Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-12-10
CRISP NEWS.
Congress convened last Monday.


The Virginia Legislature assemblies
January H. and holds go days.
The narrow guage railroad from Fred
ericksburg to Orange is being made
broad guage.
Charlottesville "wets" forced anoth-
er local option election and again got
beat overwhelmingly. ~ 80
Ex-Governor Montague win not 90 as
minister to China. The President has
named Hon. VIM. J. Calhoun =
Representative Taylor, Of Colorado.
has refused to appoint any cadet to the
Annapolis scsdslay that asss cigarettes,
Maj. EvahF, Morgan, superintendent
OF the penitentiary, who has been criti-
eally III for weeks, died In Richmond
Friday. =
People who want pearls, for Christ
mas will have topay more for them,
~ the duty has jumped from 20 to /, 90
per cent. 49, = - 81 ,.
The keel of the largest wat' ship In
England's navy has recently 'been laid.
IL will be 700 feet long aud or 40. 600
horse power % ssssee r'qsRa : hai-
;s1Sgosss sysaa. ,IasJs f.,,,cz,
An sbsolute- divorce has been granted
Mrs. #. Nay Rowlett, nee Embrey,
from her husband. Chas. L. Roulett. of
fredericksburg. - =" "a si
Producemerehants through the South
west predict that sggSwifI rise to fifty
cents a dozen by Christmas sand that
butter win be a close second :. -
Jim Jeafes and the negro champion
pugilist will fight for $500. coo, prize and
the heavyweight championship in San
Francisconext Fourth of Jnly.Ss
J: The ,Nlcsraguaa minister. = ut Wash
'ington.has BEEN handed his passports.
Uncle Sam has warship down IN that
troublesome little Central American
epuonc' c'-@s,. '>a-'a ssl !
Ninety per cent or deaths in this
country are causcd bySdisease, q De,
cent by old age, and about g. per cent
by violence, said DR.. w A. Moore at
Cornell University. ayes SO -
r. Henry Lynn, presidest of the
American National Bank Of w ashing,
ton, D. c., met death while dueking on
the Sasauehanna fats. ten. miles from
Havre de Grace. December Srd, 80 y,
The November just passed was one
OF the 'dryest in many years.. Accord
ing 20 the weather reports from. Balti-
more, the dryest and warmest in the
history OF the bureau that APPOINT. ySr
The steamer Empress Of China. from
the. Otient recently brought lie barrels
OF eggs from Shanghai. This is the
first shipnent Of this kind to Anne, lea.
Shanghai dealers hope to build 90 a
trade in this product
e Senator Martin. called, Saturday last
From New York for France, where he
is taking skfs. Martin. hoping the warm
southern climate of that country win
benefit her health: - Ssnatoraaartin viii
not return to Washington until after
tae holidays. r3s .ass
: England 10 facing a. financial crisis
that j. Of great ippsrtapce and which
may result " the downfall. OF thMopss,j
ent government. The budget for the
year has been rejected By the haise of
she lords, and: the trouble Ia said to be !
tar reaching in It's results. The drift
towards the end Of free trade is seen J
more plainly. -
Although Alabama is '.dfyp byy legis-
atiye enactment, the, people of tina,
State last week defeated the prohibition
amendment by 20, 600 ma
iority. The majorities are pronounced
n almost every county except six of
he sixty-seven. The counties voting
'or the amendment returned small ma ,
oritiesSfSr it,. 49, 49,. - ;'NsN-~.T,
p. e.