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

Arrangements are being made for the
organic Ation of Knights Of Pythias
lodge at Orange Courthouse
Oaterpillsrs are said to be especially
numerous this season and In many Sec
tions are injuring fruit trees.
Rapid progress IL being made on the
mammoth $1,000. 600 dry dock at New
port News.
One hundred and fifty additional
workmen have been called into the Nor
folk Navy Yard.
Mrs Thomas ]. (stonewalD jackson
is at Saratoga. N. Y. being treated for
a painful malaGy.
Charlottesville District NJ E Don.
ference will meet at Oulpeper on July
l7th.
Ninety three corporations, with an
aggregate capital stock Of $50 235 900,
were formed in Baltimore this year
Miss Mary Yost. daughter Of ex-Oon
gresham Jacob Yost has passed the ex-
animation and will enter Vassar College
next year.
The supervisors of Richmond county
have declared a "no-fence" law for
Washington, Marshall and Farnhsm
districts.
The British steamship AocOmac, with
3. 600 tons Of New river coal, sailed
from Newport News Saturday for Oron.
stadt the Russian stronghold.
Donovan Lodge. A. F. & A. NJ. of
Mathews county will give their annual
Masonic excursion from North End
wharf on July 18th.
The farmers Of Gloucester county are
pleased at the prospects for q good crop
Of corn. after an 81 most entire failure
in the wheat and grass crops.
A three thousand acre tract Of woods,
belonging to Joseph GuEther, near IT.
vingtOn, Lancaster county, has been on
FIRE for several days.
Mrs. ". E. Wright. Of Tappahannook,
who with her five children. has been
Oh weeks visit to her uncle, Thos
Hsaly. returned home wednesday morn
ing. -Southside Sentinel.
The report Of the largest Weld Of
wheat In the Northern Neck comes
from Warsaw, and says that farmer
near there raised 5Ol4 bushels TO the
acre.
The recently organized TropioAl
Fruit Company has secured fleet OF
70 steam ships, OF which will ply be-
tween Newport News and the South At
lantic fruit countries.
The new $40 and 500 bonds Issued
by the city Of Stanton are ornament
cd with Gen. John Echols picture. and
the $500 bonds with the picture Of the
Hon. A Il. II Stuart.
The first new Southern wheat Of this
season arrived In Baltimore June 2lst
Il consisted Of 20 bags from Northum-
berland county, and was shipped
by J. +. Burgess. It sold for 80 cents
per bushel.
The corner stone of Hill Bay Lodge,
No. "a, l. D. o. f., Sandy Bottom,
Middlesex county, was laid July Ash,
1900 ceremonies were performed by the
brotherhood. Dinner and refreshments
served at the lodge.room.
The so.called Jim Grow" car law
went into operation July lst. The
railroads report that whites and blacks
both respected IL end each race seemed
to be well pleased with having separate
cas- to ride In.
The Shenandoah County Bank. OF
Woodstock has become the Shenandoah
National Bank Hon. f. ID. Newman
is president, Mr.. n B. Schmitt, vice
president, Mr. NJ. Coffman, cashier !;
and Mr, K. o. Geary, assistant cashier.
The Newport News shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company Is making ready
90 bid on the five new battle ships an.
thorized by Congress, for which bids
will be opened at the Navy Depart
ment November 10.
The opening of the magnificent new
hospital for Roanoke Saturday night
was 8 brilliant affair and largely at.
tended. The Norfolk and Western K
r. and many Of Roanoke's m0stpromi-
nent oitizsns are interested in the en-.
terprise.
The Board Of Health Of Lancaster
county, Drs. W. J. Newbill, H j. Ed
monds, and f. W. Lewis, and Mr.. VIM.
Ohilton, clerk, met at Lancaster o. II.
last week and considered methods look
ing to the Improvement Of the health
of the county.
" H. Newman. colored. charged
with killing william Maith, oolored,
WAS tried at Montross last week, result
ing in a verdict Of not guilty. Maith,
in company with friends. who were
drinking, attended fair at Newman's
house, and attempted an assault on
Newman, when the shooting occurred.
The William r. Trigg Company, Of
Richmond. will no doubt get the con.
tract to build the bAttleship Virginia,
az favorable responses TO their bid have
come from the Navy Department.
The company will also bid for the
contracts to build three submarine
boats Of the Holland type
Twenty-Five Of the thirty-seven grad.
yates OF the medical department of the
University of Virginia have already
received important appointments, many
of them through competitive exsmina.
lions. OF the remaining 10, by far th Q
largest number are in lucrative private
practice.
william Woodson. the negro convict
who on May 10Th killed his oellmate,
Ambrose Ferebee, In the shoe shop at
the penitentiary, was convicted In the
Richmond Circuit court Of murder in
the first degree. The sight OF a dozen
convicts in their striped garb sitting in
the courtroom as witnesses wss quite
an unusual one. The convict will be
hanged in the penitentiary as q warn
ing 20 other prisoners.
Mrs Charles Kelley and little son, Of
Louisa, went out into field Tuesday
to pick berries when she was assaulted
by a negro man unknown to her. The
lady, who lie about thirty year Of age
and fairly stout, screamed and resisted
so successfully as to frighten her assail.