The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-10-14
CURRENT COMMENTS.
NEWS OF FREDERICKSBURG AND VICINITY
Gathered Here and There By The Free
Lance Reporters.

Lance NcpoItSte
Mr.. John T. Leavell il visiting his rela-
tiyes in this city.
MIR. Sterling H. Lacy has gone To Fl
PasO, Texas, To r side.
For Rent-Two furnished rooms in very
desirable locality. Address L.. City p. o.
Capt. ;. j. Quinn has been sick at his
home since Saturday night
Mr. and Mrs Charles L. Tackett have
returned home from New York.
DR. W. j. Coleman is having two new
dwelling houses built at Mineral City.
Mr.. +. X. Miller. Jr OF Baltimore. was
the guest of his relatives here Sunday.
Dr. J. H. French and son. of New York.
have been in the city for several days.
Mr. c. r. Phillips has gone to West
Virginia 10 accept an electrical position.
Mr.. +. b. Whitehouse has returned
from business trip through the North
ern Neck.
Mrs. Ida Holloway. of Norfolk. is sick
here, at the home of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. L. Leavell
Mr. French Campbell died a few DAYS
ago at the home Of his daughter. Mrs.
Carter, in Caroline county.
Clerk C. A Bryun. Of the Stafford Coun-
" Courts. was in the city yesterday, ac-
companied by Mrs. Bryan.
The season for sora shooting is about
over and the sport has been enjoyed by a
large number of huntsmen.
MIR. II. c. Olive. of Stafford. has return
ed home from Washington. where he at
tended the meeting of the G. A. K.
Mrs. W. J. Morton. who has been visit
ing her parents in Stafford county has
returned to her home, in Alexandria.
Rev. II. II Barber and wife are spend
several days in Washington. and there
were no services at Trinity Church Sun
day.
There are still nearly fifty G.. 4. r. peo-
pie visiting the battlefelds near here.
Over twelve hundred We're here last
week.
The infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John White died at the home Of her pa
rents here last week. aged 5 months and
fifteen days.
At Stafford Store. in Stafford county
an extra session of registrars has been
called, owing to irregularities in the late
registration.
The Richmond. fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad has raised the wages of
all its shop employees from ten to fifteen
cents per day.
The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. W.
Embrey died saturday. Funeral services
were held from the residence Sunday
morning. ut 1890.
The lecture to have been given last
Thursday night by the Epworth League
was postponed. aud was given Monday
evening at O'Clock
Mr.. and Mrs. d ". Owens and daugh-
ter. Miss Frances Owens. of Halifax
county. Va. are visiting Mrs. NJ. T..
Eckenrode and family.
Heavy rains prevailed here Saturday
and the river rose - feet Sunday. The
steamer Lancaster did not reach her
wharf here until Sunday night.
Miss Mary Patterson, of New York.
private Secretary TO Gen. loseph Wheeler
is visiting her aunt, Mr. Thos B. Murphy
at Hague, Westmoreland county.
The laying Of the cornerstone of the
Peoples Mission viii take place today.
and the concert given at the Opera House
this Tuesday night at 5 O'Clock
You should have a first class Photo.
graph of yourself. The fredericksburg
Davis Photograph Gallery is prepared
20 make any size or style you may de
sire
Messrs. r. Lyle Burlington and Lewis
Anderson. who have been whiting the
family of Mad. Tapscott, have returned
to their home. in Huntington, West Vir-
ginia.
4 new pickle factory will be erected in
Falmouth by Messrs. WALLACE and Mon.
cure, they having bought OF Duff Green
estate the property known as the " Old
Cotton Mills"
Don't fail to attend the concert tonight
at the Opera House for the benefit of th,
Peoples Mission. Come and hear the
Southern girl. Admission 10, % and
35c. Tickets on sale at Johnston 4
Parsons.
Monday morning, October 18th. Mis-,
Emma Baseler took charge of tn,
ladies suit and cloak department at c
W. Jones' up-to-date store. unnecessary
alterations made free of charge Perieci
fit assured.
There will be n called meeting Of tn,
/, Mary Washington Hospital Association
I at the home OF Mrs. w II. Richards. a
/ 1920 n. M, on Tuesday, October IA
The meeting is to make arrangement
4 for an entertainment on October 30 ans
: 31st, and full attendance is requested