bodies without heads
and bodies without arms, bodies whose legs
lind been blown away by the cyclone, and
bodies with heads that had been crushed be?
yond recognition by the falling timbers.
On ono t.hie lay the remains of an old
woman, a hole as big ns a man's fist torn
in the rear part of her head. Clcse by was a
baby, not more than a year of age, one of its
legs gone and its little arm mashed 'o a
iohy.
SACRIFICED HIS LIFE,
A Father Saves His Little Daughter
but Is Himself Killed.
A sad accident occurred nt Royalton, Ohio
by which a father, through h s devotion tc
his child, lost his life.
Janes Kirtlnnd, a meat dealer, 45 year
old, recently completed a residence ana
moved ino it with his wife and 3-yenr-oli
daughter, Barbara, only a few dnys ago.
His old house, a story and tx half brlcl
.structure, on the same premises, he decide,
to remove. The foundation had been under
mined and Kirilnnd saw his dttlo girl s.and
lug where she would be caught by the fall
ing ruins.
He r-prang toward her, throwing her upo:
tho ground, leaned over her anal roceived th
full ionc of the falling bricks upon his hea
and I nek. The little girl escaped withou
serious injury, but iho father was instantl
killed.
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES
I. D. Eivers wns drowned nt Sullivan's Ia
land, South Island, while trying to save tw.
women who were in bathing and had got be
youd their depth.
The body of one of the two men drowoi
off l he wreckod schooner Thomas Havens
on June 26, wns recovered at North Lon;
Branch, New Jers*y.
Christina Scheibler, aged 18 years, acci
dentally snot and killed her sweet eart
Henry Gohl. at her home, in New York
They were firing revolvers to usher in th
Fourth.
By the upsetting of a wagon at Oregoi
City, Ore-on. M. P. Bradley, his wile am
four childr-m.were thrown over tx precipice 4
lett high. Mrs. Brad.ey was killed and tw<
children fatally iujured.
Captain Anderson, of the Viking 6hip, oi
its way to Chicago, had a narrow esoap
from drowning at Clyde. New York. H
went iu bathing, nnd wns a nrried under th
ship by the current, but wns savel by som
of the students on board.
News reached Ottawa of a collision on th
Cauadian Pacific Rail way, tt Kossport, 10
miles onst of Port Arthur, Ontario, betwee
a ballast train nnd a handcar. The train wn
wrecked and s von men were badly injuree
of whom four have since died.
The C'nief ( lerk of the War Departmei
hus reported to the United States Livil Sei
vi<re Commission the death of *2clerks in th
Hecord ant Pension Office of the War Di
narttnent. in consequence of the accident i
Ford's Theatre building on tho ytn ultimo.
A Montreal, Canada, newspaper publishe
| * letter from one of a party of tourists to tl
Northwest, stating that on June 20th, 20 Fn
landers working on the Canadian Pacif
!tuilway were killed by a landsl de ne<
Schreiber, at the head of Lake Superior.
While "celebrating" nt Firo Departme:
htadqunrters, at Ann Arbor, Mich., u canm
burst, injuring four tiremeu. One of thei
named Knpp, who hold tho einnonon I
knee while Charles Carrol was rammii
the charge home, had his right log blowno
Carroll lost both his hands.
For the crew of tho Falcon, thnt tal
Lieutenant Peary to tho arctic regions,
explorer hus chosen men who do not I
tobacco. He does not think tho consur
tiou of nicotine advantageous in far north'
latitudes.
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
Che Latest News Gleaned From Varion?
Parts of the State
David Shearer, a shoemaker, of Staunton,
lied a few days ago. Mr. Shearer had boen
, paralytic for more than a year past, and his
tenth was hastened by excitement. He and
ineight or had a discussion over some dis
igreemeiit, which so excited him that the
hock was too much for his enfeebled constl
ution. Ho 1 came unconscious soon after
Yard mid never rallied. Kr. Shearer was a
native of Millwood, Clarke couuty.
Georoe Fairfax, aged fifteen, I son o(
lay Fairfax, of Reedsvil'e Prc?to_ couuty,
,vas thrown from a runaway horse and killed.
Both arms and logs were broken nud head
[?rushed. His lather and mother uro nearly
prostrated with grief.
Mrs. Jase Lovino widow of the late Le?
land Loving, died in Alexandria, a-jed
seventy-eight yea s.
ftEroRTS from the peanut section In Vir?
ginia state that tin average this year differs
but very little from that of last year; that
the stand to a large extent is not good, and
the fate of the crop hinges on whether or not
there will be good favorable seasons for the
gr wing and development of vino lind' nut.
Altogether tho outlook for the coming crop
is only fair. The consumption of peanuts 1
inc-reasing every year, and the Norfolk clean?
ers are ste id ly pushing into new temtory
and distributing wita great facility a crop
th..t could not be handled a few years ago.
Work is said to be progressing satisfactor?
ily on thi Wilmington, Newberne and Not
folk railroad. The road is steadily pushing
towards Norfolk, r.nd is now built four miles
from Pollocksville.
The South Norfolk Water ond Electrio
Light Company have | urchased a five-acre
site for thoir plan! in Berkley for $3,000.
Cotton was received in Norfolk quite
liyrt'y during the past weok. It is mostly for
tho mil s.
The Norfolk and Carolina Railroad has
just ordered a lot of mw rolling stock from
the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Fob tho half-year just ended the shipment
of Pocahontas coal from the Lambert's Point
piers reached 878,216 t^ns.
Ashby Paint-: , nged about twenty-one
years, a son of Slr. Joseph Tniuter, ol
Page county, w is run over nn 1 kided by tho
north-bound passenger traiu on the Norfolk
and Western 1 nilrond near Ingham Station,
about ten miles 60uth of Lurny.
The Association of Engineers of Virginia
adopted a resolution favoring the establish
mont of a United States sii-nnl-sorvie: s alon
et Roaroke, midway between Harrisburg
and Km xville.
A store and residence in South Norfolk
was de troyed by fire, together with contents
of the store, of which Wm. Sawyer was pro?
prietor. The gro 'cry and liquor store, cor?
ner of Hownrd and Nicholson streets, ownod
I y Robert Hill, wns also burnod. The stock
was almost a tomi loss, but the peoplo up?
stairs saved all of their furniture.
The total shipments of coal and coke by
tho Pocahontas Coal Company for June was
224,223 ton*.
Thebk wore thirty-one death? in Roanoke
in Jinn'.
The Petersburg council hus reduced the
tax rate in that city from fl 60 to fl 53 per
?flOO of value. This, with tho other revenues
of the city, will run up the receipts for the
next fiscal year to about $2':5,O0O. The esti?
mated expenditures for tne year aro about
1218,000.
The Rev. James H. Leach, a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church, died at his
home in Augusta county.
Abingdon district, Wallington county, has
voted agninst license to sell liquor by a ma?
jority oi 133.
The officers of the city and county ot
Alexandrin, chosen Inst May hnve all enterod
up n t he discharge of their duties.
Harry Burnett, aged twenty years, fell
from a traiu on the Seven Pines road near
Richmond, and was killed. He was standing
on the platform of the car. As the train
passed over a high tressle he lost his footing
and tumbled headlong to the ground below,
a distance of forty feet. His skull was frac?
tured and death resulted very shoriy aftei
the accident.
The valuable resilience of Johh Cartwright
near Sleepy Kolo, on tho Nansemond river,
was destroyed by Are. The fire wis incen?
diary. The property was insured.
Mrs. Mary Oliver still lingers on her way
to Norfolk in search ol tho missing Harri-jon
satchel and bonds, nnd has not been heard
of in any direction.
The resignation of Rev. R. C. Jett, who
hos been rector of the Episcopal churches at
Woodstock and Mount Jackson for three
years, was accepted. Mr. Jett has ace-pied
a call from the new Episcopal church recently
established in Staunton.
Jacob Kerns, who resides near Morgan?
town, comes under the head of the oldest
inhabitant. Ht was born April 3, 1802, and
is. tha-refore, over ninoty-ono years of age.
He rearod flfte en children, thirteen of whom
are still living He has 83 grand-children,
136 great-grandchildren and seven great
great-grandchildren.
Heavy hail-storr_3 prevailed In Roanoke
nnd Botetourt counties, and much damage is
reported to the crops. In a great many lo?
calities the crops wera cut down to the
ground.
Db. D. W. Hooper, a prom'nent physician
of Bedford City, and brother of Rev. T. Y\\
Hooper, pastor of the Presbyterian church at
I hristiansburg, is dead. _
FORD'S TH__TRE DISASTER.
The Grand Jury Will Not Indict Ans
worth and the 0ther3."
It is stated fhat the Government must
prove by sufficient evidence in each cast
that^the victim* of the For l's T.ieatro disrv*
ter were killed by the collapse of the build?
ing before the Grand Jury will return indict?
ments against >:essrs. Ainsworth, Dant
Covert and Sus ??>, . hnrg-jd by the Coroner's
Jury with responsibility for the affair.
A witness must be produced that ho saw
the dead mau in the wreck or brought cut
nnd p need in the patrol o.- other vehicle
Another will give evidence showing that
die. used was removed to the morgue wlnlm
the third witness will be calhd upon to testi?
fy that he saw the dead body In the dead
house, ihus forming a chain or* evida-nejo
commencing in tho ruins of the old theatre
building and ending at tho morgue.
A detective bas been put to work hunting
up tho neca ssnry witnesses, nud it is ex"
pected that the evialence will be completed
by tbe end of the present weeli.
