The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

| Auo AIiRk cnipuullNluR OOuIpah
OF Richmond, Will bid for the con.
construction Of the basileship Virginia.
Over 40, coo tons Of New River coal
Will be exported from Newport News
in the next few days for use in foreign
countries.
There is movement on foot to reduce
the number Of publc schools of the
States in order to have longer sessions
and better teachers.
Mr. Mosby Wilson, Of Prince William
county, died very suddenly Monday
morning lie was about thirty years
old and unmarried.
The fourth annual race meet Of the
Oulpeper Horse aud Colt Club will be
held at Monte Vista Park August u
aud 20. The entries are already larges
than lastlyear
Mrs Malessa Hill. who has made her
of Mr. o r. Chelf, Of Oulpeper to whom
she was related died Wednesday. aged
sixty four years.
Seven hundred citizens OF Albemarle
county. have signed a paper recommend
ing the selection Of Hon. John B Mas
sey and Mr. W. II Boaz as delegates to
the State constitutional Convention.
Died in Richmond last week, Mr.
James b. Kay. former resident Of
Essex. Of typhoid fever. after an illness
Of one week. On the day previous his
bright year old son, James Francis
Edward Kay died Of meningitis
Marriage licenses were issued We'd
nesday in Washington to Richard K
Smith and Rosalie Cropp. both Of
Fauquier County and Nelson A.
Harris and George Elma McGehee
both Of Louisa Court House.
Oounoilmen Boston, Bailey and Demer.
of Oulpep3r, having in charge the
plans for the construction Of a modern
drainage and sewerage system for that
place will report in favor Of the SCENE.
The system is fOvored by the taxpayers
The tenth annual convention Of the
Virginia Christian Endeavor Union
will meet in Winchester. August % 20
and 80. The State Union is composed
of about 2JO societies scattered through
ont Virginia. and these will be rep.
resented by over two hundred delegates
Augustus Coates, living near New
land, Richmond county. committed
suicide this week by drinking a quaint.
ty Of lsudanum. He had been suffering
for some years with a cancer and IL Is
supposed that this rendered him tired
Of life.
Miss Lima Hall. eldest daughter Of
Mrs j. Nj Hall, Templemans
Westmoreland county, and Mr. j,
". HUT, Jr., a prosperous me--
| chant of the same place, were recently
married in Andrew Chapel Methodist
Episcopal Church South
The State board Of fisheries Wednes-
day elected Capt, George Savage. If
Taugler, ospiain Of the police steamer
Pocomoke, vice Capt Parks, resigned
Capt Curtis and Secretary NJ Her, Of the
board we're appointed a committee TO
look into the adyisability Of purchasing
a boat for police duty on the River.
While out driving Wednesday Ooun.
Gilman COvington and Mr.. o O. Fox,
Of Oulpsper were thrown from a buggy
and painfully injured The mare.
valuable animal belonging to Mr. Gov.
| iDgton. dashed off with the shafts, and
attempting to turn was pierced by one
Of them and had to be killed.
Rev. DR.. Luther Rice Thornhill and
Miss Bette Kate Moody We're married
Wednesday at the home Of the bride IN
Manchester DR. Thornhill was pastor
Of Bainbridge Street Baptist Church
in Manchester for twelve years, but
resigned about a year ago, and has
since had charge Of two Furnishing
churches in Fauquier.
Famous Old Bullffeld. in Hanover
county, near boswell, will be again
used for training farm for fine horses
Northern and Virginia capitalists will
subscribe the money TO buy and improve
1t. They will establish there spendid
race trasks Bnllfeld was famous as
stock farm before and otter the war 1t
was the home Of many Of the most
noted horses ever bred in this country.
In the Middlesex county court this
week the grand jury indicted the fol-
lowing parties Albert Burrell, for
criminal assault, true bill: Robert
Wake, for seduction and abduction
Samuel Robinson, for assault on Tom
Eppes, with intent 10 kill. The parties.
who are all colored, were semitic Jail to
await future trial.
Miss Nina Wynne, daughter Of Treas
urer T. G. Wynne, of Williamsburg,
and Of James City county, and one Of
the best known ladies on the Peninsula,
was roughly handled Wednesday by y
negro, who was frustrated and scared
off by the repeated cries OF the lady.
Parties are searching for the brute, and
If he is captured there will hardly be a
trial, the general belief being that he
will be strung up without ceremony.
The funeral Of Mrs Robert II. Down.
man. formerly of WarrentOn, and wife
Of the late Robert H. bowman, clerk
of the Fauquier County Court. took
place in Warrenton Thursday. Rev. @,
w. Nelson, Of the Episcopal church,
officiating. Her death occurred at
Tarrytown, N. Y, on Tuesday. She is
survived by three sons and two daugh'
ters-Robert bowman and s. T.Down.
man, of Texas; Julian bowman, Of
New York: Mrs r B Lee Fleming,
Of the Plains, Fauquier county, and |
Miss Mamie bowman, Of Baltimore.
Herbert II. Davis, a merchant at
Meetze Station, has been convicted In |
the Warrenton county court and sem
fenced to five years in the penitentiary
for having attempted TO poison q we'll |
used by Thomas Stewards family by /
putting strychnine bullet in the |
pump The attempt was detected be-
fore the water was effected, but though |
suspicion pointed to Davis. nothing
was done until a second effort was
made TO poison the family. He is
related TO Stewart by marriage, but
was on bad terms with him. The case
attracted much attention, and the
trial provad ono IF the moat sensational