The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-21
VIRGINIA NEWS

The storm of Friday aud ANA saturday
injured the Northern Neck telephone ilr
10 the e~tent OF $500.
Hanley Haley and Mamie M.Dickerson.
both of MiddleseN county, were licensed
To wed in Baltimore Tuesday
The FauQuier Democrat is "a new
weekly newspaper at Narcnion with
Thomas L. Franks. proprietor
Second Auditor Dew is getting ready
to nav the semi-anuual interest on thr
state debt. amounting TO Slio,ouo.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Joseph Is. Stewart ol
Richmond. to be- collector of customs at
that port
Miss Alice Roosevelt has joined "A
Monday morning dancing class. Men
are debarred and fancy dp's-cs oil all
sorts are practised.
The government is contemplating Tire
purchase of st. Asaph in Alexandra
county for a permanent goverumeh.
duartcrmastcr' depot
4 colored woman named Holmes died
IN route from Baltimore to Ware ,
Wharf on one Of the steamers Saturday
The woman lived IN Essex county.
W. 4. Crenshaw. Thomas W McCav
and Vim. C. Bentley have retired from
the race for treasurer of Richmond.
leaving thirteen candidates still 90 the
field
Mrs. Susan Il. sutton of Moutl'ss.
aged seveuty-threcy years, died suddenly
Monday. She was the widow of thr
late VIM. r Sutton. and lray,~ four
daughters and three SONS.
The r. F.&P. r. r. is charging its
Broad street freight depot in ..lchmoud
at a cost of $4,000 The Southern WAL
soon build large warehouses on part g"
the old Trigg >hipynrd site.
Cards are out for the marriage OF Miss
Hattie Smith. daughter Of Mr. IL. f..
Smith. OF Culpeper. 20 Mr.. Luci,n j. in'-
son. of the same place. The wedding
will take place at home oihiidc parni
Dec 9th.
Dr. Cahil. a prominent physician nt
Rocky Mount was shot Monday night nF
Melton Saunders. cOiored. while trNn-
20 hurglarize the physician nom
saunders is in custody. and 1T Is believed
ne will be lvuched.
Mrs. Richard Gordon died m her
home near 'pright. Essex county. % irW
davs ago. She was a daughter az thr
late Garnett SouthWdrd. of that county
She was a member of Lebanon Methodist
Church.
Henry Niche. one of the three Mon ac-
.used oi participating iu the crlm" OBJ
blackmaiing Robert BalIautiue. who
killed himself. surprised the Chariot H,-
Vile authorities by voluntarily returning
there and giving himseiiup tie was lr.
leased on bail and declared he knew moth
ing OF the affair
The Mutual Assurance Society of Viz
ginia. an immensely richconcern. ha~ uu-
-ihcl it's policy holders that they "i.
not have 90 pay premiums The coming
year the society having more none.
than it can handle. This society is Over
one hundred years DID, Its business s.
coufned To the State of Virginia.
Louis Laid was instantly killed iu
Hrnrico county. just outside the chg.
while going. to school lie saw
wire living in the road and be- picked ID
M. The telephone wire had been broken
ov the sleet and crossed q trolley Wiz"
Both arms We're burned OH below the
slbow and the boy was badly burned
about the body He was eleven years
Old.
Mr.. D. Lynn Miller and Miss Elizabeth
Roberts StrOther were married ot noon
Tuesday in Trinity Episcopal church. al
Washington. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ia'
maid Of honor was Miss Eliza Stroller
best man Mfr. james II. Fletcher Ih.
ushers were Carroll Meneiee, Bottt
Strother. Henry Miller Frank Non.i'
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Niile
loft for a Northern tour