The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-06
VIRGINIA NEWS

Virginia potatoes are in demand in all
the northern markets at prices ranging
rom 81 To - barrel
Eagle Point. the handsome home oi
Mr. W. + Withers ON the Severn river.
Jilouces 'r county, has lately bc"n sold
The Accomac Baptist Association will
convene in the G3.d annual session with
iIollies Baptist church, August 18th to
10th.
The Peninsula Fair Association at
Tnslcy, Accomac county viii open its
gates August 10th and continue four
days.
\ movement il ON foot to organize n
stock company and build u town hall To
cost about II ,jOOat Warsaw Richmond
county.
Gov. Tyler went 10 Washington yes
terday to meet GOycId Or Benton McMll-
lin. of Tennessee. for conference a. To tie
Virginia Tennessee boundary line matter.
Mrs. Catherine Smithcr's 10Th birthday
was recently celebrated in MiddleseX
county. Many friends aud relatives were
present The presents were numcro'
aud valuable
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee addressed gather
ing of about eight thousand people at
Fishers Hill Saturday. on the occasion
of the annual reunion OF the Confederate
Veterans, OF ShcnF ndoah Valley
\ Gospel tcmpcrau ma .s-meerng
will be- held ON Ter Son scompground,
Accomac coun,j, under the auspices OF
the Womap's Christian Temperance
I rion, Angus, llt1. 18th aud 18th.
Jerry Blackwell negro resident OF
Nor hrmbcrlard comfy, hung himself
with towel ia the county jP last week
II" had been pat ia jail for stealing and
hung himse" because hc could not escape.
Snow ia August was the rnusual spec
tacle " i, lesS,.d u le. IN ION Thursday
afternoon. At the beginning of than
der shove the Thermometer fell rom 800
to So q nj the &c was filed with pP-u-
Giles of snow. which melted a. It icl'.
The Orange county board Of supcrN
sors has ordered levy of % cents
a head and 30 cents ON the 500
valuation of real aud personal prop
erty for county purposes be ra's j To
meet the expenses of the county for the
next fiscal wear
GOV Tyler was visitor at W It
Point. y. Y last week 4 -a'ut' of
81, elt'e1 guns was fired IN his honor.
The Governor was conducted through
the va. ous departments OF the VI liaty
Academy by Colonel Treat The acting
supe. n 'ndent.
Mr.. !. T.. A"ison lost three head of
ca. 10 10y light ing resides the one
Dor ,d lrst week. The sentence ot
hlr Vines 10 one year in the periten
t'r ; for stealing $1,000. has been com
muted 10 one month in the county jail
We anton \'"gin'an.
The police of Newport News have I'M
earthed IN organ zed gang ot thieves,
who have been s,caliug Hour from & n
q cars TwoOf theRlleged gang werear-
res !. I Aey are believed to have broken
into "a car tie other y ght Pnd stolen T.
900 POT lds OF florr
The Sentinel endorses the suggestion
made bv Hon. J y Stubbs in his most
excellent speech To the veterans here on
last Thursday. that thepcople of Middle
-eN imilate ;heeNample set them 10y many
Of the r sist rcOunt.es aud undertake TIE
erection OF a suitable monument To the
memory Of our dead heroes Il rbanna
Sentinel
The Confederate rJuion at | rbauna,
county, was success. Dr W
;. Christian made a speech OF welcome.
sen. Stith Boiling spoke for some tine
holding the attention of all present !
other speakers we've: Hon. j. y Stubbs !
IF Gloucester, J. g. Carpon, OF Essex.
rhos. &. Jones and Rev j W. Kylard
Col. C. ,orgc Wayne Anderson. OF the
Seyeltieth Regiment, has decided To ask |
or court-mar,ial for the trial of some |
''ght or ten members Of Company +, who !
IRE legged TO have deserted the colOrs
" leaving Ocean View during the en-
without leave. The soldiers |
made excuses. but the a. were not sat >-
actOry.
Mrs. Rev. p. L. h. Cross, of Kapdan,
Who has been at the Johns Hopkins !
hospital, in Baltimore, FOR some time. Is !
hoIght to be improving. Mss NJ.
: zabeth Minor, of Rapidan, has retui J.
d home rom Scotland, where she spent
he winter most delightful y.-Orange !
)bserva1 @.
Nr. T. q. Hackley, postmaster at
Amiss, 'e, Rappahar mock county, had n
IA .ow escape ON death by lightning
ast week. Two le lies drove up TO the
,fli IA buggy just as the storm was
L i.s he ght. " Hackley went TO thei-
ID. Just "a he took hold of the b. IDLE
e was Knocked dow by an electric cur
eat. The horse ESQ fell TO the ground
hough il was not injured.
Mr.. b. b. Brockenbrough, of this place,
shipping a qua 1tIty OF pea hes Last
week he received S1.jU box for oil that
e shipped Rev. j. = FaIland, form
Ttl Oh lllH IlNts lON IftlOI Dl ~. JUIU
hurch. Portsmouth, is, we leaIh PROF.
rated with malarial or typhoid fever
The Steamer Essex on Monday mon j.
lg stl dck the wha', here with consider :
BILE force and damaged it to a sme" ex-
ent Tidewater Democrat.
John McCaull, the alleged deiaulting
uartermaster's clerk of the ira 1sport
,gbert, which sailed for Seattle some
ime ago, was appointed to the position
D April, 1899, rom Virginia, upon the
of his father, Capt Z.
|. McCaul', who was volunteer quar-
ei master during the Spanish war. The
ltter's accounts are straight and the
Department has learned
hat the funds for which Capt. McCaull
'as responsible have been deposited in
be Treasury
The mandamus proceedings to seat
hos. o. Tayloras member Of the coun-
! OF Manassas came up again Friday be-
IRE Judge Nicol The Judge held that
be meeting Of the council on July | 18th,
'as an illegal one. and refused an order