The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-25
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Pension issued at Washington: Jacob
Custis. Accomac county, Sl2.
William c. West, OF Onancock, will
send his stable OF trotting horses to New
York in February, TO be sold.
Mrs. Mittie Durrer, of Greene county.
had fall by which the end OF her nose
was mashed off The doctor sewed 1t
back again.
The Newport News Shipbuilding Com
pany will build fine steamer for the
Old Dominion Steamship Company, To
cost $500, 600.
At the meeting of the new penitentiary
board ". D. Chesterman was chosen
president He is the oldest director in
point Of service
4 colored man named Johnson, living
near Madison Run, accidentally shot and
killed his little 3-year-old niece aiew days
ago while handling pistol.
Captain William L. Messick, manager
OF the Carriers Creek Fish GuanO Com
panv. oiIrvington, WHO'S in a Baltimore
hospital is improving rapidly.
Mr.. 4. Penn Sears, clerk of the firm OF
Sears Il Williams, merchants at Mathews
Courthouse. was found dead in the store
bedroom early Sunday morning.
The Norfolk county grand jury has in
dicted ten saloon keepers for violating
the Sunday law by selling liquor and al
lowing pool playing and gambling.
Seccacon Tribe, No 100, OF Red Men,
of Heathsville, turned out in body III
regalia Tuesday to hear Rev Mr.. Littin-
ger preach at the Methodist church.
The grand jury of Lancaster county
has indicted Capt Daniel NJ. Davis oil the
Weems steamer Northumberland, for
failing to observe the Jim Crow law.
The grocery store of II. j. Dyke in
IrVington, Lancaster county, was entered
by robbers and all the cash in the drawer
and n considerable amount OF goods were
taken.
Professor ]. l.. Jarman, OF Emory and
Henry College, has been elected president
of the State Female Normal School at
FarmvIle. by the Board oi Visitors To
succeed DR. Frazer.
1t is said that Mr. Jack Lee the Lynch
81 Ia. lsna
To assist in the defense ole Aylett Ashby,
indicted for the murder Of City Engineer
T.. 4 Mayre, at Newport News.
Justice r. \. Piuckard. Of Lancaster
county. imposed $40 in fines and costs
upon j J. Whitaker for violation Of the
local option laws Justice pinckard ut
the same time fined Mr.. Brizendine 500
and costs.
The Joint legislative committee, con
sisting of the Senate Committee on Public
Institutions. the House committees on
Prisons and Asylums. aud on Schools
and Colleges, have made an inspection ot
the State colleges, schools, and insane
hospitals.
The government has ordered that the
counties of Hanover. Orange, and Louisa
be placed in quarantine, owing to the
fact that the owners OF stock on the
south Of James river are constantly VIC
lating the regulations by driving their
cattle across the river.
The sum of so. 500. 63 has been raised
bv the Baltimore Daughters of the Con
federacy for the Confederate monument
10 be erected there. In the amounts
contributed by different States Texas
leads with 81 .329 II; Maryland second
with ~ ,2S9 81 and Virginia third with
81 ,062 9S.
W. r Broaddus has purchased the
'phone line from West Point TO Walker
ton and will make every effort TO put the
line in good condition. There will be
several new offices placed on the line. As
last as possible the old phones will be re-
placed with new and improved instru-
ments. - West Point Plain Dealer.
Mr. r. G Hiden, who for ten years has
been connected with the repOrtorial and
editorial departments of the Times, Rich
mond, has accepted the position OF asso
ciate editor of the Birmingham News,
and will move his residence TO that city.
Mr.. Hidden is son of Rev. j. e. Hidden,
d. d. He has formed other business con-
nections there having been appointed
secretary of the W. F. Tyler Company
an extensive wholesale firm in which he
is partner.
Commissioner Koiner has received alet-
ter from Louis B. Magid, of New York,
stating that a company with a capital
OF 81, 800, 600 had been formed to enter
the "sericulture" in the South. They
will educate the Southern farmer to
raise cocOons and assist them in the
supply of seed aud the planting of null
berry trees. The writer wished to know
in what part of Virginia the mulberry
trees could be grown. Mr.. KOiner re-
piled that Middle, Southern and Eastern
Virginia were well adapted to its
growth
Some cases disposed Of by the Court OF
Appeals: Stewart and wife vs.. Conrad \
administrator, Circuit Court of Middlesex
county; reversed. Bickers vs. Berry,
Circuit Court of Greene county; writ OF
error. Davis vs. Hicks, Circuit Court OF
Matthews county; appeal refused.
The case of Rowe and others against
Drisgell was a petition for a writ of
mandamus The petitioners applied to
William Ii. Drisgell, oyster Inspector, for
tongmen license in King and Queen coun-
ty. The ground in dispute had been
leased to George W. Richardson. The
petition claims that this is natural oyster
planting grounds but the respondent al
leges that it is a portion of the oyster
planting grounds Without deciding the
merit of the case, the court refused 10
grant the petition, on the ground that
the mandamus was not the proper
remedy.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
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