Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-29
GAME PROJECTION.
IMPORTANT MEETING or THE EAST
ERIN SHORE ASSOCIATION.
Notifications and Changes Of the Game
Laws Recommended for Accomac ana
Northampton Counties.

oNANcocK. December 2s.-Cspecial)-
The Association for the Protection OF
Game on the Eastern Shore OF virginia
held an important meeting at Accomac
Courthouse on Tuesday. The attendance
was the largest in the history OF the or
eanlzatlon. and thirty-two new members
were added. Dr.. John w. Bowdoin was
reelected president, and Thomas W.
Blackstone secretary and treasurer. The
association unanimously endorsed the
following notifications OF the game laws
for Accomac and Northampton counties
and appointed a committee TO urge the
General Assembly to enact them into
law:
/. Hares and partridges TO be killed only
from November 1st TO January ISL Oh
every year.
2. Marsh hens never TO be killed. and
their eggs 20 be taken only UP to June
3. Wlllet 10 be shot only after the 18th
OF August, and their eggs never to be
taken.
4. No wild fowl to be killed or captured
by aid OF lights or refiectors, and the
taking of ducks by netting. or trapping
TO be prohibited.
s. A tax of 81 on each male dog and 81
on each female dog, the money TO be
devoted to the education OF poor children.
NON-REsIDENTs.
C. The law permitting non-residents to
hunt Wild game under the escort OF
guide TO be repealed, and non-residents
10 be prohibited from cunning, except
members OF clubs owning reservations in
the two counties, and such other gentle
Ia 9laotal me bprQ nf the
association. and will join with II in
protecting game on the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia.
II was decided that the association
would act In concert with the State Asso-
citation in procuring proper legislation for
the protection OF game. and in enforcing
the laws rigidly in cases Of wilful yiola-
ton.
The object OF the clause touching nom
residents is to keep away those who
come here in great s, arms every year
and kill game for the markets The as
ISOLATION now has a representative in
every section OF the Eastern Shore, and
determination is expressed to enforce
the law.
CLUBS ALL RIGHT.
There are several clubs on the seaside,
consisting OF gentlemen from northern
States. All of them own club-houses and
considerable quantities of land on the sea-
side 1t Is not the intention Of the pro-
posed law to exclude these or other gem
tlemen who hunt for sport. and VINO
will cooperate with the association in
preventing the destruction OF game.
FREE FIGHTS.
Accomac courthouse was the scene of
two rows last night. After court had
adjourned some white men. who had
.fetya
got into "A wrangle, and for time a
free fight seemed imminent. Coats were
pulled off, and pistols drawn, when Jus
tice Strang appeared on the scene, COM
manded the peace, and dispersed the in
surgents.
Later on, some drunken negroes wcf
wrangung at the same place. and some
white men went to quiet them. The
negroes rushed upon the white men. ana
forced them into the street. where a
furious fight took place. The negroes
used razors, clubs and brick-bats, and the
whites, being unarmed, were roughly
handled. The Irish hostler at Nelson
livery stables was cut on the arm, anu
young man named Payne Fitchett was
struck on the head with a brick, knocked
senseless, and is still in an unconscious
| condition. 1t is thought that his skull
is fractured. The negroes finally fed,
and have thus far escaped arrest.
Onancock, the largest and pretuest
town on the Eastern Shore Of Virginia.
has long needed a bank, and this want
will soon be supplied. The requisite
amount of money has been raised, and
the subscribers to the stock Will meet
| here tomorrow. and organize the First
National Bank of Onancock.
Rev. j. Il. Pruit, formerly pastor OF
| the Onsncock Baptist church. but now
stationed in Wisconsin, is now In Acco-
| mac. with his wife, visiting relatives and
4 friends,