Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-27
THE NORTHERN NECK.
Points Politica1-The Fishing In
terest-PersOnal Notes.


CONFORM. VA. October %.-(speciaD
The political manifesto Of Mr.. J. w.
Haines, the Observation-Disclosures
United Labor" candidate for the House
of Delegates in Stafford and King George,
Is going .he rounds and being read with
avidity. Mr.. Ha!nes pitches into ma
chine Democrats" machine Republi-
cans" "aristocracy," lawyers, etc. with
a free lance, and his open address TO
voters of the two counties seems to bid
only for the support of Independent-Re-
plblicans.
A good deal Is being said about the oc-
cupation of Mr.. w. j. Rogers, the Re-
publican nominee for the House in these
two counties, and some claim that this
part of his record has not been made
plain to the voters remote from Mr.
Rosers's home. It's easy to explain.
Mr.. Rogers's occupation most OF the
time for the last fifteen or twenty years
has been school-teaching. He was Su-
peryisor in Potomac District OF this
county some years, and Sheriff one term
teaching a public school some time even
while he was Sheriff. He Is not farm
err, and has not been farmer for many
years. Captain Dan. Lee. the Democratic
nominee is q farmer, and has been near
ly or quite all his business life; and no
man understands better than he the real
needs of the farmers and laborers.
II is rumored, and generally believed.
that the steamer owen billiard Will be-
gin daily trips from Layton's. on the
Rappahannock, to Fredericksburg, In
the near future. The prospect Of this
much-needed enterprise is hailed with de-
light all along the Rappahannock Val
ley.
MIR. Willie Randolph. OF New York city.
accompanied by his wife, has been the
guest OF his mother. Mrs. Adam 3. Robp'
| this county, for some time
| The Northern Neck was visited this
week by Mr. Robert L. Lee, son Of Vir-
ginia's distinguished general by the
| same name. The chief object or Mr..
| Lees trip down here is to visit STAFFORD,
| the old Lee homestead, in Westnoreiand
| county. now owned and occupied by
! DIR. Richard II. Stuart. This accom-
| plIshed gentleman is accompanied by MS
| wife, and both are welcome guests to
this section and have received many cour'
tesies. kindnesses, and attentions,
| The wife Of Postmaster w. p. Billings
| lev. at Hampstead. this county, Is II
| with typhoid-fever. Mr.. Biilingsley
| whose illness with the same disease was
reported through these columns. Is slight
| iv improved. but Is not considered out
| of danger.
| FISHING.
| Very fine, fat fsh are being caught b,
| the Potomac fishermen. and are com
manding good prices In the city markets
| oysters are rather more plentiful alon;
| the lower, Potomac this week than here
tofore and are OF much better guam
| ~ than they were two weeks ago.
| Mr.. James ID. Stiff, Of Oak Grove. West
| moreland county. was here some day
| ago looking after his wharf property
store, etc, at Stiff's Wharf. on the Po
| tomac river.
A larger number Of political speeches
have been made In the lower counties o
| the Northern Neck in the last two weeks
than ever before in the same length o
time. Scarcely a day. except Sundays
has passed durIag that time that tn
people have not heard the issues OF tn
canvass discussed. and almost ever!
place of any prominence at all has beer
the scene OF a weil-attended and enthu Il
astic political meeting.
Up to this time the Democrats OF KIM
George have done practically nothing
but organize and get in shape for cam
paign work--prellminary arrangement
which were made weeks ago. Mean
while, the Republicans are not only Of
the alert. but are daily. and nightly