The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-09-18
VIRGINIA NEWS
State Board of Fisheries will meet il
Hampton Septcmbe. 20.

State Board of Fisheries will meet in
Hampton Septombe. 20.
Paul Y. Porter has sold pair OF bay
mares to DAVID Durlop for $1,000 -
Manassas Journal.
Samuel Simms, OF Franconia, and Hos
ter Baggett, of Accotlnk. were licensed
To marry in Washington Friday.
james T. Newman has been awarded
contract for the High School for Rich
mond county to bc built at Warsaw
Geo. Booth, of Merry Point, before
Justice l.. H. Flcmings Was fined $40
and cost for vioatn Z local option laws.
The barn and contents belonging To j.
II Bayton. colnrcd. Mt Amhurg. Middle
sex county. were burned u few nights
ago
HOLLAND IIa1.' near Mount Vernon.
formerly part of George Washington
estate. has been purchased 10y Robert q.
Smith. of Long Island. y y, 800 acr's,
for $50, 600.
Miss Mary Johnston, the Virginia
author. who had been in critical health
for many months, announces her entire
recovery aud that she will spend the
winter in Richmond
The large hay barn OF Joseph Wilmer
near liapidan WAS struck 10y lightning
Thursday. The crop OF hay was lost.
This * the second barn Mr.. Wilmer has
Ind Ia burn within year.
The Republicans Of Richmond county
will meet at Warsaw ON Saturday, sept.
-. > D. u., 10 elect dclegai - 10 Con
grcssiOnal Convention at Hampton Sept.
-. and r,organizr the County Commit
tee.
The marriage OF Rev. Frank b. Ray
mond of Newport News To Miss Maud
Respcss. daughteroi Mr.. W H. Respcss,
of Gwynns Island, Mathews county, l.
announced To take place in Baltimore
Scpt. 18th.
The Piedmont Convocation will con
yene in Leeds Parish. Fauquier county.
Sept. 2J-2S CuhVocatiur preacher, Rev.
X. " Micou. u. -. essly,st. Rev. j. +.
Coleman: speakers, Rev. j. " Ware and
Rev. j. j. Clopton.
Mr.. and Mr-. ". C. Snow announce the
coming marriage of their daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Conway Snow, - Jol D
Rice of Westmurrland County To taNe
place October 10 al noon at ~
Strphen' = Epscuual church.
W y. Zones has six children in bed
with typhoid-malaria fever. three OF
them aye ill and the Others are slightly
improved. There have Deen eight cases
Of fever in this family. and Mrs. Zones Is
now helpless with erysiPelas.-Northern
Neck News
At a meeting of the Village Improve
ment Association. at the home of pr.
Oliver. steps were taken 10 provide a
public cemetery for lrvlngton. Novem-
Der 10Th was ST ~ "Arbor Day, upon
which occasion our people are urged to
turn out and plan, tnees.-ilrglnia Ultl-
zen.
The State Board of Fisheries aboard
ne Afrpiitt nave IfiuIhfu NUN a. ~ hi''
of the Potomac. Illegal dredgers under
the close surveillance and punshments
Of the several months past have ahan-
dored their illegal traffic and the Acco-
mac found few cases OF violations. Much
troubl is anticipated. however, by Chair
man W. McD. Lee with the advent of the
regular dredging season on September
10Th.
New houses are being finished, notably
the Baptist church here, ". l.. Bishops
heaut iu suburban home and DR.. l.. J.
Haley new residence We are panied
To learn that there was an epidemic OF
diphtheria IN the neighboring country
surrounding Louisa, but most of the
cases We're contrD"ed by the Louisa ply
-icians Dr. james t. Gardiner, sur
geon and medical director OF the |. ;.
Navy. visited Mr. NJ b. o. senburry for
few days this L. He owns two
farms in close proximity to H0lladay =
Mill. in Spotsylvania county. His home
is in Cambridge, Mass. Mr.. Bumpass
possesses a rooster that has the remark
able iacr'ty OF catching mice, which he
dcvours with apparent great relish
Mineral Mirror