The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.


VIRGINIA NEWS.
There is talk OF establishing bank
at GordOnsville.
A case Of small pox was discovered
In Alexandria city Saturday.
Capt and Mrs Jos f. willard and
children, of Fairfax, sAiled for Europe
Saturday.
Virginia College recently burned at
Roanoke, will be temporarily located
at Buena Vista
Steps are being taken TO organize
society to provide for the homeless
children of the State.
Pensions issued at Washington Sarah
Ia ylor, Manassas, s.; Increase. John
H. Bell, Exmore. s.,
George A Browne, Of Waohspreague'
has been granted patent. for
truck. loadiDg machine.
Quite village is being built at
Morgan's Landing, few miles from
Eastville, Northampton county.
Mrs d W. g. Stephens. Of Wicom-
100 church, Northumberland county,
died Thursday after brief illness.
Randolph. Mscon defeated William
and Mary Saturday In q spirited game
of football at Ashland. score IL to 0.
Postmaster knight proposes TO ask
Congress TO appropriate 81. 10000 for
new post office building for Richmond
Marshall Rust. Of the Lees6urg
Graded School had his right leg broken
while playing football on the school
grounds
Rev VIM b Lee Rector Of the p
E church, at Gloucester, o. H. was
heavily pounded" recently by his con-
gregetion.
W. A Thompson, of West Virginia.
has purchased from Col. L. Y. White.
Of Leesburg, fine dairy farm In Fair
fax county.
Miss Sallie Williams, Of Orange, is
visiting her friend, Miss janet Harri-
son, Of Leesburg -Leesburg Oor. Rich
mond Dispatch.
The wife of Captain Elisha Ourtis,
Of Accomso county is at the Old Do.
minion Hospital, Richmond, to be
operated upon.
A., 49,. Ct t.okos;o, oIorc, tho Nbaa.
apeake bay have tout out" and the
steamers are now running remnants OF
scrap to the markets
Oakley" house. owned by Messrs.
R. D. Garter and W E Hathaway,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday. -
Chesapeake Waterman.
Mr.. Shepherd g. Miller, Of B altimore,
has purchased Spring Hill" in
Mathews county, the old homestead Of
his father for che sum Of 81, 800.
Revival services have been in pro.
Qrese at the Old Lutheran church in
| Madison county, Pastor Huddle was
SIS sted by Rev. J. E. Shank, Of Nor
folk
Governor Tyler has accepted the res
| ignation Of COL H. o. Fed, OF Lexing-
tor, as q member q his staff. His
successor Is william S. Butler, OF
Roanoke.
Mr.. Msgnus Berrey. youngest son OF
NJ f. Bsrrey, is in from California
aud will spend the winter at mis- old
home on the Robertson. - Madison
Free Press.
An accident occurred near Burke's
station, on the Southern railway, which
resulted in the upsetting Of Two loco
motives and the demolition Of three
freight cars.
The trustees Of Randolph. Macon
College elected DR.. Hall Oanter, OF
Tulane University, to fill the chair
left vacant by the recent death OF DR..
o. D. Rsgland.
The remains of Mr. Luther Embrey,
who died several years ego. were disin.
tered at Somerset and taken TO Morris
Vile, FauQuier county, and reinterred
in the family buryiDg.gTound
During a quarrel in Madison county,
three men began shooting which re-
suited in the dangerous, il not fatal,
wounding of q man by one Nicholson,
who hos been arrested and jailed.
Holmes school closed Nov. 18th on
account Of the smallpox scare.
Mrs. Vim. Green and daughter Blanch,
OF Stafford county, are visiting Mrs.
NJ. o. Holmes. Manassas Journal.
The house known as Browns" one
Of the old landmarks of Essex county,
was burned TO the ground. Mansfield. "
the handsome residence Of the Lewis
| family, in the same county, was also
destroyed by fire, few days ago.
The schooner "AlonSo Lee, " Of
Weems. was driven ashore on
Hungar's Bar, Saturday during the
| storm. The vessel is lying on its side
in shallow water with about two feet
of water in her holds. The crew
seemed to have deserted her or were
washed overheard.
The Orange County Health Board
Drs. Holiday, Orittenden and Ellis
makes the following report for the
month of October Three cases OF diph-
iberia two cases Of tuberculosis; four:
teen cases Of TYPHOID fever one case OF
cerebro spinal meningitis. Sanitary
condition county good.
Mr. Garter NJ Louthan, who has
been quite i'll with pneumonia at his
home, at Madison. Va, is improving