The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-10
VIRGINIA NEWS

chester Wednesday
The messenger steamer Norfolk on.the-
Roads was burned at ScwelIs FONT
Geo Stevens. colored, dropped dead IN
the freight house at Cape Charles 'aS'
week
The Cupcpcr Colt and Horse Club
viii hold it's annual meet ON the
both and Dist.
The Long Distance Telephone Company
of Virainia has completed its line from
Petersburg to Richmond
DIR ". L. Foushee. Of North Carolina,
has been appointed assistant proiessoro'
Latin in Richmond College.
Tho National Bank of Orange has
awarded the contract for the erection o'
a handsome bank building.
fierce prize fight took place near New
nort News Wednesday night. The au-
tborities are after the promoters.
Richmond merchant recently bought
80 600 watermelons at West Point; ~
900 from one man. all Mt one time.
Pensions issued at Washington Origi-
nal-William DrummOnd, AccOmac coun-
~. So. Robert Young, Louisa county
81.
MFR. Albert l.. Boiling, of this county,
il visiting at "Stratiord Hall, Vest
morclond comfy. charlottesville l'ro-
gress.
Bedford is the only county in the state
EMPLOYING penitentiary convicts Nine-
teen are at work ON the roads oi that
county
Block leg has appeared among the cat
tie of Fauquicrc county. Mr.. Bey. Turner
recently lost six young heliers WIN ih'S
disease.
Judge !. b. McCabe. A. Throckmorton
: and H. \. Thompson, who have Tor the
last month been touring the Paclhc slope
have returned 10 leesburg.
Rev Walter Rhodes. Of ModestOwn,
\ccomac county. Va, has resigned his
charge of the Baptist church IN that
town To take effect September ].
Five white and % colored men were
received during the month ofJuly at the
| penitentia.y, and ten cOnyicts were us
| charged having served ont their terms
The National Waterman, which Tor
several years was published IN AleXan-
dria has been transferred To Hon. VIZ
| liam !. BRYAN. and will he merged with the
| CommOner.
The execution of Straun Fosque, the
negro. which was 10 have taken place at
| \ccomac Courthouse yesterday, was
necessarily postponed. FOsque escaped
from iail some weeks ago and has not
| been captured
Temple Berry, son of Mrs George Della
| nlane. while racing with young com
| nanion near Delaplane station, tauquler
county. August ID, was thrown from ms
horse and Knocked senseless. HIS condi-
| ton is still critical.
In an oratorical contest AT Byron W.
| Kings Summer School OF OratOry, III
which twenty-six ladies and gentlemen
| from ten States competed, Miss Kate J.;
Fuller. n Virginia lady, won the gold
| medal. the highest prize.
| The Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works,
an BeUe Isle. Richmond, has passed under
| control of Messrs. John l.. Williams X
Sons. The plant is capitalized at about
| $500 600. There il talk OF big steel
plant being established there.
| Reports OF forty-seven Virginia banks
TO the Comptroller OF the Currency at the
close Of business July 18th. shows loans
and discounts ofS23, 13o, 10 ;indiViduaI
undivided deposits, S23,6 'bS4; aver
are reserve held, 24.13 per cent.
Mr. Geo. W Taunahill of Fauquier
was killed at Bea'etOn Sunday, by
train. He seems to have .missIudged
the snaed of the train and it caught HIN
lust as he was passing off the track. Botf
| his legs. both prms and his neck and bach
were broken.
| The establishment Of bank at Hamp
ton. Va. and the adoption OF an addl
| tional plan OF life insurance will Absorb
the attention of the delegates to the forty
fifth annual session of the NatlOna
Grand Tabernacle OfGalilean Fishermen
n colored beneficial organization, whlcl
il in session this week in Baltimore
Checks to persons who have been a.
lowed pensions by the Pension Boards
are being mailed from the Auditor 4 OH e
Already about 800 checks hav'
been mailed. and there are still more thar
ID 600 vet to be mailed, the checks he
ing for 20 per cent. Of the amount NJ
lowed by the various Doe IDS, the tn'
available being inadequate TO pay TN
large number of applicants.
Vim. Slaughter, colored, was brough
from Remington by Constable Willing
ham and placed in jail He stole hors
from Mr.. Mcknight and was caught b.
Wexford Fox. colOred. Some days befor
the arrest of Slaughter. man was de
; tected in the act of stealing horse ant
, buggy from Jas McCOnehie, at Reming
ton He was so closely pursued that h
left the stolen property and escaped
WarrentOn Nirgirian.
? Secretary Brent, of the Department q
| Education, is preparing n tabuate,
2 | statement of the number OF free school
in the State that are illegalfo the reaso
that the attendance upon their session
does not come up to the average require
+ by law. These facts, it is thought, wi
i've laid before the Committee on Educatio
of the Constitutional Convention wit
some recommendation in favor ofremedy
E ing the evil. These schools may be CLOSED
!. Hon. &. W. Koiner, Commissioners {
i Agriculture. wants to get the best spec