Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-19
THE NORTHERN NECK.
,ur GREAT INTEREST TAKEN IN
TUE LOCAL OPTION QUESTION.
pub,ic Roads--Chiidren Fol-
.oned ny Eating weeds--rhc fruit
crop and spring Ffsh-rr""ps and
=. Pretty Jail.
r. Pretty Jail

IA April l&-VSpecaA''-
,..,,scrn Neck Is this spring aroused on
-. spbiect Of local option, and the con-
-. IN some sections is no less spirited
"a exciting than is the average political
-,,algn in the rural districts. one as
,., ~ King George. # VIII be remem-
s..sd. was the first this year to vote on
-, question OF license or mo license
80 che election IN that case resulted In
.,r,ulete victory for the "drys.' TWO
,,,.r.cts OF Northumberland have Just
r,.o5-thc "wets" carrying one district.
..5 the "drys" carrying one. Westmore-
"a q. now in the midst Of lively local.
n,,,ep campaign, and the advocates OF
,..,-se and the opponents Of license are
- emitting in their best efforts 10 win.
So, Of the most prominent citizens or
O., county have espoused the cause or
i...l optlon, and are talking very active
49,, In the nght against saloons The
r~rre Of the County Court OF Richmond
c-..r,y has ordered an election TO be held
=, certain districts there, and very soon
80. ro,u,e Of that county viii enter the
49,, I'M earnest But few people in
-, Gcorse voted for license at the re-
800 local-0ption election, and some who
..1 chat way have since Investigated the
zinc Of local option here In the last
Dole or more. and now express regret
~ having voted as they did.
PUBLIC ROADS.
The arduous preliminary work Of put
,,rg he public roads OF this county out by
,l-,r5ct TO the lowest bidders is COM
.,sa and the clerk of the Board OF
s..r,.sors has about finished the four
,.1r e5ntracts, and viii soon have them
5.fv sicned by the contractors. The new
r, Will 20 into effect the first day
- Nav andit Is the consensus OF opinion
~. King George will hereafter have
,,.rh better highways, and that the cost
!, the county Of repairing and Keeping
n.m In order will be several hundred
collars less per year than under the old
s5stem. 49,, 49,.
Henderson, Of this county, were taken
Teleply IN some days ago, and grew
,.-,so so rapidly that a physician was
,.mmoned. Unmistakable signs OF poison
md caused an investigation, and IL was
.s.orfained that the little ones, while IN
Be-. Garden with their mother during the
eS,.rnoon. had eaten freely OF some
,osorous weed or herb-just what is not
t,,vr Antldotes, emetics, etc, were
rromDtly administered, but II was with
he greatest difficulty that the children
were saved from death.
The old notion that fish and oysters
ara the best "brain-food' cannot be IL
rored any longer. Lancaster county mas
fourteen practicing lawyers-brainy men
and Lancaster abounds In fish ana oys-
,ers the year around.
THE FRUIT CROP.
Many OF the fruit-trees are in fnll
0m. and this with the budolhs o,
10 Nrest-trees, makes the rugged Iurai
.rions appear at their besi-a hVlhs
etlre. that feas;s the eye ana pie'1 1,,s
., fancy Of every lover OF nature Inc
.,i,-hloon this weel, indicates that I'M
q we have another freeze, there VIII
a fair fruit crop here this season.
is the opinion Of some of the fruit
.ovcers that as the peach-DlOOm thlS
bring Is somewhat later than usual
here will be less danger OF what Is
snown as the June drop''-a falling OF
reaches from the trees during the moh'h
Of June. .,z r,ooo
Mrs. James II. Boggs. OF this place
laft several days ago for Washington
n q where she will spend some time
visiting friends. ~. 1,,,,-
css.fer now Of the Interior Department
a- washington. has been spending some
limo with relatives IN this county. his
tg, daughters. Mrs. Campbell, OF Geor-
rs and Miss Julia, of Winchester ac-
COMMANDED him. a.,
\frs h. II Ingle, OF Baltimore, Nd
and Miss Mary Tayloe, Of Maryland
ana guests Of their brother near TINS
place. ,.oo with
Dogs have been playing havoc win
sheep. especially spring lambs IN soihe
rarts OF this county for two weeks past.
one farmer suffered the loss OF twe az
lambs in one night. Many hundred u1l-
I,rs worth OF sheep are destroyed oy
DOES ln this county every year. ana y.t
,ssr. is neither remedy nor redress II
seems. .,.,, .nts n,eak
,-.,.t enabled a number OF the Farmers
N commence complaining, and Quite
.ar,a area has been planted. Many ldrhl-
t~s however. are not far enough au-
varred with their work TO plant as ye',
Money Is being raised 10 erect Iaise
AMI handsome BAPTIST church eullce ="
tbs town of Colonial Beach. in west
morelaud and the building VIII De COIN
meucel az an early day.
SPRING FISH.
Spring fish are making their appearance
IN the Potomac river in large huiiipela.
One of the Potomac seines caught over
.oi1J one dav this week. The prospect |
Of a Gull run" has already reduced the
rr.ce OF herrngs 70 $3.50 per thousand
judge IN. ; Barton, OF Fredericksburg, |
Passed down early this week. 10 hol1 |
he surlrg term of the WeNmoreland CIR
cl.t Court.
The Meihodists Of Stafford are con-
STEERING and discussing the advisaoiliN
Of removing their parsonage from the
Courthouse 10 Brook, a village several
miles distant. The popular ana enlcieht
pastor Ia charge OF the stafford Ciicu,t
tas for some time been suffering WIN
rheumatism. which has at times, inter
fere1 considerably with his ministerial /
llhprs.
Although King George Is the pan
handle" 10 the Eighth Congressional DIS
t.ct. and Is not often "in IT. when there
Is anything 10 hand around, the pulse
OF the county IS being tenderly felt DIV
The friends Of more than one or the can
c dates for the congressional nomination.
kIng Georgians have never taken deeper
Interest in a nomination Tor Congress
than ls now being manifested i'm that
10 be- made this summer.
TRAMPS.
A number OF tramps have been passing
through this county lately some OF whom
ini0yei the hospitality" OF our people
% Immensely that they proposed to go no
further. but declaring that this was the
'lau1 OF promise" sure enough, wanted
% locate permanently. The King George
la.ier very kindly allowed some OF these
unfortunate. homeless creatures TO pass
tome cold nights. earlier In the spring,
IN that pretty JAN at our courthouse. IL
Is believed OF course. that the beloved,
roble.bearted aIdle Reporter." whose