The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-08-07
Local and Current Com ments

DR. Randolph b Carmichael, Of Wash
iugton, was in the city Sunday.
Mrs Mary Qainn Hicks is visiting
friends down the Rappahannock.
Miss Annie Maury. of Richmond, is
the guest of the Misses Orutchheld.
Mr.. George Foust, of Washington,
spent Sunday in the city with friends.
Mrs Martha Gatewood. Of Caroline
died recently, after protracted illness.
Miss Cora Salade. Of Williamsport,
Pa, is the guest Of DR. j. e. Tompkins
and femily.
Rev. o. W. Collier of Rappahannoek
county. is visiting near Somerset
Orange county.
Miss Matte Ferney though. Of Stafford
is the guest Of the Misses Anderton at
Tappahannock
Ladies' and Gents can get their wants
supplied in summer underwear at = w.
Jones Cash Store.
Notice -Fredsrioksburg Cereal Mills
wants corn at once, either shelled or
cob j. ). Woods
Mr.. and Mrs NJ E. Rheine. Of Wash.
ington, are the guests Of the family Of
Mr. 3 Goldsmith.
Lumber for sale Virginia pine boards
and framing Apply 20 W. + Flcklen'
Fredericksburg. Va.
Prof. John r Ficklen. of Tulane
University, New Ofleans. La Is the
guest of relatives here.
Mrs Ruggles Taliaferro and children,
Of Norfolk, are tie guests OF Mr. and
Mrs Lawrence Taliaferro.
Mrs. John o. Melville aud children
have returned from Finksburg, Nd.
where they spent the summer
Miss Fannie Randolph. Of Washing.
ton, who has been the guest Of Mrs ".
Key Howard, returned home yesterday.
Miss Nellie Gouldman aud her friend,
Miss Virgie Revere, left on the steamer
Richmond Monday evening for Irving
ton.
Misses Gertrude MCMurran, Of Ports
mouth, aud Margaret Jones. Of Dinwid
die county, are the guests # Miss Mary
d. Beale.
Mr.. Robt. Ohadwick's family has
returned from Atlantic City, accompa
MED by Mr. Chadwick's father, Of
Philadelphia.
Misses Annie T Gordon aud Fannie
Beele are visiting Miss Adra Brad ury
as her home, Montclsir, near Nason's,
Orange county.
1t is with many regrets that we note
the fact that about september LIST. Dr..
John P. Stiff will leave this village 20
locate in Frederick sburg, N. n News.
Mrs p V. D Conway and Misses
Elizabeth Conway and Mamie Fioklen
left Saturday for rdsn White Sulphur
Springs, where they VIII spend some
time.
Miss Carrie Pickett Moore and sister,
Miss Hermine Moore, Of Richmond =,
were guests OF friends here last week,
and spent a day at the Orange Horse
show
Mrs Florence Alsop. Of the county,
and Miss Maud Montague, Of Green
vile. s. o have bsen the guests Tor
several days of Mr. and Mrs Yes Chan
cellor
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Mary Warrington Hospital Association
will be held Tuesday morning. August
7th. at the Council Chamber st 10
o'clock
Ladies should see the latest New York
STYLES in Gray Felt Hats. They are
lighter and more satisfactory for gen
eral wear than straw. Brent's Mi
linery Department
Rev. Father Coleman. Of Fredericks.
burg. celebrated Mas az the Catholic
Church here last Sunday morning and
again on Tuesday morning -Ohesa'
peake Waterman.
Mr.. Berkeley Smith. Of the county,
was seriously Injured Friday by being
caught under large tree, which he
felied. At last accounts It was thought
he could not recover.
60 to Halls Drug Store for Insect
Powder. Fly Paper. Moth Balls, Lon
don Purple. BLACK Death" for bugs
of all kinds, also Landreth's Turnip
Seed at low prices just received at
Halls
All.day services were held Sunday at
Z1an church. in the county, Rev NJ.
Beadles preaching at both the morning
and afternoon. services. a large crowd
was present. including a number Of per-
sons from here
Miss Virginia Smith, Of this city,
and her cousin, Miss Grace Williams OF
Washington. and her nieces. Misses
Mamie Sullinger. of Washington. and
Alma Gonldmau, Of this city, are visit
ing relatives in Orange.
Now is the time to have an exact
photograph Of yourself You can have
il made at the Fredericksburg Davis
Gallery, Sl7 Main street. All work fin'
ished beautifully and satisfaction guar
anteed in every particular.
Do YOU need one? Well you should
see them. Just received 700 white and
drab corsets at soc each, worth Zoo. ;
$50 white do. at 800. each, worth 81
These are the greatest bargains in cor.
sets ever offered in the old town. e. I.
Baker.
Mr. Thomas H Bledsoe.a we'll known
and highly esteemed young man of
Orange. died at his home. near Locust
Grove. Sunday of typhoid fever, aged
% years. He was son of Mr. Moses
T Bledsoe. of the same county, and a
teacher in the public schools.
Mr. Granville Hunt, Of the Washington
D O.. post-office. who has been detailed
for service in China in connection with
the postal supply service for the
American troops, is a son of Mr.. s. s.
Hunt, formerly Of this city and neph-
ew of Mr. George Hunt also Of this
city.
Mrs John F. Anderson, wife Of AS
sistant Surgeon John f. Anderson, U.
8 Marine Hospital Service. has arrived
at the home Of her parents in Essex
county. She was called home by the
serious illness OF her father and uncle.