The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Season for catching oysters expires
Thursday, 25th.
Granville Waugh will build fine resi-
dence on his farm near Orange c. H.
1t is proposed to hold floral carnival
aud street fair in Alexandria in May.
A new postofIlce has been established
at Rosser's store, in Madison county.
Operations have commenced Mt the
Grasty gold mine In Orange county,
again.
This week the Board of Education will
elect the 100 or more county and school
| superintendent.
Edward Amber, of Fauquier county,
has lost five cows supposed To have been
bitten by mad dog.
Mrs. c. c. Wager, of Orange, has very
valuable collection of water color paint
ings over one hundred years old.
Clarence johnson. cOlored, was taken
| to tn epententiary rom Orange county
for town years term for forgery.
The Urbanna Methodist church has de-
| cded to sell the present house OF worship
and erect new ($3 $1,000 ediiice.
Cornelius Stokes and Catherine Burell,
cOlOred. both of Gloucester county, were
licensed in Baltimore last week to marry.
The Board of Aldermen of Richmond by
n vote of II to ,, decided To accept Mr.
Carnegies offer of 800, 0O0for public
library there.
George Kimble. who is now in the
Richmond city jail on suspicion, IL UNI
dOubtedly the notorious Frisco Slim,
the pal OF Topeka Joe"
G.B. Wallace Male, Esq, of Culpeper
cornty. has been visiting his son, VIM G..
Male. cashier of The Bank of Middlesex,
for the past week.-llrbanna Sentinel.
Alvah p. BohannOn, formerly of l'r-
hanna. MiddleseS county, has accepted
apostion Of night Waterman on the
Weems Line steamer, Northumberland.
There il some interest in an electric
roa from this county to fredericksburg
via Culpeper being revived by the bust
ness men of the two tow ns.-Madison
News
The trucking season has opened along
the Rappahannock river. Baltimore eel
lers have received several shipments OF let
tuce and asparagus from Lancaster
county.
The g il hot fight in Richmond cOun-
ty for Superintendent of Schools. Rev.
Robt. Williamson il the incubent and his
opponents are Messrs. J. W. Chinn, Sr.,
aud f. L. NoI thrup.
Edward Deane, colored, was tried last
week in the Essex County court for enter
Jug the vessel of NJ. Taylor and steal
ing certain valuables. His term was
fixed at years in the pennitentiary.
The new library ut RapidAn was form
ally opened on Tuesday afternoon, at
three O'Clock with interesting ceremonies.
| The address OF the occasion was deliver
| ed by Mr.. r. T.. Lee, Jr., of Fairfax county.
The Leesburg Town Council has pass
ed a high license ordinance, which w'llre-
quire all who sellliquor to pay an annual
license of 5000 to the town, aud give se-
curity that they will not violate the
State laws iu the sale of liquors, etc
The Luray College, a Baptist young
ladies college, has been advertised for
sale on May 10Th in n cOnsOlidat n
creditors suit against the president and
owner of the college, DR.. II. NJ.
Wharton, the noted Baltimore evang"
list
The Confederate Pension Board of
Richmond county, composed of DR.. l..
G.. Mitchell. Jas. l.. Motley, T. ID. Marks,
has applications of the follow ing: Emily
Withers, X. r. Runaway. Margaret c.
Clark, Fannie A. James, T. J. | swis,
Richard l.. Fallin.
Baron Massow SAYS that he is not dead
but il very much alive and expects to
live many years that bis wealth consists
in a wife and five children and he does
not want to part with them and thathe
has nothing to give TO his old comrades
OF Mosby's command but his love.
The thief who escaped rom vessel in
James river with over $500 OF Geo. Van
Wagenen's money of Urbanna, Middle
sex county, was captured in Baltimore
and taken to War wick county and lodged
in jail; about $l7j was found on his
person
Although Collector Agnew has had to
reduce the number OF his revenue officers,
we are glad to know that he has IT
tanned Deputy Collector II. C.. Eddins, Of
tb;s county. - Col. W. w. Sanford
one of our leading horsemen, has been
making some good sales ofteams lately
and has Just shipped a first-class hunter
TO a member Of the Deep Run Hunt Club
of Richmond. - MIss Della Walker, OF
Madison county, is on n visit to relatives
in Arizona.-Orange Observer.
Warwick county Jail was the scene of
n desperate fight Friday, between George
Ernest. n negro prisoner and Frank ii.
Gibson, the jailer. Gibson opened the
cell-door and the negro struck him with
heavy piece of iron. hand-tO-hand
fight ensued. The negro had him down
and was beating him into intensibility
when a negro woman prisoner rushed to
the rescue. Her screams attracted a
plumber working outside and the two
managed TO subdue the brute in time to
save Gibson's life.
The Great Flood