The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-27
CURRENT COMMENTS.
NEWS OF FREDERICKSBURG AND NlClNiIF
GATHERED HERE AND HERE ~ IhE
FREE LANCE REPORTERS.

FREE LANCE REPORTERS.
Mr.. 4. VI. Garner has returned rom
trip To Washington.
Mr. f n Baker has been ou hns'ne~s
trip North this week
Mrs Isaac ,iirsh aud MIR, David lirfh
are visiting ia Baltimore.
Miss Mamie GooJwin is the guest 81
her sister in Washington.
Miss Matte Franklin, who has been
quite sick. is conyalesccnt
Miss Kate kcenc ha- GONE Nor'ato AT
tenn the millinery oWrlngs
Mr. j 8 Moods condition is improved,
but hc is still confined To his home.
Hon NJ. X. Lowry and son Harold OF
Stafford. were in the city Tuesday
Mr. Chris Turner, Of Richmond is the
guest If his father. MIR james y Turner.
Mr. John +. McCallcy, OF Washington,
is spending few days withrelatlve mere
See notice of Mr.. W. r. Crabbe Hague,
Va. who offers ior sale thoroughbred
horses
MIR. George II. Zerr, who is'cngaged in
the saw-mill business in MiddleseN coun-
ty. is in the city.
Mr. William Wine is in eNtremis with
consumption at his home near Mountain
View. in Stafford.
You can save money in buying dry
goods OF an kinds. blankets, underwear
etc.. at r. Il. Bakers
Miss Thornton. of Hartford, Conn. is
visiting Miss Annie T. Fleming. nj her
home on Hanover street
Hon. :. |. Kelley. oi Richmond. was in
the city Yesterday the guest OF Council
man Terence McCracken
Mrs NJ f Tompkins is North this week
attending the millinery openings ana
purchasing her Spring stock.
Miss l.iliore G.. Decker OF Spotsylva-
min is I'm the city. the guest oi the family
of her brother. Mr. Nelson G. Decker.
Mr. G. II llurkamp was out Monday,
after his late illness in which lac was
Threatened with typhoid pneumonia.
Rev J. II. Brown. Of King George has
accented a call To church in Middle
town. Pa He will move his family there
Mr. William BERNARD sold his crop oi
six hundred bushels of oth' Bridge
winter Mills Yesterday tor 80 cents per
bushel
Rev Homer Wclrb preached at the
Mission Monday night To "a large audi
dience. The revival will continue during
tine week.
You should have a good Photograph
oi yourself. The Davis Photograph 'al-
lerv is prepared to make any style you
may desire
Miss Eva Grasty. daughter oi MIR. NJ.
e. Grastv. of " ashington, who has been
the ouest Of her aunt. Mrs L {. Ninde.
has returned home.
Miss Leila Ycrby is very sick with pneu-
monia "a, 3elyoir, the home o! ner
father Mr.. T. Z VERIFY, OF Spotsy wanna
She j. cared Tor by trained nurse.
"Fne." splendid. grand. are some
of threxpressions we hear OF the music
rive, hv the fredericksburg College Or
chc.tra atC ~. Jones opening Tuesday
ui-ht
THE piano used att W Jones grand
opening tuesday night was Hunting
ton. IA magnificent instrument; IT was
kindly loaned by Mr. }. Willard ADAMS
......f.~ f,r here
Mis-. Louise Picquet du Belief, OF Lou
i-iana. who has been patient at the
Mary Washington Hospital for several
months. expects to remain only month
longer and is very much improved
4 telegram was received here yesterday
from Mrs " g. Smith who was sum
monet 10 the Shepherd Pratt Home near
Towson. Md. by the illness OF her nus
band. which stated that MIR smith con
di,ion is hopeless.
DR. Theodore Hough, OF Boston, Mass.
suent Monday here with the family oil
MIR ! Fred Brown. lie came down 10
SIC his father. Rev. DR.. r. Z. ). Hough'
whose condition eXcites the apprehension
OF his family and friends.
You will always find at Halls drug
store n complete stock Oi Drugs, Chenli-
Gals. Toilet Soaps. Hair Brushes Combs,
Tooth Brushes. etc. and at prices To SUIT
all Prescriptions "a speciality. Agency
for Hawkes. celebrated spectacles
Miss Pattie Parish, OF Bowling Green,
passed through here yesterday en- route
home FROM Orange where she has beeh
m the bedside Of her stepmOther, Mrs. NJ:
f. Parish. who was paralyzed several
weeks ago. SherepOrts Mrs. Parish much
improved.
Despite the bad weather the opening at
G. W Jones store was grand success.
Every foot of floor space on the TWO
LARGE floors was crowded from the hOnr
of op4niny. : pm. TO hour OF closing, ~
u. m. Nothing like it ever seen in Fred
cricksburg.
In connection with it's report OF the
proceedings OF the Mothers Congress IN
Washington. the Washington star pup
fishes an excellent likeness OF Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett. daughter OF Mrs. Waller
nj Whitewater. Stafford county. Mrs. Bar
rett is the organizer for Virginia.
William Albert Alsop, a well known
and respected colored man, Is years old,
formerly Of Spotsylvania. died at his
home in Philadelphia lew days ago.
His remains were brought here Neuhes-
day morning and taken to his old nome
for ipterment. lie was a son OF Arm
stead AlsOp, OF the county.
Ernest Dudley Ray Dead.