The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-06-19
VIRGINIA NEWS

The Uppcryillc Horse Show, which
closed Friday. L. .aid To have been one
of the best ever held IN the State.
Sias y Glasscock. Of Marshall. and
Lille l.. jttcrhack. Of Ilaymarkrt, were
licensed To- wed ia Washington Saturday.
The postofice at Ellisvil B., Louisa
county. now supplied 10y rural ire de-
livery. will be- discontinued after June
20
4 handsome set Of battalion colors
was presented To the battlr-hip Virginia
by the Virginia Junior order OF Amcrl-
can Mechanics
!. W. Brown. near Winiry. suffered
the misfortune ON Saturday t0 have
three cattle killed 10y lightning -Cnl-
peper Exponent
The unidentified body of a colored man
was found near the tracks Of The South
ern railway near Orange Thursday. The
man had evidently been killed hya train.
q u. VI. Hunter received from the
Department at Washington Saturday
five thousand chuh fish which he put
in l.. b. Williams pond.-Louisa Enter
prise
Among the graduates OF the University
Of Virginia were T. Hugh Smith. OF Nor
thumherland. in the law school, and X
II. Stuart. OF Mestmoreland county, in
the srhooi of medicine.
At meeting of ihe Board OF Visitors
Of William and Mary June llth the de
gree of - u. was conferred ON Col. W
GORDON McCabe. oi Richmond, and
Armistead Gordon, of stanton.
At L. :. Military Academy. West
Point. \. Y Fred Downing. OF Richmond
county. stood fourth in "A large cla is,
receiving assignment To the Engineer =
Department, the choicest position in the
service.
Miss Geneyicve Smith, daughter OF the
late Lloyd r. Smith, Of Heathsvllle.
graduated from the Georgetown Vista
ton Convent. second in class OF four
teen. receiving three medals and four
premiums
The announcement that Rev. Luke
White has resigned a. rector Of the
narish here has been received with deep
and sincere r, gret 10y his large circle OF
friends in this community His resigna-
ton does not take effect before the latter
part Of July.-Northcrn Neck News.
Dan stephens. Alex W r. Despard and
l.. Preston. OF New York, were indicted
for n diamond robbery in Richmond. The
men sent money to pawnbroker here
tn redeem one OF the stolen rings, which
they had soaked. The pawnbrokers
timed the police and sent the ring.
When they called at the New York office
10 get the package they were arrested.
The diamonds were stolen by the old
substitution scheme and were valued ut
fifteen hundred dollars.
". f.. Stiars. n white convict, is miss
ing from the State penitentlary ana no
trace OF him can be- found. He was cent
To the prison eighteen months ago To
serve eight years for two charges OF hOnse
breaking and was regarded ~ Il danger
Gus man. lit Mao ii'Af' a. WIN ~
the shoe shop so that he could
be watched. At dinner call on Friday he
could not be found and though dilligent
search has been made he il still missing.
He il thirty years old.
Lightning killed four cattle belonging
to John Ramey, one for j. ). Mason and
IA horse for George Roy near Marshall.
Lightning struck the new barn OF
W. o. Shumate at BealetOn and it was
burned. A horse, good mule, and
most Of the contents were lost The
barn was new, with modern cOnven-
fences and extensively built. The prop
erty WAS insured Clyde Bolts, below
Elk Run, lost a horse. Lawrence
Skinner lost two and Cornelius Helm
lost a fine colt. -WarrentOn Nirginian.
Rev. Stockton Cole, OF Remington, is
TO supply NebO Baptist Church at Rapi-
dan. which was organized in November
last. The members OF Orange Bap-
fist Church have secured the services Of
their pastor, Rev. W. r. Flanagan, for
every Sunday in each month, both morn
ing and night. the new arrangement
To take effect in August. He will resign
the pastorate Of the churches at
Rhoadesville, this county, and Mechan
icsylle, Louisa county, but retain
charge OF Oak Chapel, in this county
Orange Observer.