Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-27

Political Local option sudden
Death. Sc.

Correspondence Of mo Richmond ns3arhl
ONAcocG. November q. 1888.
Tine editorial Wiirins fill l4vc appeared
u tbc Di-uafci since The election on The lo-
Ineal ,ltuatlon ,n The South have attracted
much attention here. aud are thoroughly en-
Gof-rd Is nii the Democrats az this section.
THO Peninsula hntcrp.i.e, published at Ac'
c0.uack Courthouse, rcpr0luccs lu tuI ihe
leading editorial from the Dspatch OF the
g0,h Instant, 1ud gives 30 -iroa- editorial en-
dorscmeai. DuinR lIe iate canvass heie 10
Nceonlnnk the GEht va. conducted CA The
n.c. lila down iu She Dispatch. and the re-
sun wac that thr Democrat. p0lcd % trcmcn-
dor5 vote, much largcf than ever before
giving Kendall. the Democratic candidate
f1r Congress. a minority twice as large a~
the Republicans expected auI wo;e than
zoo IA excess Of the expectations OF tie
Democrats.
Pcntinrs were tifcu'al ug ia Ounc0ck
and in othct part, OF lee district, asking
he county Judge 10 order au election Op the
or ston OF local option 90 au early day. The
district hps been under local option lor more
Than two wears, bus 10 is cllimod that TIE
law j. opcnly violated in every part o' tic
di.trlrtcxcep on Iaugier Island, where there
has never tctu such ing as bquor-4sioon
in TINS generation. some % the Prohibit
tioui,t- Of OnancOck 'rf SURFING 20 counter
act the movement for 20 neW election by
making lluh moycm.nt against the liquor
dealers. About thirty pnr DDS m aud around
Ouuncock have been summoned 10 appear
before me grand jury and tell what they
know about The violation oi the loeatophon
law. several important Witnesses hnFe dis-
appeared during Che Wccl, liza, The
iOcal.optionists hope ~ have force enough
q
thc last wa wears tbcre hsyc been more than
fnv pro. ecutions in the couuty for violating
the locaLoption law, bat thus lar only Jew
convtcbors have been obtained. Lively do.
Seiopmeuts are expected, and much feeling
has already been surrod up ln tue c0mmu-
nlly.
Mr. James HODGES, farmer living near
here, bought COW m Baltimore last week
and brought her home. a tow days ago
United state. officer arrived here and found
that the.coW I'd been attacked with pleuro-
pprum0nia a. . had been marked az q victim
before shc w4s sotd o. Mr. Hodges. lie h1d
the COW Killed aGG instituted suit Tor $1,000
against Toe Eastern shore Steamboat Conn
uany Tor transporting Che condemned anima
10 this place.
MIS-. Ann Philips. rclict Of solomon Phu-
lps, died 90 her home near AccOmach tenit-
house NfNHf.i tAN" thNf A+' "a t'.fNl wv -t"A'.
she was the mother ~ Airs. benjamin T.
Parker. ~ thu town, and was universally
cstceOcd as kind Cshsor and most excel
lent lady.
WNhim ~ Mcars, Esq" worthy citizen
residiag m Lower hcVoWacN, died very sud-
derry one Cav this week. Of neuralgia OF The
heart NJ the home ot bis dNpgAttr, Mrs. &.
W. Jacob. in Hcu Uaycu. he was ia excel
lieut. health until a few days before ms Death.
lie died sitting up I'M a chair before phySi-
cian summORed from across the street could
rcach hin.
Mr. Everett Waldcy, Of Richmond. Is
now NJ Accomarh Courthouse engaged n
putting Toe shelves a1d furniture ia ihc new
clerk, Office, which is iho haudsonest and
hoA-argshgod structure OF MS Kind ia y IT,
gnia.
Th, Good Tcmplars OF Accomack Court
house had Martha Washington ica'party
there lSst night. Depn,y-ShcrlU Beulamiu
Nelson pers0nstoG the Father OF his Couu-
try, while Miss fiuie Ai.wor,h represented
Lacy y Washington. The affair was tue
success. more than $50 being cleared Tor Tue
buldms Of q suitable lodge at Tint place.
~ phoid foyer, winch has prevailed for
somc months pasl in several seaside neigh
borh0ods. Is gradually di-lppc ring. no new
csse. haNng been icDoT,ed Tor more than
two weeks.
The first snow Of the season Tell here YES.
tcrday. The weather is cold and business
very duN, hALilAs.