The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.
II y. Hale has been appointed post
master at Danton Orange county.

! II y Hale has been appointed post
master at Danton. Orange county.
Nessrs +. Tucker Wilkins and John 7.
/ wilkins have been admitted to the bar
/ OF Northampton county
Two new industries will start at Tap
/ pahanock in the early Spring pickle lac
/ tory aud a broom factory
one hundred conyicts are to be EN-
ployed in building the new road from
| charlottesville To Monticello.
Wednesday night the old dwelling
on Ariosta, in Loudoun county. owned
bv Miss Molie Mason, was destroyed by
fire.
Mr.. Thomas Lee Moore, the new ).
Attorney for the Western district OF Nlr-
einia. will remove the office from Ablng-
| don TO l.ynchburg.
Lieutenant r. C. CroXton |. ;. A.. sta
| toned at Plattsburg y. y, Is expected
with his bride soon to visit his father
Judge Thomas Cro1ton, at Tappahan-
mock.
The b +. Johnson Publishing Company
OF Richmond, received an orderior -, Ooo
worth of charts and primers for use III
the Philippines This is the third order
from the Philippines.
| Plans have been drawn Tor "a l2-stOry
office building and hotel to he erected on
the site of the burned Atlantic Hotel
| Norfolk. the composite structure L" oe
! 25ON2O2 feet square.
Gov. Montague has decided To submit n
brief message To the Legislature ON It's re-
assembling next Wednesday. The paper
will deal. among other things with the
subject of good roads
Hon. Jefferson NJ. Levy proposes u
| celebrate JefiersOn's birthday at MOno.
cello. Va. on April l3 with speeches AMI
festivities. Tx President Cleveland, David
b. Hill and other prominent Democrats
will be invited.
Resides making an address at the Good
| Roads Conference in Danyille next week,
! GOV. Montague will make another when
the good roads party visits Richmond.
He will probably attend the conference
at Charlottesville also.
Forty.three sacks and four pouches OF
| mail left our POstOliice Monday morning
! for across the country. TO be distributed
principally along the Rappahannock
| river. This was caused by the Kappa
hammock being frozen. - West Point
Plain Dealer.
The people of Tappahannock are great
IL interested in the Summer Normal.
| which will be held there in July and
August. Every preparation is being
made to entertain large number OF
| visitors. and the attendance Will prob
ably exceed that OF four years ago.
As result OF an investigation OF the
conduct of the recent gubernatoral cleo
ton in Norfolk, Richard Jones, colored,
;. 6. Davidson, and Joseph Smith, cleo
| ton Judges. were each fined 500, and
an additional five months jail sentence
was imposed for committing fraud
The dwelling on the farm Of Mr.. \. q.
| Chambers. in Ioudoun county, and oc-
cupied by Mr. Robert Carter, was de-
stroved by fire Monday night. The
family barely escaped. as the roof was
almost falling in when the fire was dis
| covered Small insurance on building.
| Plans are on foot for restoring old Pohick
Episcopal Church. near Alexandria. where
President Washington and so many other
distinguished Nirginians wOrshiped. An
appeal is to be made to the country Feb
ruarv -. WashingtOn's Birthday, ioI
contributions for this cause. Ii Is said
that $4,000 or $4,000 will be neces
sary.
deed has been recorded in Northamp
ton county conveying the property OF the
New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk lei.
egraph Company to the New York, Phil
adelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company
The line extends from Cape Charles 10
Kings creek and is leased by the Postal
Telegraph and Cable Company. Thecon'
sheraton named in the deed il SdO,OOO
As Mr.. J. ". Bicksler was putting
away a horse the animal kicked nm
severely about his head and leg, which
caused temporary paralysis from which
| he is recovering 30 A special agent OF the
United States revenue department visited
Warrenton and found lots OF oleomarge
rine masquerading as butter - On Sun
day last Mr.. J. ThOs. Sealock sustained
a serious loss in the burning of his house
and many of the contents. 49, Warrentor
Nirginian.
A charter has been applied for by the
Denney Galvanic Paint Company, locat
ed at Chape Charles. The organizers are
county people, and the principal Office
will be at Cape Charles. The officers arr
.Josephus f. Bussels, president; l.. +
Mumford and l.. J. Whitehead, vice-presl
dents. and j. B. Jones, secretary anc
manager, Messrs c. q. Smithers, Edward
Richardson being the other directors
They propose manufacturing the paint OF
which Mr.. Denney, of that town, secured
a patent 1t is said to be impervious tt
the action OF salt water.