The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-12

4 pension has been issued at Nashinr.
ton 10 MACY Handy. Mathews couuty
The Dnitel States District Attorney s
office has been transferred 20 Roanoke
from Lynchburg.
Ca pier at Newport News the e>llo-
sion ot a box of primers injured four per
sons but none OF them fatally.
The Culpeper Enterprise is living the
name of Hon a. 4. Gormau oi Mary land
at the head of y editorial column for
+ President in 1904
The annual reunion ol the H. NJ. Ran
toiph camp. fauquier lizards. viii take
place saturday August 10th at CASa-
nova. Fauquier county.
\ local Passenger train on the southern
railway collided with afCeight train near
'anNiiie sunday Two men we've kiled
and several seriously injured
The estate Of Mr. James T.. S.hoolheld.
the evangelist of uanviilc. who died last
week. i valued at $4,000. including
life Insurance of >64 500
In the Ashland Gun Club shoot Satur.
day the high gun was handled 10y j. T.
'oN. breaking Il at the l1-yari line
and winning the hrst prize rifle
At protraetei meeting at Ohvet
church. k'ng aud Queen county. Rev.
H. ". Tribbe oi Charl ott,svillr assist.
ed the pastor. Rev. J " I,yland
4 nemocratic Senatorial primary viii
b. held IN I.yuchburg October I % NOM
mate 90 candidate Tor state senator TO
succeed Senator Carter Glass. resigned
On Thursday. August II. the Warsaw
AMI Leonar,iiown MAJ baseball clubs
Will play two match gaines of baseball
AT Warsaw Morning game at 10 O'Clock
afternoon 2.3u.
More coal was mined a.; the Pocahon-
tas coal mines in July than during any
July in the history Of the company and
more Will be- mined in August An the
mines are now working fail forces aud all
the strike trouble Is over.
The T.. + aud I. r. Il. Recently paid
Julian Hoskins. of boswell 81 500 for
the loss of a leg while serving tine com
pany a brakeman. lie elso gets "A
liie position a. a hagman at n CROSSING.
Inc case never went TO court.
Potomac Baptist Association will meet
ut Loar church. BriStersburg. Fauouier
county. commencing Aug Is Convey
ancts VIII meet Delegates at Calvcrtun
station az 300 a. m. from North and at
l-:ot p. m. from South on Aug. l3.
Quite stir was created around >taur-
ton by message from Naynesboro to
the efiect that on had been struck then.
pom Investigation. however. il was
learned that some unknown parties had
poured coal oil IA and around the wells
Il i TO be presumed that the coupl,
VINO We're married at dawn in Charlotte
county lew days ago in the presence.
ri many attendants and friends had
liberal supply of alarm clocks among
their welding presents Richmond nis
patch
Rev. Or. H. W Battle. Of PETERSBURG
was summoned from Middle-eN where h.
was holding meeting at Glebe LANDING
church 70 attend the funeral of Miss
Edith Pitcher. lie VIII return 10 Middle.
sex this week To hold "A revival at War,
church.
sheriff Edward Garland of Richmond
county vas painfully injured in the right
ankle while experimenting the loading
81 boat with lumber being caught be-
tween rolling piles and had narrow e.
cape from more serious injury. Heis using
crutcheS
In Bramble ward Norfolk. Frida,
night.at a Democratic meeting. a personal
difficulty took place between Hon. ] Il
l.awiess, Congressional aspirant. and
John L. Watson. Of Portsmouth. The
lie was passed and blows ensued. but no
serious results followed.
Master Pegram Wright had mira,.
ulous escape from death ON Monday
night. While walking in his Sloep h.
iell out oi a three story window. over
thirty feet The little fellows face j.
badly bruised and lacerated. his wrist
sprained. and other injuries are feared -
iIdeWater Iappahannock) Democrat.
There ought 20 be- something more tan.
gible than a possible Democratic m.iori-
" IN the next House to warrant bar9
feelings between Messrs. Swanson and
Hay OF the Virginia delegation. Good
ieeiing- and cooperation between these
estima5le gentleman will be necessary t.
keep the possible majority in order
Petersburg Index Appeal
In the Christian Federation Rev. e. n
crawford reviews the Crawford CampbeU
case IN arather caustic article. Mr. CraNv-
ford sticks to his original statement thar
such rulings had set people 10 wonder
ing which had doctOred most. the willis.
key or the Judge" He states. however
that II was not meant TO intimate that
the Judge had been bribed
Mr. II. j. Dudley, Of King and Queen
county purchased $50 worth of sheer
last year and has already sold in less
than one year over $50 worth Of lambs
and woodland still has his same flock of old
sheep and over S;I3 worth Of lambs left
Mr.. +. Bagby and DR.. r. +. RutIer
OF caroline county, went out fishing thi,,
week and caught fOrty-two large fish
West Point Corr Richmond Times.
Because Rev. II. r. Fishbprne
who has been president Of the civ
school board Of Roanoke for ten
years, could not secure an opinion
from the attorney general of Virginia as
To whether he had a right to ride on n /
street ear pass, that gentleman has resign /