Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-29
KING GEORGE BALL.
fREoERlckseUacs DEFEAT THE
HOME TEAM BY 20 TO 6.
Meredith. Following In the County
strengthened - Mysterious loss OF
F~owIs-Uncle SANS Poor Pay.

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CONFORM. VA. July 2s.- Gpecial)-No
game Of baseball ever awakened so muoh
interest here as did that which was
played at our Courthouse on Tuesday eve
ming OF this week by the Giants" OF
this county. and the Fredericksburg clup'
For days the young and old. rich ana
poor. the man of business, the gentleman
Of leisure, all talked baseball, ana all
were eager to see the two famous clups
meet on that broad field and contend
for the championship. Just before noon
the Fredericksburg champions came DOWN
by the wagon-load, and were most cor
daily met and welcomed at the Court
house By those same sptder-leg hInS
George boys. who last week beat the
Xestmoreland spiders by a score or y
to :. When the appointed hour arrived
public interest was demonstrated 10y the
presence Of a cOncourse OF ladies' anu
gentlemen from many parts 81 the coun.
ty. who gathered In great groups hrOuhu
the grounds TO witness the game. Am
never did rural players show 10 better
advantage than these clubs when theE
marched out in Their handsome costumes
The fact that both clubs enjoy a reputa-
ton for extraordinary playing deepened
the interest in this long-to-be-remembered
game. But the one sal feature about II
is that the Fredericksburg boys won the
hOnors by d score OF y 10 8.
POLITICAL.
TIE Democracy Of this county will next
Thursday elect delegates to the AleXan-
dria Congressional Convention. Unless
some Unforeseen influence is brought To
bear in the next faw days to change the
present sentiment. the county will send a
solid T.. f.. Meredith delegation. Congress
man Meredith has a stronger following
here now than ever before.
Several families in the immediate vicini-
~ Of this place have been losing their
fowls In a most mysterious way for some
days past. Lying around the premises
every morning are numbers of hens ana
BOOSTERS with their feet and legs missing,
as If chewed of by a varmint OF some
kind. Various precautions have been
used and different means adopted 10 de-
tect the nocturnal depredator, but all
without avail so far. II was at first sup
posed that o'pOssums were the guilty
parties. but since so many fowls Rave
been deprived OF their limbs and lett
lying in pOultry-hOuses. which cannot be
entered by anything as large as an opos-
sum, It seems certain that something OF
smaller proportions is doing the work.
"A nothing larger than a snake can gain
access TO many of the houses containing
valuable poultry. the question IS now
asked. "Can snakes eat off the legs of a
full-grown hen or rooster"
FROM EXHAUSTION.
~ NNT r- 80. It --.-. -
the United States mail from Fredericks-
burg to King George Courthouse fell by
the waysiIe from exhaustion when about
fifteen miles from the starting point.
\ team belonging to "A farmer was pressed
into service. and Uncle Sans big pouches
We're not delayed more than a couple or
hours. The pay received for carrying the
mails on the two routes from frede-
rlcksburg 10 King George and points De-
low Httle more than pays for the team
Killed on these routes. The distance from
Fredericksburg 10 King George Court
house l. twenty-five miles. and the con
tractor carries the mails from the former
To the latter and back six times a week
for less than NfV per year, furnishing
three horses. two men. and substantial
vehicles for the work forty-four miles "A
day for BIB days. with 800 outfit. for less
than $50.
Several northern capitalists have re
Gently expressed a desire 10 invest largely
In valuable real estate IN this county. and
they are deferred MY by the absence Of
railroad facilities here. \ railroad through
the counties Of the Northern Neck would
insure the speedy development of TINS
great Neck into one Of the thrfftiest AMI
most prosperous sections Of the South,
for there are natural advantages and re-
sources here TO BE- found now here else-so
say capitalists recently prospecting this
and adjoining counties.
FREIGHT REELECTION.
The farmers along the Rappahannock
have secured Of the Werms line Of steam
ers q reduction in freight Of one cent per
bushel on wheat. making the present rate
five cents per bJfhel 70 Baltimore. in
stead Of six cents as formerly. This
much-needed reduction grew out Of the
extremely low prices Of wheat this sea-
son.
The Methodists Of the upper END Of the
county are about To commence the erec-
ton Of a magnificent church eiihce at the
site of the present Fletcher's chapel.
The present structure was built immedi-
ately after the late war ON the site OF its
grand Old predecessor. which was used
10y the Federal soldiers as a smallpox
hospital. and which was subsequently
burned 10y them. II is rather connexions
ana in fair repair. but inadequate - the
large and increasing membership ~ that
place; hence the necessity IT supplantinS
Is by a very large house of worship.
LIBERALITY AND ENTERPRISE.
The new paper soon 10 be published At
some point ia the lower part OF the North
cn Neck viii make three newspapers
published in this rural dis~trict-just a mar
row strip Of LAM between two rivers.
The liberal patronage enjoyed BY these
publications B., strikingly indicative of pro-
gre,s. and illustrates what this t%ireless,
enterpri~ing people would do had they
the railroad facilities Of other sections.
Judge +. G.. =. Hunter. cX-Traasurer or
this county is critically IN at his home at
our Courthouse. HIS recovery is not
thought possible, and The family have the
deepest IS mpathy of the whole people.
Lieutenant William +. King, one of the
oldest surviving Confederate soldiers Of
the county,. is also extremely III at his
home near this place. and his death Is
daily expected. Lieutenant King IS widely
known a. one Of the truest and brayest
men who went To battle from King
George. ana though A man Of powerful
constitution until Frustrated by old age,
h. has taken but little interest in any
thing since Les surrender.