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Entered at the Postoflice at Accomat
C, H., Va. as Second-claSS matter.
There arc but too many men il

There arc but too many men in
tue North whoSc'Scctioual hate con
tinunlly crops cut under the pre-
tence OF loyalty. Their object is
solely to keep up bitter feeling for
party sake-ard there are South
ern carrioncrow> who delight toup,
hold these phariSces that favor may
follow fawning. Dlaine'S Augusta
speech endorsed By the renegade
Malone fifty illustrates this. To
honest men this is nanSeous. Gen.
Sherman, believing himself safe
from personal trouble. attacks, with
a towards desire to wound fallen
enemy. Mr.. Davis. Promptly met
with the reply that he lies the val
liant TecumSeah prays to his con.
f,ereS in The Senate for help.It may
be given by the perjury OF some
fellow Of the baser sort but never
by any actual proof. The insolence
of ingalls, and Hawley aud Eliza
PiukSton Sherman WAS we'll met
by men of the South in the Senate
and especially by Senator Vance
the conclusion Of whose speech we
give and heartily endorse.
'.It may oe sir,' 'that Northern
gentlemen. who were on the VIC
torlous side du,ing the cival wa,
cannot properly appreciate me feel
ingS and sentiments OF those who
were on the side of misfortune and
defeat. They seem to regard 1t as
quite a sin and shame that we 90
not readily join in the denuncla
tons that are heaped upon him
who was the leader in that war,
and FASTENED to condemn him on
all occasions. as the snreSt way OF
eXcuSin. our conduct and commend-
ourselves to the good opinion Oh.
our late opponents. Surely no man
of even the slightest sense OF hon
or in his composition could respec-
any Southern man who would thus
debase himself.
'-Surely the most fragrant and
rampant traffickerin the issues OF
sectional hatred would respect more
an adversary who came TO him
walk ng upright on his feet than
one crawling on his belly. IT not
if a different sentiment is to pre-
va:l-what must We think OF the
manhood Of men who should en-
terrain its Now, sirS, be it known
to YOU that those of us who pledged
Our faith TO each other for the eS
tahlishment OF the Confederacy
gave up all for which VIC conteuded
" hen it failed, retaining to our
selves only one solitary satisfying
reflection, and that is thai we had
atleaSt served our country faithful
Is, honestly and devotedly, as We
understood it,"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17

Ex- Vice President Schuyler Col
fax dropped dead at Ma1kato
Minnesota last Tuesday. Begin
ming life as a clerk. he was a.ter-
wards a lawyer, editor, membe: OF
Congress, Speaker Of the House
and Vice-President. At one time
one Of the most brilliant and prom
ioent men of the co0nt;y his latter
days were clouded, by charges OF
using his official position in dis
reputable manner to advance his
pecuniary interests. The Credit
Mobilier Stock will always he as
ISOLATED with his name in manner
10 bring reproach upon him and
will be remembered even, when
much that was good in him is fol,
gotten. With many of the personal
characteristics OF MIR. Blaine, like
him, too, he was retired to private
life by acts of doubtful integrity.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

There were 2S3 buildings erected
in Norfolk last year, an increase of
149 over 1883.
The total value of exports from
Norfolk last year was $1,000. 900.
against S14,041,62l the previous
year.
The Court of Appeals has decided
that a contributing member of a
volunteer military company is ex-
empt from jury service.
Staunton indicator: The lar
geSt herd Of short-hor cattle III
the United States is that of Palmer
4 Bowman, in Southwest Virginia.
1t numbers 400 head.
Rockingham Register: tits said
the Mahonite Judge of the Cor
poration Court OF Lynchbarg is the
man who has been writing anony
nous letters to a Chicago newspa
per slandering the people Of that
city. How contemplate.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way Company having been Indicted
for running trains on Sunday III
Allegheny county, the cases were
tried by Judge Lee this week, and
a verdict in favor of the company
was rendered by the jury.
Major Claiborne II. Mason, the
great railroad contractor, died this
week al his home near Sw0ope'S
Depot, Oh the heSapeak c
and Ohio railway. Major Mason is
the celebrated officer who built the
bridge for Stonewall Jackson"Mhile
the engineers were drawing their
pictures"
Charlottesville Chronicle. Those
who think that the operations Of
Charlottesville business men are
not worldwide will be surprised
10 learn that MeSsrs. Terrell u Wa
terS shipped two orders during the
holidays, Il lot OF iewelry intended
as New Year presents for parties
in London.
Lee Camp, Confederate Veter.
ans, have taken possession of the
Robinson property on the Grove
road leading out of Richmond.
which WAS purchased by the assoc
citation forthe Confederate Soldiers
Home, and the building is now be-
ing titied up and will in ~ short
time be ready for the reception of
disabled ContederateS.
Mrs. General Stonewall Jackson
has regularly attended the Moody
meetings. Last Monday Mr.. Moody
sought an introduction to the wife
of the great Confederate General,
and some pleasant words passed
between them. Mrs. jackson has
several times expressed herself as
being we'll pleased with the meet
ings conducted by Mr.. Moody
State.
Pursuant to an act passed by the
Legislature at its last session, a
number OF lots in Richmond be-
longing to the Commonwealth were
sold by auction last Monday. These
embraced, among others, the old
State a,mory lot, upon which the
State armoly stood for more than
hall a century. This lot brought
$4,000. The public warehouse
was knocked down to Johr p.
Branch for $53,0OO. The old pen
i;entiary spring lot brought $4,000
Three other small los were solG.-
All OF the property brought a fair
price.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17

Tie National Committee of the
Prohibition party mctin New York
last Monday, and adopted resolu
tions of congratnlation on the pro
gress Of the party, urging fresh ef-
forts, acknowledging the able ser
vices rendered by Hon John P. st.
John and Hol. WIN. Daniel in the
late campaign, aud expressing en-
tire confidence in the character Of
st. John and indignation at the
charges against him. A movement
to raise a fund of $4,000 to pay
St. John to lecture in behalf Of
temperance, and that to raise a ma
tional fund of $4,000 Dy one-dollar
subscriptions, were opposed. A
resolution WAS adopted calling on
I'LL railroads to employ only tenn
perance men. 1t was decided tu
found Il Prohibition journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17
VS.. DICKINSON & SONS
Dry Goods, Carpet and Furniture
Emporium,

POCOMOKE CITY, Md,
Immense Stock, Great Variety, City Prices
We extend a cordial invitation to the
citizens of Accomac and Northampton
to visit our emporium this season, before
making their purchases elsewhere. Our
house is well known to many of the peo-
ple Of Accomac, with whom we have
had pleasant business relations for 4
number of years, and we hope that these
may not only be continued, but that the
increased facilities for tfaveI will enable
us to increase the number OF acQnalnt-
ances and extend our business farther
down the peninsula.
Our Dry Goods Department embrace
not only all kinds of Staples, but a line
of Fine Dress Goods not surpassed by
any house on the peninsula. We name
in part Black and Colored Dress Silks at
75cts. 81, S1.25 and upwards; great va
riety of Wooien Fabrics at from lOcts.
to 1925 per yard; Velveteens and Silk
Velvets in all the leading shades, White
Goods, Table Linens, Napkins, Towels,
Blankets, Spreads, HandkerchiefS. Hos
icry, Gloves, Corsets, Ladies and Child
ren's Vests, EmbroidrieS, &c.
Ladies' and Children's Wraps a spc-
ciaty in the latest styles of New Mar
kets, Dolmans Russian Circulars, Jack
cts, Jerseys, &c. All kinds of Cloths
and Cassemeres, and III stock almost ey-
erythng to meet the wants of the people,
and at astonishingly low prices.
Our Carpet and Furniture Depart
ment occupies three floors, containing
Cottage ard Ingram Carpets at %, 80,
IS, 81, 81, 62t, Is and S0cts.; Brussels IS
cts. to 81, Oil Cloths. Mattings, Rugs,
Window Shades. Chairs; Bedsteads,
Lounges, Safes, Bureaus, Chamber and
Parlor Suits, &c.
In every department it will be our aim
to sell at City Prices, so as to invite the
trade which would otherwise so to the
larger cities. If not convenient to visit
us in person this season, we solicit your
orders, which will receive our careful at
tention. Samples sent on application
Make our store your headquarters, and
we will cheerfully take care of any
wraps or packages which may be entruSt-
ed to us. Very respectfully,
w. S. DICKINSON & SON,
Pocomoke City, Md,
Opposite the new brick block.)
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17
Virginia Coupon Case.

RICHMOND, VA, Jan. 23.-In
the United States Circuit Court to
day Judge Bond discharged the
Jury in one of Mr.. Royals coupon
Cases brought to test the Riddle
berger law. The parties to it are
The treasurer Of Henrlco county
and Y. j. Ford. The bitter is Il
TAX payer in that county and ten
lercd coupons in laymcntofs3S 81
due the State. The treasurer re-
lnsed TO accept tie tender, where
upon Ford declined to pay in any
thing else. The officer levied upon
his mule for the demand. and the
snit was brought against.the treas.
urer to recover 81, 900 damages for
treSpaSS. Judge Bonds remarks
in discharging the jury in this case
were such as to create the impress.
sion upon many who heard them
that be would dismiss the suit.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17
SCROFUJLA

can only be cured by thorough purihea-
ton of the blood. If this Is neglected,
the disease perpetuates its faint through
generation utter generation. Among Its
earlIer symptomatlc developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptiona, Tu-
mors, Boils, CarbuncIes, Erysipelas,
PuruIent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
sical Collapse, etc. If allowed to con-
tinue, Rheumatism, Scrofuloue Ca
tarrh, Kidney md Liver Diseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and vnri-
Gus other dangerous or fatal maladles, are
produced by It.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17

The advertisement of the Balti
more Sun appears in this issue Of
our paper and comment is unneces
sary. Always reliable, newsv, and
bright, it commends itself to and
retain it's hold upon our readers
in a manner in which no other
newspaper has ever done.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17
CT0RE HOUSE FOR BENT.

I offer for rent for one year, o.
for term of years, my store house
at Pennyville, now occupied by Mrs.
Henderson, one and.a quarter miles
below Pungoteague on the Grad
dockvile road and at the foot otthe
road leading to Boggsville. The
place possesses such rare advan
tages as a location for a store as to
need no other comment or com
mendation. The building will afford
ample accommodations as dwell
ling as we'll as a store. to one with
q small family. There are attached
to the store house four acres o.
land-one half in pine thicket, the
other in cultivation and highly i'm
proved, together with a good grain
house, stables and other necessary
outbuildings. j. w. DUNCAN.
Onancock, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17
Mr.. Jefferson Davis, who was

Mr.. Jefferson Davis, who was in
vicksburg the other day, the
guest of his relative, Mrs. Porter
Field, appeared to be in good heath
and better than his usual SPIRITS
He believes that an era of good
feeling is assured by the election
Of Cleveland similar to that which
attended the election of MIR. Mon
roe.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.

A smokeless locomotive has at
LAST been invented.
Tie Department of Agriculture
esylmaies tue cotton crop at $780,.
900 bales.
Tie President has approved the
joint resoloi'on approprlatiny $50,
900 Tor Tue support OF certain destl-
tute Indians.
The population o. the United
States is now yeckoued at IS, TOO, 900,
with an average increase of two
per ceot. annually, exclusive ofim-
migration.
There are now 300 Young Mems
CHRISTIAN Associations i'll the Uni
ted States, with an aggregate mem
bership Of nearly 10000.
A human skull, to which was at
tached paper tag inscribed GA. L.
Stewart" was found last Monday
10 tie area Of a private residence
in Hoboken, N. j., aud taken to
the morgue.
At the age OF twenty-one Mr..
Lincoln was without trade, manu-
al skill, or profession of any kiad.
He obtained his fist view and
formed bis opinion of human slave
ry when employed at fifty cents a
day wages on "a New Orleans fiat
boat.
Mrs. Hopkins, widow of the late
California railroad millionaire, Mark
Hopkins, has made changes in her
plans for a residence. She is to
build in Great Darlington, and the
cost of the house and grounds will
be s5,OOO,O0O. She intends to have
the most expensive house in the
Uuited States. 1t will be built of
bluestone from a quarry which she
owns, and work will begin as soon
as spring opens. The work at the
quarry will be carried On day and
night. The electric light will be
used for the night operations. One
thousand men will be employed on
the job for three years.
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General Hancock has been Sc
lected as marshal on the day Of
the Inauguration of president Cleye-
land.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17
KINGS EVIL

Was tho name formerly given to scrotula
because of superstition that 1t could DO
cured by kings touch. The world Is
wiser now, and knows that
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-17

A smokeless locomotive has at
last been invented.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-11
Robert M. Shoemaker.

CINCINNATI, Feb 10-R. NJ. Shoemaker,
prominently connected with railroad interests in
the West, died this morning.
The deceased was born in Mohawk, Hcrkimer
county. New York, October q, 1915. His ances-
tors were among the original settlers of the
Mohawk valley, coming to America in lilo. His
grandfather, Michael Myers, was a majorgeneral
in l776. He was also judge, and for fourteen
years was a member of the New York State
Senate or Assembly. His father, Robert Shoe
maker, served CALAMITY throughout the war of
1872, holding the commission of major. The
building of the Lake Shore, Little Miami,
Mad River, Dayton & Michigan, Cincin-
matt, Hamilton & Dayton, Kentucky Central,
Dayton Shortline and Kansas Pacific railroads
were among the greater enterprises Of which he
had control or was interested in. He was also
the president of the st. Louis Bridge and Tun.
mel Company, Cincinnati Southern railroad and
the Cincinnati Consolidated Street railroad. In
1880 he married Mary Colgate Steiner, of Fred
erick, Md, a woman of brilliant intellect and
culture. and a descendent of one of the oldest
and best-known families of that State and of
Georgia. She died in April, 1878, leaving him
FIVE children-Ro5er H., Murray Colgate, Mrs.
John r. Putnam, of Putnam Place, Saratoga,
Michael Myers and Mrs. John &. Christopher,
of Jacksonville. Fla. Soon after the death of
his wife, a shock from which henever recovered.
he was stricken with paralysis, retiring from
active business, since which time he has passed
his home in Cincinnati, Saratoga and Florida.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-11
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Massachusetts Senate has engrossed the
bill regulating the manufacture, sale and trans
portation of dynamite.
The spinners' union at Fall River has voted to
continue weekly payments TO the spinners who
are out of work through the Slade mill fire.
Another victim of the Creston disaster died
on Monday night-Mrs. H.. Day, of Burlington,
making seven In all. The remaining twenty-four
will probably recover.
Burglars entered the dwelling of George Liv-
ingood, a wealthy drover residing near Reading,
Pa, ehloroforined the inmates and decamped
with nearly 81, 200 in cash and notes.
Gorsuch, the Chicago Anarchist. who has been
i'll Cleveland organizing communistic societies,
will go East on the same mission. His first
stop will be in Pittsburg. He met with good
success in Cleveland.
AT Magnolia. Wis, Sunday night, as o result
of a quarrei over a game of cards, two brothers
named Rice shot Larry Boylan, i~nficting
wounds from which he died on Monday night.
The murderers were arrested and are confined in
Jail.
John Moxner, of Philadelphia, robbed the
saloon of Christian Fisher, on Monday night,
while the place was left in his charge, Fisher
and wife having gone to a bah. Moxner stole
everything portable in the house and brutally
beat an infant of seven months SO it will die.
He was arrested yesterday.
The indictment against Hon. s. A. Northaway,
for wrecking the Second National Bank, at JEFF
ferson, o., was quashed because of irregularity
IN summoning the grand jury. Another indict-
ment was found and the case postponed till
May. Northaway is a prominent politician in
the congressional district formerly represented
by Wade and Giddings. and was a personal
friend Of President Garfield.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-11
Storm News from Many Points.

CHICAGO, Feb. l0-At Galena the blockade is
The worst known for several years. On the Mad
ison division of the Northwestern road a passen-
ger train is off the track and in the drifts near
Lake Mills. Several freight trains are showed
in between Montford and Lancaster.
At Eau Glare, Wis, the thermometer indicated
35 degrees below zero this morning.
At LaSalle, Ill, at the same time, it was %
degrees below.
Within fifteen miles of Streator, Ill, there are
a dozen dead engines, and not q single train has
arrived on either of the FIVE roads running
through the city.
Sioux City, Ia, reports that the southern Da-
kota and northern Nebraska lines are not af-
fected by the storm as the new-fall was light,
and trains are running as usual.
AT Dubuque, Ia, the thermometer was TWEEN
ty w degrees below in the lower city, and on
the bluffs thirty-one degrees below this morning.
Most of the trains on the roads running into
dubuque are abandoned, and the rest are hours
behind. No mails were received from the East
oP West to-day till 4 p. n. On the
Illinois Central the train is not through
from Waterloo. and from there TO Sioux City
trains are all abandoned 1t will take two days
10 open the road Trains left for Chicago aid
Cairo this morning. On the Chicago, Milwaukee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-11

has in his grounds at Washington one of the
rarest and finest collections of roses in America.
His gardener was privileged to take the seeds
producedto experiment on, and thousands OF
showed Indications of excellence. This was a
poor, tiny, neglected one, growing among
others. 1t probably would have been lost
to cultivation mad it not been seen by
a florist, who purchased the plant two
yeas ago from the original grower for the sum of
70 cents! Two years in the hands of this florist
has produced plants enough TO sell this spring
for So, 000-all of which are already sold to New
York and Philadelphia. in lots ranging from 500
to ], 200. These plants arc but an inch high and
cost $50 a hundred.
Such results are very encouraging to the orig
inator of new varieties. Within two years three
roses have been introduced here; the Sunset
of last spring brought the originator IL 5000;
the Bennett of Philadelphia. will net &c.
900, while the Beauty of America" will bring
So. 900,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-11
TIE GREAT sNow-sroRm.
Railway Traffic Still Blockaded, Despite the
Efforts of the Companies.

Railway Traffic Still BlOckaded, Despite the
Efforts of the Companies.
CHICAGO. Feb. 10.-The passenger train over
the Chicago & Alton railway, which left here at
le20 last evening, having On board a number of
members of the Illinois Legislature. is snow
bound at Braeeville, with a very uncertain pros
pect az to tho time when the train can be got
ont.
A Kankakee, H., dispatch says: 'arhe snow
blockade on the c., L. st. L. & c. railway, fiji
teen miles east of Kankakee, is unbroken. The
engines and men sent out to the aid of the
passenger train are all showed in near there.
-Four passenger trains on the Illinois Central
have been snowe in between PeOtone and Moree
since last evening. Chicago bound passengers on
the same railway have been showed in since 10
a. NJ. today at Danforth. There have been no
trains in nor out of here today"
The Illinois Central has passenger trains
showed in as follows: One at Rantoul. ore at
Danforth, four between Monee and Peotonee.
two between Bloomington and Kankakee, and
one on the Illinois Central branch, near Bucking-
ham. An effort to clear the tracks of the roads
was made today, but the snow drifted faster
than it could be cleared, and the effort was given
MP until the drifting ceases. The Chicago &
Eastern Illinois track is blocked above Momence,
and q snow-plow and three engines are ditched
below Nc mence. The Chicago & Alton road is
snow blocked at Gardner. Seven members of the
Illinois Legislature are showed in at Gardner
and three State senators at Pontiac.