Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-12-06
HEATHSvILLE.

them few weeks ago. Those who
seeded earlier and had the advantage
OF the first rains Of autumn, had
their wheat to eome up prettily only
to be cut of ana destroyed by the fly.
Through the livelong day the buzz
Of the saw is heard. In our neigh
borhood there are three and none are
idle.
ii. g. Rowe has some ten or twelve
men saving cord wood for him. Mr..
Rowe is genuine wood dealer-not
only buying all be can, but cutting
five hundred cords out of his own
woods. He is giving 60 cents a cord
and finds no trouble in securing
plenty of hands.
/ Pyramus jones, colored man.
who, by his industry, has won tie
respect of all, had the misfortune to
lose both of his oxen lately. Jones
has large family and the loss
weighs heavily on him. It's the
same old story-sbucks without water
Fire has been trying to burn up
something around here for some time
now and if our people are not very
particular "the, old gentleman" is
gong to succeed. Oakley" the
home of Walter Walker, came near
being consumed last week. The fire
caught from a fireplace, burning a
CHAIR, carpet and floor very badly.
This is the third near-to- being seri-
Gus fires here this Fall.
Alex. Haynie, a colored boy, was
adjudged insane on Saturday las,
and confined in jail here for safe
keeping until room can be secured
for him in an asylum.
Mrs. Molly Adams and daughter
and son, Miss Minnie and Willie, of
Washington, spent few days visit
ing at the home of l.. l.. Snead re-
Gently.
Mrs. Eta Claughton is visiting
friends at Kinsale.
Virgil Moss spent Sunday at bis
home near Kinsale.
Miss Ruth Bryant spent Sunday
with Mrs. @. J. Rowe.
Mrs. Charlie Thomas, of Merry
Point, is spending a few days with
her parents here
Rev. L. j. Wray has returned to
us for another conference year. Mrs
Wray is visiting her parents al
Gloucester Courthouse and will be
away week or more yet.
Miss Daisy Garner, Of Village,
who is attending the Shenandoah
Institute this session, spent Thanks,
giving at her home. Miss Olivia
Thomas returned with her on Friday
last.
Mrs. Adams and daughter, who
have been stopping at the Arlington
nearly two months, returned on We'd
nesday to their home in Atlantic CITY
Mrs. j. f. helms has been in Bal.
timore with her daughter, Maude
for the past week. Maude has en-
tirely recovered and the operation
was successful in every particular
The dear little girl will return to-
day (Friday) with her mother.
w. @. Snow and X. S. Brent are
in Baltimore on business.
Miss Susie Thrift, our excellent
school mistress, spent Thanksgiving
at her home.
DIR. G. w. Beale and wife are
spending to-day "wednesday at the
home of Capt j. b. Hinton.
Mr.. Steptoe w. Dawson and Miss
Emma NJ. Gilmore were married here
November goth at the residence of
Rev. =. N. Belts.
We are glad to see our highly re-
spected merchant, l.. II. Belts, out
after quite spell of sickness.
Mr.. Dodge, an official in the War
Department in Washington, aud Mr..
Richard Claughton, of the same
city, are spending few days with
w. II. Olaughton. They came down
Tor hunt, but the $1,000 dog,
whose life is insured for $500, was
quite a disappointment. The thor
oughbred canine wouldn't hunt at
all, SO very few birds were killed.
Capt. West and two friends, OF
Baltimore, recently spent few days
here in hunting.
Willie +. Rowe has accepted the
position of travelling salesman for
w. S. Farmer Guano Co. =
On Monday w. r. Carleton reach
ed here from Richmonds where he
spent nearly four weeks with his
mother. Mr.. Carleton is much bet
ter, but has to use the crutches still.
1t is understood he will bring suit
against the railroad company pro-
vided a compromise cannot be made.
He leaves to-day wednesday, for
Denver, Colorado, where he will
make his future home. Miss Haines,
the young lady who came out here
with Linn to nurse the infant. re-
turned with him. The little baby
is left in the loving care of de-
voted aunts.
Z small yacht left Philadelphia
about two weeks ago for Florida,
bearing no less honorable personages
than the two sons of the far-famed
inventor. Thomas Edison. The older
of the Edison brothers is married
and his wife and two lady friends
from Baltimore are aboard. The
little boat is run by selectricity.
Something got wrong with her en-
CINE, so they became stranded. The
engineer was incompetent and they
are at Reedyille now awaiting the
arrival of an expert machinist from
New York. DESMOND
northumberland Circuit Court
Judge Wright opened the fall
term of our Circuit Court here on