The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16
VIRGINIA NEWS

/ The weat crop 10 portion ~ Lou.
DOM county bids fair 20 be the best
raised for years
Mir John W Hall Of Raccoon Ford
Culpeper county, has just graduated ~
Roanoke College
The fourth annual exhibition 81 The
Oulpeper Colt and Horse Club viii be
held August 81 ~.
Tho Loudoun National Bank willply
3 per cent interest Oh on time deposits
after July lst, 1900.
Miss Mildred Lee is occupying . cot
tege 40 Groeubuer Waite Sulphur
Springs, ~ Va for the summer
George W. Sanders hotel at White.
! stone, Lancaster county. was destroyed
b. dre. Loss. 8 100; insurance, $500
Epiphany Episcopal church Of Barton
Heights Rich m0ud refused to remove
an .sltar table upon Bishop Whites
req nest
The ss0. 600 bond Issue Tor public i'm.
p,ovemouis submitted to the voters Of
Newport News was carried by O large
malJrity.
The grand Jury ct Chesterfield county
indicted Jailer w. l. Britton for neg
loct Of duty in GLOWING - prisoners 20
make their escape
AZ rfolk a mortgage f8r $4,000
ono from the Seab1ard Air Lite CD The
Continental Trust Company Il Mary
land was recorded.
Il b. believed Che census now being
taken will fail 90 show a. large an In
crease ia the population " the o9lored
people Of Virginia as n the whites
Richmond and Petersburg have been
d opged from the State base. ball league
and only four clubs remain iD it-Nor.
folk, Portsmouth,, Newport News aud
Hampton.
The Tidawaier Telephone Company
celebrated its twelfth anniversary We'd
nesday by laying the cable ACROSS the
York river from Gloucester Point 60
Yorktown
Mrs B I Henley. aged sever ty FIVE
years, Of King and Queen county, died
Thursday az the home oi her daughter,
Mss James Ellyson Il Dsnviile, whom
she was visiting.
Mrs Susan Pendletou, eyed 90. ard
Mr. Stioiher @ WGiiis, aged 81, died
this week at their homes-the former
at Oatslpa. and che latter at Lignum-
in Cnlpepor county
Messfs ". Il Gray and " f
Cones. Of Culpeper and Mr. o. d
Miller. cf Rsppahannook. control about
DO 600 acres OF mountain land, which 10
said 90 be rich IN copper deposits
At MANASSAS Wednesday the jury IN
the case Of Alexander Lambert. charged
with the murder OF his wife Tetr ned
verdict Of murder IN the second de-
gree. with eighteen years IN the peni-
Tertiary
Two large barns and several other
outhonsss belonging TO DR. A. q
Fisher. EmmertoD, Richmond county.
were destroyed by FIRE Less, about
e. 600 no insurance. The fire is thought
10 hive been the work " an incendlary
Riohgrd Thompson, the negro chstged
with aiding and abetting his brother,
Hlrrison Thompson. ia killing Milton
Seaton, sergeant Of Middlebr e. in
Loudoun county, on the nifht Of No
v8mbsr 25 last Vas sentenced g. eigb.
teen years IN the penitehtiaTy.
While attempting to drive some hogs
of iho fam Of Mr Frank b. Whaling
at Blyoe, Walter Garrett and Joseph
Trmtt weGe attacked by a vicious hCf1
Garrett stumbled and fell and the hog
leapsd upon him anc horribly mutilated
the lower part OF bis body with It's
tasks
The commencement exeroiles Of
Bethel Academy. near Warrouton, took
place "Wednesday This speaker was
Rev ". g. Hammond, Washington.
Dol John Scott, Il Fauquier. presented
the medals and the tnpual address was
delivered By COL Thomas Smith. Of
Warrenton.
Mrs Gordon, connected with num-
Der Of prominent families Ia Virginia
and mother Of Hon Basil b Gordon 1
died at her late home In Baltimore.
About month ago a portion Of the
home Of Mrs. Gordon was hurned, and
she never fully recovered from the ex
oltement and shock Of the occurrence.
The following are among those who
have taken degrees &c Richmond COL
lege the past session Frederick W.
Coleman Caroline county aud c
Campbell Ashland. Bachelors Of Law ;
John ". Oammaok Orange county
George T. Lumpkln. Of Essex county,
aud VIM n Trsder. Mathews county.
Bachelors Of Arts Clay brook Getting.
ham. Lancaster county Master Of Arts.
At the Upperville Horse show. which
opened Wednesday there we're four hnn- |
bred and forty-seven entries, exceeding |
eatfses at former exhibitions by one |
hundred The crowd in attendance the /
first day Numbered fully five thousand. !
Prominent society visitors from dis |
tanoe were In attendance In the horse |
circles New York. Philadelphia. Balti- |
more and Washington were well repre-
sented
The Philadelphia Times Of Sunday
has a full page illustrated article head.
ed "The Only Man Who Ever Bested |
J Plorpout Morgan In a Great Rail
road Deal " And along with that su
prescription 10 q portrait Of John Skel-
ton williams It is stated that when
the New York fnanoiers combined 10
crush the Seaboard that when the for
tunes If the company were at their
darkest, Mr. Shepherd, Of New York,
wrote ont his check for 81 600, 900,
and handed is 10 the VirRinian, and
that saved the day.
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