The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-04-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.


race meeting at Washington Friday were
trained 10y William Garth OF Charlottc~-
willie
4 large fine at llarrisonhurg Saturday
did heavy damagc.and ior time threat
eued To destroy business section OF the
town
James Il. Foster. oi the Plains. has
lately added To his large landed mt'f-
ests the Burgess farm adjoining. contain
ing 800 acres. at $50 AN acre.
While blowing near Newmarket. Shcn-
anduah county. j. i. Nlswandrr NM
earthcd an Indian burial ground. n
which he found the graves Of more than
100 Indians.
Iynchburg is arranging To hold fair
the first week in October. \ committee
of fifteen was appointed To secure sub
scriptions To stock and the old iar
grounds will be- utilized.
The Lvnchhurg council decided 10 con-
tribute $1,000 To the neutrality-suspicious.
Women : College. provided the trustees
IeXpend i'm buildings ON the grounds this
wear and next four times that amount
The engagement is announced oi Miss
Mary SemmrS Forbes. daughter oi Mr..
and Mrs Murray Forbes, OF Narwnton
10 Mr.. Edwin b King OF Souihhoro.
Mass. The marriage will probably take
place during June.
The Supervisors of Northumberland
county. have offered a reward oi S2h'
for information leading 10 the arrest ana
conviction of the murderer of j. W.
Bras,e. who was killed in Northmnhc
land county in June 1901
The heirs of Gcorw' Cornwall haycpu o.
! chased for So 600 the historic estate nu
! the Lower James River known ~ w ii-
ton" 1t comprises | .23O ACRES OF nrh
bottom land. and the house which is a
picturesque structure, was erected
many years ago.
Hon. Geo. ". Graves. of near Seville.
/ had "A fine barn DESTROYED hy iim Satnr
| dav The loss l. estimated at S3.ooO
and then, was only $500 insurance ou
the building: contents uninsured. The
/ fir, j. thought 10 have l@rn OF lncrudian
origin.-Cin7nc County Rrgi~t"r
ILL.,. Whitlock. who has he'u running
\ Repton Mills for several years. made an
assignment Friday 10 Attorney Gro j.
| Browning. iOr the benefit 9th i~crditor~.
The preferred creditors arr d. L.Jack~ou.
of this county. and the Citizens National
Bank Of AlcNandria-Madi~on News.
The governor has appointed thr fol
lowing curatoiS for Hampton Normal
and Industrial college for four Years
Maryus Homes. Newport News: \. W.
Mock. Awomac: W. NJ Gr-n. Port~-
mouth: j. E.. Garner. llou~tom W !.
Burwell, Richmond: II. l.. Nchm'lz.
Hampton.
Onr champion poultry rai~er-. Mr.
Nellie Mus and her sister Mr.. ole
Mu~e. report splendid results from tlr
sale Of their turkeys raised the past year
The first named lady realized $50 from
hers. The other lady shipped 10 tur-
KEYS. realizing S2lO.-MoutroS~ iprr
Northern N-.k News.
Major and Mrs. j. e. Gresham have
ISSUED invitations to the marriage OF
their daughter Miss Isabel Cas~ Gresl-
am. 10 Lent. Milton Garfield Holiday.
f. : Cavalry. Tls. wedding viii take
place AT Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont OIL
April 26th. Major Gresham formerly
rpsided i'm Lancaster county.
Richmond. Va. April Nth, 1908.
\. Il. Holderby. for fifteen years con
nected with the Times-Di~patch. an-
nounces today that new afternoon pa
per j. Ia b. published in this city, on and
after June /. The paper Is To b" called
The Evening Journal Mr.. Holdcihy
has resigned from the Times-DiSpatch. OF
which he has bcrn business manager
Richmond. Va. April Sth. 1905.
The family of H. g. Long. in Chester
field county. was made desperately III
TODAY when az breakfast Long and
two Young men were brought here. and
are in hospital critically ill., The fam
ilv had been poisoned 10y the negro cook.
Annie Jones who was caught IN the act
of takinga train for Wilmington. y. e..
No motive l. known.
Miss Mary Forbes met with what came
near being a serious accident M the hunt
ing field few days ago. ~ her horse
landed after jumping Il fence and beiov
he had recovered. Mr. GOelet'S heavy
hunter struck him and threw horse and
rider over She was assisted 10 pmOumt
1. ..ll.r l..r. finished
the course. although she knew her collar
bone was broken and told her friends oi
it at the tme.-Warrnton Nirginian.
George 4. Malcom. a school-teacher
and acting deputy sheriff NJ Burk. Fair
lax county. died Friday night M thu
Emergency Hospital Washington. the
victim Of vicious assault made upon
him. it is alleged. 10y an Italian railway
labOrer at LOrton Valley. Joseph La
iona. the railway laburer. who shot
him. was also shot. and is patient at
the hospital He is in q serious cOndi-
ton and his death is expected at any
moment.
Richmond, Va. April <, 1908.
Mrs. Mamie f. Bowe. near Chatham.
today shot and killed herself She had
administered strychninc 10 her tcn-year-
old daughter Winnie. and then to her
.ight-ycar-old son, Cabell. mistaking
that drug for quinine. When she saw
that her daughter was dying and hersou
was in critical condition she wrote
note To her sister and then took pyol-
yer and blew the top of her head of. dy-
ing Instantly About the time the
woman shot herself the daugher died
and it is believed that she was crazcd
with grief.
4 lady OF this county, who was mn
willing to accept the award for damages
fixed by the Board OF Adjudication OF
the Manpuvres, applied to the President.
! I'm less than two weeks she received "a
cheek in full payment OF the claim. d"
| One of the most successful reviyals ever
held in lower Prince William closed at
Dumfries on Monday Of last week with
seventeen baptisms by Rev. Mr.. Waitcs.
"A Baptist evangelist. There are now
! tWentv-nine Baptists at Dumfrips and a