The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-12
STATE NEWS CONDENSED


q" says w Thin the past twelve
months not less than Sl.0OO.O0o have been
harvested by ncrVy and far-sichted inYe.-
,oir Ia we timber and mineral lands Of
l.9HHSn' wayne aud Wyoming counties. and
niii'ohs more OF profits will be rcaped with
!" enc next Two or three years. Two years
ago ana IN many cases within "A much less
time, lands ranking among the hest in Wo.t
virginia, standing thick with magnificent
umpef and undcrlaid with splendid biumi-
nous coal could be bought an through the
Big sandy country for from S2tO 50 an acre.
To-day these lands are held anywhere from
>lO 80 and the tendency Of prices is con-
0tahtiA ana rapidly upward. At least
score OF companies and associations OF cap
iuilsts, with available money ranging from
lew thousand up 10 S20OOOO or $3OO.OOO
have been organized for the pur-
/ pose Of acquiring the title 10 large
tracts Of the wild lands Of the coun-
ties named and probably 100000 acres of
/ territory are now held for investment while
other hundreds Of thousands Of acres have
! been sold and rcs0ld. netting large profits
\ our correspondent has in mind one tract Of
land, underlaid with thirty feet Of the very
best coking coal. which was bought bv a
modest combination Of gentlemen having
+ little money. but the ability % see q good
thing, for $1,000. I'm less than q year they
sold out for $4,000, and the present owners
have refused $4,000 for the tract. Another
company bought 1000 acres for s. IN acre.
They have sold the timber alone for enough
% pay for the land and leave them $780, 900
cash. and they have the minerals and the
land itself left. Sull another combination
purchased 1000 acres for $40 an acre. They
have refused 81 a tree for 1900 poplar frees.
have at least $4,000 Of other timber. and
1000 acres OF their land. carving thirlv-0nc
feet OF coking coal. one solid vein being thir-
teen feet thick. Their investment Of $4,000
Will net them 100000 as sure as the next
four years roll around. The original owners
of the land seem 10 have no conception what
ever of the value of their property. For a
few hundred dollars i'm cash they readily part
with large tracts of land standing thick with
timber, and itch IN coal, iron ore and other
minerals
The funeral of Miss Elizabeth Ipshur
Savage who died on the Sth instant, i'm the
eighty-fOurih year Of her arc. took place
Monday in Baltimore. The intorment was
i'm the lot Of her nephew, Dr. II. j. G. Viii
son. i'm London Park Cemetery, and the Rev.
Walter Williams. Of Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church, oficiated. The pail
bearers were Henry savage. Of philadel-
phia; Charles G.. Savage. of Washington. ID.
c.; Alex. $. Larned, DR.. Robert f. Wilson.
Henry Parke, Curtis Wilson, Jr.. and
George Savage. Among those present from
a distance were Mrs. Channcey IvttlotOn
Savage and Mrs. Henrietta Barclay. Of
/ Philadelphia; Mr. ). Ledyard Hodge and
Miss Sallie Hodge, of Washington. ID. &.
Miss Savage was born at Cuyly, the home
of her narents. Thomas LyttletOn and Mar
g2ret Ieackle savage, in Northampton
county, Va. and her family has long been
prominent in that state. She had resided
IN Baltimore for some years, and was high
/ ly esteemed.
The Rixeyville correspondent Of the Gull
peper Advocate says: Mr.. b. +. Bywaltcr s.
/ hound dog "CyclOnc" that was few weeks
ago caught in a steel trap. has since killed
/ ten red foxes. freed fourteen cOons. forty
/ five Opossums, killed "a number Of ground
| hogs and flying squirrels. and when last
heard from was swimming the Rappahan-
mock river, just above Fredericksburg. not
over fifteen feet behind a large buck. that
was started ON Battle Mountain. near
Flint Hill, in Rappahanock county.
would suggest 10 Mr.. Nit Corbin that be
should hang "Swipe" and give "Music"
away, and buy couple of pups from Mr.
/ Bywaltcrs, il he wishes 10 own all round
dogs and cyclone flyers.
General Daniel kuggles, of Fredericks-
] burg. has received AN invitation from The
] Confederate Veterans Association. of At
lanta, Ga. TO attend meeting Of eX-COn-
federates 20 be held at that City on >atur-
! day, April Doth. Memorial Day." The
/ General, who participated in q number of
| important engagements i'm the southern p0r-
| ton of the C0niederacy. is asked % "be here
I on the 10Th Of April next, and shake hands
/ once more with those Of Your comrades
whom you commanded on SO many bloody
| fields"
Judge l.. Il. Watts, president of the City
Council Of Portsmouth, is in receipt OF q
letter from Senator John w. Daniel. ir
which he stated that he will at once prepare
and introduce a bill for tle erection of "a
public building in this city. and will use
every effort possible 90 secure its passage
The present postOilico building, belonging
20 Balm Brother is very likely 90 bee bought
by the y. NJ. {. a. When the sale takes
place the government is obliged 20 look ont
for another place.
A few night. ag0 a fight occurred at Lee
mont, bayside village about eight miles
north of Onancock, in which one man was
dangerously wounded. A crowd of men,
who had been drinking. got into q row. The
barkeeper ordered the men out and closed
his house. After going out. two of The men.
sam Lewis and George Twii0d. renewed
the quarrel, and came To- blows. Lewis drew
his pistol and shot iWiiOrd in the abdomen.
INJECTING wound which, the doctors thihk
will prove fatal.
Captain Warren S. Lurty late candidate
for Attorney General on the Malone ticket.
has settled in Washington City, where be
Will hereafter practice law. Captain Lurty
Is reputed 90 be- a fine lawyer
The pack Of hounds of Mr.. Henry Loving.
Jr., Of Amherst county. has eau. h forty
three foxes this season, and Mr.. j. W.
Peasants pack is credited with ca.ching
about fity
BY the death Of Mrs. Caroline Donovan,
Of Baltimore. Mr. John ID. Cr0wle. proprie-
tor of the Virginia House. at Siaunton,
comes into the possession Of the snug sum
of 100000.
Mrs. j. b. Simpson. of Fincastle. Bote-
tOurt county. sold "a few days ago piece of
land on Craigs creek for 5000 Not long
ago this land was bought for 500.
Senator Little. of Fredericksburg, mod
estly disclaims the title 90 being the best
dressed member of the Legislature. lie
gracefully yields the palm TO senator Black
stone, from the Eastern Shore.
Mrs. Clay, wife Of Colonel DE b. Clay.
c0llectOrOf customs at Newport News. died
at Hampton, sunday evening.
Rev. A. A. Eskridge, of staunton, was
ninety-twO years old last week. lie is the
oldest member of the Baltimore Conference
NJ. +. Church south. and joined that body
i'm 1890 Mr.. Eskridgo still has his sigh,
hearing and physical strength TO an extra
ordinary degree.
Rev. Henry Weteel, well-known minis
ter of the Lutheran Church, died in shenan-
d0ah county, Monday, aged seventy -three
years. He was 40 one time pastor OF a
church i'm Baltimore.
Reuben Dove a soldier Of the war Of 1872,
died at his home i'm Rockingham county last
week i'm the ninety-siXih year of bis age.
Several times during the week the guests
ut Virginia Beach enjoyed the novelty of
seeing school of whales close in shore and
9s playful as kittens.
A Bank Robbery.