The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-11

Death-Barn eurned-FlooF of Mil
Gives Way Under Heavy Weight o.
Wheat Canning Season Closed
Moro Runors Of Sale OF Wsem'
Line Personals.
huntsville, Oct :. 1904.
Mrs Joseph Davis, of Ozeana. thit
county. DIED on Thursday last at noon
after n brief illness. The sympathy oI
this and the O1eana neighbOrhOOd gOeF
ont TO Mr. Davis in this, his irtepArnble
loss MIR. Davis IL a very thrifty farmer
and stands well in his county,
Miss May Kriete, OF Dunnsville, has &C
cepted "A position as teacher 10 Union
vile, Orange county. Miss kriete Is a
daughter OF the late + W. Krietr, OF this
town. 40 well known az the dew loper OF
fruit packing in thie section. We con
graduate the people among whom this
young lady goes, and feel sure that they
will find ia her an educational stimulus
to the youth Of that community.
Miss Snaie Warner. recently graduated
from the Peabody Normal OF Tennessee,
has opened a private school near ware =
Wharf.
Mrs. Gazelle Hume, who Ia visiting her
sister. Mrs. ". b. Hoskins, accompanied
by her sister, Miss Pearl g. Hundley, re
turned from a flying trip 10 Baltimore
yesterday.
Ned Clark, colored, IL unto tunate
Last summer lightning struck hi' stable
AMI killed his only horse, and Tue day
night bis barn and stable were burned,
destroying much of his housed crop OF
corn and fodder
The second floor of Messrs ii, ndlry X
Hoskins' mill broke in and scattered 900
bushels OF select wheat "A lew nights ago.
Some of the wheat WAS thrown into the
mill race and the remainder Tell TO the
first aud the ground floors among the
COMPLICATIONS OF the roller process ma
chinery. The loss il about 5000, while
considerable time will be lost In repair
ing the damage done,
The +. ". hriete Il Go. canning eetRb-
lishment closed today, after very busy
summer. There are some tomatoes lett
ia the fields yet, bur the cool nights rem
der them uniitfO packing, the fruit being
soft and not fully ripe The closing oil
our canning houses Il very pointedly
marked by the III, rchants OF our town
Hundreds Of dollars are paid out 20 the
hands during the fruit packing season
and much Of this money is Immediately
passed 90 the merchants for household
supplies. While the tomato crop WAS
not az good as usual, still it has proven
q great help 90 the farmers OF this com
munity, bringing in little ready money
before the corn crop was ready Tor
market.
Ii seems 20 be generally belieyed that
the Weems Steamboat Co. has sold out
10 the Pennsylvania Il Il, Co., $4,000
600. il il said. being the sum paid by the
Il. K Co. 10 il rnmored that Mr.. VIII
liAms will remain the president OF the
Steamboat Co for the present, and that
many OF the officers Of the company will
be retained Our people do not seem TO
relish the idea Of the steamboat 20. being
swallowed ny by a powerful Il, X. Co.
They fear higher rates, and some OF our
merchants think that the trade Oi this
section will be drawn 90 Philadelphia
going by way of the Eastern shore
branch Of the Pennsylvania K. H. he all
this az it may. bat there is one thing
sure. 90 where yoH will and you will
never End another monopoly a. reAs IN
able and a. congiderate As the "eems
Line. lie officers are personal friends TO
the people of the Rappshannock, and lie
president has at all times shown himself
alive to the peoples interests ana ready
20 serve them