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Stockholm. Rai.rau n.up,,.

FFlH 40 IFII1I0 RFrorf- HrraH
lat February tho Munl,i,sI ,,y,,.l a,
- paa~"d an ordif anpc ,nsr.ng
90 ps' o0f~ about thr . osr'-i Tor every flt-
'atl t3Ht was ufpugnt g. tho Polio. Head
quarter Rats tad h.rnfHe 80 nur rrous
- TO Iurrtl The l"aIth OF. well rs the con-
] .fi "I w. population. aud sanitary officials
'' '"a 'h"u ~" sHfsru ~ euf tsCIous
d'-"a~'e Ihrrr'ure o. uaF . s,isrUiua-
TON Ne ~" !drd uIHr. a hruufl -. offered.
quo ~ " 'ulN ~. more Than If'WE f.l-
ihNH been trHurlf boz D.. 's faf ,aishsr-
several urf went iutn a." hu-.rss. .ud
al''l ~ N 80 t"N -Lsfwrs Di~urs %
lh"r fuf H sH..rHl o.. ilHa fIrN unuNl~'
ihs.r "au w.. ana Tbtg e. pr.HLaulr tNfre
81 M lN' unf Ie stN GHrE HI. ~ fHs
'N Ia i-~r reduced o. A s-r pr fHt.
y t'rf 2. about q nrUt sud H Del. fu uHF ulursI
Won 'hat Ttlce TIE Iat cat herr Uan male
. suOd GNlns
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
ScHLEY READY FOR THE COURT.
His Counsel Complete the preliminary
Work In Wis Case.

wAsHrNGTos. Sept. S.-Rear Admiral
Schl.y and his attorneys. M>ssrs Wilson
and fAynor. practically oompleted the
preliminary work In their case to-day and
are now ready TO 60 before the court Of
inquiry They win probably not have
another conference 10 discuss the cas-.
until next Wednesday. the day before the
court meets To-day they Furnished the
Navy department with a list 81 witnesses
In the naval service whose examination by
Admiral Schley and his counse was desired
before the formal investigation began. and
the Depart . sent telsgrafns directing
these witnesses Ia come to Washington and
report to Admiral Snhlay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
Letter OF Frederick the Gree, for sale In
Maine.

To rHF FnrrnR or rHT SUN -Sr 7 have hen
advised ~ consult you concerning = d"cumsni which
I have had Tor nNs years IN ny possession. having
obiainsd the SAm. % a curols eifrumsianns While
10 Rsria, Germany n - leitei within BY frrd.
sfiet Tho Great h. the Impress a Russia. IN the year
W.. ana b>afs In me ~at>r mara ~ the p1psf the
dsts iTfi Aiso . curious stamp of the un,. and
iAtin rotio.
Ths purioi a. ,ss drcum.nt relates 10 IN. ssndins
~ a. Ambassador count voL Gosrti 'ron TIE cour ~
Fr~dsfiss " ts ~nusln. ths Empfe~ a; Russia. Tor
~, puu"ss ~ pronouns ths nosi suloshis relations
t-t--~u ths tuo ~nurp
Ths iad O., snArly ~ hed ~ history and eny
81 rrrf soc,uut a. IN ueysts Nonvsfsstons
10, 30 o othsfs.
rus isli has h~ru stsminsd b. = p-u''ssof ~
NaIr rnvsrsitl ais t~u rhisf utfafans. . mshu.
frHu saE~n N Ne havsus Conr. and ~ chisf ~
49, 9Anu~riri tsrarn-ni ~ w iItssN - C"n
rr..s Washiusten u "a h-ii-,rd ~ al ~ - Fru
tins snd invsiuasAs in htsaaF's sifnifosnss
hav. OIL, r~.saus s-1e~d D. -i ths isiist 80
,ia~d . On eu,ain ~ rrte- ~ -hirs "a - ssiu"a VI.
tIoN tAEN AhSoTT.
NoKk vtlIAsG Ne. SspL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
SUES THE CENTRAL ron $4,000.
Owner ef the PACING Marc Dover DEMANDS
q sum for Injuries 20 the Morse.

tus' SoW Tor tnJuftes 70 inc tto'"N
ROCHESTER,. Sept. s-w. Martin Jones.
q prominent lawyer and onoe candidate Tor
Governor IN tho Prohibition ticket, v plain
IN In an action against the New YORK
Central Railroad for $4,000 damages Tor
injuries to his pacing marc Dover. 7it'f
Mr.. Jones' valued Dover at $4,000. ana
says that In October. 1909. he held her AZ
that price. She was entsred In the Circuit
races at Columbus and Lancaster. OHIO
for oct. II. 1900, In tho 2i7 class.
Mr.. Jone~'s driver. Lewis A. Spence.
started from Rochester on Dot II, via Inc
New York Central. with the PAGER In a boz
car. A. Cleveland they WIRE ~nt IN Toledo.
where they fingered for twenty-ssven
hours bsfore Sprnoe. who was angrily de-
handing tho reason for their detention'
was informed that tho ahipping bill was
missing They were finally sent by a ctr
cuitous route over the locking Valley Hau-
road % Columbus. and on the way there
Dover, made fractious through long I'm.
prt~gnment In III" car and by reason OF
The fact that tho car waa nsxt 70 the engine
where the noiss frightened her. tore things
loose, tnJurtns her leg. When they got 70
Columbus Dower was In no shaps 70 rsoo
for many months.
Mr. Jones was trying 90 soil Dover, and
he expected 90 pull her rroord down 20 the
3O7 mark. which abe has made on local
tracks, at the Columbus nesting. She has
now recovered her old form. The railroad
Opmpan denies that n " liable for more
than 500 damages. hut Mr. Jons~ says he
u opnfident thai this defen-e is not n good
n ~" will test the right Of the railroad
company Ia fix "A limit 81 liability. ana VIII
carry IN" case Ia the Court 81 Appeals "
not awarded ~ much damages a. he te-
hove~ he ~ entitled 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
CHORUS GIRLS on 'oHANGE.
a Dessa q Them Invade TIE Ptnsnclai
Dsstrct with Tickets To Sell.

A . Wall Street Messenger boy stated It,
Twelve beautiful actress ladies' wen,
to tho Stock Exchange yesterday To cell
tickets for a baseball gam. between actors
and Newspaper artists AZ tie Polo Grounds.
tho proceeds To GO toward endowing n h~d
In q hospital The fair hearers Of the
tickets were chorus girls from half a dozen
local theatres, and they came In three open
carnage--four girls IN a car rhige. each
girl wearing conspicuously a blue badge
and q smile. They went upstairs To- tho
corridor upon which tho entrance. 20 the
Stock Exchange hoor facr, bu, such =
crowd gathered that tho doorkeepers asked
them 10 60 downstairs again.
This was just before the closing a.
o'clock. and when that time arrived tbs
brokers a. they left ran the soubretie
gantlet. A dollar and a half n ticket
and nc change WAS the price demandoi,
but tho brokers were inclined "a indulge
In badinase rather than In investment.
No far A. could h. learned. no tickets wets
sold II wa said. however. that a good
many tickets for the game had alreadv
b~en plaosd on the foor hy brokers who
had brought the chorus girls Ia the *
change.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
Ho,d, TINS, Tie Rs. Been LcssII, Hanged


p.rKFHsHt Re-. " Va. sept iud Mad
ison. Who was To- have been hanged tomorrow
for "A murder committed an Iavetfc county
has bern rr-pited bV t,oN White Tor ~tNts
laws lie claims that he has alr"adv hrvu
legally executed. and that II i not lawful To
hang a man tNic" Tor ga" sam" "lrl's
he hanged. but a STAY Of execution Nt~ granted
and the state supreme court granted VIM
an appeal EN spur mistake tho rcDurd- u.
The c-rurt in which ne NaS convicted showed
that he Ma cN~Cuted instead ut T.~ul'"d
Now his lsNNe r~ claim that according u" the
records Madison l. dead and cannot b" Law
fully han -~d again
during he siNiv d,ys' respite now granted
hin Madison viii appeal hi "a" =" %" 50
prems court of The luii~f Sfaf'- Tho
inrm.r respite elapsed aud be- was forgotten
when Il was found that a.. time had ,l1v-',d
The Judge Who tried him had dird and % va.
thought No would ihon &C. FREE. hIl q u"s
Judge ressui~nost him
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
TORTOISE 900 YEARS OLD.
Geological Park olk tnderesumated
an Acquisition.

Tho folks AZ the New York Geological
Park In The Bronx find that In estimating
the Of their largest giant tortoise re-
ceived from the Galapagos Islands. they
have been entirely too conservative liza
age had h-~n e-timated with some hesi.
tation at 300 years. IL seems. however. that
Walter Rothschild ~ London. tho worlds
leading expert on tortoi-s-, il Of opinion
that a specimen apparently Younger than
the largest one In the Geological Park ~
at least t0O years old 30 TINT the age II thu
one IL AZ least -four centuries
The park received Yesterday Ave new
MONKEYS. brought from q POO ~ pcint-of-
Pines, near Bo~'on Two Of them have
f+en trained 10 do tricks and AssistAu,
Curator DitmsrS SAYS 10 will soon have
them eating AZ tho same table A. the r'-
nowned Rajah. IN" parks prizc ape
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
An Report

william Gillette. the actor. hides him
self In summer as far away from crowds
and new spaper personals a. possible often
he uses his time constructing a new work
which Nat Goodwin calls the Gillette PLAY
a thing that acts itself one summer
Gillette hired = Yacht. and. a. he tels the
story. II was a craft without au equal With
a feN friends he set sail from New York and
proCeeded hv way 81 the Sound upon a cruis"
They kept close Ga shore. and \ week Or ~
after they left New York we're drifting .cis-
urely hy a point ~ land At 'he end 81 which
sa' a solemn Nanke &c fishing Ina few hours
the boat had passed the point, and the NRuk'A
aroused himself from hi coutemrls'i,n
OF the water and asked Who're are " from
New York. replied Gillette, With "A yachts
mans pride
Row long,
Since August fret, shouted the yach's-
man again
The Shnk 90 returned to hrs contemplation.
and the Yacht kept on duftlus. but along
ia the afternoon there came a voice Over
the water. and q asked, What YEAR
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
The Laughter ~ savage.

E'a-l ~ iafs'Tdftofal Wrrf.H
The r'usfal imp's>on m" c'f''> f"0 ~ So
counts t,cuTs certainly trat SAVAGE wees SO -
victims ~ d sLllsn dssps'. rt ou M u'u'fs'"
hA,s = hfgs and abundant wrtl me- H.r't''
srd o'hsf sgr. - Fu'd spifi's H-s % 'H" rect 'r'r
rsvr kird nrfsHn snd q Jur|r % '~'r'r."r. 49,
sue - un M t-lnt 1hr IhsmHuans i.uc 'Ha
T. ,s accompanied ihrft lrrd '.'.ts ~ hughi''
v ~ u",ruspts ~ To- hA 81 H go - e Nur "a 's
tsprius 10 ven .u's 'th' ',-t .rs.u4U fssr .r'r'sf
ch.r,g.f - thr usrs 'ausutsf ..|rf '.H.S
t,-rd \ t.u'rt ,'yItuf ., ,,.us ''f..s '.r'N
thrj unfst Eufur~an Ilrusu' ' ''-' 'N.H
heartY Aurh'sr oithr usnis nsuC 90 OIL. 90 pa vari
lnosnA a. ths NISSAN ggss Ion 60 uuug'T ..s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
LOVE LETTER or A CROOK.
One Of several Found Among Enects Of
smooth Couple >abi.ed In nreoki,n.

Harry Prank. known 10 ~" police In
ariou cities as Chicago Frank and
Irene Frank. -aid 10 h. the wife of Jim
MrNaily. the noted ~pickpockrt. who was
r~"ccntly arrested on the charge 81 sub
stituting bogus rings for gold ones In a
Brooklyn Jcwelry store, wore held for trial
H. tho Court Il Special Sessions hy Masi-
strate Tghe Yesterday Among the effects
81 the CluI,lc found Ia their hotel at Couey
Island w"rr several letters, Of which this Is
n sample
HtNDrrsoN. NY
pp,r 'utCr I p~n you thi, letter - let
You know that | am oil right Hut ~" ur~
having 4 pr'vy tough week RAN ana ~"
g'Ir "" ~" almost 'rHry We want no
NOR. of k"IiuCk after tht~ W"'k More
"tnph-- Cuus "a to-day IsftN T. with Mich
ispr Md Won know "" had q nshi Well.
notu,uy lost Shecny Harry - here and acts
all right Dolly, ! Thought that 10y his time
| could be- s.ndiug some mooney on, but,
Doh. cannot. OWING ~ wet weather and
turning around Hut don't MIND Chick,
when jim gets u vnu knoN. b"ll. ~ viii 70
hum. ~ YOU tr,A. thu STAT" Sin't much
/, r. only, GOOD iur Hr- vhi-key. fat horses
and prrt'y women chuck. ~ a fact the
most pretty women YOU ever looked ~ are
ia thi- state. hui thai g. all they can boast
u No move, "" wall b" glad 10 get into
Wisconsin ~ Missouri p. thc.c are good
state for gum Sow. lol,ie. TAX" care 81
%your.-lf and rrry. ~ Jim prSy~, for you
t'oyd.hy ! r"r1!u your loving I'M
With love Aud kt-~c-. good-hN
Since the arrest Of the couple inquiries
have beon receiN,d In reference TO them
from Chiefs Of Police In various Western
cigies
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06

on Sept. ~ there viii he unveiled at
Gettysburg - monument to JENNIE WADE,
the only citizen of Gettysburg who was
killed during the great fight The mont
mcnt has a broad substantial pedestal.
upon which rests tho figure Of a young
woman JENNIE Wspt vas 20 years Of
age when ia" was killed.
during the progress Of tho hattie many
Inhahitant. II the town ne-l To safer neigh
borh"pd-, hut JENNIE WADE remained
al her post To- nur~e a Sick sister. Mrs
MCNElIAS Wa engaged ia making
bread when a -harp~hoot-rs bullet. after
passing through two doors. struck her in
a.. hack and killed her Instantly. The
monument ~ the brave girl WIS raised
by the Iowa Branch - the ladies Relief
Corps II - situated In the Oiy CEMETERY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
Lain Dewitt Warner o Ma,or.

To rnk Enron oF IHI SIS S,r 10 n DE
Witt Warner. the slandrrrr ~ the American
soldier boy. for Mayor Never let Tar
SvN publish the speech he made ~ ElmITa
and repeated AZ L-lturr's Hall i'otn street
and Third avenue. during ~" Presidential
ampnis aud II Their" H. q veteran Of the
CIVIL spanish or Philippine VAR that can cast
his vote Tor this man let him stand NJ and bc
counted with otn"r-. heard TINS speech.
and IL was the most outrageous and untrutn-
mi Islander thut came from the Np- 81 an Amer
lean al any time IHAhlEs ! HIEgN
MN NnnL sent =
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tIistorN.


FROM 20 j. pohs Vows
They were rdwiring the rat'lesnake =
the state NJ So l. and had hasu informed
that &c Was fuItl IN need ~ live rafs
Wi he swallow a rat whole questioned
ono
Nav. grovled the custodian. We hsvs
to take ON out ~ the hole, fr-'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06

the ~dispensary systsm:' Arkansas has
MY prohibition COUNTIES out Of . total OF
sevsoty-nve. and In Georgia prohibition
ts general except In foul cities, and tho
proposition 70 abolish liquor selling In
these cities was very nearly adopted In
the Atlanta Legislature q few Year, ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06

Will. there csnnot 10 any direct
connection l-tW"~u lynChine and the
~avuidanc, Of iluor. th-v certainly ksep
company The rr~ori of lvnching. In the
South. nov A. for several years, shows
a.. state N which thrv are mos, frequent
O. ~ M->i~-irpi south tar'i,nA. Arkansas
ant G,~,rgs 4. and o. b. th"-r states Ia Witch
Summary pr'uiiltiun - earned ~ 10
furfhe-, ',trrn- 1hus in Nis-iSippi.
rru-i noted ff lvnrtuEs. sstv-uin- q
tho --,cutv-hvr ouun,Is-. ~ d~-cfti--t
90 IHf Sc ct n~-iav. az n prohiha-
tiun law Su'h 'srnins - = rrohiiat'on
state. aud even th~ uIltri ant rrstnrt~i
sale ~ sptuus " . State mobopoly under
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
Josiah and Gamau~l.

The Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY IL home
again In Boston from a foreign shore
With a glad heart and hand We greet
him as he smiles frostily once more from
his genealogical tree. No smoother pie'e
Of goods than JOSIAH has ever been cx-
hihited on the Democratic counters Of
Massachusetts,.
will he the Democratic candidate Tor
Governor. He cannot expect to be
elected. for the Republican majority
Is large. and W. MURRAY CRANE Is an
exceptionally strong executive. Weaker
men may follow. The plan Of promot-
ing the Lieutenant Governor may he
used once too often. Some day there
may be hope for Mr.. QrISCr, although
IL il hidden a. vet. Meanwhile. his
party seems Tn he grateful To him as
a man upon whom IL can depend for
oratorical and ever skilful manage
ment. Wandering in the wilderness
with the Hon. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS
IL hard labor.
The Hon GAMALiEL BRADFORD is not
pleased, because " Mr. QUISCY has made
his appearance from England, some
what like Mr. CROKER IN New York
In Mr. B%RapFoRp's view, Mr. QUINCY
represents nothing hut the Boston ma-
chine. whereas Mr.. BRADFORD repre-
sents the people. Somebody" say-
Mr.. BRADFORD. must take the lead
and say Ia the people Follow me- ~
Clearly, Mr. BRADFORD Ia the man II
is his duty to say To the people, Follow
ne" II they refuse. then they don't
know a good thing when they see II
Tho friends 90 Nr LAWSON Of Boston
olrht 60 take the trouble 20 see that he
makes q good job Of getting rid Of the
Ind.pend.ncc We notice that he has
been dismantled Her sails have been
taken Oh and stored, plainly to 10 ~
served Her -pars also have been removed.
together with her other paraphernalia.
To sacrifice the hull alone would In a
mi-erly proceeding, p~retentious and half
way. Breaking her into little hits seems
petty whom W. think of the glorious drama
possible to enact with hcr.
Lot the Independence be taken out to
seq with everything she ever owned upon
her There. whore the water u deep enough
To avoid any obstruction to navigation.
carving her fullest suit OF canvas. her
greatest club topsdil towering over balloon
jib and -pinnaker. let her Ia solemnly
suuk while the band plays
"poun " nj N,llNTl 20 n, lo,iom ~ III. sea.
Dre.sed in h , hest suit ~ clothes.
.,s s.le-, hevy az elocutionists recites
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-03-09
CITY COUNCIL.

There was called meeting OF the
City Council Wednesday evening at !
o'clock. Mayor Willis in the chair and
all members present except Messrs. llur'
kamp and Perry.
Mr. Cole presented the contract for
sewerage work with e. II. llooknay,
and also his bond. MIR. Bradley moved
that the contract bc read for the enlght-
eminent Of members OF the Council who
were not members OF the committee
This was done. The contract was APP
proved and with Mr.. llooknays bond
ordered deposited in the National bank.
Mr. Embrcy presented billfOr S3.299.1O
il being for work done ON the sewer TO
March 9Th, and bill OF Engineer Wilson
Davis for services amounting to 500
both Of which were ordered paid. The
Council then adjourned.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-03-09
KING GEORGE
Rev. Mr.. Newbin Enters Upon His Passionate
Other Notes

Correspondence Of THE FREE LANCE
King George county, Va, March Z, 1901.
Rev. J. II. Newbill was greeted by a
very large and enthusiasticcOngrgaiion
last Sunday morning at Shiloh church,
where he preached his first sermon NJ
pastor of that charge. His sermon was
earnest and effective. II we are To nudge
10y the expressions OF regret expressed 10y
the people he has served in trcwe, mt
his departure from their midst, as well
az by members oi other denominations.
hc is a man of noble qualities AMI We
trust he may accomplish much good ~
our midst.
We understand that when the boots
resumed their regular trips after the last
freeze so much freight had collected at
the wharves that at one landing alone
there were n hundred crates oil eggs
waiting shipment The poultry raising
industry is quite an important one III
this section,
Mrs. Emma Garnctt Mills, formerly OF
this county. has gone with her husband
Mr.. Harry Mills, chattanooga, Tenn,
where they will reside Mr. Mills return
cd last week from Porto Rico, where he
had been in the employment OF the Coy
eminent for the past six months.
Mr. Douglas Wynn. OF Nurireesboro, ".
e.. il the guest oi his cousins, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Henry r. Garnett, OF Spy Hill.
Mr. Fielding Ashton. OF Waterloo.
spent some days in Washington this
week and enjoyed the Inauguration.
Miss Kate B. Arnold is visiting friends
in Washington.
Mr. Lewis l'illingsley entertained quite
a number of friends on Tuesday most
delightfully."- at dinner mt his saw mill
not far from COmorn.
Mr.. Stuart Garnett returned early
Tuesday morning from delightful "trip
to Washington where hc attended the
inauguration
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-03-09
Some New Lava

Norfolk County court decides that
riparian owners who have failed to have
their oyster shores surveyed and record
ed cannot recover damages for oysters
taken therefrom. The shore, in such
ease stands in the position OF natural
oyster rock, and citizens of Virginia are
privileged to oyster thereon.
Section PHO of code of 81 prohibits
boats or other distractions beng placed
against those holding fishing rights: a
neat and important question might ne
raised as to the right OF one 10 SET MS
mo as To obstruct the trap of another
who is licensed and has previously occu-
MED fishing ground. We do not know
that the question has ever been raised
before court. but the wording OF the
statute seems to imply that anything,
even a trap, which obstructs another Is
prohibited.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-03-09
SOME DEATHS.

Mrs. Mary Rev, died in Accomac
county Wednesday, aged 80 years.
Mr. Henry L. Lambert OF Fauquier
county, died last week. aged ~ years.
Mr. Richard W. Jones. who died in Win
chester. by, Tuesday was formerly u
resident of EsseX county
Mrs. Jane Glover died Thursday at the
residence Of County Treasurer W. J..
shelton. in Hanover county.
The funeral Of Mr. Z. ]. lsbell took
place az Hopeful Church, Orange, March
/. MIR. Isbell died of appendicitis AT his
residence in Hanover.
John d. Parsons, n public school
trustee for over twenty years, AMI "A
member of the Legislature, and one Of
the most enterprising business men Of
Accomac county, died Tuesday, aged %
wears
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-03-09
KING GEORGE COURT

Ii was either the smallpox scare or the
cold weather that kept the good people
of King George from court Thursday.
When THE FREE LANCE representative
arrived there abont 10 n. IN. not more
than thirty people were present. and at
no time did the crowd number nun
dred The weather was intensely cold,
and the stoves in the courthouse aud
Clerk : office were the centers ot attrac-
ton.
But little was done in court. Judge
Chichester and Clerk f. l.. Hunter had
all the leisure they desired. Ned was
in rood trim to do any amount OF work,
as he hns recovered from the fatigue OF
his trip to Westmorelaud, where he had
been attending some delightful social
entertainments. Ned isnever So happy
ms when he cargo with the girls aud il
is a wonder he has never married.
the CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
There is only one King George name
mentioned so far in connection with the
constitutional Convention, that ofludge
e. n Ashton. lie is supported by a
large number of Democrats and we heard
lending Republican say 10 him; II the
Republicans do not make nomination
Won will get the solid Republican vote oil
king George. il You are Il candidate.
NOTES.
4 petition was being signed asking the
Wecms Line OF. steamers to put ON
srmi-weekly boat from Baltimore TO
fredericksburg. touching ut all wharNes
ohoye TappahannOck and none below;
that this boat be run up the river on
day schedule and arrive at fredericks-
burr before dark. These reasons were
heinr urged for the change That, IN order
to reach Fredericksburg, passengers had
10 wait on the wharyes often until late
hour of night. and when the steamer ar
rived the additional cost OF stateroOm.
supper and breakfast with the - cent fare
makes the trip to fredericksburg cost
nbout S3.25. Besides this the long wait
Mt the Wharves is tiresOme. with the I'M
certainty of time of arrival OF steamer.
On several occasions passengers having
been detained all night on the wharyes.
The petition had attached the names oi
some of the largest farmers OF King
George.
The growing crop Of wheat Is looking
unpromising. In many places the
ground seems without live sprig.
APRIL showers and warm weather may
bring it out. however.
COURT POCEEDINGS.
The court proceedings were:
Sheriff made report oi number al prs
oners in jail.
List of fines returned 10y justices certi-
fed To court.
Application of Mrs. Lucy Atwell to
omen public road dismissed.
viii of J. :. Greenlaw admitted To
probate
Mrs l.. NJ. Jones, administrators OF Il.
:. Jones. the power as such revoked ana
annuled.
Nshby c. Trigger qualified rs executor
of II. G. Trigger.
John Johnson. lunatic. confined III
county Jail for two months, released
having recovered.
Secretary Of Commonwealth ordered To
furnish Vim. Page. j. f., with copy "i
code Of 1857.
LIST or WRITINGS. q
Deed for land from Isaac Paul etc.. to
Harriet e. Staples.
Deed for land from F. W. Payne and
wife to Katherine {. Sheel.
Deed for land from +. W. Payne ana
wife To Bertha T.. Dueringer.
Deed for land from W. X. staples u"
Harriet 4. Staples.
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