Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-10-21
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
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Mr.. E. j. Winder and wife return
ed on Tuesday from the Worlds
Fair.
Interesting revival services are be
ing held in the Baptist Church. Sew.
eral persons have protested CONVEX.
sion.
Mr.. Leonidas R. Doughty will, at
an early date. add handsome i'm
provements to his residence on North
street.
At a meeting of the Sunday School
OF the NJ. E. Church, South, q com
mittee was appointed to purchase a
first class library.
Mrs. Grace Ames, Mrs. Eva Hop
kins, Miss Margaret Groton and Miss
Cecile Powell are spending the week
at the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Geo. W. Mason. Only. has re-
Gently purchased the property adver-
tised for sale in Savageville by Jno.
L. Ward, and will make his residence
there.
Mrs. Elizabeth Titlow is the guest
of Mrs. Bette Custis-Miss Florence
Twyford of Miss Tyndall and Misses
Mamie and Eva Bull of Mrs. A. W.
Lilliston.
a residence on Lee street is under
going extensive Improvements for
the occupancy of Mr.. T. G.. Kellam,
of louisville. This town has been
his business headquarters for year
past.
L. W Childrey, insurance broker.
OF Norfolk. visited town this week in
the interest Of his business. His
condition-robust and jolly-would
indicate that Lynn Haven oysters
are fat.
The Kaler Mud Machine left the
bar few days last week and dredg-
ed the bottom at the wharf belonging
to Hopkins s. Co. 1t is expected the
work of dredging the bar will be
completed this week.
Last Saturday the steamer POGO
moke due here at a. IN. did not ar
rive until Pr Capt. w. F. JOY
mes, in charge, reported the gale the
severest on the Bay he had witnessed
since the night the Express was lost.
1t appears that the pig pens in
town must co." as there is great
complaint about them. 1t is presumed
that as soon as the council consider
the matter as carefully as they
should, from the standpoint of health
and decency, that an ordinance will
be passed prohibiting them.
Bicycle riding is now a familiar
scene on our streets. On last Sun
day number of young men from
the country were attracted hither
by the good condition of Market
street and sped their machines over
the course many times. 1t is sug-
gested that indulgence i'll this sport
is not suited to Sunday.
There has been some talk OF run
ming an air line road from this town
to Onley station and putting on cleo
tric passenger and freight cars. May
the matter be taken up and carried
to success. To establish this road
would be great benefit to the citi-
Gems of Onley and would very greatly
facilitate the business of Onancock.
1t would also be benefit to the
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
as to both passenger and freight
traffic.
Mr.. Herbst, of Baltimore, is in town
this week advising with the business
men and soliciting subscriptions to
capital stock for the opening of a
bank in this town. He has had sew
.ral years experience in the banking
business and comes well endorsed by
Mr.. j. Wesley Guest, of the Cont
mental Bank, and other prominent
Baltimoreans known to the people
of the Eastern Shore. It is very nee
essarY for the convenience of all
classes Of people that we have bank
and it is hoped that such an enter
prise will meet with success and a
business be opened at an early date.