The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-04
VIRGINIA STORIES.
Iutercstin. Incidents Related by Our
State Contemporaries.

State Contemporaries.
1t is said that the severity OF the orousht
hoc driven MANY farmers OF Caroline
county to the ne,
TERRIBLE EFFECTS cessity OF turn
or THE DROUGHT ing cattle into
corn fields upon
which to eeed- Similar conditions are re-
ported to exist in other sections OF me
State. With us it is not so BAD, though
crops will be, at least, one-na!t SNORT
owing to dry weather, and indications are
that long feed will be greatly in demand
during the winter months.-Madlson Free
Press.
The efficacy of the rabbits foot is being
tried on William Jennings Bryan, one
having been sent to
RABBITS FOOT him by registered mail
FOR MIR. BRYAN. by the man who sent
Grover Cleveland the
left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit killed
by a red-headed, cross-eyed negro with a
sassafrats stick on a country grave in the
dark of the MOON TIE foot was sent to
Mr. Cleveland Immediately after his first
nomination for the presidency and he was
told that there was no early power which
could defeat him for chief executive. The
rabbit foot man believes that if Mr.. Bryan
receives the foot in good shape he will
be a winner hands down.-Culpeper Ex-
ponent.
Ono of our old bachelors was seen out
driving one morning this week with a
charming young lads. behind a pair of
handsome SnOw-White
A BACHELOR horses, and the sup
TAKING NOTICE. position is that if he
did not have an attack
of heart failure, plans and specifications
were drawn, and the foundation laid for
the erection of another new residence in
Chase City. That's right brother bach y
Truly. we are the architects OF our own
fortunes; but you must nurse that heart,
for there is one thing that faint heart
never yet accomplshed.-Chase City Pro-
gress.
A most distressing accident took place
Friday evening at Browns tank near
Christiansburg, which resulted in the death
OF one negro, named
DROPPED pistols; Ed Moore. On that
KILLED NEGRO. evening Detective
Geo. Fitzwater had
under arrest on a freight train six white
men, who were stealing ride. Being in
formed that two darkies were on the front
end of the train, he went forward. The
negroes jumped, and the officer followed
and placed them under arrest. one of them
being Ed Moore. His left hand rested on
the shoulder of one. his right hand, in
which was the cooked pistol. on the shout
der of Moore Mr.. Fitzwater had ordered
the men to get back on the train, and
they were in the act of doing so when
a foreman engaged in construction WORK
near Browns tank told the officer that
the negroes We're his men. and that he
was taking them with him to get some
material. The Officer. stepped back 10 see
what he had to say and in doing so MS
! foot slipped and the nistol was fired The
hall entered the temple Of Moore and
| come out of his forehead. The negro drop
ned and died almost instantly. Mr. Fitz-
water Immediately went to Christiansours
| and gave himseS up. but he was acquitted
I later unon the inquest of eight witnesses
Mr. Fitzwater is well known and MS
friends are sorry to hear that ne was
| concerned in this terrible acident. he is
| much affected by it. Fe has arrested tne
| worst criminals OF all kinds. out mas never
before had an accident of this kind.-had-
| ford Advance.
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