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TKKMS: $1.00 per year in advance.
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vvr msertlon (lor not le?ts thun itv?- lii
throo monthg or longi-r. L<<ss tliHn ttarw
inortha 10 cents yer line. Nonpurvil line.
Obltuaries, reliKlous notlces or entertutn
menta. excureions, etc.oue ball rctrular ratea
All eoimnunication* or tiuKlnrss laBtBM
should Ih? ail(lr?'SH<-?l To tlu- Vik(;i.nia UlTIXBN
trviiijfton. Vk.. to receive prumpt iittention
Friday, No\eiiilu-r JJO, RMIO.
THE SIGNS OFOl'R T1MES.
Our progre88ive Board of Oaawtj
Supervisors is coming in for more
compliments because of the iutroduc
tion of a sigu-board system. Everv
fork or cross-roada within the county
has recently been, or soon will be,
designated by 8ign-boards, with
directiousand distances marked upon
them. We remember with satisfac
tion that a few yeara back the
Citizen saw the t.ecessity of these
institutious in every county of the
Neck, and that Northumberland
county almo8t immediaUly took the
matter in hand and carried out the
suggestions we then made. Lancaster
has followed later, but probably just
as soon as conditious would warraot.
The iutents aud purposes are now
accomplished, and we congratulate
our Board of Superviaors. There is
oue suggestion for thefuture, though,
which Btrikes us, and that is?In the
course of a few years the painting
upon the boards will have to be re
uewed; when this is undertaken we
hope that the then Board of Super?
visors will devise some mrana to have
the distances measured so that thev
may be noted accurately. We are not
fiudingfault.aswe are only toothank
ful to have the boards even as thev
are, but we have noticed that some
of the distances recited are a little
off?probably guess-work, owing to
the haate in which the work was
de6ired tobedoue.
There is a very .mportant matter
in connection with these aigu-boards
which we would be ijlad for all per
aons to bear in mind. There is a
penalty under the statutea prescribed
for mutilation or destruction of the
boards. It becomes the duty of
every citizeu to see that they are not
mutilated, and to report any inf-ac
tion of the law in reapect to the
county'sproperty.
LKT\S TALK WITH FUKDBKICKSBOTOB,
We leam that long distaucc 'phoucs
will soon bc put in the oftlces aloug the
line of the Northern Neck Telcphone Co.
This is a capltal idea aud wheu put iu
execution will be a great ba| --ovement
over theprcscut system. What wewaot
ia to be able to talk directly with Fred
cricksburg from any and all ollicea on
the lower eud of the line.? Watchmnn.
Our contemporary'a wish exrjresses
one which we have long felt. We
?:ave not been able to understaud
why these long di&tance instrunieuta
haye not ere this been aubstituted for
the antiquated onea that our tele
phone line ha8 been using. It is pre
posteroua that persons lese than a
hundred miles av*ay, with telephouic
connection, ahould not be able to
communicate without the aid of a
central oflice. Bueiness men of Rich?
mond, Norfolk and other cities South
cau sit in their ofticea, and even at
their homes, and conver8e with
persons in New York. Yet we. at
this end of a niuety-mile line, are
unable to converse directly with
per8ons at the other end. When the
long-di*8tance instrumenta are pnt
in as promised we hope the manage
ment will arrauge connection with
the system of eity 'phones in Fred
ericksburg, ao that persona on the
Northern Neck line may converse
with thoseperaona throughout Fred
erick8burg who are on the eity sys
tem. Frederickaburgers have long
expreased this wiah, and there could
be no objectiou upon our part.
The Star, aa heretofore exprcased in
these columna, advocates dropping the
free silvcr issue from the* teuets and
princlples of the Democratic faith,
because the Amcrican people havetwice
emphatlcally declared against it, and it
ib not pollcy or true Democracy to ud
vocate priuciples that a majority of the
people have repudiated. * * The
Democratic party will re-organlze be?
cause tbe priuciples for which it stands
are right, and it will win victories be?
cause in the end the right will prevail;
but it will never be re-onjanized and it
will never be victorious with .Mr
Cleveland aud his i!k at tho helm. If
these gentlemen want to get back into
the Democratic party, they must take
their positions as privates in the rariks.
It ia to the credit of our Freder
ickawurg contemporary that it early
branched onton this senaible line?
in fact, we believe tho Fredencks
bnrg Star and the Cape Charles
Light were the only Demociatic
papera in the Fnst Diatnet whose,
views on the subjeet of dropping thaj
frre silver iaaue coincided with trlel
Citizen's way back yonder before f
the Norfolk or Kansas City conven
tioD8 were held. We areglad to see,
heneyer, that there are other papera
iu this District *hich have sincel
come to the same way of thinking,
notablv the 'lirfcuxitcr Dernocrat. of
Tappahannock. But bear it iumiud
that this concludion haa not been
reached?by the L'itizek, at any rate
?because w? believe that a fair trial
of bimctallism would result detri
uuntally to our country, but becautse
the peopleof the country have tiruily
rafiatd to givc it a trial; and this
bcing the ca.se it becomes a lot-ing
eaid.
CORM DROPS AGAIN.
Geo. II. Phillit.e, the youug Chi
eago broker who rau corn up from
36 cents to 60 centa within a few
day a, aud made about half a million
dollare on his deala, has relaxed the
"oorner." The price immediately
dropped to 41 cents, with a prospect
of going still lower. This was done
Wednesday evening and we are en
abled to annouuce it by "special"
from Baltimore as we go to press.
The slight llurry made in tht
niarket will not benefit agricul turists,
as it was of such short duration that
only those within close touch of
stock centres could take advantage
of the rise.
Members of the River and Harbor
C'onimittee of Congress have beeu
touriug the South in order tobecome
better acquainted with the needs of
the various waterways. They were ex
pected to returu to Washington thia
week aud fratnc their part of theap
propriation bill. In the Second, Third
and Fourth Virginia Districts there
VCtl local committee8 to meet these
Congressmen aud urge their deraaods
for appropriations, but we have not
88M where the First District had
taken any eteps in the matter.
This District has, in all probability,
tnore water frontage than any other
in the State, yet it geta less in ap?
propriations for its waterways.
The Duke of Manchester, who
has just married the millions of Miss
ZimmermaD, of Chicago, has been
adjudged a bankrupt in a Londou
court upon his own request. Here
ia one empty-titled adventurer who
has had consideration enough not to
ask his American wife to foot his
past bills. Ile proposes to start out
de novo, as it were, trusting to hia
wife's money to keep him out of
frture debts.
It seems that the monopolists
will never lose their grasp upon this
government. The armor plate trust
has been awarded the contract for
B%\000 tons of plate at $455 per ton,
although it is said the government
could have bought it for much less.
Thia looks like something is "rotten
in Denmark."
TaTJ French people, at the instiga
tion of Mr. Kruger, are taiking
about arbitrating the Transvaal
trouble. England does not seem to
have left much to arbitrate.
Now that the Czar is recovering
McKinley and "Bobs" are takiug a
turn at the "attempted-aseassination"
cnintcr.
JIST 1VKAT WE ARE TIRED OF.
Looking some dlstanee into thefuture
we truat that if such reapportionment
takes place that Fredericksburg, Carolinc
snd Spotsylvauia will be more centrally
located in the district in which they are
placed than is the case now.?FrttUrtck*
burg flfcar,
W e are sorry If our Fredericksburg
friends (that is if the esteemed Slar
speaks for Fredericksburg) shall have
growu tired of their afflliation with ihe
iest of the District. If the groan had
come from the Eastcrn Shore it would
not have aurprised us, cut off as it is from
the reat of the District, but we caunot aee
ground forcomplaint from the Old Burg,
which gets the conventiou about as often
as it wants ii, and whoops it up unani
mously for the favorlte aon of some
other county, veryircneroualy content to
clnim nothlng for itself. Don't desert us,
friends; Fredericksburg ls the apex of
the Northern Neck and we might lose
our political wits if this decaoitation
should occur.? Virginia Cttuen. '
You state the facts exactly, friend
(?iiizen. Put this thing of "whooping it
up unsnimously for the favorite son of
some other county and claiming nothlng
for ourselves" is just what we are grow
ing tired of; tberefore, if we are never to
get anythlng in the First District wepre
fer lo try our chances in some other. ||
would be a calamity, indeed, should the
reat of the dist rict suffer by such a changc,
but we are at rest on this queslion be
cause of our knowledge that the de
capitated diatrict will still have the Crri
zbn left.?Fredericksburg i>tur.
The Citjzen is too modest to con
cur in the sentiment of its contem
porary, aa last expressed. It does,
however, thiuk that the Star's griev
ance is tritelv and fairly put, and we
couldn't blame our Fredericksburg
associate8 for their longings if things
are to continue aa they have for some
time been goiog. We were under
the impression that it waa from
choice tha Fredericksburg witheld
her cliams, Uemember, though, that
a!l things earthly change; 8o take
courage and make up your minds to
be less bashful in future.
A TILT OF W1T.
Shortly after the election a protni
nept clergyman of Kichmond ad
drcsscd the following on a postal card
to a prominent jndiciary of this sec?
tion with whom he was upon inti
mate terms:
"Your IIoNOR:?
"Asaoon as the Coroner can 'vlew tbe
romains' of tbe late W. J. Bryan, please
have them inlerred, as they are becominj?
oflenslve!
'With melancholy tympathy for his
friends, _ _?>
The CmzRN wasshown the above,
atid also the reply of Judge_
which was an apt one and follows:'
' ItaVKREND SlR:?
/?>ur poatal received. The Coroner,
jn vlew of the hody of the late W. j!
flrynn, has drawn up tho inquisiton ac
foidingtothe tinding of the jury: *Thal
'he hrow of laborhas been preased down
upon hy a crown of thorns, and manklnd
has been crucilied on a crosg of gold
with.?ut benclit of the clergy.'
"Yoars'-"
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.
Assiu.'. riKMits of Vinlntcrs to
Their Fields iu TliU Section
by the Vlrglulu Cuuierence,
Whieh flovii laat In.li> in
Norfolk.
The Virgiuia C'onfeience, com
prises all the "traveling miniaters"
with a few layitien, east of the Blue
Ridge aud south of the upper Rap
pahannock, down to Krederieksbur^;
theu both sidea of the rioaff fiaclad
ing the Northern Neck aud Eustern
Snore) to thesca. The appointmcnts
for the Rappahaunock Oi&trict fol
low:
KAITAHANNUCK DIBTSK I.
.loseph H. Amise, Pre3iding Elder
? Whitestoue, C. R. faBBTT; Lnncaa
ter, R. K. Bentlev; Whealton, E. P,
uarner; Ilcathsville, T. J. Wray;
Bethauy, .). W. B. Robins; Uichmoiul
Circuit, J. W. Gee; Weattuorelaud,
W. F. Pavis; Moutioss. 11. II. Beaitb;
King George, J. L Pribble; Spotsyl
vauh, J. W. Heckman; Bowlmg
Grreea, W. W. Sawyer; King William,
C. II. Williams; King and Ojueen, F.
U. Daffc Easex, L. L Banke; Mid
dlesex, J. If. Andereon; Mathews, C.
D. Crawley and R. P. Luinpkin; West
Mathews, W. L Ware; Oloucester, I).
G. 0. Butts; Oloucester Point, C. K
Hobday; Gwyun'a Island, B. F.
Smith; Priucipal Bowling Green, E.
H. Rowe.
The old RappahannocK District,
which last year wasabsorbed by Ran
dolph-Macon District, is again made
separate and distiuct with its former
bounds.
Pastors who are well known to the
people of this section and have been
aasigned to other fields are as follows:
W. 15. Beauchamp, Broad Street; G.
H. Spooner, Trinity; John Hannon,
Union Station; J. 6. Babcock, Fair
mount Ave.?all in the eity of Rich?
mond. J. E. DeSbazo, Ialeof Wight;
W. G. Burcb, West Hanover; W. H.
Atwiil, Ashland; E. F. Hall, Orange;
J. W. Shackford, Madison; J. II.
Burton, Culpeper; M. S. Colonna,
jr., Cabell St., Lyuchbnrg; Jno. T.
I'.iyne, Bedford Spruigs; B. E. Led
better, West Oampbell; W. B. Jett,
North Pittsylvania; N. II. Robert
sou, l'ro8pect; W. 11. Edwards, Pre
siding elder Danville Dist.; S. J.
Battin, Floyd, St. Danville; Frank
Burnitfs, Ridgeway; A. S. J. Rice,
1'airick; J. B. DeBerry, Nottowax;
R. F. Beadles, Central and South
Poitdtnouth; C. E. Watts, Southamp
ton; G. H. ltay, Frankt^wn; W. G.
Bates.Keller; J. E. Brooks. Wicomico
? the last three named being on the
Eastem Sbore. J. T. Aiastin was
choscn Financial Secretarv of the
Orphanage, at salary of $1,800 per
annum.
Rev. W. G. Hammond, of Heuths
ville circuir, was returned to the
Baltimore conference upon his own
rnjiiest.
Next year'a Conference will bc
held at Newport News.
The Richmoud Evening AVhv, pub
lishedthe portraitsof thenew preach?
ers asaigucd to churches in that eity,
and aniong them waia one of Bl r, ?'.
O. Babcock, who had served Lancas?
ter Circuit acceptably for two years.
In connection with the pqrtraitis the
following article:
"Fairmount-Avcnue will havo the Rov.
J.O. Babcock as pastor for the next four
years. Mr. Babcock is in his thirty-sixth
year. He is a nativc ot Campbcll couuty.
He waa educatcd at Emory aud II<:iry
Collcge. Hc waa adinUtud to the Con?
ference in Dauville about ten years ago.
and has served scvcral charges since lhal
time. He isaliueut, plcasaut talkcr.and
has thcfaculty of making frieuds with
the people, beiugof au approachahle, BO
nlal dispositlou. In I9f7 he was married
to Miss Anna HulTakcr, the daughter
of the Rev. J. N. S. HulTakcr, of Holhtou
Coufereuce."
AU of the removed pastors will be
greatly mi&sed *y their Northern
Neck friends, but none more so than
Rev. .1. O. Babcock. The Citizxn is
particularly aorry of hia removal, aa
he was a good friendand valuedcorre
sj>ondent of thia paper. In writing
us his adieu we take the libertv of
uaing thia portion of hia letter:
"Of course In Richmoud I will take tho
dailies but i stiil want to see the bright
face of the Citizkn occaslonally. I have
a few cents in the Lancaster National
Bank. Plcase send me Citizkn to that
amount to 1310 Twentieth Street, Rich?
mond, Va., aud ublige. I have much eu
joyedthe weekly visits of the Citizen
aud my association with its cditor has
always been execcdingly pleasant and
will be glad to see you at my Hichniond
home at any time. I expect to go down
ou Kssex Friday p. m., by Norfolk, ar
riving in Richmond at 12 noon. I arr* de
lighted with my appointment as it is a
most desirable aiul pleasant church, pay
ing a salary of $1,000.
"I have travelcd right much in the wide
wide world but no people have such a
watm place in my heart as the Lancas?
ter circuit saints; I never saw such kiud
people in all my life. May God's richeat
blessings ever abido upon them.
"Bro. Beniley, who comes to Lancas?
ter, is a most promialng young man. I
never knew a more lovable man. He
capturcs all hearta and I am sure is the
right man for the place."
MONEY PROM OY8TKRS.
The State'* loconic Thio Year Will
Amonat to $70,000.
The report of the State Board of
Fiaherie8, which ia now in the handa
of the printer, ahowa a net income to
the State from her oyster-beds of
about $70,000 for the fiacal year
ending September 30th.
The law putting the oyster and
fidhery industries under the control
of a board of five men was passed at
the legislative ses8ion of 1897-'98.
Previoua to that time the oyster-beda
owned by the State had cost much
more than they yielded in the way of
reveuue. The deficit had amounted
to aa much as $30,000 a year. In
other worda, the board haa aaved
$150,000 to the State during the
thirty months of its exiatence.
THEY WANTED MORE.
The aplendid showing of $70,000
ia 8poken of somewhat apologetically
by the roembera of the boar \. They
had hoped the amount wonld be
larger, aud it would have been but
for extraordinary expeoae incurred.
This waa chiefiy due to the begin
ning of the auryey of planting
grounda, which work will be com
pleted as rapidly as possible, The
pianting-grounds of two counties
have been surveyed. It is eatimaled
that the resurvey will immensely in
crease the extent of the State'a beds,
and, consequently.very much increase
the revenue.
The report of the board deals mi
nutely with the work of the oyater in
spectora of the State; ahows that aa al
rule the piantersalong the coast have
reapected the recent oyster laws, and
Btates the condition of the oyster
uavy to be good. The rcpart also
call8 attention to the difliculty of
collectiug taxts f rotn tongtra, t .
oysters from natural Kdf, on aecoiuu
of the provisions ot tb C'on
stitution on the subjeci; points onl
the wisdom of the tUMUltttioual
atuoudinents for a spooili:- t?x, sug
gested to the last LrfiaUtar*, aud
rotoinmends their inoorporatiuu i?:
the proposed new Conatiiution.
POLITICAL.
Mr. Bryan aunounces that he ex
I to stay iu politics as long as he
lives.
Tbcie is hardly any doubt now
that the Virginia Legislature will at
the extra session take up and con
sider general Iegislation.
Postmaster-tJeneral Smith fore
casts McKinley's policy and says that
for four years trade expansion and
colonial government will bethechief
problems.
It is regarded now as doubtftil if
any of the lately dtfeated Repuhli?
can candidates for Uongresa from
Virginia will enter into coutests for
seats in the next Gongress.
So far as free silver f8 concerned
it was dropped by the very men who
forced it to the front four yeais ago.
Not one orator ou the Democratic
side made a free silver speech during
the campaign, so far as we know.
In makiug up the Repuhlican
caucua list of the 17. S. Senate the
name of Senator Wellington, of
Maryland, has been omitted at his
owu request He has chosen a seat
ou the Repuhlican side, howe^er.
^ The two new Congresamen, Meesrs.
Floodand Mayuard, elected this year
from Virginia, are State Senators,
and will not rcsign until after the
4th of Marcb. They will serve iu
the extra session of the Legislature.
The Admiuistration has already
taken eteps to reduce Senator "N'ell
ington's patronage. Instead of 16
he will have only G places iu the
census otlice, 10 of his appointees
being marked to go when the tetn
porary clerks leave.
The coming year will be an es
pecially interestingone from a polit
ical etandpoint in Virginia. The
extra session of the Legislature, the
constitutional convention, the cam?
paign for the adoption of the amend
ed coustitution and the guberna
torial fight will all claim attention.
"Nobody of any intelligence," ob
sorves the Indianapolis Serjtinel, *'ex
pected the Repuhlican party to preas
its alleged coDstitutional amendmeut
or any other measure against trust*,
and now that its false prelenee has
served the purposes of an election
'tuergency it is very Jikely that
nothing more will be'heard of hY
publican oppoeition to trusts until
another election approarhes. Ball
the issue is not dead. Uepublican
inaction will merely make it more
obvious to the people as au issue, aud
it will have even a more prominent
place hereafter then it has had in the
past."
THE CONdliKssloN.vh VOTE.
The following is the vote for con
gressmen in the First Virginia Dis?
trict as announced by the State
Board of Canvassers:
rinsT msTKicT. J1????. stuMw, Cmekatt,
IH-'m. MBa I'ru.
Acconiac, 11,488 1J888 s?
Carolinc, 1,807 689 is
Eaacx, 7U1 ftfl 3
Fredericksburg, 881 IJ42 4
Oloucester. l.l.VJ 881 15
King and Qucen, 808 4*2 11
Lancaster, 1.22:$ 816 10
Middlesex, ?7.r? 54(1 15
Mathews, 886 'Jss kj
Northumbcrland, 886 B 4
Northnrnpton, 1,886 BM 7
Hichmond, <?19 #w y
Spotsylvania, 888 7iif> 2
Wcstmorchiud, i?30 t8| *>:{
Totals, 18,016 8,7:17 250
The plnralities of the Democratic
candidates in the several Districtsare:
First, 7,2 7?; Second, 9,910; Third,
7,481; Fourth, 4,748j Fifth, 4,001;
Sixth, 11,541; Seventh, 6,875; Eighth,
7,213; Ninth, 1,752; Tenth, 3,151.
Bryan's niajority over McKinley is
30,215; J
OLD FR1ENDS MEET IN LUZON.
W. D. Newbill, of Irvington, Va.,
captain in the U. S. Volunteer ser
vice in tbe Philippines, and agrad
uate of the U. S. Military Academy
at West Point, N. Y., has been pro
moted in the regular army to First
Lieutenant and assigned to Light
Artilery, 6th Regiment, stationed in
the most northern most portiou of
Lnzon. He, witb his battery, willset
sail for the United States sometime
S December, reaching here the latter
part of January.
In a recent letter while writing of
hia departure from Manila on board
of transport for his new station on
the Island Capt. Newbill has thia to
say about his old friend and coun
ryman, F:nsigu Cilbert Chase:
"Imagine ray pleasure when going
aboard at Cavite to liad Gilbert Chase the
second ranklng otticer aboard shlp and
tberefore executlve and navigating offi
cer of the gunboat. Ho has an excellent
billet,hut one none too worthy of him, for
hia immediately commanding offlcer
spcaks of him most complimentarily and
places impllcit faith in him. All naval
ofllcers whom I have seen think Chaso a
most promising ofticer, and I for one am
proud to have him represeut our district
In the Navy."
While on the voyage a stop waa
made at Baler, where Capt. Newbill
[had been stationed as military judge
j of the Province. They were distress
| ed to find that most of the shanties
and all of the hanana and other fruit
treea had been destroyed by a ty
phoon.
YIRtJINIA CENSUS RETLRN.9.
The population of the State of
Virginia as officially announced is
1,854,184, as against 1,655,980 in
1890, an increase of 168,204, or 11.9
per eent. TLe population in 1880
was 1,512,565, showiug an increase of
143,415, or 9.4 per eent from 1880 to
1890. The population of the follow?
ing counties is: Accomac, 32,570;
Caroline, 16,700; Essex, 9,701; Glou
cester; 12,832; King and Queen,
9,265; King George, 6,918; Lancas?
ter, 8,949; Mathews, 8,239; Middle?
sex, 8,220; Northumberland, 9,846;
Richmond, 7,088; Westmoreland, 9,
243; City of Fredericksburg, 5,068.
Land ttrahhci-8.
From all accounta the land-grab
bera are at ^ork under the amended
law, and many persona who are de
linquent will soon be served with no
ticos.
The Ixfet way lo do is fo pay np?
if you can.
NEWS ITKMS.
It isreported that General Schalk
berger, Fresident of the Transvaal
u the aOaaaee Of Krug*?r, is dead.
1 . S BeaaatOf Cuehnmn L\. Davis,
f Minnesota, nietnberof the Philip
pUaf Commissiot), died at his home
n Tii?>s<lav.
?
The Inivnitv of Virginia foot
ball tcam defeated North Caiolina
by a aoora of 17 to 0 iti Norfolk on
last Saturday.
Corn KB8 60 centa this week, the
Inghestpricefor thecerealsitice 1891.
Turkeys were lower last week than ia
nsual just before Thankgiviug.
A wonian, aged twenty, and no
laiger than a two-year-old child,
died of old age at Matoaca, Chester
field county, Va., reoeutly.
Tbe Somalia negro tribe hus risen
ia Jubaland, a province of l*titisli
East Africa, About 4,000 well
armed men are on the warpatb
against the Britiah.
The oldest bankuote ism the pos
sefsion of the Bank of England. It
is dated December 19, 1699, and Ka
for 155 pouuds, but ou account of
its age, same is made very valuable.
Standard Oil shares have made
another high record selling up to
$741 a share, "ex dividend." This
represents a jump of21 points for
one day, and is equivalent to an ad
vance of 31 points, the dividend
beiug 10 per eent.
Four natives were hanged at Dagu
pan, Luzon, Thursday, ttnder con
viction for arson and murder, the
victim8 of the latter crime iuchuling
two American prisouers. The mili?
tary courts are now returning numer
ous death sentences upon natives.
llon. J. E- Booker, owuer aud
editor of the Stiffolk Herakl, former
president of the Virgiuia Press As
sociation, Democratic chairman of
Nansemond county and ex-member
of the Legislature, died euddenly
la6t week 111 Suffolk of paralysis,
nged 52 years.
It has been dtfinitely decided by
the Repuhlican members of tht Way's
and Means Committee that in the
bill for the reduction of war tax
taxatiou the following etamp duties
will be aboliehed: On bank checks,
ou telegrame, ou expreas receipts, OB
warehouse receipts, on proprietary
articles.
Kuryer Lwowski, of Lemberg, says
that the whole kitchen staff of the
imperial palace at Livndia has lx-en
dismissed. "The Czar," says th?
DOper, "has received thotuaiida ol
j l'-tters aftirming that thongh be re
covmd this time, he could not 1
liis ultiniate fate." The Czar is still
qoitc 6ick.
Governor Kooeevelt has given 0111
bis dicisiou in tlie applien'tion foi
ihe removal from (fliee of Mayof
Rwbeii A. Van Wyok, of Now Y..ik
<iiv. He declines to remove the
Maxor ou the gromxl lhat while bt
was undoubtedly a tto<-kholder iu
ihe A erican Ice Conipany, there
has been no proof that h<> vrillfntlj
violated the law forbiddinga pttblM
ofiofff to be a stockholder in a 00*
poration having dealings with his
inunicipality.
Oystyr Arreats.
Capt. W. E. Iludgins, of the Vir?
ginia oyster ateamer "Chesapeake/'ac
eompanied by Oyster Inspector M. L.
Price, of King George county, over
hauled on November 22nd,all theoys
termeu from Swan Point to Mathias
Point on the Potomac river, and fined
.J. II. Hall, of schoonar "Lillie D.
Smiih," and Eugene Hall. of sloop
'-Telpgraph," each $10 for having on
d oyatera less tlian 21 inches in
leugth-? legal size. Captain ti. W.
.Maildux, of Maryland oyster police
-ohooner "Bessie Jones," on the same
day arrested Captain John L. Mid
dleton,of bugeye "Klla," of Ragged
Point, Potomac river, for having in
hil possession OJStCtl uiult r tbe U-gal
size, and carritd him to Bushwood,
Bt Mary's county, Md., where he was
tried and fined, with costs nggregat
ing $73. The twollalls and Mid
dleton are citizens of Accomac
couuty.
Inspector Price protested against
the Marylaud autliorities carrying
Virginia oystermen to Maryland for
trial, but Captain Maddux said be
took Middleton to Maryland because
Commander Howard had established
the precedent in caaea of Lewis, Cul
ter and Miller, citizens of Virginia.
The deputy commander of the
Maryland Police force in the Potomac
has also arrested the maater of
schooner Richard Cromwelj on the
charge of having uuculled oysters on
board his vessel, and fines and costs
amounting to over $300, have been
iavDOOtd by a justice of tbe pence.
This ie the heaviest tine paid bv one
individual during the season.
Chartfca Against Dr. Wliarton
L>l8iuisHcd.
Judge Helsley, in Freehold, N. J.,
Thursday handed down an order
quashing two remaining mdictments
against the Rev. Dr. Heury M.
Wharton, of Baltimore. The Mon
motith county grand jury indicted
Dr. Wharton on thiee separate
charges. The tirst indictment ac
cused the defendant of false pretenses
in having as alleged induced Mias
Clara Sommer8, of Ocean Grove, to
deed to him ten acres and a dwelling
for an orphanage. This indictment
wassetaside on the ground that the
staluteof limitation barred such an
action after two years.
The two indictments qnaahed
charged Dr. Wharton with putting
two mortgages on the property iu
question, one for $8,000 and the other
for $5,000, and appropriating the
money to his own use. Jf the matter
comes up in court again it will prob
ably be in civil proceedings.
Masonic Notea.
Annual eommunication of the
Grand Lodge of Virginia Masona as
semble8 at the temple in Richmond
next Tue8day and will last the re
mainder of the week.
The oldest Mason in the State of
Virginia lives at Craigsville, Augusta
county. He is Mr. David Kunkel.
He was made a Mason at Lewisburg,
Greenbrier county, Va., May 10,
1830. So he has been a Mason for
over seventy years.
Mr. John B. Donovan, of Mathews,
is dead. He was a prominent law
ycr and Mason. Hia funeral took
p'ace at Chriat church, and was fol
lowod by the Maaonic aervice, in
which Botetourt I^odge, Glouceater
Courthou8e; Oriental ly)dge, Math?
ews Courthott8e, and Donovan and
Urbanna lodges of Middleaex, took
part.
Richmond County.
EMMERTUN. .
We regret to give up our pr**acher,
Rev. W. G. Burch, who has beeu
with us for two years. He has our
beatwishes wherever he goee.
We are baving some lovely weather
for November. Violeta and roses
are in ful) bloom.
Carwell Fisher isattendjngabusi?
ness college iu Richmond.
Miss Aliee Fauntlerov, of King
?S: QuBOJI, is visiting Capt. aud Mrs.
C. C. Liudeii.
Hiaa Margaret Fisher is attending
?chool iu Norfolk.
Rev. aad Mrs. W. B. Jett are the
guestsof Mr.and Mrs. W. A. Bryaut.
Miss Rosa Lumpkins, of Easex, is
boarding with Miss Mollie Wright
and attending the ptivate school of
Mrs. Fitdier'e.
Severai horses have been aick and
died in this neighborhood recently.
Dr. Fisher is having a large ice
house built. Mollie Bawn.
FARNHAM.
Miss Bes8ie Mozingo haa accepted
a position as governess in the home
of Javie R<?ck near Wareaw.
Rev, Ro. WillianiBou on Sunday
night last preached to as many as
could find seats in his Academy.
II. F. Lewis, who has occupied
the Liuden farm for two years, has
moved to his farm near Raiuswood
so we will leave him in tbe hands of
"Red Tape."
Ikie Hall, a student of this place,
is visiting his schoolmate, Atwell
Coates, of Sharps.
A. J. Rock ia building a manaion
which will be occupied by Jackson
Weldou.
Quitea number of our youug men
with their best girls were welcomed
to the home of Mre. F. G. Pearson
not longsince.
Add LewiB, who has been acitizen
of Alexandria fora nnmber of yeara,
haa purchaBed the I.inden farm and
moved in last week.
If you want all the ncws with Dr.
Talmage'ssermon extra,io anutsbell,
8ubscribe to the, "Va. Citizen.
"Jay."
NEWLAND.
The infant child of Mrs. Mattie
Brown, formerly Miss Hall of this
county but now of New Jersey, was
buried at Rappahannock church Sun?
day evening at 2:30 o'clock, the Ber
vires being conducted by the Rev. A.
D. Rcynolds. The corpse was ac
con?pani?d by its father, Mr. Rich
atd Brown, to its KaUng place here.
Our hearfa gor.nt with aaveh ajav
patliy lo tltc i)eiea\(d father aud
ii'oth' r over their darling babe.
Dr. Bowie haf moved back t > New
land. We are glad to have him with
us for it is hard to get along with?
out a Doctor.
R. li. Nash is in ttaaal county dn.
nig oarpenter's work.
J. M. Sanders orpmizcd a Sunday
school Bible class for Ihe winter at
Welcome Grove church Sundav
night.
R. L. Jones was iu Baltimore this
w. i k on businees.
AiiceColston (colored,) W. .1. Bai t
lett's faithful servunt, returned last
week from Brooklyn and New York,
where she spent the pumtner.
Mr. and Mr#. li. H. Clark were in
Northnnibeilaiid county this week.
We are sorry to learn that they are
going to move to that county in the
near future. lIoi'E.
SIIARP'S WHARF.
Quite an enjoyable day was apeut
Thursday week on an excursion
given the Sunday School from
this place to Tappahauuock and
back on steamer I^ancuater.
MissOlivia Ileadloy spent Tuesday
night of last week with Miss Blanche
Simonson.
G. C. Wright and mother, of
Warsaw, recently visited II. P.
Wright and fatnily.
Miss Gertie Iluudley, of Es8ex
county, wa8the guest of her fnend,
Mrs. John Allison.of Simonsons.last
week.
Osear Luttrell spent Saturday and
Sunday with his brother, Willie,
of Grinels.
A very pleasant evening was spent
Tuesday of last week at a social
giveu in the Presbyteriau church.
The ladies prepared an oyster sup
per which was quitea succeas. About
$20 was realized.
The Christian Eudeavor Society
is in a tlourishina: condition. The
meeting waa conducted by Eriss
Schwitzer on Sunday night. The
next meeting, which will be the 2ud
Sunday night iu December, will be
conducted by Allisou Headley.
Eli Sharp is having a very nice
oyater house built by Messrs. Luttrell
and Cook.
Miaa Margaret Downing has re
tumed home after a two weeks' visit
to relatives in Northumberland Co.
Robert Warren, of Easex, is cltrk
ing for Downing & Smith.
Jack Fiaher recently visited hia
sister, Mrs. Edith Smith.
Mrs. Gennis and 8on, Benny, who
bave been quite aick, we are glad to
report as improving.
Mrs. Raleigh Allison and little
daughter, Margaret, are spending this
week with friends at Suggetts Poiut.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. C. Sharp
recently paid a short viait to
Baltimore.
A photographer arrived at this
place Saturday night and expects
Thonsands Have Kidney Tronble
and Don't Snow it.
How To Find Out.
Fill abot'Jeor com:non glass with your
water and let it sUnJ twenty-four hours; a
sedlment or set
tling indicates an
73j unhealthy condi
" tlon of the kid
neys; if It stains
your llnen it is
evidence of kid?
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass It or pain In
the back is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad
derareoutof order.
XThat to Do.
There Is comfort In the knowledre so
ofcen expressed. that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root. the great kidney remedy fulfllls every
wlsh in curlng rheumatlsm, pain in the
bacK, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
It, or bad effects following use of Kquor
wineorbeer. andovercomes that unpleasan't
necessity of being corrpelled to go often
during the day. and to get up many times
dunngthe night. The mild and the extra
ordtnary effect of Swamp-Root Is soon
realized. It stands the highest for i!s won
dertul cures of the most distre*;-;r-? cases,
If you need a mediclne you should hnve the
best. Sold by druggists ln 50c. arvi $\. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle cf thia
wonderful discovery f^'rfCTmj._
more about it, bothscntBfft* *
absolutely free by mall,^^*-*-4^ii^tiii^fiBg
address Dr. Kilmer & -r-i?nm
Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. When wnting m^n
tion reading this generoua oilct ln this paper.
to remaiu several weeks taking
pictures.
Mrs. Lucilla Wallace and daughter,
Miss Berry, of Warsaw, were in the
village for a short while last week.
J. 15. Smith has improved his
home by huving his porch newly
painted by Wilton Garner.
Miss Blanche Sinion*ou and
Jimmie Fidler, who have been very
sick, are convalescent. L. s.
JOTTINUS FROM RICHMOXD CO.
M( Iviiiley elected by the unboly tru>t
Sits on his throne until we fairly bu'st.
What with food golng up and the poor
man "done,"
All would have been better off wilhlO to l.
Now it \<* one to more than sixtten.
Aud wo cun coneole with "It might have
been."
J. Warrent UartletL of Stoaev/all
District, intends moving hiastore to
uear Sharps Wharf.
Joe Weaver has been goingaround
and lookiog at the country. He is
such a good fellow that he is wel
come at any place.
Rob. McCarty takcs the colored
school near Ethel and will do his
fullduty and advance the pupils.
VV. T. Broadus is conveying the
mail sacks on his route in such man
ner that he proves to be the right
man in the right place.
Rev. W. L. Walton, of Sharps
Wharf, is much eought after. Jtie
preached ou the 18th near Farnram
and many other churchea would like
him to visit them and do likewise.
Squire Lyell is about the same,
but he had a rather severe attack
last week but fortunately recovered.
The oyster plantcrs are purcbasing
and throwing out seed in large
quantities and if the Legiglature will
enact suitable laws the oyster in
dustry can be made to thrive and be
of benefit to the people of the buai*
ness and the State as well.
Thrift Brothers are as busy as
they cau be and are hardly able to fill
their orders.
Rev. Ro. Williamson has so large
a school that when the closing hour
arrives the turnout appears like a
small camp meeting.
W. Andrew Jones, of Rainswood,
is doing a fine business and he
should be sent to the Constitutional
Convention where his businessquali
Gcation8 would be of service to the
people.
Fruit tree men have been deliver
ing their stock over the county and
bave found that the Hanna pros
perity has left a lot of the trees on
hand, to be sent to the men with a
full dinner pail when they can be
found.
I bave been informed that we had
an election about the 6th but I do
not believe it, for prosperity don't
send up the uecessaries of life that
poor men have to buy and I do know
that things have advanced so far that
a man has to fill his dinner pail with
money and bring home his purchases
in his vestpocket, but
Wbllc the Kaaaa hohJaoai. to burn,
The vilcst "inner may return.
He may bo almost too latc,
But we hope he will euter the proper gate.
This reflection is caused by the
thought that there are voters" who
think more of benefit personally
rtceiv*-d than they do of guod to the
common country.
But all we can do is our duty here
and leave the rcsult to the great
Architect of the univers*. So say we
aI* *n Faunham.
TntACHERY
A persls
tent cough is
at f 1 r s t a
friend, for it ?
gives warn- *
Fngof theap
proach of a
deadly ene
my. Hecd
the warning
before it is
too late, be?
fore your
^.lungs be- \
c o m e ln- ?
flamed, be
fore the
doctor saya, "Consump
tlon." When the danger
slgnal first appears, help
nature with ?,,
?
II
fllftlT
Qctoral
Don't delay until your
lungs are sore and your
cold settled down deep
In your chest. Kill the
enemy before the deadly
blow kills you. Cure
your cough today.
One dose brings relief.
A few doses make the
cure complete.
**-f?* ?"*?? Uc far aa ?rtlavr cold;
Mc for tlie hardcr colda i J1.64) :b? o?it
- ?akal for otd;r ctaca.
" I oonsidor your Cbarry IVctornl
th? b??t reniedy for colda and
*miffL* and all Ihroat afftctlonn.
1 n?Ye nrtjd it for So years and it
oertatlnly Neata thotn all."
Dee.?, 188*. TJnion, it. Y.
Wrftm the aaaafaaaj
If y<m airro a*>y eomnUtat whatrrer
?c?l doolra Um l>?tt iu<dJ?.J kItIcc 70a
t^HlIi Jf*f wj rac?lva a prompt *?
X>a. *. o. AtXK. LovaU. Baas.
? f o y e o y tt
? aa m a\ bbbbb A i i
-0?0.
Does Yo'
BonesAche?
YOHN'S
Rheumatic Elixir
Is an Infallible Cure for
Rheumatism,
Lumbago ??* Gout
where external remedies fail.
It is a scientific combina
tion of various remedial
agents, the efficacy of which
has been proven by years of
experience in the leading
hospitals of the country and
in private practice.
25 Cents Per Botlle.
ALL. DRUCKSIST8'.
YOHN CHEliai CO.,
BALTiHORE, MD.
Kcna Oaooln* Wlthoa t tb? Blfnttar*
"Write to
WM. BERNARD'S STOVE HOUSE,
Fredericksburg, Va.,
i?or the aattapaaa* acaaaa aa TM troa Kiaaj Ooak Baaaraa and Kanges,
Farmer Cirl, I'rogress Cooks, llagey Kiug Heaters, Klmwood ileaters,
etc. Best No. - aj carih arMl pftjM aud elbow for $13. Freight
prepaid on all putehuM-s. Steam aa6 hot wat?r or hot air heating, first
claes plumbinK and tlnning. Hia prices btat Baltimore and other cltiea
and v?orkuiiu^!jip e?iua! to the best.
Farmers must utie Fertilizers
if they want Satisfactory Results.
Why not get the best? They
are the Cheapest in the eud.
Wb Make Fertilizers for all Ciops &o^2u.
We do not use Leathrr Scrap
Wool Waste, Hoof Meal, Shoddy
or other Worthlees Materia). We
guarantee tbe Analysis, (^ualily
and General Condition in every
instance.
(Send addrcss fer book givlng particulara.)
THE
ROBERT A. WOOLDRIDGE COMPANY,
8oIe Manufacturers of the
Genuine *Wooldricl|re
High-Class Fertilizers.
Oflico and Factorv, ?>
M8 aml 225 SniltliN Wl.arf. } BALTIMORE, MD.
For sale in Lancaster County by \
EURANK & BRO., Kilmarnock;
DAV1D A. KELLY, Byrdton;
A. BARRACK, Alfoneo;
G. W. MEEK1NS, Eieherman;
J. H. DAVENPORT, Lancaster:
GRESHAM & CHILTON,Ottoman;
G. W. MERCER, White Stone.
BICKFORD 4 HOFFMAN DRILl, HOE DRILLS, DISC DRILLS,
Only ALL STEEL Frnme Drill on the Market.
WIZARD FERTIIIZER FEED, M S&mSBajg&XZ
BICKFORD & HOFFMAN CO., Baltimore, Md.
Lancaster's
Business Directory.
NOTICE.
H. V. Thomaa can he found at Weems,
whcre he will be pleased to take all
ordcrs for makiug aud repairing salls.
FOR SALE.
Corn Mill, good pair Burr Stones and
Jacket aud Gears, ail ready for runuintr.
Wlll be aold cheap.
EVAN OWEN, Weems, Va.
SHINGLES! SHINGLES!!
Over 100,000, 4, 8, and 6 inch cypress
shinglen at lowcst prices.
W. A. Damekom & Bko., Weems.
YOKE OF OXEN FOR SALE.
Will be sold cheap. Good for either
beef or work team. Apply to
Jno. Tapscott, Millenbeck, Va.,
or W. Mel). Lbe, Irvington, Va.
SEED WHEAT ANO OATS.
Have No. 1 seed wbcat at $1 per
bushel, and oata at .r.0 cents, to sell.
Parties wibhing seed can secure it now.
Jo8Eru Peikce.
Litwalton, Va.
Geo. T. & 1. P. Millbr & Bros.,
Blacksniitlia and Wheelvrrights
YVOOOHINK (Moloak, 1\ O.) VA.
AllI kinds of work done on vrajrons, carts
bjacataa, etc. Practical horse ahocioK done
Pncea to auit the tlmee. K uon?
IMPORTANT!
IMPORTANT!
It is the benefit of the pcople
to look out for themselves, then
nobody else will have to look out
fnr them. When fimes are hard
and money ia scaree, tt.cn it U Ihe
duty of e\e?ybody to aet that his
money thouM go ea far as it can
and get more (ooda for same
money and same gooda for less
money at the
BALTIMORE REL1ABLL STORE,
WHITE STONE, VA.
BARGAINS!
BARGAINS!!
If you want the best Readj
made Clothing, Shoes, Hats,
Notions, Drugs and Grocerles,
don't fail to come where you can
secure fmt-class goods, and that
place is
T. J. WILLING & CO.,
IRVINGTON. VA.
LANCASTER
ROLLER MILLS,
KAMPS, CARTER & CO.
KILMARNOCK, VA.
FLOL'lt,
MKAL,
liltAN,
Fced st mrs
of all K in.is.
BaM grades at lowcst market
prices. Cora and wheat bought.
Write us if you bave any to sell.
fcaVrtaw-mill In coanectlon with
Flouring Mills.
BRICK! BRICK! BR1CK!
The Place to buy brick is at
LEVINT.BUCK&CC'S.,
Weems, Va.,
Manufacturere of all grade* of
PAVING AND BUIIDING BRICKS
tyUaving put in one of the Latest
Improved Machines, I am now ablo to
give my ratrons, on sbort notice, the
best Brick that can be produced.
Have You
Ever Called On
The Hustlinfir Merchant st Rell's
Cretk.G.R. MoKenney? Ifnot
you should lose no time in goinjr
I0> ObO his new $5,000 stock,
which consists of every thin*
usnally kept ln a first-classstore
I-ar?est alock of shoes in the
county and you can secure them
from 20 cts. to |S per pair. Men'a
suits from *l .oj up. Mv stock Is
complete bo it is needlcss to enu
nierate the many thmgs I have.
Call and examine them.
Ceo.R. McKenney,
_IBERI8, VA.
C1IANCE FOR A GOOD BUSINESS.
A complete outflt for bottling soda
waters and soft drinks, which cost sever
al thousand dollars, will be soid cheap
i u good order, nearly as irood as new
I his is a ehance for a hustler to make 100
per cent annually on his investment.
Addresa Va. Citizkn.
Irvingtou, Va.
LANCASTER UNION LODGE, No. 88,
A. F. A A. M.,
KlLMARNOCK, Va.
Stated Communications
monthly?Thursday after the
thiid Monday, 11 a. m.
J. R. Cralle, Sec'y, Kilmarnock, Va.
IIEATIISVILLE LODGE, No. 109,
A. F\ & A. M.
Stated Commuiiications monthly_
Friday after the third Monday, 11 a. m
II. W. Hard.nci, Sec'y, Wicomico Ch.,Va.
WESTMORELAND LODGE, No. 212,
A. V. & A. a.,
KlNSALB, VlROINIA.
Stated Communications monthly_Sat?
urday after third Mouday, 7 p. m.
F. M. Turikt, Sec'y, Kinsale, Va.
WHAT MORE?
We guarantee all Diamonds.
Watches, Jewelry, Silverware,
etc., bought of us to be strictiy
as represeuted.
Note the foliowlnjr prieea:
Genulne Dlamond Rlnjr, t 5 and ur>
Lady'sRolid WateU Amlmovom't), 15 P
Oent'a -.'0-year Gnld 1111. d Watch
(Am. movomont, Kuaranteed). 10
Boy's.SiUor Watoh, -"w**-1. ju
Kaneydold Searf Pln.
-atoae Omnet KiOff, RCnta. 4 *n<% aa
Kanoy Rinas, Ladlen, ' l*^ H-^
HUrliiiK Silv^r Krleinl.ihlp Hcarts 10c tattk>
We.l.HnK UlnK* made tooVdor? ****?
lyTueS "*? M*U ordor8 ?fl-cited and prompt
W. J. MILLER,
THK JK.WKLKR,
2S E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.
