Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-08-13
SATURDAY. AUGUST IS, 1892.
Ohm w. Edmonds, Editcr and Owner,
LOCAL raEsAa S.

air, commences \ ueSudy, August
a0th, continuing four days.
Mr.. Charles Preston and wife, of
Richmond, are in Accomac, the guests
of Judge and Mrs. B. r. Gunttr.
4 festival will be held at Red Bank
Baptist Church, Northampton, Tues.
day, August 10th, for the benefit of
the Sunday school.
Our merchants and farmers visiting
Baltimore. this spring and summer
will find the Maltby house, a desir-
able stopping place.
a protracted meeting, conducted
by Rev. V. w. Bargamin, will com
mcnce at louisville church, Sunday,
14th inst, at night.
Through our columns this week
the lands of Vim. P. Gusts and child
rem are offered for sale by private
contract by Judge Gillet.
Mrs Sarah Hoffman, mother of Mr..
VIM. g. Hoffman. Hoffmans Wharf,
died at the home of her son last
Wedne. cay, aged Sc years.
Ri. Rev. A. \. Curtis. bishop OF
Wilmington, will delivera free lecture
in the hall at Chincoteague, Tues
day, August 18th. at 7:30 p. III. All
are invited.
a hush-meeting will lie held at
Teach Grove, near Ayres NJ. E.
Church and under the auspices of
that church, commencing Sunday,
August l4th.
Fifteen hundred boxes of peaches.
Troth's Early, shipped by Mr.. B. U.
Doughty. from Wolf & Horsey's
fam, near Exmore, this season,
melted $500.
TIE Margaret Academy and the
lands belonging thereto are offered
for sale in this issue by DR.. John L.
Earmanson, w. T. Mason and B. w.
Mears, Committee.
Fletcher Barnes, aged IS years, son
of James Barnes, Hunting Creek,
died recently of injuries received by
a fall across the we'll of bateaux,
while attempting to hoist sail on the
boat.
Falmin .ton md 3lockon, Two very
valuable farms sold at public auc-
ton at Eastville, last Monday, were
bid off, the former to Charles c. Bell
for $500, the latter to Garrett 81 ady
at $4,000.
Miss Stella Nelson ard Mr.. Henry
Hack, of Baltimore, a"e visiting
friends ii Actom,c c. H.-the father
of Mrs. V. w. Bsrgami /, of Cam
ri lye, Nd, made his daughter a
visit last week.
A race will take place at Trouts
I,laud Point, Friday, August Goth,
le;ween the hateauv, Macon Como.
YER and S. T. Robins. owned by Carl
1sdell and John Doughty, respective
~, for purse of 500.
A union picnic and festival of Lee
mont end Hunting Creek Sunday
schools, will take place on Tuesday,
August 18th, near Hunting Creek N.
p Church. a supper will be served
on the occasion for 50 cents.
Secretary Foster, of the Treasury
Department, has awarded the con
tract for the poles for the telephone
line along the Virginia coast from
Care Charles to Assateague Island,
for the use of the life saving station,
to Charles S. Colonna, of Berkeley,
Va.
The Onley NJ. E. Church, South,
will be dedicated Sunday, August
sOth. The sermon en- that occasion
will be preached by Rev. w. ".
Tudor, one of the finest pulpit orators
of the country. He will preach in
the morning, II a. H., and at night
Quarterly Conference held there also
on that day and the previous day.
The Chesapeake Agricultural Fair
Cape Charles, offers premiums on
sweet and Irish potatoes, for each
SO 1st premium, SIS I'd premium, s.
81 premium. Accomac should carry
off all the prizes on sweets and it is
the duty of our people to compete
for all the premiums on agricultural
products at both of the Fairs on the
Eastern Shore.
Mr.. Vim. .. Lilliston, of this town
is engaged this week in painting
Southern Methodist Church at Horn
town. His skill in handling the paint
brush are now being so generally
recognized, that calls for his services
are being made constantly from every
part of the county. He completed
the contract for painting a handsome
dwelling near jenkins Bridge, last
week.
The camp-meeti ng near Keller thi:
week has been we'll attended despite
the excessive hot weather and dust
About $500 persons were present on
Sunday, and the average daily at
tendance has been from 1000 to $500
About 10 persons were converted