Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-25
HE GOT IN TROUBLE.
AN OFFICIOUs KING GEORGE CITI'
ZEN PAYS A HEAVY PENALTY.
SAILOR BADLY TREATED
He Ran Away from His yessei-The
YuIetide Spirit Peryades every
thing-Notes About Huntsmen-
Plenty of Turkeys.

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Is having a very unenvlable experience
as a result Of posing as an officer "just
once too often" it is said. AS told in this
correspondence last week. dredgers who
run away from cruel captains of oyster
vessels are frequently overtaken and ar
rested by private citizens, who have no
legal authority to act in such capacity,
and in this manner many a poor run
away" has been ruthlessly seized on the
highway and taken back to the vessels
to be punished by heartless captains.
Some days ago "A young mar deserted q
vessel at Colonial Beach, and when in
this county, many miles away from the
boat. footing his way towards Fredericks-
burg I'm an earnest endeavor to reach his
far-oH home, Mr.. Miller and the deserted
captain ARRESTED" him in the same un-
lawful way and carried him back to Colo
NAL Beach. Ii is alleged that Miller and
the captain beat their prisoner, and the
poor fellows cries for help and liberation
and p.tiful appeals for mercy 50 aroused
the sympathy Of some of our citizens that
they Immediately reported the case to
Commonwealth's-Attorney Beayan. who
sent an officer. armed with a warrant. In
pursuit Of the parties. On reaching Colo
NAL Beach the King George officer was
unable TO find the captain, but arrested
Miller and brought him TO the court
house Of this county. where he was tried
in q magistrates court and fined $50 on
one charge and sent on to the grand jury
on another charge connected with the
same case. In default Of payment Of the
fine. Miller was lodged I'm jail. but suisse
rr.rAf. Ii. NO. auw,n ,tnN F,p,, 4ha
Beach and procured bail for him, and he
returned home. The case Will go before
tho grand jury on the first Thursday I'm
January, and will probably be tried In the
County Court the same day. Officers are
ON the lookout for the captain, and the
feeling against hin is SO intensely bitter
that IL is said he VIII have to be guarded
if found and brought here. Cruel treat
ment to dredgers has 80 aroused the in
dignatioh Of the people OF this county
against the captains and those who aid
and abet them that our young men aye
now determined TO put a stop to such in
humane conduct. and the public senti-
ment indicates that guilty persons will
hereafter fare badly, If caught.
A BODY WASHED ASHORE
The dead body of a young white man
f1oated ashore on the Potomac, in this
county, some days ago, and IT is now be-
lieved to be the remains OF Jesse Turner.
who left here some time the past fall to :
get q position on a sail-vessel. Turner'S
was an inOffensive young man, n had
not been heard from since he left home.
The feet OF the corpse were tied together,
and both hands tied behind the body, so
that foul play IS suspected in connection
with his death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sadler, Of Middle
coz arr. ,4uIl . .,nan. -. ,naxra 10
the Northern Neck. and will hereafter re-
side In Lancaster county.
Mr.. Raleigh f.. Hayden. a prominent
Northern Neck man, has accepted the po-
sition Of business manager for a gold
mining company in Mexico, and has gone
10 his new field of labor. His family, now
in Loudoun county, will join him i'm the
very near future. Mr.. Hayden was at one
time Vice-Consul at Porto Rico.
News comes up from Millenbeck, in the
lower end of the Neck, that Mr.. Henry
Hart, of Connecticut, who has been so i'll
at Millenbeck Hotel, is convalescent, and
will soon be out again.
Dir. Thomas 7. Arnold, one of King
Georges most prominent citizens, is very
i'll at willow HIM. his home, near here.
Mrs. NJ. Mountjoy, Of this county. left
this week for Washington. y. c., where
she will spend the winter.
Miss Mary Washington Lewis, OF Mar
mion," this county, is spending the winter
In New York with her brother, Mr.. Field
ing Lewis.
Mr.. FTTZHCGH PROMOTED.
Mr.. John y. FttZhugh, who has been
assistant keeper of Maryland Point Light
house for several years, has been pro-
NOTED to the position Of keeper. Mr..
Fitzhugh il one of the most deservedly
popular young men Of this county, and
his promotion to such d good place is very
gratifying to his many friends.
The ladies OF Memorial chapel
Baptist). in Stafford county, are agrang-
ing to have an oyster supper on Tuesday
evening next for the purpose of raising
none for the benefit Of the church.
The country merchants have been very
busy all this week selling christmas
goods" Enormous quantities of confec-
tionaries and toys have been purchased
by the country folk. and mince pies, cakes,
and the like -predominate. Already the
small boy and tin horn, those awful in
struments of torture, are so conspicuously
in evidence that nervous individuals are
reminded of a certain birthstone" re-
gion from whence no traveller returns,
while the plantation dogs and house cats
are fleeing 70 the jupgles. Pious parents
NbANA'l II my NhAA 0uA flNt llllS HtdSDI o.
tin-hOrns and frecrackers.
Since the middle Of the week the mail
pouches have been laden with all sorts
of packages up TO the four-pound limit
Christmas cards ana all manner OF pres
ents. from "a necktie or a pair Of shoes up
10 handsome volumes, &c, and the wea-
Their has not been too inclement TO pre-
vent all classes, ages, and conditions Of
people from crOwding the post-ofices du-
ring the hours for the arrival and OPEN
ing OF the mails.
Major j. y. Stubbs's recent article IN
the Dispatch. on the "Land-Grabbers
Act" is at a premium hereabouts. 1t is
said TO 10 mighty good reading" and
everybody wants a copy OF it.
NO DIPHTHERIA.
The rumor going the rounds this week
that diphtheria had broken OUT I'm this
county. caused no little alarm I'm some
sections. but was utterly untrue and with
out any foundation in fact. The sore
throat prevailing a week or so ago was Of
a comparatively mild form and entirely
dissimilar to diphtheria. The case OF
the old colored man. from which the
false report started. was the very COM
mon form Of sore throat, which usually
accompanies a bad cold"
Mr.. wilkins Taylor, one OF the "crack
shots Of this neighborhood. recently
killed some wild turkeys, among which
was an tagged" gobbler OF enormous size
and weight, perhaps the largest SO far
killed in this county.
Some Of our citizens have done a lively
business during the past ten days in pre-
pairing and shipping TO Washington and
other cities a number Of beautiful bushes
to be used as Christmas-trees. ana the