The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

four buildings.
The "drys carried Buena Vista,
Rookbridge county, by 40 mejority.
A new post office. Frost" has been
established near Orlean. in Fauquier
county.
John S Kennerly, q census enumera-
tor in Clarke county. was badly beaten
by Charles Shumate.
The Jim Grow cars will be at.
taohed to all steam railroad trains run
in Virginia on and after Sunday
The W. r. Trigg Ship-building Conn
pany will have the launching Of the
torpedo.boat destroyer Dale on July
18th.
The Italian government, through its
American agent, has just closed a con-
tract with Petersburg parties for 500
hogsheads of tobacco.
The Alexandria municipal authorities
have increased from GOO 90 81 POO
the salary of the CLERK Of the Gas
Works, Capt. Samuel H. Monroe.
Fire Thursday night destroyed the
dry kilns Of the Suffolk Saw Mill Com
pany and 1000. 600 feet of lumber at
Suffolk Loss 800 600 insurance 500,
600
Marshall S Gregory, until last Sat
urdAy chief clerk at the Lexington HO-
tel. in r ohmond, has been arrested on
the charge Of applying to his own use
$500 OF the hotels money
The new courthouse Of the county Of
Accomao was dedicated and opened 60
the public Tuesday in the presence Of
a thrOng Of people estimated at from
I, 800 to 1900 The exercises continued
all day.
Secretary OF the COmmonW ealth Law
less has received the articles Of incorpo.
ration Of the Virginia Beach Develop
ment Company. The capital stock Is
from $500. 600 to $500. 600 The company
consists Of Philadelphia and other cap
italists.
In consequence Of the Hudgins trial
in Mathews county, which has occupied
the court there for more than three
weeks, Judge Garrett was unable TO
open court at Saluda Wednesday. and
telephoned the Clerk that Middlesex
court would not be opened until Friday.
Princess Troubetzky. nee Amelie
Rivea, the famous authoress, VINO has
been quite sick at Castle Hill, her home
in Albemarle county, is much improved.
Her next theme will be 1.-THE Press
Unjust and Ungenerous Pencil Shov-
ers l." The book IL to be deliberately IL
lustrated
The movement has been started in
Petersburg to raise fund for statues 10
General VIM. Malone and General A.
p Hill and Is progressing satisfactorily.
There is the strongest encouragement to
expect that the necessary sum Will be
raised in a short time after the canvass
actively begins
Congressman J. NJ. Quarles, Of the
Tenth Virginia district. met with q
very painful accident Thursday morn
ing at Natural Bridge. He started TO
20 under the lower side Of the bridge.
when he fell, owing 20 his foot slipping
from a smooth stone, and broke his left
arm near the wrist
T. d. Ogg, of Staunton, who went to
California about six years ago for his
health and has since been working as O
telegraph operator for the Southern Pa
hnnmhf
24O acres Of land for q small sum Since
then oil has been discovered on adjacent
property and Mr. Ogg has sold his land
for $50, 900.
The Supreme Court Of Appeals, at
Wytheville. affirmed the Richmond
Chancery Court as TO the right Of the
city to assess for improvements property
beyond the limits Of the city. The
cases In which this issue was in in
volved we're Belvin vs. City Of Rich
mond and Hundley ys. the same. The
decision is an important one to all
cities.
Arrangements have just been COM
pleted for the first annual summer en-
campment Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association Of Virginia at Virginia
Beach, July ~ to %. The conference
Of state Y. M. o. A. secretaries will
meet there during the encampment.
Large crowds are expected from all over
the State, and the experiment is expect
cd to prove popular.
Eleven year-old william Male. son
Of State Adjt. Gen. VIM. Male, was
shot in the eye and seriously injured by
Quaintance Patton, aged eight years.
near Oulpeper, Tuesday. Young Male
was coasting on q bicycle toward Pat
ton. when the latter asked leave " to
shoot with an air rife. The younger
boy says he fred at the bicycle when
permission was given him to shoot.
o. O. Eastman, H. L. and w Il. By
waters caught during last season, 30 red
foxes and two grays and did not do
much hunting either. Beat it II you
can. The above named gents shipped
to Sacramento. Gal. ,one Of their packs,
which cost the purchaser $40. They
also shipped another of their pets to
Highland Springs. Gal. which brought
600. IL pays 10 raise ROOu Jugs hs well
as good calves. -Oulpeper Enterprise.
Friends OF A. o. Gilligan and those
who believe be received a punishment
too great for his crime, are trying to
raise 81, 500, with which to take the case
to the Court Of Appeals. A movement
has been started in Newport News, as.
sistiDg in defraying the cost Of an APP
peal, and IL is believed that $3.50 or 5000
will be subscribed If his friends and
those interested in his fate get to work
In Isle OF Wight and Nelson counties,
in Richmond and Petersburg, steps have
been taken to help the fund.
Preparations are being made for the
construction of handsome Confederate
Plaza at the intersection Of Prince and
Washington streets, In Alexandria, 100
by GO feet. The Confederate monument
showing the bronze figure Of Appomat-
tox is situated there and this was the
rallying place Of the Confederate sold.
iers when they departed South in 1861.