Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-05-15

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Col. John S. .Mosby, the "Gucril-
la Chief" is said to have accepted
an offer of $500 a week for a lee
turing tour.The subject will he Gen.
Grant.
OF all the Communists and An,
archists implicated in the Chicago
riots, only one-ParsonS-a MaSSil-
chuSetts malls an American
FIX Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana
thinks that by 1883 every Federal
officer will be Il Democrat, and
that President Cleveland will be re-
nominated.
Gen. John B. Gordon has issued
an address, to the people of Georgia
announcing his candidacy for nom
;nation by the democratic party
for the office Of Governor.
General Master Workman Pow
DERBY has addressed circular to
the knights of Labor, protesting
against the abuse of the boycott
and urging changes in other mat
terS.
FIR. James f. Harrison who has
been chairman otthe faculty ofthe
University of Virginia since 1878
has resigned, and Prof. Chas. s
venable, hisimn. ediGte predecessor
in that office, has been chosen by
the board of visitors to fill the
vacancy.
A special from Mississippi City
says: Jefferson Davis has beer
confined to his room since his re
turn to Beauvoir, suffering from
proStration induced by the late OK
citing scenes through which be
has passed. 1t is expected that
he will be able TO fill his appoint
mcnt at Mobile"
At the Democratic primary cleo
ton held in Richmond, Thursday,
for the nomination of city official:
o,S11 votes were cast. This falls
nearly 40 yer cent, below the
smallest vote ever polled ut any
preceding contest of this kline
there. Many of the democratic
wulkingmen dld not participate IL
primary. At the regular munich
pal election, held on May 81, th'
worklngmen expect to place - full
council ticket in the field in oppo
sition to the Democratic nominees
From now unit! that time the can
vass promises to be lively.
( In the General Conference of the
n. +. G. South, in session at Rich
mond, Monday, DR.. r. A. Young
of Nashville, Tenn, Genl. Secretary
Of the Board OF Missions, presented
his report of The proceedings of tht
Board of Missions for the last foul
years. This report shows that the
Board supports FOG missionaries
IA native preachers. and IS other
helpers. There are in the mission
fields of the Board 81 ,279 members
Al Sunday schools, 34.9S9 scholars
3l3 church buildings and &c rented
chapels. with 81. Jos strings. The
church buildings are valued al
500. $40; other mission property at
s553,5O3.
RICHMOND, Va, May 1O.-The
common council Tonight unani.
inOuSiN IIa>svu Il IcroiuIivii .'i.0 " "a. =
the Richmond and Chesapeake
Railroad Company to run Il tunnel
across the city from the Chesapeake
and Ohio depot to the Petersburg
depot. Ii is probable the board OF
aldermen will concur i'll this resolu-
tion. This tunnel will enable the
trains OF the Richmond and Ches-
areake and the Chesapeake and
Ohio to run into the new Union dc.
pot which is now being erected, and
thus make it possible 10 make that
depot available for ali tic roads in
the city.
Winchester Times May 9Th: The
colored voters III many sections OF
the State have announced their
intention Of hereafter acting with
the Democratic party. They have
grown weary of Republican leaders
who have rewarded their party
service only by getting them into
trouble and leaving them to get
out as best they may. The Demo
Gratis only promised colored voters
good government with equal rights
before the law, but as the colored
voters become educated through
the medium of the public schools
supported by Democratic money,
they Learn that such promise
means great deal more than the
empty Republican promises of politi
cal prcferment.
Senator Riddleburger attended
the races in Washington last mon
day with some friends, and in the
evening. cilaperoning fifteen per-
SONS, he went to the circus. When
the party arrived at the grounds
the tent was packed and the ticket
Offices closed. There was man OH
a stand selling tickets, and rather
than disappoint his friends the Sen
ator purchased fifteen tickets, pay
ing the premium, and then marshals
ing his forces he went to the tent
door, where the tickets were pro-
bounced mo good 7" The Senator
then went to the seller and called
on the police to arrest INN az a
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