Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-28
THE KING GEORGE PEOPLE.
Runaway Accident Csused by b.
c-AprieuIturoI Notes


4 the offender. The aged woman was re-
turning home from some point in the
neighb0rhood and Just about nightfall,
when she was some 80 yards from her
| home, and less than 100 yards from the
highway. which she had just left the
| fend noiseiessly overlook her, seized,
I and threw her 70 the ground. Flourish
ing a ghttering revolver about her face.
! he told hor that IL she called out or
| made any alarm he would blow her
brains out. In this Deriious situation the
| poor old woman cried aloud for help. and
her assailant disappeared In the dark
/ ness and the woods close BY IL was too
| dark az the time for her to see his face
well enough to enable her TO describe
| him now. and. therefore. IL is hardly
| probable that IL VIII ever be known who
| the negro was. The victim OF the assault
| says that she could swear to his voice II
| she could hear him talk again. A pro-
| tracted meeting was being held in the
| neiGhborhood by the colored people. and
| the public road near the scene OF the
| assault had been thrOnged with them all
| the evening, so that suspicion does not
| even point to any particular person.
Mr.. WILLIAM MUZE DEAD.
| The very sudden death a few days ago
| Of Mr. William Muzc. near King George
! Courthouse, is regarded as quite mystic
rious. AS previously reported, Mr.. Muze
| was In his usual good health and was at
work up 10 a few minutes before he died.
He went into his house and told his wife
that he was suffering with his head, at
the same time laying his head on his
wifc's lap. where he Immediately expired.
He served four years in the Confederate
army, and had been a member of Collins
Garnett Camp, Confederate Veterans.
ever since its organization. a young wife.
who became blind about year ago, and
two little children survive him.
Rev. j. W. T. Mcneil. whose reslgna-
ton as pastor Of Potomac Baptist church.
near here has been formally accepted.
left King George this week for Franklin
county, where he viii remain a short
while with his parents before entering
the Divinity School of the Chicago Uni
versity the LIST Of October. Besides serv-
ing three years here as pastor Mr.
Mcneil has done soIIe successful evan
gelistic work in the Northern Neck du-
ring the past two summers, having this
month conducted revival meetings at two
churches In Richmond county, where
there were seventy-fve professions Of
faith in eight or nine days under his
preaching.
A DAILY MAIL ROUTE.
A daily mail route from Shiloh to King
George Courthouse has been established
and will go into effect next Thursday.
This new route will supply a very long
felt public,want. Shiloh and King George
Courthouse are important public places.
and only SIX miles apart, yet all the mail
matter going from one place to the other
has 70 pass through four counties, and
travel something like eighty miles before
reaching its destination. In other words
IL takes two days TO get a letter from
one point TO the other, when the dis
lance can be covered easily in one hour
on horseback. Hence, the new route is
hailed with great delight.
The work Of fodder pulling was begun
in King George this week and this re-
veals the ear Of corn so that the yield
can be estimated. AS far as heard from
the early corn will prove very light. owing
TO the drought and high southerly
winds which prevailed for three weeks
when the shoots and silks were putting
forth-a time when the crop especially
needed rain.
Notwithstanding the scarcity Of cattle
through this section OF Virginia, DR.. NJ
w. Minor Of this place, has found and
purchased enough TO make his pretty
herd something over one hundred and
fifty head.
Mr. Peyton Parker. the enterprising
merchant at townsville, this county. is
having a kiln of several hundred thou
sand bricks burned. 1t is said TO be the
largest brick-kiln made in this county
since the war between the States.
A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
A young man named Limerick was
riding his bicycle along the public road
near here the other day. when he met
a family driving out in a Jersey wagon.
and the horse becoming frightened at the
wheel" became unruly. wrecked the
wagon. threw the occupants to the
ground. and inflicted upon them some
painful wounds Bicycles have caused a
number of similar accidents in the North
ern Neck during the past two years. and
these "frightful wheels" are now so
numerous that ladies are becoming afraid
to ride and drive about, as has been their
custom.
Such large number OF our people have
teen seized with d desire 10 teach. that
there are from four TO six applicants TO
one school in some parts Of the county.
1t is said that there are four times as
many applicants" as there are schools
in King George.
Mr.. b. F. Price. merchant and post
master at Hampstead, this county, has
been very in with bilious dysentery for
several weeks.
Mr.. Ben. S. Simon, who has been visit
ing his parents at this place. has return
ed to his home, in Washington.
MIR. Richard Sorrel, Of Washington.
came down this week and spent a day
and night at his summer home and farm,
in this neighborhood
PERSONALS.
Miss Willie Tenant, who has been in
Baltimore since early last spring. return
ed TO her home in this county, this week
Mr.. j. T. Rice, of Alexandria, is visit
ing his mother, here.
Mrs John Adams, who has been the
guest of friends here for ten days, has
returned TO her home. in Washington.
Miss Fuller, of Richmond. is a guest of
the Misses Sale at Hayes" in the upper
part of King George.
Messrs. Charlie Cox and r. b. Garrett
OF Washington, are spending some time
with friends and kinsfolk, In this county.
Mrs. Dolphus Peyton. of Washington.
who has been visiting her mother, in this
neighborhood, has returned home.
MIR. Charles BreywoOd and Miss Lizzie
Lee. near this place. were married on
Wednesday. Rev. Il. ]. Wray officiating.
Rev. George II. Wray. of Petersburg,
arrived at the Methodist parsonage OF
this county, yesterday and will remain
a week or so and assist his brother, Rev.
T. j. Wray, in revival meeting at
Trinity Methodist church at the court