The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The creamery at liealtOn was Destroyer
by fire last week.
The State Board Of Fisheries will meet
in Richmond tomorrow.
Mr.. II. Il Wbedbee has purchased the
Fitzgerald farm near Manassas.
Rev. L. W. Wakefield, of Fairfax, was
kicked by "A horse and had two ribs
broken.
There will in all probability he large
sales of loose tobacco on the Richmond
breaks this week
The State has received 5000 az its
share in the dispensary at Franklin Tor
the past six months.
Horses are dying by the hundreds in
Princess Anne county, from what IL sup
posed to be spinal meningitis.
Postmaster Knight, OF Richmond, has
been appointed paymaster for the entire
rural free delivery system in Virginia.
A petition has been presented to Con
gress asking for an appropriation Tor
dredging the channel to Tangier Island.
Mr.. Geo. A. Jarvis of Northampton
has filed petition in Involuntary bank
ruptcy in the t. s. District court in
Norfolk.
One hundred employees of the Norfolk
Cedar Works. located in West Norfolk,
struck because negroes were put to work
beside them,
MIR. Charles b. ROuss, of New York has
sent 81 800 To the Charley Rouss Fire
Company. of Winchester. which will cele-
brate his 66th birthday with banquet
Feb. IL.
The Pennsylvania Globe Gaslight
Company, OF Philadelphia, has completed
the erection OF "a gas plant in Onancock
for the purpose of lighting stores and
dwellings,.
Lewis Braxton was sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary in the Louisa
County court for cutting Lewis Brown
with a razor last December. Both
parties were colored.
The Department of Agriculture will
issue within the next two months a
hand book of Virginia, which will he the
largest and most complete publication OF
the kind ever sent out.
Edward Brooks isarranging tOpubllsh
a weekly newspaper at Mineral City. IL
il stated that j. T.. Bib. editor OF the
Louisa County News, has accepted Il
position with the Norfolk Pilot
DR.. d. NJ. Kipp received last week n ear
load of thoroughbred cattle from Hon.
Henry Fairfax OF Loudoun county. These
cattle were imported, some OF which
weighed 2,200.-Warren Sentinel
The officials of the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac, the Norfolk and
Western and the Atlantic Coast Line have
under consideration the erection OF n
large grain elevator in Richmond.
A fire in Richmond Sunday destroyed
the wholesale grocery of h. W. Gates y
Sons Co.. and an adjoining building
occupied by Moulton 4 Tallmage. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, fully
insured.
In the Lynchburg public schools
children are equipped to become sell sup
porting. Besides excellent training in the
usual English branches, the girls are
taught sewing and cooking and the boys
manual labor.
Mr.. J. T. Brown, of Orange county,
lost by fire his barn and its contents, IN
GLIDING $50 bushels OF corn. two or
three tons of hay, all his stalk fodder
some farming implements and also
several stacks OF hay.
In the County Court OF Rappahannock
county the jury in the case OF Wade Jen-
kins. tried for killing Henry Harris, a
negro, found him guilty OF murder in the
second degree and fixed his punishment
at Is years in the penitentiary.
Gov. Montague has issued to Alabama
officers the necessary papers to secure
from Loudoun county Jessie Davis, a
negro. who shot to death in November
last Giles Emfner, well-known young
man OF Elmo county, Alabama.
Gov. Montague and his wife, Lieu
tenant.Governor and Mrs. Joseph l..
Willard arrived in Atlanta where they
attended the celebration Of Gen. Lee :
birthday yesterday. The Governor was
the principal speaker OF the occasion.
Rex Thomas, the 19-year-old son oil
Mr. Reuben S. Thomas, ofStandardsyille,
was accidentally shot and killed atSykes-
vile. Md. He and l5-year-Old friend
named Cole were playfully scuiiing Tor
the possession OF a pistol OF the mot
loaded kind, when it was discharged, the
ball going through Thomas's heart.
The stockholders of the American
Bank of Orange elected the following
officers: President, J. W. Lockwood,
Jr.; Vice President, David May; Cashier,
Newt Lockwood. Djrectors-H. L.
Eddins. J. G. Ferneyhough, ID. May,
Newton Lockwood, Geo. W. Palmer,
Strother NJ. Newman, j. W. Lockwood,
Jr E. T. Mcintosh, John c. Utz, W. y.
HARLOW.
The barn OF X. s. Brent, in Northum-
berland, was burned Saturday contain.
ing new mower and drill pillow, buggy and
set Of harness and farming implements,
with about hundred dollars worth oil
provender. Recently he had his insur-
ance reduced from four hundred and fifty
to two hundred and fifty. The assist
ance of large crowd OF men saved the
dwelling.
MIR. William Fuchs, of Profit, Va, has
an interesting souvenir OF Thomas
Jefferson in the shape of side-board
which once occupied place in the Mon
ticello home. = Mrs Sallie w. Twyman
having least Der valuable farm. Home
land, moved last week to Manassas
where she and family will reside Tor the
present with Judge L. G. Nichol, near
relative. Madison Free Press.
The Finance Committee OF the Board
of Directors ofthe Tappahannock Branch
of tho I, T. Mumford Banking Company