Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-06
THE LAWYERS IDLE.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO LITIGA-
TIoN IN THE NORTHERN NECK.
THE LIGHT HOUSES SUPPLIED
They Are Now Being Equipped With
Coal-Accfdent to Montague Merry
apUe Fell from n Tree-An Adj
dres, 10 First-District Democrats.


has there been as little litigation In TINS
and some of the neighboring counties as
there IS at tie present time. The con-
stables, sheriffs, magistrates, and other
officers have but few official duties to per-
form. and nearly or quite, all OF them
to man. are pursuing other vocations
while waiting for something TO turn up.
A MAGISTRATES court here now is almost
a rare occurrence, and there Is practcal-
~ nothing In the county courts. report
from Stafford Courthouse some days ago
was TO the effect that there was not
case on the County Court docket there
and there was no litigation "in sight
even IL was remarked here to-day that
but for the signing Of few papers
and the entering OF an occasional routine
| order by the Judge, there would be no
need for the monthly terms Of our County
| Court nowadays.
A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
This state of affairs is so very different
| from that Of former years that our peo-
ple imagine themselves living in an en-
tireIy new era. Not many years ago the
dockets were so crowded that 1T was not
Uncommon for our County Court to be in
session three days at one monthly term,
and the Sheriff Deputy Sheriff. consta-
| bles, and Justice of the Peace were busy
| men, indeed. But now all is changed
and instead of having TO occupy the
bench several days at term. the Judge
| OF the County Court can often dispense
with the business and clear the docket In
an hour or sO-in several hours AT the
most 1t may be imagined without diff
| al
hereabouts. though, apparently, they bear
| II with becoming fortitude." Some learn
ed members Of the bar, who, in the days
| gone by were the busiest Of all men on
| court-days, are now teaching school,
| while others are engaged in agricultural
| pursuits-but are as ready and Wiling
meanwhile. to protect the interests OF
clients as I'm days of yore, when the
courts were always full of litigation.
LIGHTHOUSES SUPPLIED.
The government lighthouses on the Po-
tomac are being supplied with coal, wood,
| and other necessaries for the winter, and
| the keepers are getting ready for their
long. lonesome "shut-in." During the
spring, summer. and fall months the
Keepers and their assistants are allowed
| to leave "by turns" and go ashore occa-
sionally for a few hours, and sometimes
a day. but from the first day Of December
TO the first day of March they must not
for any purpose leave their posts for any
! length of time.
Several Democratic clubs have been or
ganized in some Of the lower counties Of
the Northern Neck. In this county there
have been neither meetings nor clubs and
| so little has been said about the campaign
Of late that some of our intelligent people
are just beginning to ask, when is cleo
tion-day. anyhow
Judge John +. Mason and family left
here this week for Fredericksburg, where
they will spend the winter, and probably
reside permanently in the future. The
people here, of all classes and parties,
were 10th for Judge and Mrs. Mason to
leave King George.
Miss Attaway NJ. Lewis, who has been
spending some time with kinsfolk in this
county. has returned 10 her home, in
| Washington, ID. c.
ACCIDENT TO MR.. MERRYMAN.
Mr. Montague Merryman, an old citi-
zen of this city. who has been in feeble
! health for long time, fell from a Chest
| nut-tree several days ago and received
injuries, which it is feared may terminate
seriously When found lying under the
tree he was in a pitiful condition, and
had to be hauled home in a wagon. Dr.
f. f. Nide has been in attendance upon
him since.
Mr.. George w. Walker, near Igo, this
| county, has completed his new dwelling
house. and it IS about ready for occu-
| pancy.
Mr.. Z. b. Whitehouse, a travelling
| salesman, moved, with his family, from
| here to Fredericksburg this week, and
will hereafter reside in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs Brewer. of Stafford. VINO
| afg In, rtar
county. returned home by a Rappahan-
! mock steamer this week.
Machinery is at work sinking an Arte-
| sian well. at Stih's Wharf, on the PotO-
| mac. several miles from this place.
Mr.. H. f. Ledbetter, Of Macon. Ga,
has been visiting his father. Rev. b. T..
Ledbetter at White Stone, Lancaster
county.
The oyster supper at King George
| Courthouse, this week, FOR the benefit OF
Potomac church and Sunday school, was
a delightful affair, and the church people
realized snug little sum Of money
| from il.
Mr.. John f. Welch, Of this county, has
leased property at Colonial Beach. and
will In the near future, leave here and
engage in a general blacksmith and wheel!
wright business there.
AN ADDRESS TO DEMOCRATS.
Hon. Lloyd T. Smith, of Northumbe--
land county, the able and faithful chair
man of the First District Congressional
Committee, has published. and is circu-
lating a stirring appeal TO the Democrats
urging them not only to go 10 the polls
| themselves, but to see to 1t that every
Democratic vote is cast on Tuesday foI
w. x. Jones and for Democracy.
Mr.. Olmstead Lewis. of this county
has been spending a few days with rela
tives. in Fredericksburg.
Stafford men have shipped several car
loads of cattle to Baltimore and Other
cities the past week
Rev. l.. Fox, Of Winchester, assisted
Rev. A. Il. Martin in a revival meeting
on the Stafford Methodist Episcopal Cir
cult this week Mr. Fox was pastor in
charge Of the Methodist churches of Stat
ford for several years, ana he is very
much beloved by the people OF that
| county.
Beef has been scarcer i'm this section
the past two months than ever before
owing TO the fact mat the cattle have
| been bought by dealers and shipped as
live stock TO the northern markets. The
local butchers, for the first time, are
out of a job
Mr.. J. X. Gardner Of Spotsylvania, was
here some days ago. and rented the Levi:
store property at Cash Corner" where
he will enter the mercantile bushes:
about the middle of this month.
WILLIAMSBURG.
First German of the season-Per-
sonaI Notes.
vrrrTTANTSRIf VA NoVpmhar < -