The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-05-30
KING GEORGE.
The Din, Dust, and Doubt Have Passed
Away Pinal Issue Settled.

Correspondence Of The Free Lance
Shiloh, May 26, 1889
The election. with all its din and
dust and boubt, has passed and gone.
whereof our people are duly and devoutly
thankful.
The ballot boxes were 30 heavily
charged yesterday that the judges Of
election, after an all night session
late hour this morning. The tally
sheets. from the various precincts,
brought together today. tell mourn
ful tale Of death aud disaster In pro.
portion TO the number engaged, the
battle Of Santiago WAS mere Skin
mish Among the killed. some are SO
terribly mangled il il difficult to iden-
tify the fragments The wounded, like
crippled ducks, scampered off before
sunrise, and this morning the woods are
full Of them Some flew east some flew
west and one took out towards Traveller
Rest Today the mourners 90 about the
streets, and the brothers in black are
spending the money they didn {
have last week
Admiral Joe's flagship "Excelsior"
barely escaped q wreck She was first
reported lost, ard there was constern-
alton among the Admiral's friends,
but, at late hour she was towed into
port in leaky condition, and showing
many marks Of rough handling by the
enemy. The old craft, veteran Of
three wars. has gone into dry dock
for repairs and will be used hereafter
as a practice ship.
The following post bellum interviews,
obtained by your reporter today, may
interest your readers:
Clerk Of OOurts-Oandidat Rogers,
Republican, who was so badly showed
under by his democratic competitor
was just able to sit up this morning
and remark Being too badly hurt to
laugh, yet too brave to cry, am in
great perplexity as to what is the best
TO do-whether TO take to the woods or
to Jump into Mason's ice pond and
boiler fire " We found his successful
rival in rear Of the clerks Office execu-
ting skirt dance, with the new State =
attorney and to busy too be interviewed
Sheriff-The present incumbent,
Price says his ticket was unfortunately
subjected early in the campaign. TO
surgical operation for appendicitis, and
was thereby greatly weakened. Be
sides the loss Of his appendix. he has
some reason 10 believe other wounds
were inflicted in the house Of his
friends Candidate Thayer, who made
probably the most vigorous canvass of
the voters in the campaign. and re-
ceived less than twenty votes in the
county, says now he was not In 1t, and
if he should be prosecuted for false
pretences, he will have no trouble in
proving an alibi. The Jim-Crow
ticket led by highly respected colored
citizen, Of RsppahannOck district, didn't
pan out as its friends expected. John
says he dropped his tickets by moon
light in April. when he should have
planted them on dark night AT
digging time yesterday he found he
hadn't made seed.
Commissioner Of Reyenue-Dandy,
alias Ben Franklin, who drew out,
day or two before the election, has
this to say: II found it up hill work
all the way running against brother
Joe. lie is a remarkable man-like
the L. s. Senate. he never expires
is always in session and never adj
jOurns--seven days in the week, and
three hundred and sixty-five days in
the years he is strengthening his stakes
and tightening his wire, so that no
DeuOCTdllC COlupotitOts Oau kcI ~. nlm
He hasn't redeeming vice, and is as
sleek and slippery as a billiard ball so
that | couldn't even pinch him.
Treasurer In the ejectment proceed
ings of Minor aud others against
Ninde, the jury was greatly divided
but finally. By small majority, rend
cred this verdict Denying the claim
Of life tenure, we find great informal
ity in the notice served on the tenant
four years ago, aud the terms of that
notice very indefinite; we, therefore,
find the tenant In possession, and
award him an extention of his lease "
Y.