Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-17
SIX MONTHS MORE.
THE TERN ~ JAIL KENNEDY WILL
SERVE TEN YEARS HENCE.
Some Alarm About smali-Pox-Pub-
lie Highways impossible for We
blcles-Odd Result Of n Dentists
Jokc-County OMces
Corresponding Of the DIspatch.)

was reported through this correspondence
q week ago, was taken to the peniien-
tiary last Monday 10 serve a term OF ten
years. The day after ne was sentenced
TO the penitentlary he was tried IN the
County Court for theft. and on that
charge he was found guilty and SEN
fenced to six months confinement In the
county jail. So while young kennedy
is serving his term in the penitentiary
the King George authorities VIII be
building a Jail for him to return TO.
Mr.. J. w. Mcneil. OF Richmond Col
lege, preached at Potomac Baptist church
here last Sunday morning and nigh;
10 large and appreciatiye congregations.
Potomac church has engaged Mr.. Nc
Nell for an indefinite period as a supply
while the congregation is without a
pastor. He will. therefore, spend his
un!ne vacation In King George.
The smallpox report from N~orthumber-
Ian created considerable alarm here. but
our physicians think there Is no cause
for such alarm. II is not at all prooa-
bic that the disease will come here from
the lower end OF the Northern Neck
or from any other locality. unless brought
by some Of the many colored people con-
stantly coming here from Washington.
MONUMENT ERECTED.
a monument has been erected In this
county to the memory Of the iate Rev.
Joseph a. ~Bi!lingsley, one OF our Oldest
citizens. who died two years ago.
The country roads at this time are In
n terrible condition, and demonstrate the
necessity for n good system Of WORKING
and Keeping in order the public high
.uHa.Ha " " - 80 LHuHN a. NHNH 4 a
all hat a judicious system would not
cost any more than the present modus
| opcrandi, and would result In good roads,
whereas under the present system the
public highways in some sections are
impossible with vehicles. In other words.
with q proper system II would not cost
the State a dollar more TO have good
roads than It now costs to have The worst
roads IN the civilized world.
MI. a. J.. Rowe, Jr., business manager
Of tho Fredericksburg Free Lance. visited
King George last week. Mr.. Rowe Is
a mighty clever gentleman. and while
talking on the subject Of newspapers he
very naturally said some mighty ciever
! things about the Dispatch. Great minds
run in the same channcl"-all great
msr consider the Dispatch a great
paper.
DISAPPOINTED FARMERS.
A number Of farmers Of this locality
arranged last fall to adopt the intensive
system of farming this year, and turn
their attention and energies 10 truck
raising. in order TO curtail the number
! OF hirelings. work-horses. and many other
| items Of cost required by the extensive
| system- grain-grOWing eXciusIvely-dnd at
the same time to realize larger profits
from their farms. Teams over and above
.-....t ., ,r.vu email aroaa Gf fHlIpk
were sold at low prices. farm-labor was
| rejected, and orders placed for truck
/ fertilizers. Eut. owing TO the backward
! spIiug and a continuation OF bad wea-
J thcr. It has been impossible even 10
! plough the land and prepare for carly
truck. and as the season will be too
! far advanced when the soil becomes
plcughable TO raise truck in time 60
/ compete in market with that grown In
other sections. the cherished project VIII
now have to be abandoned. This Will
not only greatly inconvenience those OF
! our farmers who made elaborate prepara-
items for the new departure. but will
entail upon them no Uncomfortable loss.
They have cancelled their orders for
fertilizer, VIII buy teams 20 take the
place Of those sold, and must necessarily
return 10 their former vocation-raising
corn TO sell at 20 cents per bushel.
Mrs. Rosalie +. Stuart. one OF the most
prominent ladies' Of this section. has
been critically III with pneumonia for
two weeks.
Suns wharf. on the Potomac river.
which was damaged by ice in February,
Is being repaired. Freight and passen-
gers are put on and taken from Tho
steamers at that landing by means Of a
large lighter While the wharf is out OF
order.
ECLIPSE SERVICES.
Multitudes Of colored people congrega,el
OF their churches and held ECLIPSE ser
vices from S to II i. VI. on Sunday
night last. and, from accounts. these
services were original and unique IN
every particular. While the phenomenon
! interested and delighted many, II was by
some uniformed folks regarded "a a
prelude to the final Judgment and dis
solution Of the world and "ell things
therein contained" and a few were 50
much alarmed by the beautiful eclipse
hat they nave not as yet fully re-
covered from the shock.
\ DENTISTS JOKE.
1t IS generally conceded that dentists
have 10 exercise more patience ana for
utude than. perhaps. any other class Of
professional men. and, while IL is y
pected that they must patiently answer
all sorts Of questions and yield high
Difference 20 the whims Of all classes Of
their patrons. now and then a knight
Of the forceps" insists upon being mortal
and ventures a joke; but SO seldom Do
they indulge anything OF the kind that
their jokes do not always pan OUT
satisfactorily. The experience Of Il coun-
Try practitioner Of this section of the
State illustrates this assertion. He care.
fully adjusted a full upper set OF artif-
cidl teeth in the mouth of an OLD lady,
gave her the usual advice and directions
about the care and wearing OF the plate,
and answered the countless questions pro-
pounded by his eccentric patient. When
she asked II there was any danger OF
swallowing her new teeth while asleep
the dentist played upon her eccentgicity
and timidity by ironically replying: But
madame. You must exercise great care on
that particular point, and not swallow
that plate. by all means do not swallow
it," At . o'clock that night the dentlsl
received an urgent call to his patient's
bedside. being Informed by the messen,
ger that the old lady had swallowed hei
artificial teeth. and was suffering agonies
lie could not believe the possibility of q
full artificial denture passing the esoph'
agus, yet he sponded TO the call as hastily
as possible. and found his patient scream,
ing. the family gathered around her
all declaring that the plate had beer
swallowed. and that the lady was
choking TO DEATH \ critical examiua
ton with exploring Instruments. etc.
failed to locate the missing plate In IN,
'%'eullet' or stomach. The dentist now
considered himself unequal TO The omer
gency. and in again raising his terrified
patient TO a sitting posture in bed. dis
covered the lost teeth high and dyy'
under a pillow. 1t was then concluded
that the old lady removed her plate Will
sleeping soundly. and all agreed as 4
the magnitude of imagination. This Il
lustration Of the force OF imagination 4
SO extraordinary that the story ma!
seem incredible, bat It is absolutely tru
in every particular.
1t Is understood that the large numbe
Of aspirants for county offices here vii
necessitate the holding OF NOMINATING
conventions, and the two parties vii
probably meet and name their variou
candidates about the LIST of April. tn,
Populists will not take a hand" It
thought.
MIR. sMYTH A SUPPOSED SUICIDE.