The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

a Farmers institute will be held at
Culpeper, January 23rd.
Pension issued In Washington -
OEiRinsl Ohas. w. Lindeman, Colonial
Beach, s..
The recent advance in peanuts Is
worth from $500, 600 TO $500, 600 TO the
Norfolk section.
Mr. Robt Whitaore, Sheriff of Fan
quier county, is critically Ill at his
home In Rectortown.
The capital stock OF the Richmond
Locomotive Works has been increased
from 81, 900. 600 TO 81. 500. 600
100 acres of land belonging TO the
Richard Payne estate in FSuquier
county. has been sold for 50 % per
acre.
The Hunter Mcclure Memorial Asso-
citation desires the MCGUIRE monument
be- place In the Capitol Square, Rich
mond.
The Peninsula Fair Association. ct
pasley, Accomao county. has decided
80 hold its annual fair August Goth to
23rd, inclusive.
Virginia ranks third in the number
Of post offices. Pennsylvania leads with
. 300 New York comes second, with
3. 1875; Virginia. $40; Ohio. 8. 4O4.
Mr. Henry H. Ramps, proprietor Of
the Lancaster Roller Mills, met with
a painful If not serious accident by
being thrown from his buggy one night
this week
Dr.. Starkweather, Of FaiIfax county,
wac thrown from his carriage Monday
night and severely injured. He was
taken TO the Alexandria Infirmary aud
is improving.
A philadelphia syndicate Of capital
lists has secured options OF over 3 600
acres Of land in Rockbridge county. for
the purpose Of re-opening the tin mines
In that section.
The old st. Charles Hotel, in Rich
mon6, will be torn down within She
next thirty days to make way for a
driveway TO the depot being erected by
the S. a. l.. near that point.
Mr.. John d. Garland. q prominent
Republican, lawyer and surveyor OF
Warsaw, Richmond county, has re-
moved his family 10 Baltimore for the
purpose Of educating his children.
The "Williug Hearts, Circle of
Kings Daughters, visited the King
George Aims House on Saturday
carrying so she inmates treat
Of the good things Of life. consisting of
cakes. pies, fruit, groceries and other
delioacies.
OF the thirty young men who were
examined by she judges OF the Supreme
Court for license 90 practice law in
Virginia. the following are among the
eleven who passed Ohss T. Workman.
Hanover, Va, aud h. II. DeJarnette.
Jr., Of Lewiston, Va. Es.
John johnson. of King George county.
who has several times been an inmate
in the Eastern Hospital at Williams
burg, bot who has been as his home
for some years has again become vic
lenty insane. and Is Is feared he will
have 80 be assigned to the asylum again.
Newspapers throughout the country
are giving considerable space TO the
proposition TO hold an exposition at
Richmond In 1907, commemorative of
she Booth anniversary Of the settlement
at jamestown and the first landing Of
the Euglish at what is now Richmond.
Editor r N. Pollard and his staff
on the Ola POdrida. the Richmond
College paper. have resigned. This
action was taken TO avoid the suppress
sion of the publication by the faculty.
a. 1t had before known that the faculty
had determined 20 suppress she paper
under its present management.
Ellen Durham, the six-year.old child
Of ". 7. Durham, Jr., lumber dealer
Of Howerton, in Essex county, was
burned 20 death last week The child
was playing around the fire which the
waeherWOman had made in the back yard
Her clothing caught, and before she
could be reached she was 80 badly
burned that death resulted in few
hours.
Mrs. A. l.. Bunting, OF Aooomac
county, committed suicice on the 18th
inst Mrs Bunting took off her dress,
saturated with oil her underskirts and
taking matches, went out into the yard
and deliberately set fire TO herself The
cause OF this act is not known. The
only reason surmised is diseased mind.
Her sufferiDgs were excruciating Mrs.
Bunting was sixty.hVe years old, and
leaves o husband and four children.
The observance Of the 10Th of January
DC the birthday of Gen. Robert <. Lee
at Oulpeper has been postponed to some
future time on account Of the illness Of
the president of the Oulpeper Chapter,
Daughters Of the Oonfederacy, Mrs.
Charles e. Lightfoot. Extensive prep.
arations had been made for the occa-
sion and the Oulpeper Chapter had re-
solved on that day to entertain the
Confederate veterans OF Oulpeper