Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-04-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Rev. j. NJ. Dunaway, of Norfolk
county, will preach in the Baptist
Church at Drummondtown, on Sun
day morning. April 9th.
The time of the meeting of the
Board of trustees of Margaret Acad-
envy, at Keller station, has been
changed from April LIST to 18th. See
notice elsewhere in our columns.
MIR Geo F. Parramore will retire
from the practice OF his profession in
Accomac. after May LIST. He has not
Vet decided where he will resume his
professional labors, but may go to
California.
The Franktown church building
committee requests any contractor
who may desire to build their church
to meet them at Franktown, April
3rd, 1898, or to correspond with them
before that time.
McMichael Bros, manufacturers of
bricks, Pocomoke City, Md, and
The Morotock Insurance Co., through
their agent Mr. \. Frank Byrd, Tenn
peranceville, in this issue, solicit
your patronage.
The ladies of Sanford N. E. Church,
South. will hold fair and festival in
that church in the afternoon of May
22nd, Whit-Monday, and an all day
fair ut same place on Tuesday, July
9TH. for tho benefit OF said church.
A fair will be held at Halls Chapel,
Messongo, on Easter Monday, 3rd
inst, for benefit of said church. Din
ner, supper and other refreshments
will be served. The public invited
to be on hand to help the good cause.
The boarding tent, confectionery
and other privileges to be granted
during the Eastern Shore Agricul-
tural Fair of 1893, will be let to the
highest bidder on Tuesday. the 95th
day of April. 3 p. ~, at the Fair
grounds.
Mrs. Lloyd w. Williams died at the
residence of her son-in-law DR.. A.
Brockenbrough on Saturday last,
surviving her husband only few
days. The funeral and burial took
place yesterday at 4. p. m.-Head
light, Goth.
Rev. Mr. Pitcher, of Petersburg, is
writing a history of the Baptists Of
Virginia, and through us requests tc
be advised as to any minutes or his.
torical papers, bearing upon the
subject, in possession of the Baptists
on the Eastern Shore.
Capt. r. J. Corbin, of Crisfeld, and
his colored crew, consisting of Louis
Holland, Isaac Teagle and Elijah
Smith, were lodged in Jail last We'd
nesday, charged with illegally dredg'
ing on Hurleys rock last Tuesday
They were captured by Messrs. Jas.
o. Streagles and others, citizens OF
'Tangier Island.
Mr. Henry a. w. Kellam. of this
county, at one time an employee Of
this office. now manager of the Girls
field Times, shot himself acciden
tally last week, while cleaning his
pistol, through his left hand. He was
not seriously disabled by the mishap,
>'only laid up temporarily for re.
pairs
Mr.. L. Floyd Mock, special com.
missioner, will sell, at public auction,
on Tuesday, April 18th, 1893, at ]
o'clock p H., in front of the Hall
wood hotel, four (N valuable tracts
or parcels of land, of which Elijah
Kelly died seized, situated near Hall
wood. For terms and description Of
property, see posters
Monday night, April 3rd, at 7.30 O.
clock, in Modestown, will be an Ell
tertaining and Instructive exhibition
including charades, tibleaux. panto
mime, etc, to help payment for par
sonage repairs Admission IS cents
children under twelve years Is cents
The young people expect happy
time and the public are requested te
encourage a good cause.
Mr.. Joseph L. Bailey, of this coun
ty, now living at Cape Charles, was
seriously injured on Friday of last
week, by a falling scaffold, while as
:sisting in unloading ice from a yes
sci at that place. The first advices
were that his ankle had been broker
and his skull had been fractured, anc
he could not live. Later reports are
to the effect that the injuries about
his head are not of serious charac
ter and that fatal results are not ex
lpected.
NJ. Oldham, Jr., clerk of the coun.
ty court, received few days age
from ''the Board on the Chesapeake
and it's tributaries" 200 copies each o.
the charts made by Lieutenant Bay
lor of Pocomoke and Tangier Sounds
These charts are made by master
hand and by direction of saide Board
Mr.. Oldham is distributing them
among citizens of Accomac County
who are engaged in the oyster indus
try. About 100 copies were delivered
last court day. Call at the clerks
office if you want copy.