The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-09
Current Comments.

.CUTr6nL C0mm6n Us.
MIR. r. o. Halsey. OF Orange was in
the city yesterday.
MIR. and Mrs. ClaranceR Howard have
returned home from Alexandria.
Mr.. A. Randolph Howard is ON busi-
ness trip TO Urbanna and lrvington.
Miss Eliza Forbes still remains criti-
cally i'll at her home on Hanover street.
Mr.. James Il Evans was ont yestcr-
day. after his late illness with typhoid
fever.
Mr.. John A. Harris was on the street
Yesterday for the first time since his late
Illness.
Mr. T. l.. Coe. OF Faupuier county. was
a caller OF THE FREE LANCE office We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Blight Harrison has returned to
the University oi Maryland to resume
his studies
Don't buy Your dry goods until Jones
new store il finished. which will be in
few days.
Mr.. :. Willis Howard is very sick. He
is confined to his bed with Il severe case
OF erysipelas.
( c. W. Jones will be closed for a few
days pending improvements to his ele-
f giant new store.
/ Mr.. J. l.. Green is in extremis at his
/ / Gr ~ IL
hourly expected.
Mr. Sterling b. Lacy of Culpeper coun.
! tv. has returned home, alter IA visit oi
several weeks here
/ You can save money in buying dry
goods OF all kinds. blankets. underwear
etc. at r. T Bakers
/ For Sale-Mammoth Bronze Turkeys,
Sc q trio. Address Miss Clara l.. Smith,
+ CroNton. Caroline Co. Va.
Mrs. Jane Watson died in Stafford
county Jan. lst. 1902, and was buried
near her home on Thursday.
Miss Belle Fickleu, of Richmond, has
+ been the guest of her fathers family at
Belmont" near Falmouth.
/ MIR. ". T. Green. of Jackets Mile. in
| stafford county. was n visitor 70 The
FREE LANCE office tuesday
/ Count Raoul d Adhemar OF Moss
I Neck. Caroline county. has been spend
/ ing few days in Washington.
Miss Virginia May, Of Washington has
returned home, after pleasant vsit To
/ Miss Jennie May Goodrich here
Mr.. r. lines Taylor, JT., oi Richmond,
/ formerly of this city. has accepted posi-
ton with large lumber company at
/ Iberia La
! Miss Grace King lett for Nutwell
I Nd. Yesterday where she has accepted
nosition as gOverness in the family oi
/ MIR. ". I. Crandell
Miss Isabel Chandler and Mrs II c.
Chisholm. who have been visiting Mrs
/ " Masters. in fredericksburg. have
returned home Richmond News
DIR. ". J. Crittenden, of Orange. passed
through here Tuesday evening on route
to Stafford 10 visit his mother, Mrs Lncy
\ Crittenden. who is i'll with pneu-
mOnia
Mr.. Rufus u King. of Haywood Bros.
4 Wakefield. chair manufacturers. Bal
timore. was in thee city Tuesday en- route
south on his business trip as far as
Tampa Florida
Mrs. VI. Y. Adams Mrs. Lucy 6 ".
Brown. Mrs. J. Ii Davis and Miss Lou
Caruthers have gone to Bay View, Fla.
and will spend the wnterat the southern
home Of Mrs Brown there.
Messrs Alvin T. Embrey and \. W
Embrey Tuesday attended the funeral OF
their cousin. Mr. Landon I Allen. at
NOrrisvile who died oil typhoid lever III
Washington. Sunday, aged % years.
WANTED AT ONcE-A young man. who
j. quick at figures and who writes
clear hand in the Office OF a reliable con-
Germ. on books Address. with reier-
ences 4. B. C.. The FREE LANCE Office.
Mr. Arthur b. Jones is having built on
/ his lot on Main street. next to e. Wallace
1 & Bro. a handsome stOrehouse which.
when completed, will be occupied by the
/ Crescent Grocery Co Mr. A. VI Garner
| is the contractor.
You will always find at Halls drug
store complete stock OF Drugs, Chemi-
calls. Toilet Soaps, Hair Brushes. Combs,
! Tooth BruE0rS. etc, anu a. piirto " o"iN
/ all Prescriptions a speciality; Agency
for Hawkes. celebrated spectacles
Mr.. F.. d Johnston, of New York. was
in the city this week. the guest OF his
relative MIR II H. Johnston. He went
TO T.. lower Rappahannock 10 see the
vori ing Of oyster opening machines,
VIII, b.. PATENTED. and which are being
usec b, he oyster packers there.
u r. Pollock. Jr. the 2-year.oid son
of ifr. ard Mrs NJ Il. Pollock. died alter
n u. ,tra ,ted illness at his fathers home
ia Washington Wednesday morning mt
| o'clock. The remains were brought
her. Yesterday and inferred in the Rob
errs lot in thei City cemetery. Rev ".
f. Smith conducting the ceremonies at
| the grave.
Iost-A dark steer and red heiier. Been
n issin.r for a week. Reward for inior
patit.n. NJ b. Rowe.