Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13
MANY POST-OFFICES.
r KING GEORGE PEOPLE HAVE
EXCELLENT MAIL SERVICE.
.,.,.rve. Damaged by Floating Ice
,.,nrovcments in the County-Death
ofMr. Joseph Eim-whe"t Crop I'M
nromising.


coN0RN. KING GEORGE COUNTY.
-, February (Special)--It is esu-
...,,5 that King George is better sun
,,,8 with post-onices than any county
- the same size and population in Vir-
,s,.s. The county is about twenty-five
..r,s long. and at some points not more
t,, four or 1--WE miles wide. Within
.t,,o limits there are thirty-odd post
.n.ss. and there are other points where
.r,es will be established in the near
S,,er,. 4 special mail route will be
started in the next few days from Osso
g, Clatterton. the latter being a new
,n-, lust opened at Suns Wharf on the
Potomac \ numcrously signed petition
MAS sent TO Washington this week ask
,-r Uncle sam 10 establish a post-office
DO clifton. several miles above Osso. on
,te route from Hampstead TO Fredericks-
iare. Besides numerous cross routes
tr.ra are two important mail routes run
r.r- daily from Fredericksburg down
thrlueh stafford and this county-one
rsrlrrl with the Potomac and one
rsr.Icl with the RappahanaOck. The
lrr.r,urc OF the mails on one route is
several hours later than Il is on the
ofhr so that II a patron reaches his
of.a TOO late to send out his important
u matter. he can ride, or even walk
several miles across the county in ample
time t0 be accommodated the same day
o. Che other route. The post-ohices are
So numerous and in such close proximity
here that there is hardly one in a hun
drcl of our people who would even sign
a petition asking for free delivery" Of
m matter in the county.
WHARVES DAMAGED BY ICE.
The breaking up and moving off Of the
.cs on the Potomac the early part Of this
verk caused considerable damage 10
wharf property at some OF the most ex-
posed points. In anticipation of ice and
damaging gales later on, Mr.. +. w. Payne
has "a pile-driver and a force of men at
u0rk putting out immense tenders TO pro-
tec- his magnificent new wharf at Soner-
seq Beach. the summer resort In course
Of construction a few miles from this
place. Among other improvements going
or 90 that prospective watering place. is
the erection Of hotel. which, when COM
p'eted. viii be one of the handsomest
ei.iices on the Potomac river front. 1t
is being constructed for a very large store
room, countiug-room. Office, etc. on the
first floor Of the front part. with ten
rooms on the second floor, over this de-
paItment. Mr. Payne and other business
men connected with the building up OF
this King George watering place, are very
sansuine over the prospects. and are con-
ddent that Somerset Beach is destined
o. be a town of much Importance.
Mrs. Thaddues Sorrell. who was injured
last week when her little son was burned
% death, did not die the same day, as re-
ported by the Fredericksburg cores
pondent of the Dispatch. but is alive and
doing we'll. In attempting TO extinguish
the flames which were consuming her
child. Mrs. Sorrell received some painful
burns about her arms and hands.
Mr.. Matthew Dent. an old citizen OF
this county, is selling out his worldly pos
sessions for the purpose of making
Spearfish, S. D.. his home in the
future. Mr.. Dent, though advanced in
wears. is tired of waiting for the McKin-
ley prosperity" TO reach King George
and is determined 10 leave for the far
West In the hope of either meeting the
freshet Of gold somewhere on the way
or finding 1t "out there"
Mr.. Edgar V. Lewis, who has been criti-
cally III at "Fowkes." his home In this
for some time, was slightly inn
proved yesterday but his family and
friends are still veDy uneasy about his
condition.
Mss Catharine Rose died near Dogue,
this county, several days ago. after
brief illness with pneumonia.
DEATH OF JOSEPH ELM.
Mr.. Joseph Elm, young man who
came 10 King George from Washington,
u. c.. some time ago and engaged In a
fishing business on the Potomac, was
taken with pneumonia last week and
dice after several days Illness. His SIS
tiers came down from Washington to adj
minister to their sick brother, but were
erief-stricken to ind him dead on their
arrival.
The burning some days ago OF the
and its contents OF MI;
wilson Griffin. of this county, has caused
ver,. general regret, and the profoundest
sym pathy Is manifested for Mr.. and Mrs.
Griffin. Now. in their old days, they are
den1fved. not only of their time-honoreo
home hut Of much of their lifetime earn
ings. The loss includes furniture pro-
visions. wearing apparel ana money ane
amounts TO considerable over thousahu
dollars. ,, ,.
As a result Of the long-continueo wet
warm weather. followed by the late SUD
den change to intense cold. pneumonia is
more prevalent throughout this section
lust now than for a number OF years;
'rha doctors have been busy day ana
night for a week past ~.
Mr. John II. Rawlings and one or MS
sons. near King George Courthouse are
very IN with pneumonia
Tie wheat crop is at present very uh-
promising. The farmers say that the
season so far has been exceedingly uh-
favorable to both wheat and oats ana
that nothing but a deep snow can now
save the crop. $500,
The marriage Of Mr.. Henry Anderson
and Miss Helen Rawlings, OF TINS county
announced TO take place on Monday next
has been indefinitely postponed on ac,
count Of the illness Of the father anu
brother Of the bride-elect.
Mr.. II. d. Cliff, the leading contractor
and builder in this county, Is IN AieAaii-
dra buying building material
EAGER FOR RETRENCHMENI'
The country people are open and LOUD
ir exuressing their disappointment IN the
Ia,-feiatnre so far as retrenchment Is
Concerned. and many a prominent TAX
raver declares. that all things consioereu'
iba nresent session will do no more 70
tighten the burdens of the people than us
predecessors have done.
The innumerable friends or Hon. Johh
j. Mason are elated over MS appoint
nent 10 the circuit judgeshlp. AS the
Tenth Judicial Circuit was not abolished
srr Mason is the unanimous choice OF the
,..,,,ie fr~eenectfve Of class or polltlcal
rroriivities The rurnor this week that
I,d0e Mason will make Fredericksburg
bis home In order 20 be more accessible
fo The ,arioi,s counties OF the circuit uas
caused "a general mutter or disappros@i
here the people Of King George Juose
3fagon's native county, being uhWlihhs