Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-13
THE NORTHERN NECK
Captain Robert l. Robo Injured By
Falling on the Ics
RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL
Hailed With Delight Where we,,s Ma
Conc Dry-The Merrill saie-Indies.
tions OF Progress and Prosperity.
Correspondence Of tho Dispatch,

Correspondence OF the Dispa,ch1
CONFORM. KING GEORGE COUNTY
VA. January lI.-Among tho K,n..
Georg.ans who received Injuries nv e.
Ing on the ice last week was Captain
Robert l.. Robb. one OF our most prom,.
nent and popular citizens. The can,ai,
rcde out to Weedenyille post-oiiice n o.,
his mail. and while dlsmounting FINN
his horse. slipped on the ice and fracture,
his hip, and also his leg jus. above tho
knee. rendering very painful. compu.
Gated, and probably serious wound. Dr
V. q. Caruthers has charge Of the case
AT last accounts Captain Rohb had I'm.
proved but little. and hls nunorous
friends are very solicltous.
Mr. a. L. Bllllngsley. one OF ths r,r-
chants at King George Courthouse. mase
an assignment for the benefit OF his credi.
tors this week. The necessity for ,hl.
act grew out OF long Illness win
typhold-feyer which incapacitated NJ
Billingsley for business, and not out ~
any financial embarrassment. His busl.
ness was in a prosperous condition. ani
his credit unquestloned when he wa.
removed from his store many weeks ago'
and IT is thought that his assets are in
excess OF his liabilities.
The rainfall OF last Tuesday AMI thu
heavy snowfall OF Tuesday night AMI
wednesday were hailed with delight by
many OF our people. whose wells had
failed on account OF the long dry spell
In some sections OF this ard adi0inln.,
counties there was q greater scarcity,
or water than there was at any TINA
last summer. and tho falling OF So many
wells was regarded as q serious matter.
NE-McLANNAHAN.
Mr.. L. Chastne Payne and Miss Clar,
McClannahan, OF this county. were mar.
ried at tho Methodist parsonage here on
Tuesday last. the sth instant Rev. ".
q. Bates performed the ceremony.
Mr.. Robert Murphy. an Alexandra mcr.
chant. has purchased a pretty farm bor-
derlng on Machodoc creek, this count,
and paid handsome cash price for IN,
same. Mr.. Murphy is already addirc
many improvements To tho property, and
Ii Is rumored that q magnificent WHARF
will be erected on the premises and that
Mr.. Murphy will make OF tho place i'm
the near future watering-place. for
, which 1t Is particularly and admirably
adapted.
Mr.. II. +. Quesenberry, for soyer.l
| years past q resident Of Westminster n.
| ID. G.. has returned To King George, his
native county, for permanent residence.
Grandchildren OF the parties whose mar
! riage-record appears In tho old Turner
| family Bible described In last Tuesdays
| Dispatch by the Newark (O) corresponds
! ent, reside In this county. one OF tho
marriages recorded I'm the old Bible took
| place several miles from this place. and
quite a number OF the relatives, besides
/ the grandchildren above referred 20. arc
among King Georges most prominent
/ citizens. The Newark (O) corresponds
: ence has just been forwarded by the Dis
patch correspondent to one OF the near
relatives at Port Conway, and IN all
probability the long missing. bus
cherished old Bible will be recovered as
an early day.
AT FABULOUS FIGURES.
II was estimated that 1000 persons at
tended the administrator safe OF tho
late Captain William Merrill. Of this
county. on Tuesday last. Notwithstanding
the stormy weather. Buyers were present
! from a number OF counties, and the llye-
stock sold at fabulous figures. some Of
It commanding prices nearly one hun
! dred per cent. higher than the general
market price for the same class of stock.
The sale continued several days.
The Weems Line OF steamers on tho
I Rappahannock, have had considerable
, difficulty recently in reaching Frelercks.
burg. owing 10 ice. etc. 50 large j, the
traffic on that line that a great deal oc
freight accumulates at the wharyes when
! even single trip Is lost.
Mrs. Alice West. aged &C years. died In
Stafford county on Monday December u.
| 1894, after u lingering Illness.
Miss Daisy Chinn and Air. Francis
Childes, Of Stafford county. called at tho
Baptist parsonage IN Fredericksburg ona
day last week. and were united in matri-
mony. Rev. Thomas 3. Dunaway. ID. d.
performed the interesting ceremony.
TELEPHONE LINE.
Mr.. J. II. DePassoa. an enterprising
citizen OF The Hague, Westmorelanl
county. Is having erected a new telephone
line from Sandy Point. on the Potomac
river. 10 Templeman's Cross-RoadS lin
Westmoreland). the same 70 connect with
the Northern Neck Telephone Company 8
line at the latter point. Stations will be
established at The Hague. Mt. Holly. and
fuckers Hill. The line Is about twenty
miles long, and will probably be com-
pleted and in operation before the middle
of next month. This new enterprise is an
other indication or demonstration OF pro-
gress and prosperity in tba Northern
} Neck.
FOGIES AND CROAKERS.
Fatuous fogle5 and chronic croakers oe
this favored section condemn the com.
mon custom OF announcing through the
press the advent OF typhold-fever. hydro.
phobia, mallrlal-feyer. or the death oe
hogs and rabbits. when such things occur.
They claim that the publicity OF such
items tend to hinder immigration" etc.
etc. But as only few OF these relics
Of the fint-and-steel-and- woOden-p!ow-
share age llnger IN the land. tho news
! paDer business viii likely survive. These
belong 10 the class OF citizens who op-
nose the Introduction of railroads, on thS
ground that sparks could fall from tho
steam-englne5 and set nre TO straw
stacks.
The srow-storm OF last wednesday was
the heaviest that has visited the Potomac
slope fOr several years. Although ths
ground was very soft. ana at Ieast ha!I
OF the snow melted as fast as IL IeN' y
averoged ID inches deep on a genefdb
level by o'clock Wednesday evening.
rho tbaw continuing, the public highways
7 were OflltF HtltA ~ AhN'N'N'
and all the runs and creeks were 50
much Swollen as TO render travel quits
difficult, in many sections All the country
mails were delayed TO some exten,, ous
the carriers made very good time unus'
such adverse circumstances.
A number OF Northern Neck ta tatne,S
bova turned their attention TO poultry
ralsing and q majority OF those VINO haVs
given the business far tri'i eIs 'ss,
much encouraged by the net rrohts on
eggs. Many sections OF the Neck .,,,r arc
s5,nirably adapted to successful poultry
raising and the enterprise. thoagh com, !.
naratlyely in it's Infancy. promises 20
omen up a source OF large revenue 20 -.
divlduals OF moderate eapltai aHi ~
sources.
1t Il Not Dead! q.
Danyille Regis,eD
| ,rL. o,,or.tor ~ a constitutional cohvdns