The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-11
VIRGINIA NEWS


For Nesting. MiidleseN county, Len
nari NJ. Carleton has been appointed
postmaster vice \. T. Stringer. resigned.
Three arrests have been made rs "a re
suit ui the southern Railway wreck near
Dauvill- Saturday. murder being
charged
Capt. Gars,. L.. :. Navy, has bought
1l3 acres of hand part OF the old
Thomas T.. Huuton estate, ln fAIquler
county. for $1,000.
Mrs. lsham Keith ha4 issued invita-
tions 10 the marriage of her daughter,
Miss Ann Gordon Keith, 10 f. NJ. Spill
man. Jr. uu Pee l2,h.
Thos \. jenkins. well-to-do farmer
of Fairfax county. committed suicide
Friday bv cutting his throat lie leaves
a vile and four children.
The Norfolk and Western L. r has
eiyeu au order Tor 100 neW freight
engines and the Roanoke shops will
build 500 new freight ears.
f.. Y. Pmmmer. living near Turk :
Ferry. IN Gloucester. Killed four wild tur-
o,yS Nouda, almost 100 >ightot h'~ house.
ne shot ouly tWice.-Southslde sentinel
T. SNauc,. of Fauqli-r. Las purchased
from Jam.S L Jtffrrlrs 400 acres OF the
.Amou- Rhode Island farm in that
county which has been IA the J"fieries
family for generations.
Mr. John p. Murr-li. for many years
news editor OF The Tlme~-Dl~patch, har
severed bis connection with that paper
~ accept the position of managing aud
city editor of the News leader.
p. H. Sweet, treasurer of New Kent
county. has been notified OF tie
drowning of his son. John W. Sweet. IN
Connecticut river az New London.
Conn. where he was experimenting the
construction ~ bridge.
BiShopR will visit churches In
lower Northern Neck a. follows. De-
cember 18th. Trinity Church al 1:3o p.
I'D. Wicomico. December 18th. NJ |
m Craze. December 18th. at 3 ? M.
White Chapel December 10Th. Il "a. m.
The Henderson Lumber Company. Of
Anthony. ". Va, has gone luto the
hands IL a recriver-Josaph |. Heuder-
son. of Orange county. was the presi-
dent. but recently resigned. The com
pany own> thousands of acres Of timber
land
The barn of Fletcher Miller, near Besle-
ton. wa- burned lew days ago. FIRE
caught from an engine that was balng
hay. He also lost ON" hundred barrels
OF corn. SIX hogs. a large amount OF feed
and all OF his farming implements. Part
ly insured
Schooner W. C.. Kirwiu from Tappa-
hammock. was lost in Delaware Bay.
Nov. %. She ran ashore in log, and
broke ia half Her cargo was lumber
bound u Philadelphia from Coan riye-,
il belonging 20 Lewi--Laukiord-Tull Co..
II Wheaton.
Judge W. l.. J,ifries OF Culpeper has
conclud4d To De candidate Tor the
state Senate 10 represent Culpeper,
Orsnge. Madison and Responsiveness
counties Me-srs F. 2. Carter and IL 4
Wood, both Of Rappahannock, are the
other candidates.
Negro Republican League, Richmond.
has repudlated the Lily Whites ana
Roosevelt for Diminishing negro troops,
commended Pelro>e and Foraker Tor o.
manding investigation. winding up with
endorsement OF Joseph Is. Foraker Tor
president. ~ man on whom mantle OF
Charles Sumner had descended.
In a wreck on the SOuthen Railway near
Danville Saturday a IN. Engineer kluny
of the passenger train and an unidentl.
fed man were killed. The latter was
burned beyond recognition. Three men
were hurt The wreck took fire ana seV-
eral cars We're burned. The passenger
train ran into the rear OF freight tram.
While hunting for eggs in the lott OF
his barn one night recently Hugh u.
PAYNE sat his lantern down. \ i1ght-
ened hen in her Efforts 10 get away upset
the lantern and broke 1t. The escaping
oil set the barn on fire and before MT.
PAYNE could give the alarm the tlames
were beyond control Besides the barn
and hav. 20 barrels Of corn. harness. &c,
We're lost. No Insurance. -Manassas
journal.
The mud machine is still at work deep
ening and widening the channel at the
mouth OF Carriers Greek, little over hail
OF the contract work having been done.
The destrustion OF Northern Neck
holly continues at rapid rate. Fri
DAYS steamer for Baltimore had more
than three railroad carloads aboard
and many boxes We're left on the
wharves. among them 100 boxes at
Merry Point, this county. Buyers, VINO
are from distance, are paying forty TO
fiity cents for a large boxful, which nets
s. or $lO-Hirginia Citizen.
4 new barn on farm near Midland
which ~. A. Andes rents from Nathan
Rosenberger. caught fire on Tuesday and
was destroyed with contents including
300 bushels Of unthreshed wheat, fifty
tons Of baled hay. lot Of rye, some
oats. fortv-fve barrels Of corn aud farm
ing implements There was some ~
surance on the barn. but the contents,
which belonged to Mr.. Andes, Were unln-
sured and causes a heavy loss TO de-
serving man. The fire was caused by
spark from the engine which was sup
plying the power to thresh the wheat
WILL OF SAMUEL SPENCER