The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

front Royal has voted for an issue of
$500 IN bonds To purchase the Front
Royal waterwOrks
Gen. FtEhugh Lee has returned In his
home in Charlottesville after a month :
visit 10 bis son in Texas.
Hon. Thomas +. Watson. of Georgia
comtemplates buying home aud ma.
KING his residence in Virginia
Mr.. IL. b. Male. proprietor of Rokebv
stock farm LoudOun county has a pair
OF trotting bred bays for : 600.
The Religious Herald is receiving con.
gratulatiOns FROM its readers on the an
proaeh of the seventy anniversary
o. its foundation.
Edward Curtis was drowned Wednes.
day in Broaiwater bay. Northampton
county, by the capsizing of a boat in
which vas sailing.
Ths case 0, a, ''-- Coles for the I'LL
/ cit sesouiS = ;skev " N he
the Count, sorilanaic. drafted, prov Z
he to pay ointment OF five members "tc
instructions have bete21!al Military Parl
Washington for the Republicans TO i'll res
an aggressive effort TO elect the & onpress
man from the Second district of Virginia.
Rev. W. l.. Groves, pastor OF the Pres
Oyterlan churches in Gloucester cOuntV
has gone TO Anacosta. on Puget Souud
to examine the field before accepting a
call recently rendered him
1t is stated that Mr.. Robert Murpbv
OF Washington. will run "A steam freight
boat from Washington TO Conn Wharf
Northumberland county. three times a
week, beginning this month
Commissioner Koiner. has issued = 600
copies of the second edition of his report
The demand from the farmers has been
so heavy that Mr.. koiner found il neces
sary to get out a second edition
The Department of Agriculture OF Vir-
ginia has issued its spring bulletin CON
tanning analysis of fertilizers. The bulle-
TN Is sent free To farmers on application
to the Department at Richmond.
The entire force. with n few executions
OF the Deford 'rannery Company, OF Lu-
ray, went on a strike THURSDAY. demand
ing an increase in wages of Sl.OO Der
week About POO men are affected.
Gov. Montague has named Hurry u
tichelberger, of Richmond, to be com
missioner on the part of the State for the
Third District to the jamestown Exno.
s'tlon to succeed MIR. W. :. Copeland.
resigned.
The Franklin street part OF the Ieffer
son hotel, IN Richmond has been reopen
co IL Is even handsOmer than before the
1re. The public rooms Of the hotel ~.
n htfn n nd
ing rooms.
The Elks' carnivalin Roanoke is largely
attended. Thousands of visitors poTred
INTO the city, and the Norfolk and West
ern pay day. aggregating $1,000 fll-
ed the streets and carnival grounds with
a living mass
The storehouse at Gloucester L. u
owned by Il. T. Taliaferro and occupjed
by A. Phillips was burned Wednesday
night, Nearly all of the stock was lost
Mr.. Phillips carried insurance amount /
ing TO $1,000. The house was also insur- I
ed
The members of the Virginia Press asso-
cation have been invited by Mr.. Joseph .
bryan to attend a reception at T.abur-
mum, his handsome home. near Rich
mond. on the evening of Friday. June -.
ioiowing the annual meeting of the
association at Virginia Beech.
Franklin Crump, of Henrico comfy
who with possibly one exception was
the Oldest man in the United States il
dead lie was l25 years Old. The grand
children OF the deceased are old men and
women Crump used tobacco all of his
llie, but was never known to indulge in
intOxicants. 8"
A new rural free delivery route for Viz
gina, TO commence July lst 1909
viii be established as follows: Rector,
town (FaUquier cOunty)-One carrier.
length OF route, pos. miles; area covered
4 square miles; population served. 272.
number OF houses on route. 6S. Carrier
William W. Gulick.
The wOrkingmen of r edmond have
boycotted beef. The Trades
md Labor Council, has adopted a reso-
ution asking the men to abstain from
neat eating for thirty days. This is tbe
lrst action of its kind taken by united !
abor in this State, and its effect Is ex-
'ected 70 be widespread in reducing the :
ales of beef. I
me commission to enlarge the Capitol c
u Richmond selected plans which are 10 4
e worked out of the designs submitted
y Richmond and Lynchburg firms 4
vhich do not contemplate changes in
he exterior of the present building, but
viii revolutionize the interior The work
10 be done within the appropriation
# 500, 900. - WV" ;
Arrangements are being made to make !
he 18th day of this month a red -letter :
ayfor the town of Urbanna. Thecorner- {
tone OF the new Methodist church win =
v laid on that day. A large crowd is /
expected from the adjoining counties A :
lumber OF our Northern Neck friends \
ave informed us of their intention to be r
resent.-Southside Sentinel 9
At the annual contest between the II
ashington and Jefferson literary socie- b
les OF the University of Virginia for the {
harrison Trophy. Frank W. Gwathmey &
Louisa, and l. w. Ayres of California RI
presented the Jefferson Society. and
owland II. Latham. of Onancock. and
ohm Upton, of Norfolk, the Washington
ociety. The judges, decided in favor of
he Jefferson Society. L
Gen Emma Hinton hos cold IL; -. =,