Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
CRISP NEWS.

| Ten years ago farm in Accomac
containing S35 acres sold for $4,000. It
was resold few days ago for Sl2, 600.
Land seems worth something onIatt
Eastern Shore. 'i'''
William Small, a submarine diver.
went down in his armor in Baltimore
harbor last week. and not coming up at
the usual time, it was discovered that
he had died whilst 20 feet under water.
of heart failure.
Washington has a case of leprosy on
its hands, and the government is PLAN
ing to make the case a scientific study
IN order to ascertain if possible if the
disease is really contagious. Some au-
thorities think the disease a form of
tuberculosis.
With all the floods we have had on
the Eastern slope of the mountains.
West Virginia and Pennsylvania are
suffering greatly from drought, and
mills are shut down for lack of water.
In Johnstown, Pa, the reservoir sup
PtJhiS IhC lOWu Is UIY.
The raging forest fires which have
swept st. Louis. Carlton and Itasca
counties, Minnesota and Douglass
county. Wisconsin. for some time
haue been checked, after DESTROYING
81, ESQ, 600 worth of property. 1t wiped
the town of Chisholm out entirely.
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, in
Lynchburg. has already 400 students--its
full capacity. the Virginia Christian
College, in the same city, has 800 of
both sexes, Sweet Briar, near Lynch
burg, has $50 girls, and many other
Virginia schools are also crowded on
opening. 81 =
Henry Smith, lately convicted of
murder in the Norfolk county court.
will be the first to die by electrocution
In this State. the new law making that
the method of death. He will be exc
cuted October 18th in the penetentiary
yard at Richmond, the law requiring all
executions to be at that place.
500 girls, working in IL story skv-
scraper. We're with difficulty rescued
from the building in which fire had
broken out in New York city a few
days ago. Many were brought down in
the elevator amid flame and smoke.
and others saved themselves by lump
ing from the roof to that of another
building. ises ~
William Jennings Bryan, jr., son of
the Democratic presidential candidate
Will probably be married in Virginia.
Alexander Berger, father of Miss Helen
Berger, of Milwaukee, Wis, the bride
elect, is owner of .'Belvedere" hand
some estate on the upper Rappahan-
mock which theywill be occupying next
spring, when the wedding take place,
Wilbur Wright, VINO sin France with
his flying machine, kept his machine in
the air for 20 minutes and made a dis
lance of about IL miles in that time.
Orvllle Wright. his brother, is experi-
menting along the same line with one
OF their machines at Fort Myer. Va.
and has made several successful fights
travelling Saturday at rate of 20 miles
an hour and on straight course 80
miles.
Not less than $50 vessels, schooners.
steamships and barges, sailed out of |
Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake
one day last week. This was the great
est number of merchant vessels and
also the greatest amount of tonnage
ever to leave these waters in one dav.
Fully l25 of the vessels were schooners
pinot less than three masts and other
vessels of tonnage equally as great.
The vessels had been assembled there
Tor two weeks stormy weather having
Kept them in port. j