The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-12
VIRGINIA NEWS

giving Day in this state
Emmett Minter, Of Mathews county,
had "A thumb and two fingers cut Oh 10y
n saw in the mill OF Andrew Green.
Lunenburg county has voted sub.
scription of 100000 to the proposed
Mount Rogers and Eastern Railroad.
Mr.. II. " Wells,o Brandy station has
purchased MIR. ID. +. Diebert's farm IN
Prince William county. Price =, 600.
The post.oflicc Mt huntsville Lancaster
county, has been reopened with route
to Monaskon Wharf, three times week.
/ L. Henshaw has been appointed
postmaster at Port Royal, Caroline
county, to succeed +. +. Quesenherry'
dead.
Littleton Baker son Of MIR. W. +.
Baker. of King George county, was
thrown from his bicycle aud badly in
jured.
At the old Culpepcr Fair Grounds
Saturday Locust Dale football team de.
feated the Miller School by score Of %
too
Professor J. W Smith, OF Washington,
! u. C.. succeeds Professor h. ID. Harrison
in the Chair of Englishat Bethel Military
Academy.
The Norfolk Shipyard and Drydock
Company was formally organized. with
ex.Gov. &. W. Atkinson. of " est irginia.
as president
MIR. pabney Crenshaw uf Richmond,
purchased last week from Passan \
Gaines, of Warrenton, fine pair OF
horses for $3.50.
Richmond and Northern capitalists nre
| Investigating the question OF locating IN
shipyard ON the James river four miles
| below Richmond.
RosSer Smith. colored Of Essex county.
while handling gun. last week acci.
dentally shot himself and died from the
| effects vi the wound.
\. large sawmill. owned by Messrs.
Day a Strong. of AccOmac county.
was DESTROYED by fire hast week; no
insurance; loss, $4,000.
Mr.. \. +. Brown has retired as editor
of the Louduun Telephone He will To-
cate in New York state and continue the
newspaper business there.
Four miles of wire was stolen from the
Petersburg line Of the Long Distance
Telephone Company Thursday. This -
the third haul thieves have made upon
this line.
l.ucien Cox. charged with cutting \.
| W. kube, was tried in the Orange Coun-
ty court last week and sentenced To i'm
prisonment OF one hour in jail and to pay
fine of $50.
4 movement has been started for the
organization of an agricultural aud
mechanical association at Roanoke. Col.
: 5 Brooke, iormly OF this city, is at the
head OF the enterprise.
Mr.. John W. Carroll. who for the last
Z years has filled the position of chief
| clerk in the railroad office in Cape Charles.
has resigned and will devote his atteu-
tion to his newspaper, the Light
The Virginia Branch OF the Woman's
| Auxiliary will meet at st. Paul's Episco-
pal church in Richmond. Nov 10th and
| 22d. Bishop Kinsolving. OF Brazil. and
| bishop Rowe. of Alaska, will preach.
Mr.. NJ. f. Sanford has purchased from
Stuart and Palmer 100 acres of land
near Bristersburg for 500 cash. \
little son OF Mr. Charles White near Cas-
anOya. fell into an old we'll and was
drowned Warrenton Virginia.
An attempt was made by young men
| at Black stone last week to hOrsewhip 4.
| Gideon Hammond, OF Baltimore, a minis
| ter OF the Christian Roman Catholic
church of Zion. or more generally known
as "Dowieites," for preaching social
equality between the whites and the
| blacks He left the town in hurry
The residence of DR.. Thomas Latane.
at StevensviIle, King and Queen
county, was destroyed by fire last
Friday. The loss will probably be 50, 900;
insurance 81 300 The family portraits,
silverware papers, and doctors library
| were saved, but many of the heirloOms
were lost.
/ John Smith young negro. was found
| dead in the woods near his home, in
Essex county. last week He left home
| to cut load Of wood and took his gun
with him. He did not return. His
| mother went To look for him and found
him dead He was shot through the
head. 1t is not known whether it was
an accident or suicide.
Mr.. r. u. Luttrell, formerly deputy
clerk of the county, is seriously i'll at his
| home near Amissvile. having suffered n
stroke of paralysis - . Senator John J..
.Jeffries was here this week. He came
| from Norfolk to cast his ballot The
| farm Of the late Capt. W. 4. Hill. which
is located in the Rixeyvile vicinity, has
been sold to Mr.. Geo. A. Payne for 81
400.-Culpeper Exponent.
First Sergeant c. l.. Merryman, OF Nor
| folk. is here for few days. Mr.. Merry
man was formerly from Caroline, and is
| welcomed by host of friends here.
| One Of our enterprising young ladies has
| undertaken to raise funds to repair and
paint the Bowling Green Graded school
house. - Mrs. Bette Gravatt, who has
been spending some weeks with her sis
ter. Mrs Jeanette Jeter, OF King George
county, returned home Saturday
line News.
Dr. Edw. l.. W. Ferry of Chatham,
who has been residing at that place and
practicing medicine, will return to Millers
about the middle of the month, and we
learn that he contemplates settling at
bis old home and resuming his profession
there Miss Lizzie Powers, of Port Roy
al, is the guest of Miss Lucy Anderson.
r. Pitcher was arrested at Gloucester
C. IL court day upon the charge of steal |
ing Hon. j. L. Taliaferro's horses
Magistrate Geo. H. Enos decided that
there was nothing in the case, as n man
by the name of Stubble6eld, while intoxi- |
Gated, had traded the horses off thinking |
they were his -TideWater Democrat