The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-19
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Five fine hogs belonging TO Mr. W.
o Graves of Orange. died from heat
Mr.. Jas Bslvin. Of Louisa, shot q
man named Howard for insulting his
wife.
A monument il 10 be erected in Pc.
tersburg IN memory Of Gen. A. T.
Hill.
The journeymen plumbers Of Rich.
mond settled their strike and returned
to work
During the month Of July thirty nine
o)nviots viii be liberated from the pen
itentiary.
There has been great exodus Of col.
ored people TO Maryland and Pennsyl.
yania from Oulpeper
A big steamship company. TO engage
in the fruit importing business at New
port News, has been organized.
A new postoflice has been established
at Merrimac, Oulpeper county, with
Thomas II. Freeman postmaster
The cornerstone Of Hill Bay Lodge hall
| J. o. O f.. No Sf,will be LAID on July
4 at Sandy Bottom, Middlesex county
The Ladies' Society Of the Bowling
Green Baptist church realized about
| $50 from the sale Of ice cream court
day
w. H. Peers. Of Charlottesville, brake
man on the o. 81 D II r. was crushed
10 death while coupling cars ut Dos
well
W. ". Dudley was awarded 81 600 at
| Buena Vista in his suit for $40. 600
against the Virginia Iron Goal and Coke
Company
Examinations Of applicants for public
| schools In Lancaster. both white and
colored. will be held at Lancaster Court
House June 26th and 27th.
Farmers are now busily engaged in
cutting wheat. and IL IL thought thar
IN some sections Of the n )rthern Neck
the yield VIII be an exceptionally large
one.
A large number Of Richmond people
are planning trip TO Europe The ex-
peuse will be only sl75 for one month
This will give them about two weeks
stay in Paris.
Mrs J. Albert Taliaferro. daughter
Of the late NJ b Seswell. Of Glouces-
ter county, after long sickness. died
Saturday. at her husbands home, at
Gloucester Point.
The Seaboard Air Line, it is learned
on reliable authority, will shortly make
an earnest effort to build up the ire
m6ndous export business 10 which its
new line gives IL access
Mr. Robt 7. Hempstone, near Lees
burg, has On his fine estate a clover field
which gladdens the eye Of farmer TO
look at It It is splendid. heavy and
beautiful. lie uses lime.
Willie O. Whi,more has graduated
in the technical course in machiue con-
struction at the Drexel Institute Of
Art, Science and Industry in Philadel-
phia. -Leesburg Washingtonian
Rev DR. J. h. Hawthorne. Of Rich
mond, will preach the annual sermon
before the Fen ale Missionary Society
of Mattaponi Baptist Church, in King
and Queen county. on June 20.
David Wise. Of Pennsylvania, while
working at q saw mill near Forestburg.
Prince William county, fell against the
running saw aud was killed. the saw
passing through his throat and chest.
The Board Of Visitors Of the Univer-
sity decided 20 establish three scholar
ships Of $3.50 each, one for the academic,
one for the medical, and ono for the law
departments for residents from other
States.
The directors Of the industrial school
In Prince William for colored pupils
have decided to erect a large brick
structure. The new building is to
furnish dormitories for the boys and
room for work shops. and is 90 cost
81, 800
There is great complaint about the
irregularity Of our mails Papers that |
should arrive here in the early morning |
are seldom received until the middle OF |
the day. and those by later trains not
until next day. and occasionally not at |
all Piedmont (Orange) Virginian.
At a meeting Of the Northern
Neck Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany at Heathsville. Northumberland |
county. last week il was unanimously |
decided to put the line in thorough re-
pair and at the earliest period possible |
TO put in long distance phones with |
the view Of giving better service.
Twenty. one companies of infantry |
have been mustered into the State SER
vice. There are others being formed. |
Twenty four will be sufficient for the |
formation of two regiments. IL is
thought that before long the companies |
will be assigned to regiments and an
order issued for the line officers to meet |
and select field officers.
Governor Tyler has been called upon
by Commonwealth Attorney Allen, OF |
Botetourt county, to have several com
panies Of the State Guard in readiness |
10 move to Fincastle. in case arrest 10 /
made of the fiend who assaulted two
vounp women Of prominent families Of |
that section Should the fend be
caught it is thought he will be lynched
At meeting of the joint committees
in charge Of the unwilling Of the mon
ument to be erected to the Confederate
daad Of Clarke county, at Berryville, |
next month, Mr.. A Moore. Jr.. was
chosen chairman of the unwilling ex-
ercises. Miss Mary Gold selected to un-
veil the monument, and Mr. r. Powell
Page elected chief marshal Of the
parade.
Menhaden fishermen have at last
struck luck. For the past two months
they have been running heavily behind
owing 60 the lack Of menhadens. but
recently the fish have swarmed into
the Chesapeake in greater numbers
than for years and the factories have
all they can handle AS many as two
..sftto,. o~o hafuU takpn into ainUla i