Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-01
THE NORTHERN NECK.
The Public schOolS-DeRth of a
HerO.

CONFORM. KING GEORGE COUNTY,
VA, September 9O-(special)- THE pub
lie schools here and in some other parts
OF the Northern Neck viii be opened next
Monday, October "a. IN some sections
the supply CT applicants to teach Is
greatly in excess Of the demand. and
SONS qualified teachers have had 10 hunt
for vacancies" away from home.
Major Charles b. Mason. a native OF
B1edericksburg. who sailed some days
ago from san Francisco 10 the Philip
pines. as surgeon OF the Twenty-sixth
Regiment. United States Volunteers. IS
q grandson Of the late Roy Mason. Esq,
Of this county. and has a number OF
friends aud relatives here, one OF his
near relatives IN this neighborhood being
Judge John L.. Mason. Major Julian j.
Mason and +. Wexford Mason. Esq. OF
this place are Dr. Charles +. Mason's
uncles.
Mr.. J. W. Hanes, Of Stafford. who has
been critically III for some time. was
taken to a hospital. in Washington. d. O.,
several days ago.
Mr.. T. Randolph Arnold, OF this neigh
borhood IS quite sick, at Warsaw. Rich
mond county, where he is engaged in
| business. Mr.. Arnold had just recovered
| from an attack OF typhoid-fever. when ne
| left here for Warsaw. several weeks ago,
| and, in the absence OF full particulars
| concerning his present attack 1t is feared
: here that he has a relapse
, Mrs. Captain Emmernzer. who has
been with her father here for some
, months, left this week for her home, in
! Baltimore, Md, accompanied by her two
! children.
Mr.. Thomas Minor, OF this place, is WIS.,
| iting friends and kinsfOlk at White stone
! Lancaster county.
J Mrs. George Quesenberry has returned
/ to her home near Shiloh, IN this county
| after a pleasant visit 70 friends In spot
4 syNania.
/ Captain Robert Adams, OF mis- county,
whose long illness has been mentioned in
this correspondence. died several days
/ ago. Captain Adams was Of irish
parentage, but had been a resident or
/ Kipe George since his b0yhoOd days. He
/ was known to nearly every man, woman,
and child along the Potomac, where he
| had had charge OF large seine fisheries
and other enterprises Tor twenty years
mast. and was popular as far as ne was
| known. Indeed, he was noted for his
kindness Of heart and generous nature.
I Captain Adams had been a conspicuous
figure ever since that memorable day,
many years ago, when the steamer
Wawaset was burned near here. on the
Potomac, causing the loss OF about one
hundred lives. Though hardly out OF his
teens he exhibited GOODNESS and bravery
never before. or since. equalled here. He
ventured where no other man would,
and. at the risk Of his own lie, he res
cued bOat-load after boat-Ioad OF gas
senaers from the danes or the burning
steamer and from the water OF tho Poto-
mac. whore frantic men, women, and
children were drowning. Gold watches,
jewelry, so bills. etc, rendered him by
grateful persons whom be rescued from
an awful death were pr0mptiy refused
by the nobe-hearted young Adams. ev
offer OF compensation for his great .yr-
vices being emphatically declined .tnon
and afterwards. Deceased is survived
by four brothers and a wife. The latter
has been an invalid for twenty-five years.