The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-13
VIRGINIA NEWS

Rev DR.. Geo. W. BeAle. of Heathsyile, |
has recovered IRON his recent ill0ess
Id. Passano has sold bis farm near
Warrentou ~ Clarence Moore, oil Chiefly
Chase
Hon Howard Hathaway, OF Washing
ton State, is visiting his relatives IN Ian.
caster county.
The farm Of the late K 4. Burnett WINS
snld mt public auction 10 ", j. Coie iur
~, SO0. Madison News.
The new council of Fairfax elected
Walter Il. Oliver, mayor; W. ID. Crot-.
town sergeant, aud !. K Allison, clerk
YIN. Rrickhouse was at Onaheurk
given i've years IN the peniteniiary fpr
the murder of Edgar AdaiF. Insanity
was his plea.
The review of the troops engaged in
the maneuvers took place az wellington,
near Manassas, Saturday, and was u
most imposing spectacle.
The new C0FFotOmRn Baptist church,
at Ottoman, Lancaster cOunty. wRsded
icated Sunday, Rev. A. h. Runaway
preaching the dedicatory sermon.
The cash sut srrip tions TO the Ffedfr-
icksburg and ksppahannock Railway,
up to our Last issue a. publi-hed, amount
ed to S28, GOO -Culpeper Enterpris''
While near the mouth Of the Kappa
hammock, and with only one crab Tor
bait. Captp. G.. II. and Thomas j. Nilling.
of lryington, In Il short time landed l"i
trout
Mrs. GeorgianR Selden, widow OF the
late r. G. Selden, DIED at her home
"Cloverdale, in Gloucester county. We'd
uesday. Her husband died leSs than
month ago. Four daughters aud three
Sous survive.
The custom Of naming tSe farms al
/ Orange county is becoming very com
mon and MANY of them from their beauty
and great prOGUctiyeneTs art well
entitled to their distinctive designations.
Orange Observer
Friends regret To hear the rumOr that
/ Mir. and Mrs John Curlett, Of Wheaton.
to be accompanied by Mrs. 7. Spicer
[ Curlett. will in the nOt-Iar- distant future
remove to Jamaica, West Indies, 10 re
side.-Nirginis Citizen.
After n conference with several officials
! GOV. MONTAGUE has decided TO with
draw his request 20 change the date oil
Nirginia day at st. Louis and the eele-
urstiop of Virginia day will occur the
23d, as at first scheduled.
Christ church Kingston parish. Math-
eve county, which was burned last
spring and which has just been rebuilt,
/ has been opened for service. Mr.. Henry
| Lane, Of the Virginia Seminary, read the
service and made an address at the first
,ervice.
The disease which broke out among
cattle on the farm Of j j. PerrOw, in
I Campbell county, is declared to be an
thrAx. CopgressmRR Glass secured
enough of attensAted virus from the
agricultural department at Washington
TO vaccinate one hundred cattle.
The town OF Colonial Beach hss reason
to be proud of its hnstIint y0un2 attOr-
ney. George Mason, When he gets hold
Of "a desperate case he puts out all his
skill and eloquence to bring out eyery
pOssiblp feature that shall favor hir
rllent.-UolOnial Beach Progress.
There il strong hope entertained here
OF the electric road. for which charter
from Winchester to Washington har
bren obt8ibea. crossing the river NJ
Berry's Ferry, thence over the mountain
through Ashby's Gap, passing through
Paris. Upperyile and Middleburg War.
renton Yirginian.
A meeting OF the stockholders of The
! Town Hall Association Of this place wRs
held on Friday evening. They decided
20 buy lot opposite the Jail from Mts
]. NJ McCarty on which 10 erect 10 the
building. One thousand dollars OF
more has been subscribed in stock
| Northern Neck News.
The Department Of Dentistry Of the
/ University College Of Medicine. Richmond
announces very welcome addition 90
the ranks of its teaching corps, in The
person Of DR.. Richard l. Simpson, of Fin
castle, Va, who becomes Lecturer on
Dental Surgery and will have charge oil
the Dental lGfirm8ry
BronAugh rrice, q Southern Railway
/ fireman, was the victim of a serious Rcei
dent near Marshall Friday. Trice wac
under the engine when the machinery
moved slightly. but sufficiently to catch
his left hand and sever nearly all OF the
! fingers. He was taken to Manassas aud
later CARED to the Alexandria Hospital
/ The hand wAs Amput8ted.
Friday night the soldiers at Manassas
rsided several stands near camp No. !.
G. 0 Purcell. proprietor OF a stand, was
wounded in the arm by a bsyOnet. II
required two companies to disperee the
mob. and guard WAC then placed over
each stand for the night Soldiers re-
turning from town to the camp held up
teamsters. claiming to be looking for II
driver vvbo had mistreAtpd a cOmrade,