The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The strike situation at the Sterne SILK
Mills in Petersburg is unchanged.
The deposits in the two national banks
at Ieesburg. Va, aggregate 81, 40, POO.
Mr.. II. f. Pearse has been elected city
engineer OF Newport News to succeed the
late L. A. Marye
Pensions issued at Washington: Lewis
Daniels, Rosslyn $l1; Maria Beckett,
Northampton county, -. {. Brlstow,
Saluda, SD,
c. II. O'Ferrell. Jr., son Of ex-Gov. {. i.
O Terrell, has been appointed manager
of the Pearl Coal Mining Company, at
Dingess, ". Va.
Ignatius. the 9-year old child of Mr..
Dorsey Bridges. of LOudOun county, was
drowned Thursday while playing on the
ice on Sycoline creek.
Culpeper county IL one Of the few conn
ties in the State that is free Of debt. On
the LIST day OF the new year the county
did not owe one dollar
Manchester will be furnished electric
lights for the next five years without
cost This is due to rivalry between two
electric companies and the probability OF
contest over street railway franchises.
In the Loudoun County court Thurs
day in the ease of George Plaster for the
malicious cutting of Oden Lake last fall,
the jury rendered verdict of 10 days
confinement in the County Jail and fine
OF 5000.
Richmond Confederate veterans are, as
lar as can be learned, almost unanimous
in their opposition to Representative
Rixey's bill, providing that Confederate
veterans be admitted To the National
Soldiers Homes
Senator lie Cato. Of Accomac. is advo-
eating the establishment of an epileptic
colony in Virginia He il chairman of
the Senate committee on public institu-
tons, and familiar with the needs of the
insane of the State.
Mr. Archibald Simpson, n well-knOwn
contractor and builder, of loudoun
county, while experimenting the con
struction of dwelling near Waterford,
fell from the stairs To the cellar and II IN
a critical condition.
Mr. Manly BrOaddus, OF NewtOwn, was
operated ON by DR.. Wheat at the Virginia
Hospital few days since His friends
will be glad to learn that he is getting on
nicely. - Miss Ruth Smoot, of Essex
entered the Seminary Monday, and will
take the teachers course West Point
Plain Dealer.
John W. Starke. of Richmond, charged
with sending obscene matter through the
mails To the President was taken before
Commissioner Henry Flegenheimer and
waving examination, was bailed and
sent on to the grand jury in the t. ;
District Court, which will be impaneled
on April 9TH.
The Board OF Supervisors. of Culpeper
county. have purchased of Mr.. |. l.. John
son his farm lying about four miles East
of Culpeper, for home for the helpless
poor of the county. The farm contains
$40 acres upon which are several good
buildings; the price paid $4,000 In adj
ditiOn to the buildings now on the farm
the Board will erect number OF cottages
for the accommodation of the inmates.
4 brave act of lady saved the Bap
fist Parsonage from serious damage, II
not from destruction by fire. On last
Monday Mrs Frank Williams discovered
that the roof ofthe kitchen of the parson-
age was on fire: she ran to the house to
give alarm and finding Mr.. Winfrey
absent, bravely climbed upon the roof
and tearing off the shingles, soon ex-
tinguished the flames. -Culpeper Enter
prise.
The usually quiet town OF Eastville
was stirred TO its centre on Tuesday
night by generalfree fight among some
oystermen and some of the. county boys.
Rumor says that the States attorney
was called out of bed and special officers
depntized to arrest the participants, and
that one of the fiddlers paid thirty-eight
dollars for his fun. - A new Post office
will soon beestablished atCObbs landing,
to be know as Oyster i. o., with MIR
VIM. r. Travis as Post Master. tape
Charles Light.