The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-07-30
VIRGINIA NEWS

Mr.. i. +. Profit, Of Richmond county,
had five steers killed by lightning.
\ new council OF the Royal Arcnnum
was recently organized in Warrenton
Hon. y. b. Early. Jr has moved into
his new house ut Erald, Greene county.
The board OF supervisors for Madison
county met and thelevy was madc same
~ last year.
\ hot local option contest comes of
atfhincoteaguc, Accomac county, Satur-
day next.
The Governor has decided not To par
don Charles j Searcey, the Aquin creek
train robbcr.
MIR. j. II Reid wns mp this why Tues.
day buying stock for his Orange fnrm. -
Madison Free Press
r. r. Shaddrick has been appointed
postmaster at Merrimnc ,Culpcpcrcounty,
vice 4. II Freeman. resigned.
The True Index. published at Warren
ton made its rcnppcarance last week, NJ
ter suspension OF nearly year
Rev. Walter Rhodes has resigned as
pastor of Chincoteaguc and llorntown
Baptist churches. in Accomac county.
MFR. &. e. Pearson aud Miss ) NJ Baker
have been elected teachers for the Cor
louisville public school for the next sos
sion.
Mr.. Scott. of the Auditors office, states
that ~ far only 5000 applications Tor
pensions under the net of 1900 have been
received
4 large crowd il expected for the an
nual meeting oi the Virginia League OF
Teachers in Staunton on July 3oth-3lst
and August lst-2d
Miss Susie Boughton. of Essex county,
and Miss Abbic Dishman. Of King George
county arr visiting their aunt. Mrs K. Il.
Clarke. near Oakton Fairfax Herald
There will be- an entertainment at p
per King and Queen church ON August ,
for the benefit If the Il. y. T.. /. mll
program for the day has been arranged.
Four prisoners escaped from the \cco-
mae county jail last week Tworeturned
and gave Themselves mp MI are colorcd
and are desperate characters. The
escape il n mystery
4 protractcd meeting will commence NJ
Oak Chapel. Orange county, ON the third
Sunday in August Rev. ". K.
Flanagan will be- assisted 10y Rev W. \.
Williams Of Louisa.
VIM e. Smith. of Warrenton. has been
selected n the manager for the horse
show To bc given in Richmond in October.
Mr.. Smith il % man Of experience and *
highly recommended for the place.
The old Liberty Bell. which has for so
long hung in independence llall.in Phila-
dolphin, will pass through Virginia soon
on it, WAY To the Charleston Exposition.
and il GOV. Tyler can make proper ar
rangements it will be exhibited in Rich
mond.
The largest crop OF tobacco in the
State il To be found upon the farm ot
Hon. J. VI. Barker, in Henry county,
where there ARE 900 900 plants upon
200 acres. This tobacco il the bright
leaf, aud the crop will bring Mr.. Barker
about $1,000.
Mr.. Jno. T. Dos Passos. oi New York
and Westmoreland county, Va. has been
retained by Admiral Schley To look after
his interests before the court of inquiry
and the civil suit against historian Mae
lay. which is To follow.
There will be- meeting Of Union and
Confederate veterans and all Others in
terested in the work Of marking the lines
on the Cupeper battlefelds, on the field oi
Cedar mountain on the 9th OF August,
the anniversary of the fierce conflict
fought at that point between the com
mands of Gen Jackson and Gen. Grant.
Grant wilkins. colored. thirty-fve
years old, while seeking shingle timber IN
the Dismal Swamp, sat down by a luni-
per tree and slept with his mouth open.
4 long black snake crawled IN nearly
two feet. When found Wilkins was dead.
with three feet Of live snake protruding
from his mouth. Wilkins died ofsuiioca-
ton.
Clarence Burnett. a Hanover farmer,
came near being killed by lightning Fri
day. At brilliant fash of lightning his
horse dropped dead, and Mr.. Burnett
fell to the ground stunned, but not seri-
ously hurt. His trousers were split from
top to bottom az though cut by n knife ;
his right shoe was torn from his foot,
and two OF his toes were severely burned.
John Jones, the negro who handed the
pistol To Ed Chapman with which he
shot at Mayor Bell, was convicted and
sentenced To two years in the peniten-
tiary. - The friends of Mr. John Roche,
former proprietor of the Chesapeake
House. but who il now running the Curry
House at Manassas. will he pleased TO
know that his wife has been bequeathed
by an aunt $50, O00.-Culpeper Enterprise.
The people of Poquosn. York county,
and adjacent country are stirred by II
great Methodist revival. A big tent is
used. and the preacher is Rev. George II.
Wiley, OF Richmond Twenty-Five or
fifty persons are often at the altar for
prayers in all az many as 200 have de-
clared themselves Christians in the re-
revival. The meetings are held day and
night Sometimes the people remain un-
til midnight praying with the many peni-
tents.
Lightning has inflicted considerable
loss in this county during recent storms
Mr.. &. L. Payne lost wheat stacks con
tanning about 300 bushels of wheat. Mr.
Mason Payne and Miss 4. l.. Blackwell
each lost horse Mr. Edgar Wool, near
Rectortown, lost about 1000 bushels OF
unthreshed wheat Mr.. Wexford Red
mond lost three wheat stacks Mr.. j. f..
Allison had fine yearling killed.-War-
renton Virginian.
Mrs. Fannie Bagby, of West Point, was
a visitor to the Department OF Public In
structiOn today. She was the first and