The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-24
VIRGINIA NEWS

President Roosevelt will be invited to
attend the Richmond Carnival
Pension issued mt Washington: VIM.
Stratton, Of Northampton county, SO.
1t is now an assured fact that Urban
ma, Middlesex county. is to have the new
EGGPLANT.
Arrangements upon a stupendous scale
have been perfected for the Richmond
Carnival next month.
DR.. +. i. Tignor, of Northumberland
county, who has been appointed dentist
in the L. 5. Army, has been assigned to
Fort Riley, Kan.
Maury IIundley, foI nerly a merchant
at Stormont. MiddlcscN county, has
secured position with the e. a o. rail
road, mt Newport News.
e. FDorsey, Of Occoquan. arrested for
alleged violation OF the internal revenue
laws was given n hearing IN Alexandria
and sent ON to che grand juy.
The Board of Health OF Accomac coun-
ty requires all persons in that county To
bury dead horses especially those thatdie
of meningitis, of which disease many gre
dying.
Messrs. Clarkron, Garrett a Hunt are
l.. lt,'l . Ia II
shuck'ng rud packing house ON Bowler +
whali cn the Rappahannock, in place oi
the one | irned last spring
Prize, selma" ct Cincinnati Inst
w K, in he trotting 2:27 class won IN
2I5 81 The purse was > 800. Prince
selma is oN "a 10y Mr. l.. y. White, OF
|. esburg, LOudoun county.
4 hPndsomc grant monument IN
memol of the lptn ROoct poI ner, Jr.
ard his two sisters has b N erected AT
Manassas. Ii stands twelve { Il high
AMI wei .hs t enty-two tons.
4 lt~ge nraber Of oyster yesse'' ar
rived ia the Potomac river last wccr the
oW lers O. which were f,om GlOu 'stcr
county. A.ern1 attemp. at oysi ring.
| the vcsse's LETT for other sections. -
oyoteis are so scarce there but little
money in the bus ness.
The schooner IDLE Thomas. from Mdth
| ews county was run down between Lam
| bert's Point and Por, Norfolk by a rail
| road barge Friday. The master of the
schooner, Jas. r. Hundley, was knocked
overload and drowned. The schooner
was considerably damaged.
Friday Nathan Towles, colorad got
into an alteration W TIA young Randolph
Lewis. clerk at Sissons store, near
Neems, Lancaster count. Towles shot
/ owls with n - -caiibcr bullet The ball
glanced against his rib aud was eat ont
% his back by DR.. Hubba.d. No serious
! suits a~e expect 81.
Fayette Taylor. colored, hailing '"om
Madison cornty, att 'mptei 10 show hls
disregard for tie presence OF ladies ana
gentlemen at the show on Wednesday
last. He was .estcd aud tried before
Justice Ric., Who hhed HIN S3Oand costs.
IN default of pay nent he was sent to
jeil-Mf 'f sCs JOurne'.
John : .nst-ong Chanler, divorced
husband of the author. Amelie Nves,
now Pl'roess Troubetzkoy, has been
found. Mr. Chauler walked away from
Bloomin. dale Insane Asylum New crk.
year ago. No one knew where he was
Some thought him dead He has been
living incognito in Lynchburg since July.
In the C'-cuit court Of Louisa county last
week. Judge John f. Mason presiding, IN
the ease Of George W Morris trustee,
against John Armstrong Chanler, com
mittee, etc, a decree was entered submit
ting the ease in vacation and also direct
ing all funds to be turned over to John
Armstrong Chandler, a. he has become
sane. Able counsel appeared on both
i.