Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-06

himself at his home in Powhatsn
county recently, died last week.
The State Supreme Court adj
Journed Friday for the term after
'ransactlng great amount of bust
ness.
DIR. Hunter Mcclure, who was
paralized recently, is reported much
worse and much uneasiness is felt as
to his condition.
The bond of the Seaboard Air
Line of $4,000, to guarantee the
building of the line to Washington,
has been deposited with Gov. Tyler.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Kid Mccoy
were matched Saturday to fight on
July 4th twenty-five rounds at catch
weights. Both men posted $4,000
forfeit.
The Old Dominion Building e.
Loan Association, Richmond. Va. of
which Maj. Taylor Ellyson is the
mead, has gone into voluntary liqui-
dat;on.
Rev. DR.. George F., Bagby, a
Baptist minister, who died at Rich
mond last week, was native of King
and Queen county, and was chap
lain in the Confederate army.
The grand jury of GreensyilIe
county found true bill against Rev,
DIR. }. Il. K. Riddick for shooting
and killing DIR. w. IL. Temple.
dis trial will commence May Sd.
Queen Victoria left England Tues
day enroute for Ireland to pay visit
In honor of the bravery the Irish
troops have recently displayed in
South Africa.
A large quantity of jonquils are
being shipped North from Glouces-
ter county, one lady alone on North
River having sent off fifty thousand.
The prices range from 80 to 30 cents
per hundred.
Emperor William runs in debt on
salary of eight and half million
dollars year aud wants the govern
ment to allow him another million.
His father saved 4 good bank ac-
count on two millions per year.
Towns IN Virginia which have ap-
Piled for national bank charters nm
der the new law, nearly all being for
banks having $25, 600 and over are
as follows: Newport News, Coying-
ton, edtricksburg, Marion and
Woodstock.
The citizens of a town up in the
State of Michigan recently had n
public meeting and appointed a vigil
lance committee, who gave notice to
all the colored residents Of the place
to leave, or unless they would be Sc.
verely punished.
Mrs. Brown, of New York, while
out boating with her husband on
East river, near Williams wharf.
Mathews county, fell overheard
while reaching for n paddle and
was drowned Sunday. Her body
was taken to New York Monday.
Mary Buck, formerly a slave in
King George county where she now
resides, is LOG years old. About - |
years ago she went totally blind, but |
within the past few months a re-
markable recovery has come about
and the old woman can now see bet. |
ter than she could before she was
afflicted.
Easter comes on April 18th. The
date for Easter is unusually late this
year, and in fact is within one week of
the latest possible date for the feast.
The settling of the date is by means
of the paschal moon, and on this nc
count it is impossible for it to come
earlier than March 2lst or later than
April 25th.
After a most searching inyestiga,
ton of the lynching here the grand
jury reported Tuesday afternoon
that they had no presentments to
make. The decision of the grand
jury wasawaited with much in terest.
All of the towns people were deeply
in the proceedings.
Mortimer johnson, Confederate
veteran. who had his leg shot off in
the battle of the Wilderness, died
recently in Grant County, w. Va,
aged ninety-one years. He bound the
stump of his leg himself on the
battlefield and lay for eight hours
before assistance came.
The report that O'Grady, who was
!ynched at Emporia, was the son
Of rich New Yorker and heir to a
peerage i'll Ireland, turns out to be :
mistake. Mr.. O'Grady came to
to investigate the matter,
out after getting better description
II the unfortunate victim said he :
vas not his son and returned home S
without seeing the body.
Last week a young colored man /
'ayed six lives in New York city by |
brave and daring act. He was :
IN his way to work when he discov .
.red a fiathouse on fire and Mr.. Mel
on, one of the occupants, and
lis six children at window,
Tut off from escape. lie ran
nto the adjoining building and up
o the third floor and with two COM ,
'anions holding his legs, he swung
lis head downward and his BODY
backward and forward and managed
o reach the children as they were
leld up to him by the father. All
# them were taken out safe in this :
manner. The fire company reached /
he building in time to save the other a
occupants of the house.