Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-09-03

will find the Maltoy mouse, a oesir-
able stopping place.
Mr.. r. d. Hart. near Savageville,
this county. sold this week his tour
wear colt Hannis, sired by Pilot Boy,
TO Mr.. John Hart, of Philadelphia,
for 500.
Tho Fourth Quarterly Conference
for. this conference year of NJ. E.
Church. South, will be held at Gull
ford, on Sunday, September 4th and
Monday, September 5th, $50 a. IN.
Ashby & Be,ote. Aeccmac G. H..
are opening ont their Fall stock OF
goods this week. 1t will be large,
very select and cheap. You are eN-
nccted to call if YOU want bargains
Regular services will be resumed at
II. f. Church. South, Drummond-
town, tomorrow, 81 p. m. Protract-
ed services will be he'd in the church,
commencing Sunday, September the
11th.
Very valuable personal property
offered for s,e in This issue by F. H.
Carmine, trustee. 1t will be sold at
public auction, "Wednesday, Septem-
Der 2Sth. See advertisement for iull
particulars.
Our excuse, for shortcomings in
this Issue and delay in getting ont
paper. is, we were Mt the Fair look
ing after the finances Of the office.
Expect the ENTERPRISE on time
after this issue.
The vacation given TO Few. S. U.
Grimslev by the churches in his
charge having expired, he will fill
his regular appointments re- mo-row
both at Drummondtown ard Ho' lies
at the usual hour.
Miss Mary Fisher, daughter of
Thorogood Fisher, was run over by
road cart. driven recklesSly by Chas.
Vessels, white on her way to Petite!
Church, Friday of last week, and
had her collar bone br 'ken in two
places.
Steamer Eastern Shore will give a
Grand moonlight excursion to Old
Point, Monday, September 9Th. leav-
ing her landings at the usual hour
on the down trip from Baltimore
leaving Old Point ct 12 o'clock. max
ing her landings at the usual hour
for Baltimore.
Ntessrs. A. Fl. G. Mears and George
t. Stockley, two enterprising young
men of the lower part of the county,
who left some time ago for Chicago.
TO receive consignment of potatoes eft
that point during the Fall, do not
find there the demand for them ex-
pecte1 and will return home in a few
days.
B. U. Doughty & Son, Exnnre, Va.
authoriz, the announcement, that
their stock of merchandise will be
sold at and below cost until Goth Of
September-and that all persons in
debted to them either by note or
open account must settle by that
dav or the same will be placed in fhe
hands of IN officer for collection. /
The Eastern Shore Agricultural
Fair was a grand success in all fire.
spects this year-fine weather. first:
class exhibits, fast and well contested
races, large gate receipts. The num-
Ter in attendance during Fair was
larger than during any previous year
and the receipts were large enough to
pay all indebtedness of the Associa-
ton. Full particulars next issue.
Several building lots situated at
Greenbackville. half interest in oys-
ter house at Franklin city, piano.
organ, horses, boats, guns, household
and kitchen furniture and other
articles too numerous to mention will
be sold at public auction at Green
backville, next Wednesday,, Septem-
Der 18th, by Mr. John F. Powell. See
advertisement In this issue for full
particulars.
The destruction to crops and other
property by the late storm in the
upDer part Of Accomac was much
greater even than reported in our
last issue. The corn on many farms
was almost entirely destroyed and
the potato patches suffered to al
most as great an extent. The losses
reported are: of Ralph Burrough
about $500. A. c. Hart 800, Mrs.
Noah Smith 800, E. T. Lang $500,
James C. Lang 800, W. T. Duncan
800, Thomas Thornton 500, Abbott
Chesser 800, A. S. Parks $50 and
many others of smaller amounts.
Mr.. James P. Martin and family
had a narrow escape from serious in
jury at the crossing near Keller, last
Thursday No signal being given,
they found the train upon them When
they reached the track, with the head
of their horse in touch of the cars as
they passed. To save himself and
family Mr. Martin had to jump from
his carriage, and in doing so fell and