Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-07-05
HEATHSVILLE.

| "hOiO community was SLlrre,
up on Saturday when the news o
Dir. j. w. Brasse's murder was AN
nounced. Little did our -peopl
believe that in the county there wa
one with so black heart, much les
right here around us, who would d.
such deed. No arrests have beer
made, but many strong suspicion
are held. The Consideration Of on
people is at such pitch that moth
ing will be left undone to End GU
the guilty party or parties.
Mr.. Brasse lived few mill.
from here on the road 20 Lara
He came from England prior to th,
war and settled here making this hi
home, but at times living in Alex
andria. By trade he was a cobbler
tie has many children, all grow,
and all away from home. Very ole
and deorepid, makes his assassin /.
greater murderer. Mr.. Brasse LIVED
all alone in a house shut out from
all view by woods, having no neigh.
Dor in hearing distance. Young
Hazard went to his home on Satur
day morning to borrow cherr,
seeder. He found Mr.. Brasse wei
and hearty as usual, but OH return.
ing the seeder at shutdown he founc
Mr.. Brasse dead. The coroner's iur,
met at Mr.. BIS home and rendered
the verdict that he had come to hi,
death at the hands of unknown part,
or parties. Mr.. Brasse's skull had
been mashed and the finger marks
around his neck showed he had beer
choSed. The murderer then entered
the house and relieved it of nearl,
two hundred dollars. Mr.. Brasse d
few days before his death had
received letters from England show
ing that recently he had come into
possession of real estate valued al
$4,000.
j. IL. Booth was sentenced tc
thirty days in Jail by Justice Eichel-
berger for assault on George w.
Benton, his son-in-law. The testi
mony of the witnesses proved very
amusing and entertaining.
Our farmers are busy having their
wheat ,hresbed this week. The
Weld, while better than expected, is
far from being anything grand.
III. g. Rowe, our thrifty and
energetic townsman, has new
tbresher and she works to perfection.
The weather, to use the we'll recog-
nized and often heard term of the
ladies, ais simply awful"
Nearly every farmer around the
village is sowing peas this year but
none look half so well as those of
DR.. Beale, and he's 10y no means a
farmer, but is a mighty good
gardener.
The partridge this year can be
heard with his incessant whistle
bob white" far down by the streams
in the shady wood, far across the
iieIds of newly cut wheat and far
ahead on the vineclad fences that
hug the road. The young rabbit
is often seen near the road late of
evenings. The bird and hare will
afford sport when breezes blow cooler
than now, but the poet says "trust
IN no future"-and therefore speak
ing OF the present as We act i'm il.
allow us to- say that II. l.. Beale
is becoming great old fisherman,
furnishing breakfast nearly every
morning.
l.. l.. Snead bought fine horse
in Baltimore few days ago. Mr..
Snead is lover of horses and we'll
he knows how to handle them.
Miss 'Tebie DeShields returned
from Colorado on Monday last.
Young Mr.. Downing, of Newport
News, is visiting his uncle, Howard
Siraughan.
Meade Brent and Hugh Smith are
% be congratulated upon their sue
less at William and Mary, both
'eceiving scholarships for the coming
session. They came on Monday to
heir respective homes here.
DR.. Geo. W. Beale and wife spent
ne latter part of last week visiting
elatives and friends in Westmore-
and.
The camp meeting committee met
N the grounds at Kirkland Tuesday
o make final arrangements for the
omlng encampment.
}. b. Craile is visiting his mother
t her home here.
Many of our people attended the
edlcation of Bethany church at
ieedvi!,e on Sunday last.
The main topic among the young
oiks now is where they are TO spend
he 4th. Some will go to Kinsale.
theirs to Reedyille, and many, like
he writer, will stay right here in
Ieathsville.
Robert Howard Bayue, promi-
ent lawyer of New York city, is
siting the clerks offices of West
oreland and this county looking
nong the records for the names of
is ancestors.
DR.. j. q. Rice, wife and daughter
me down from Washington OH
onday,
Mrs. Dorsey and children are
SltInO of tho bo.xa of NJ. MI