The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-21
FATALLY INJURED
BY CIRCULAR SAW.
a Man Eating Shark Caught in.
the Potomac.
MORE THAN EIGHT FEET LONG
Sturgeon Of. Large Size Plentiful in the
Rappahannock and Potomac Rvs
ers-Farmers Will Report
Game Law Violators.
MORE THAN EIGHT. FEET LONG

Special Dispatch to The Times.o

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, August d.
Mr.. Norman Curtis, a we'll known and
popular young man of Spotsylvania
county. while attending to his duties at
the sawmill of Mr.. N. F. Waite in Spot
sylvania county, was struck by the
circular saw while revolving at a rapid
speed and so badly injured that it is
thought he cannot recover.
a large shark of the man eating variety
was caught in the Potomac River by
Mr.. r. Green in a gill net near Matthias
Point, King George county. The speci-
men was more than eight feet long and
weighed $50 pounds. He did considerable
damage to the net
Sturgeon are reported to be more
plentiful in the Rappahannock and Poto-
years past. Some specimens caught a
few days ago in the Potomac, weighed
as high as 200 pounds each.
TO ENFORCE GAME LAWS
A number of prominent farmers in
Spotsylvania and Orange counties have
pledged themselves to report to the
proper officials any or 81 violations of
the game laws of this State in their re-
spective localities and to bear a pro-
portional part of whatever expenses may
be incurred in the prosecution of the Of
tenders.
George Undertake, the young son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Timberlake, died
here last night at the residence of his
parents, after a brief illness.
1t is expected that the basket picnic
Of the farmers of Culpeper county, to be
held on the farm of Mr.. JoEl Irving, will
be very largely attended, and the oc-
casion is anticipated with a great deal
of interest by the farmers and the mem
-1,a,e Go y, ,
event in Cupeper county and the dinner
spread in the grove brought in baskets
by the different families. is said to be
as fine as it is possible to provide on a
similar occasion. Addresses will be made
by several prominent gentlemen.
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES
Messrs. P. f. T. Wolfe of Potomac
District; Horace A. Jones, of Rappahan-
mock District; and Fred . Davis, of
Shiloh District, are the delegates elected
by the Republicans in king George coun-
ty to the Eighth Congressional District
Convention, to be held in Alexandria,
September 25th. The meeting. which
elected these delegates, appointed COM
mittee of ten for each district of the
county to see that the voters of their
party are properly registered and to urge
them to turn out and register promptly
on the days set apart for registration in
the respective districts.
The Upperville Colt and Horse Show
of Fauquier county has reelected the
veteran farmer and stock breeder, Colonel
r. H Dulaney, as its president for the
next twelve months. Colonel Dulaney
was first elected at the head of this or
ganization as far back as in the fifties,
and has been regularly reelected since
that time.
DR.. B. c. Jones, of FauDuier county
has finished taking the examination here
before Dr. J. P. Stiff, who is a member
of the State Board of Dental Examiners
The Baptist Church at Rhoadesville
Orange county, has elected Messrs. Fred
Sizer. Samuel NIcCord and j. Mann as
delegates to the Goshen Baptist Asso-
citation, which convenes IN wafer S
Chlrch in Spotsylvania county. Septem-
Der 9Th.