Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-06-27
John W. Edmonds, Editor and Owner.
LOCAL NEWS.

Saturday, Goth inst.
The 4th of July will be celebrated
this wear on Sykes Island, under the
auspices of the Order OF Rechabltes.
Next county court is the term for
the officers elected in May, to quail
fy. Call on the clerk for your GER
tificate.
For home like comforts, good fare
and moderate charges, the Malthy
House, Baltimore, cannot be SUI
passed.
A fair and festival will be held at
Amiss Chapel, Wednesday, July 1st,
commencing 2 p. III. The public cor
daily invited.
County court, next Monday. An
especial invitation is extended to all
in arrears TO us for subscription to be
present and pay us.
Children's day, in the interest of
foreign missions, will be observed at
IeeInont NJ. p. Church, tomorrow,
June 2Sth, 10a. III.
Rev. E. Meade, evangelist, will hold
services at st. James church, in our
town, at 8 D. ~, tomorrow, Sunday,
instead OF p. m, as heretofore an
nounced.
The catalogue of Eastern Shore
Agricultural Fair is in our hands for
publication, and all parties wishing
advertising space i'll same must notify
us at once.
Mr.. ID. J. Titlow, offers for rent for
the year 1882, his beautiful place
Point Meade on Onancock creek.
For particulars, apply to the owner,
ut Onancock.
Mr.. Thos. r. Nelson returns home
to-day from Baltimore, with drove
of horses suitable for farm and road.
He proposes to sell them at once at q
low margin of profit.
The campmeeting committee of
Ppngoteague circuit, will meet at the
camp ground on Wednesday, July
LIST, p. m. All persons having bust
ness with the committee are request
ed to be present.
J.. Floyd Mock, trustee, will sell at
public auction, at Exmore, North
ampton county, Va, on Saturday,
July 18th, 1891, at 1890 o'clock, a. m
the house and lot of Raffalle Passaro.
For terms see posters.
The premium list of the Eastern
Shore Agricultural Fair is published
in this issue of the ENTERPRISE, and
should be read by all our people with
the view of contributing to it's sue
cess by an exhibit in some depart
ment.
Conservation of the Catholic Church
Cape Charles, Va, Sunday, June %,
1891. Grand Pontiical Mass at 10 a.
III. Sermon by an eminent preacher.
Grand Pontifical Vespers at $50 D. m.
Sermon by Bishop Curtis. Choir
from Norfolk.
Rev. w. W. Wood delivered an elo-
quent and impressive temperance
lecture in Methodist Church, at
Drulnmondtown, Thursday night.
Several persons were convinced it
was their duty to join the temperance
order at this place.
The "gold medal for music" was
awarded to Miss Lillian B. Nelson,
daughter of Mr.. Benz: 7. Nelson, at
Mrs. Wise's school, Accomac c. H.,
good scholarship" in same school, to
Miss Florence Browne, daughter of
Hon. T. H. Bayly Browne.
The real estate of John R. Johnson,
deceased, situated near Leemont, has
been subdivided into several conven-
jent and desirable building lots, and
will be sold on the premises, at public
auction, Saturday, June 9th, p. M,
by D. II. johnson, agent for the heirs.
For full particulars. see posters.
Ben 7. Gunter, Jr., is graduate
in law at Richmond College, this ses-
sion, and the only applicant for the
degree upon whom the honor was
conferred. He was also selected to
make the presentation speech Incl
dent to the gift Of gold headed cane
from the class to the professor of law.
The advertisement of g. T. Bun
ting, commission merchant, New
York, appears in our columns to day.
The gentleman needs no introduce
ton to our people He has served
many of our shippers acceptably in
the past and will continue to do so in
the future. We very cordially COM
mend him to your favors.
Levin Lilliston, colored, familiar
figure in our town, kindly rencm-
bered for his obliging manners and
usefulness in attending promptly to
calls around the offices, churches,
stores and hotel, died on Monday
last. His funeral on Tuesday was
largely attended not only by the col
ored people but by many of his white
friends.
M. Oldham, Jr., trustee. will sell at
Onancock, in front of B. T. .Parker's
hotel, June 9th, at about o'clock,
p. ~, the undivided one-fourth inter
est of VIM. X. Parker in the land of
which his brother Louis H. Parker;
died seized and possessed-said land
containing so acres, more or less, and
adjoining lands of Geo. W. Mason,
John S. Martin and others. For
terms see posters.
Children's day at Drummondtown
Baptist Church, last Sunday, was q
success beyond the expectation of
everyone. The music was excellent,
recitations very fine and receipts
larger than ever before on similar
occasion. Total receipts, $40 25-col-
lected by Miss May Duncan, $3.50
by Miss Nola Grant, 1872. The pre-
MUM for largest collections, hand
some gold pen and case was awarded
to the former, but similar premium
also will be given the latter by the
unanimous vote of the school.
A bateaux race is announced to