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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
NEWS ITEMS.

Osman Digna, principal general
of the late Khalifa Abduilah. ma,
been captured.
w. j. Bryan addressed an i'm
mense audience last Saturday night
in the Music Hall at Baltimore.
As result of recent inundation
in Japan 1S9 lives were lost. So
towns devastated and 1928 houses
submerged.
Richard Carter, negro 10 years
old, was hanged for criminal as
sault Friday morning at Cumber-
land courthouse.
General Lorenzo Torres, with
Mexican troops, engaged the Yaqui
Indians at Macoyata Thursday of
last week killing over 200 and taking
800 prisoners.
Two great literary men passed
away last week in London. They
were John Ruskin, the great art
critic and essayist, and Richard ID.
Biackmore, the author Of Lorna
Doone."
On account of the active demand
and short stock, Virginia and North
Carolina pine has been advanced in
price one dollar per thousand feet.
This is the fifth advance during the
past twelve months.
Attorney General Montague filed
in the Supreme Court last week his
brief in the case of Maupin VS..
the Commonwealth from Mathews
county. This case is very impor-
tant one, involving alleged violations
of the oyster laws.
Social Paris is wild with excite
ment over the financial collapse of
Count Boni de Castellaue, who has
been making such reckless plunges
into society and political life with
the Gould millions, brought him by
his wife, Anna Gould, of New
York.
A savage crime was committed near
Wardtowr, Accomack county, last
week by family of negroes by the
name of Wheeling. TO revenge them
selves upon Mr.. Morley, of Reads
Wharf, for some wrong, imaginary
or real, they took a valuable horse be-
longing 10 that gentleman down in
piece of woods, tied it to tree,
punched out his eyes and beat its
brains out. They were arrested. One
of them, u girl, has confessed the
crime, and the family axe now in
Eastville Jail awaiting the action of
the grand jury.
Capt. James III. Orrell, gallant
ex-Confederate soldier and prominent
citizen of Middlesex county, died of
pneumonia at his home on the 18th
in the Goth year of his age. He had
been for several years Oyster Inspeo-
tor on the lower Rappahannock. He
was the tallest soldier in the Fifty
fifth Virginia Regiment during the
war. This, with his splendid per-
sonal appearance and valor, gave him
widespread reputation in the army.
lie was a prominent Mason and was
buried by that fraternity from the
Clarksburg Methodist church, Of
which he was an honored member.
The Board of Fisheries has tenn
porarily appointed A. Il. Segar in
the deceased stead. We understand
that there will be several applicants
for the place before the next
meeting of the Board.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
To Amend Land-Grabber's Act.

There has been some criticism of
the General Assembly for having
failed up to this time to pass any
legislation amending or repeating the
so-called "Land Grabbers'" act.
But the Legislature has not been
idle in this matter. Many bills bear
ing on this subject were offered and
they were all referred to the finance
committee of the Senate, or the
House. These bodies appointed
subcommittee, who drafted a bill
and the joint committee approved of
their work. The act is now on the
calendar of the Senate and will be
considered this week.
The bill is a great Improvement
on the act of the last Legislature.
which has,been generally condemned,
and the committee believes that it
will give satisfaction. The act pass
ed by the last Legislature brought
into the State treasury many thou
sands of dollars, therefore the FL
nance Committee does not feel iusti
fled in reporting an absolute repeal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
OUR fROLIC IN THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA, January 20.-A pack
train of 20 ponies transporting ra-
tons between Santo Tomas and San
Paplo, Laguna province, and escorted
by 90 men under Lieutenant Rails
ton, Thirtieth Infantry, were am
pushed and two men were killed, five
wounded, nine captured and the
pack train lost.
Doret, Forty fifth Infantry, came
across insurgents in BatangeS
mountains prepared in ambush to
meet him. lie killed eight, wounded
three, captured II, one Spaulard,
six rifles. His casualties amounted
to two men slightly wounded.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

been passed. That a specia, Joint
committee of Eve members, two on
the part of the Senate and three on
the part of the House, be appointed
TO confer with a similar committee
from the General Assembly of Mary
land for the purpose of protecting
the food fisheries of the waters Of
the Chesapeake Bay and its tributa-
ries.
OYSTER TALK.
The chief matter before the COM
mittee on Courts of Justice Monday
was the proposed amendments Sec. 2,
Article X, of the Constitution in re-
gard to longing oysters.
Dir. Hunley, of Mathews, speak
ing for the Underwater delegation.
said he did not wish his people to be
understood as obstructionists to oys-
ter legislation; but he did not think
that under the proposed changes his
people would have the proper pro-
lection. He, therefore, asked the
committee to lay the matter over un-
til he had time to confer with Sena-
tor keezell and other gentlemen in
regard to the proposed changes. Mr..
Matthews, of Accomack, made SINH
lar request, and, upon motion of Mr.
Cardwell, of Hanover, the matter was
made special order for 10 O'Clock
Friday morning.
The Committee on Fish and Game.
reported the following bills which
are those agreed upon by the commit
tee and State Board of Fisheries:
Amending and re-enacting section
II of an act to amend and re enact
sections 2131, 2133, 2I34, 2135, 2137,
214S, 2151, and TO repeal sections
2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145 and
2147 of chapter 81 of the code relat-
ing to oysters and to add an indie
pendent section thereto.
To regulate the taking and catch
ing of CLANS for sale or planting in
the waters of the Common wealth.
To provide for setting apart and
designating Grabbing grounds in the
waters of the Common wealth.
To all lessees of so or more contig-
uous acres of planting ground to
dredge or scrape the same under GER
tain conditions and to impose a pen
atty for dredging or scraping plant
ing grounds except as provided for
in this act.
Senator Mundford offered a bill to
compensate George b. Keezell, PEN
broke Petit and John A. Curtis in
the sum of $500 each for services
rendered as members of the State
Board of Fisheries. The law crea-
ting the board. which was passed at
the last session, provided that the
chairman and secretary of the State
Board of Fisheries shall receive a
salary, but that the other three men,
bers of the Board shall serve without
pay. Senator Mundford's bill. as
we understand it, is TO reimburse
these members in opposition to the
law creating the Board.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
YOUR PAPER.

DO you subscribe for your locaI
paper? If not, why not?
1t is deserving of and should re
ceive your support
If it gives you all the state and
county news;
If it is well printed; and
III the price is reasonable.
Every man should take his luca'
paper, for, among other things
1t keeps you in touch with count,
affairs;
1t keeps you posted as to the tim,
for paying taxes, the time for making
returns, the time Of court, and the
time and place of all religious and
public meetings;
Ii tells You what your neighbor i;
doing, how crops are getting on
who is married and who has died;
1t gives you hints about the farm
work, keeps you Informed about the
state of the markets, and tells you
thousand and one things you want
to know;
1t teaches the children to take an
interest in affairs, and tells them
what's going on in the great, busy
world around them. They read il
with interest, and it is worth MANY
dollars worth of school books as an
educator.
Once its weekly visits have COM
menced, it will always be welcome,
and its coming looked forward to.
Your local paper needs your sup
port, because the more subscribers a
paper has the more it can do for you.
The local paper is the spokesman
for the section in which it is pub
lished. 1t tells the world what is to
be found there, corrects misrepresen-
tations, attracts capital, helps develop
the county, and jealously guards its
interests and good name.
A section is judged by its paper.
If the paperis slovenly printed, shows
lack of enterprise and culture, il
reacts against that section.
The VIRGINIA CITIZEN is the
established paper of Lancaster county,
the Northern Neck and the Kappa
hammock Valley. 1t has large
number of correspondents, who keep
its readers fully Informed of all that
transpires within this section, and is
the only nine-colamn- to -the-page
paper in the State. These columns
are necessarily longer than others,
and so afford more reading space.
The price is only 81 per year-less
than 2 cents a week.
1t is neatly printed; its advertise
ments are arranged to attract the eye;
and it endeavors to keep up with the
times, always having the best interests
of this section at heart.
1t is our desire to increase our cir
culation Of 200, and to this end we
call on our friends to help us. If
you are already a subscriber to the
CITIZEN say good word for us to
your neighbor who is not. If you
are not now a subscriber, let MS send
you a sample copy; or, better still,
send us 25 cents and we will send
you the paper for three months on
trial
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
Lieutenant-Goyernor EchoIs for
Governor.

The Spectator is in a position to
announce authoritatigely that his
friends, whose name is legion in The
State, will present to the next Demo
cratic Gubernational Convention
Hon. Edward Echols for the nomi-
nation for the Office of Governor.
They will offer his name in conf.
dence that there is no man in Vir-
glnia who embodies a larger measure
of devotion to Democratic principles,
ripper experience in public life, or
higher personal character and capac-
ity than does Mr.. Echols. He has
been a life long and consistent
Democrat, giving at all times and
under all circumstances of his means
and his best energies to the welfare
of mis- party. He is the trusted per-
sonal and political friend of leaders
of all shades of opinion in the party,
and in that respect he combines per-
haps more elements of political
strength than does any other man
in Virginia. If nominated, he
would be the candidate of no divi-
sion or faction in the party but of the
whole party; and he would receive
the cordial and loyal support of the
party AS a whole.
MIR. Echols is the leading citizen
OF great county that is and has
been for thirty years stronghold of
Democracy, and to which the honor
of the Go'ernorship has never
hitherto come. He is greatly be-
loved by the people of all classes and
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
POLITICAL.

The Alexandria Gazette says: "Sen.
ator Daniel will certainly vote for
Mr.. Quay's admission, but it is Just
as certain that Senator Martin will
not"
At the next meeting OF the Vir-
ginia Congressional delegation in
Washington Congressman Epes viii!
be chosen rs the member of the
National Democratic Campaign Com
mittee in the place of Congressman
Jones. Four of the delegation have
endorsed Mr.. Epes, three endorse
Mr.. Jones, while Messrs. Otey, Jones
and Epes will not vote at ali.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
tCommunicated.)
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
EDITOR CITIZEN:

EDITOR ClTlZEE:
There seems to be lot of wrang.
ling over the beginning of the
twentieth century, almost as much
as over q big estate in chancery
The bone of contention appears to
be whether the year number should
be placed at the beginning or ending
of the year. If the former, then the
century ends at midnight December
81, 1900, and if the latter is correct,
it ended at midnight December 81,
1899.
Unfortunately, none of the libraries
have a complete file Of almanacs
covering the past 1899 or 1900 years,
and it is largely q matter of coniec-
ture. 1t is known that Christ was
four or five years old according to
the REV a perSon takes) at the be-
ginning of the Christian Era, and it.
is very improbable that he was born
anywhere near Christmas, which
holiday ia but The adaptation of a
pagan festival. If, as argued, the
year ] was at the end of the twelve
months preceding, those writer's
who had the misfortune to be COM
PEELED to write letters and documents
had TO date all such Ammo Domini O,
but no instance of such dating he's
been adduced. If such could be
brought to light it would quickly
settle the question in favor of the
year 1900 being The first year of the
twentieth century.
Another difficulty arises when we
consider the usual form of dating.
Thus it usually reads Ammo Domini
l etc. Ammo Domini is usually sup
posed to mean, and the dictionaries
give it, ain the year of our Lord"
but the champions of the end-of- the
year numbering construe it to mean
the next year following. "In the
year of our Lord" /, ought to mean
during the first twelve months of the
Christian Era, and not the following
twelve months as some appear to
think. If at the end of the first
twelve months, the Christian Era
was one year old. then to say ga. ID.
j." at any time during the following
twelve months would appear to be
somewhat of an anachronism. How
can it be in the year, if used after the
year is completed?
GEO. III. SMITH.
Sunnybank, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

MARYLAND, my Maryland"
through her legislature, presented
rather cold front to VIM. Jennings
Bryan, but Virginia will tender salve
for his wounds The legislature of
this State on Monday last passed a
resolution, unanimously, requesting
Mr.. Bryan to address that body.
"Ole Virginny never tiresl"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

WILL the Administration further
entangle itself and the American
people by actively aiding or defend
ing Great Britain in the herculean
tasks she now has before her? 1t
would seem so, as it is asserted in
Washington that the Secretary of
State has informed several of the
foreign ambassadors there that this
government will intervene in behalf
of England, by force of arms, if nee
essary, to prevent other governments
from interfering with Britsin's opera
tions in the Transvaal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
ON PARTY LINES.
Election Committee Votes TO Seat
Aldrich, Republican Contestant.

WASHINGTON, January 20.-The
House Committee on Elections, No.
|, divided on party lines to day, and
by vote of six TO two decided to
recommend the seating of William
+. Aldrich, Republican, who contests
the seat now held by CASTOR A. Rob-
bins, Democrat, for the Fourth Con-
gressional District of Alabama.
It's the first decision in contested
election case at the present session of
Congress. The contest was based on
alleged intimidation and racial pref.
udlces growing out of the appeals
for white supremacy.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
OF PUBLICATIONS

in me Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court OF the County of Lancaster on The
LIST day OF January, 1900. WV
Berpice l.. Baker, Plaintiff.
sgainst
George II. Baker, Defendant.
The object OF this suit is to obtain a
divorce, viuculo matrimonii. And an
aiidayit having been made and filed that
the defendant, George III. Baker, Is moi
resident pf the State of Virginia. IL is
ordered that he do appear here within
hfteen days ar or due publication hereof.
and do what may be necessary to protect
ms interest in this suit. Aud 1t is fur
,her ordered that copy hereof be pub
Iished once week for four weeks i'm the
VIRGINIA CITIZEN, and that a copy be
posted at the front door of the court
house of this County on the first day of
the next term OF the County Court.
A copy-Test:
WIN. Chiffon, Clerk.
4. u. NEwBILL, p. q.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
ENGLAND And THE BOERS.
More About the Pig-Stickipg
Which the English are En-
gagged i'm.


A Boer prisoner who was brought
in boosted that it would take the Brit
ish three months to reach Ladysmith.
He makes the total CARS, of which
nearly third is estimated to have
been incurred in the siege Of Lady
smith.
The British losses in killed,
wounded and captured up to and
including last Thursday, were 1887
officers and men.
One of the British correspondents
in South Africa gives an interesting
calculation of the Boer losses since
the beginning of the war.
General Buffers troops north of
the Tugela number at least $4,000,
and possibly $4,000. with so guns.
His total forces, forming great
outer curve south and west of Lady
smith, probably number 10000.
Lord Dundonald, who has been
operating away from the main Brit
ish army, is reported to have made a
swing and reached Ladysmith with
1000 soldiers. This is not confirmed.
A battle between the British and
Beers southwest of Ladysmith, Ma
tai, has been raging three days.
The Beers at last advices were
still holding their main positions,
though the British were said to have
driven in their right flank.
Two hundred and ninety of. the
British wounded have been sent back
from the front The full extent of
the losses is not known yet.
Brigades under Generals Wood
gate, Hart and Hildyard, advanced
from hill to hill. The Beers COM
PEELED the British to fight uphill all
the time.
General Butler, at 8 p. m. Sun
day, cabled to the London War Office;
at is difficult to say exactly how
much we have gained, but l think
we are making su bstantial progress. !"
While the attack on the Beers
right flank was proceeding, General
Lyttleton's troops made a recon-
noissance in force on the Boer left
four miles north of Potgieter's drift.
At the same time this position was
heavily bombarded by General Bull
ler's cannon. The object was to
prevent the Beers on the left from
reinforcing those on the right.
The present Boer position, as in
dictated by the dispatches, is about
10 miles long, extending southwest
Of Ladysmith, so as to block the
British advance. AT no place have
the British, so far as known, forced
their way nearer to Ladysmith than
l6 miles, being held off by the Boer
intrenchments.
The last act of the battle will
doubtless be an assault in force on
the main Boer position. London, in
breathless suspense, awaits the result
BUTLER AT A sTANDsTILL.
LONDON, Jan. 24.-General Bull
ler's great turning movement, of
which so much had been expec-
ted, has cone to q standstill.
General Warren holds the ridges,
but the enemy's positions are higher.
The British artillery is playing ON
the Boer positions and the Beers are
replying. The British infantry is
separated by only 1,4o0 yards from
the enemy.
The British are much worked up
over the continued silence of Butler
for the past twenty-four hours. In
dications point to severe reverse to
him at Spion Kop.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26


urine scalds the flesh or if. when the child
reaches an age when it should be able 10
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting. depend upon It. the cauoc of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and shc first
step should be towards The treatment Of
these important organs. This unHgcacant
trouble is due to a diseased condition ct the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effe,t Of
Swanp-Root Is soon realized. II is sold
by druggists. in fifty EclF
cent and one dollar f-r--r@5lsz,ns = -
sizes. You may have a l ssssl::.;iss
sample bottle by mail sl.Iss -.
free, also pamphlet tell Homo OF swnurp Roo.
ing all about 1t, including many OF the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton. NJ. T., be sure and
mention this paper.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
CHOICE EARLY ROSE SEED.

l. am selling limited quantity OF
Grinels' Choice Early Rose Seed Potatoes
at 80 cents per bushel Can also supply
truckers with our Celebrated brand of
rotate Guano at $21 per ton at our fac
10ty, anu Will ship to responsible buyers
" ". ~. JNo. G.. GRINELs,
Grinels Wharf, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

and cheerfulneSs soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out Of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
thatit is notunccmnon
for a child to be bern
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
aseS too often 81 Tho
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
WOOD AND TIES WANTED.

10000 cords Poplar Wood and &c. 600
Chestnut Ties wanted Delivered either
on shore or vessel Advance payments
made II satisfactory arrangements can
DC MADE. JAS. NJ. STUBBs,
Glepns. Gloucester Co, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
Cherry GIyccrIne.

We ask every ore who has a cold .
tough, or any bron chial trouble 10 give
cherry Glycerine atrial. We have bac ed
our reputation on its merits. Large bot
tie for pc. JAS BAILy & Son. Props.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

doubt he will be called upon to de-
fend his position before his constit-
uency, which he will 10, we pre-
dict, with much plausibility.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26

Notices In reading columns, cents per line
per Insertion (for not less than five lines) for
three months or longer. Less than three
morths 10 cents per line. Nonpareil line.
Obituaries, religious notices OF entertain
ments. excursions. ETC.. one half regular rates.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-26
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
coNrages and lessons ambition: beantv- vionr
The colored American., 1900-08-11

Miss Helen Parker, Miss Minnie
Mulligan and Miss Eleanor Robinson
who have been spending July in New
York and Asbury Park left on the 10 h
for Atlantic City.
The birds and game Of all KINDS in
Virginia are getting scared already as
certain member of our foce is prepar
ing to take his gun and 60 on his an:
nual outing.
Hon. Jere a. Brown, of the Treasury
Department, left for Ohio this week
where he will take part in the cam
paign. Mrs. Brown will estivate in
Come ecticut.
The daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. A.
Thomas OF Howard avenue, Anaccssia.
ID. G., are spending the months of Au
gust and September with Mr.. ard Mrs.
w. J. hailow of Poughkee psie, n.
MIR. Stephen E. Z. Buchanan. of the
Recorder of Deeds Office, has returned
from the state of North Carolina, where
ne took part in the election which was
held on August 9TH. He reports that
things were very lively down there.
Among the Washingtorisns who are
spending the heated term at Saratoga
are Gov, P. B. s. Pinchback and Miss
Lucy Moten. Charles W. Anderson
and John e. Bruce of New York civ
and Nj. Smith and family of Texas are
also at the Thompson Cottage.
The colored American., 1900-08-11
Roche VIII
Jar You.

AS strange as it may seem he is snxjous to
do It.
And lots Of good PEOPLE are anxious n he
jt rred.
This is just the season when you want tn
be Jared.
But ou want 20 be esure that .ou get the
rig jar.
COL Roche keepe all kinds of Jars snd YES
seis 100 and he will be glad 10 see you.
The coolest beer--the choicest od wines
and liquors end all kinds Of LIQUORS.
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