Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-30
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t.rrst-NIisceIlaneOu Notes

t.rrst-NIisceIlnneOu No'es'
.....I king GEORGE COUNTY
.. October % -,special)-The fan no"
...-. JOS end. viii long be remembered
....-..s. aud country people geneialIy'
,.rerIlable one in many re-
season unusually favoiaple
..... au kinds of outdoor WORK anu
-......- Tor winter. III VIII ~
.....l a- one of the very lew yeoIS
.. ...-+bs OF September and Octo-
.. .... Come and gone without one or
... hand storms. or a long rainy speH
-... damage crops and delay an NAME i.-
r Tor DAYS and days tosetheI
..-......t the past two months lnere
100. been more than one or TWO u'i
.. ..r.. when outdoor worn D"u 80
......I oD account of ba0 WeatneI
Co.,. ..--s-uenflv. farming operations
... .,t.r work are we'll advanced. III
..., to the seeding of wheat ana
.... . GOOD deal OF corn has already peeh
Smoked and housed on The large piahta,
...- I1 the Rappahannock NaAeS, aHu
ta. entire crop on some OF INC 'o'@'
ams .s iu the granaries' -.,..,.
a mink. weasel, or some oIne4 49, -
...rs yarmint. killed forty-one head Oh
..,.. tsIonains 10 a colored woman OF
f... county. several nights ago. me
lorry-0ue turkeys. hens. and chickens laS
.- he fo0,l-bouse the next morning WIN
tar.at5 cut. au being the Work OF slne'7
raid by the yarmint' "a. eor an
Arrancemeuts are being mace lot on
oyster suprer at King George Coul 'lloN7
ueNt Tuesday night for the pehen 80 -
Potomac church and sunday s'S ~
OYSTER suppels and oyster roasts WIZ -
.r I~5.r of the day throughout tie
Northern Neck from now until ChIls'lI1S'
and tba enjoyment Afforded by them can
bs better imagined than described
A number Of oystermen were arrested
an Niachodoc creek. this county lew
DAYS ago on charge OF catching o5s,c'H
UNDER the size prescribed by law bhey
we're tried before a justice OF the pe@ee
and fined.
A 4-year-old daughter Of MIR. and Mrs
Robert Grymes. Of this county dleo se N
raj DAYS ago with malarial fever, ana hNe
other children OF the same parents are
now IN. Malaral fever Of so malignant
"a form Is very uncommon here. and -
arrearance at the Grmyes home is SUD
fsft of general comment in the county.
me warm friends and ardent admirers
b.re of Mir. Mcdonald Lec, OF Lancaster
whose name was before the recent seha-
t5ral convention al warsaw WIZ s"o
lion. G. Harding Walker tne nominee !"
r.srtv support. limitations 10 the con-
80, Notwithstanding. Mr.. Lee Is q
,..,rrsl favorlte with our people, ana ms
,.or,ination TO succeed Judge Mason IN tHv
st.t. Senate would have been pleaalhs
and gratifying 10 them, put all OF lheh'
~. mn regard MT walker as pure
and able gentleman, a representa- at.t
$40 man. and have had no other lnoue ~
tfau that of working and Young lot mn ~"
e1r II =. Trott of Colonial Beach n~'
been granted a pension OF y per HV''
Miss Saule Lee, OF Washington ~
lILg her mother M inns hs's''o ',.,,S5 20
ST. Horace A. Minor mas ~ 80 ,.se,,s,
hi. home. at this place, from TWO NeT we
visit 60 friends and hnsio'A ~ Wv
tr..t OF Columbia. .,,.,.
ur O. ~. Rogers, Jr., OF this county
g. erer6jny some days with friends III
.f,..rs J. N. Henderson q Son nave
moved hef mercantile business I'V.n
C.uati1u. this county, 10 ChN'o" .
Nesin0reiand county. r,.
Afrs Wray. wife OF the pastor OF 'he
Methodist churches IN King George ne
r.urrsd home from pleasant s'"S W
week on 80 ia the national capila' c'ty'
r,,o-t from Westm0reland says that
a.tatuefla is epidemic among the ch''nres
. "a reiehborhoOd Of that county, aho
t.4t Dr II II. stuart. OF "Stratioro'
making strenuous efforts 10 prevent
spread u the disease.
mr. ". W Laird. OF Albemarie' Is
spending some time 10 th!s county
Mr Jack Fines. o. this neighoorhoop
r.i.ed tbis reason some OF the largest
sweet potatoes ever grown In this county
some Of them weighing eight pounds each'
1t Is reported here that Mr. e CONWAY
Baker of Montross a lawyer and ne
Chaifman Of the Democratic E%ecntFs
Committee Of Wesfmoreland county Is
planning 10 leave Virginia for some large
crt in 'he State OF Texas for permanent
RESIDENCE. .,,
good many men are tramPing tnrousn
tn counties Of the Neck just now. c"