Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-06-28
NEWS ITEMS.

| Mary Dennis, Of West Virginia
four years old, died Friday from eat
ing match heads two weeks ago.
Last Friday was the solslice. tn,
longest day in the year. The sum.
mer solstice is now on The waite.
A sturgeon z feet long and weigh.
ing l75 pounds was caught at Fal.
mouth, at the head of tidewater ON
the Rappahannock.
Jos. II. Shepherd, who was In.
cicted for embezzlng State funds a
few months ago, has been given three
years in the penitentiary.
Gen, Chaffee's official report saws
the allies killed many innocent
women and children in China, besides
dong large amount of footing.
Civil government will be estab-
llshed in the Philippine Islands on
July 4. Judge William A. Taft
will be designated as Civil Governor.
The careful wife of n humble clam
digger in the West discovered upon
opening bivalve pearl sand 10
weigh 103 grains and to be worth
$4,000.
The Sunday Observance League
not satisfied with forcing all saloons
to keep the Sunday laws, has now
turned its attention to the social
clubs of Richmond city.
The Governor has appointed Sena.
tor Z. III. Walker to succeed ex.Sen-
ator w. A. Little, resigned. as q
mem Der of the Board to the State Fee.
male Normal School, at FarmYille
The Weems Steamboat Company
viii run a steamboat from the Ran
pahannock river to enable the large
crowd which wishes to 90 to the
gu0ernatorial convention at Norfolk
to have every facility for doing so.
a boy while blowing on The farm
OF a A. Ransone near huntsville
Essex county, unearthed a stone lar
containing $3.50 in gold. i(et
took the treasure to his
employer aud received $1,000 for so
doing.
The tax on oyster packers in Mary
land ls 81 per 1000 bushels on all
oysters opened over 10000 bushels.
Commander Howard has over 1900
On his books uncollected. The Attor-
instructed him to pro-
iced at once to collect the tax.
Dancing will not be countenanced
1t Randolph-Macon College. The
board OF trustees took cognizance of
ne commencement german given
tuesday night, and adopted aresolu-
ION earnestly protesting against
tudents of the Institution engaging
n dancing.
Between go and 100 lives are
AID to have been lost and about /,
z, 100000 damage done by cloud-
''urst which swept through the
'ocahontas coal region, West Vir-
mia, Saturday. The towns of I
Keystone aud Vivian are said to have {
cen annihilated. G
The Shamrock IFS new mast has :,
cen stepped. The new spar consists
hollow steel pole 16O feet long. q
nilt in single piece from step to 7
'uck. 1t is the first spar of its kind :
yer made. The advantage claimed =
'r the new mast is that it saves ton v
eight and also presents smaller "
ind surface.
Col. Cab. Maddux, the 400 pound "
'litlcal prophet, and well-known IL
aveiling man, dropped dead Sunday a
ght at poker table in Richmond. b
is last political utterances were a.
lturday in the lobby to Mr.. Swanson n
that he did not mind his being II
aten, but it had ruined his reputa- la
IN as political prophet. o.
Is
A party of prominent Richmond It
ntlemen, headed by Capt. Jno. A. D.
'rts, made trip up the Chesa-
axe Saturday of last week on the c.
lice steamer Accomac. They visited 70
'stv'lle, Onancock, Urbanna, Irving pl
and other points of interest and
highly pleased with their trip. a
icy say the Chesapeake Bay section he
the garden spot Of the world. re-