Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-09-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. NJ. Oldham, Jr. was in Rich
mond ON business last week.
The Board of Supervisors meets Al
Accomac c. H., Wednesday, Septem'
Der 18th.
Fodder saving has commenced III
this county. 1t is of excellent quality
and crop will be large.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos w. Blackstone
Accomac c. H., have returned home
after brief sojourn in the North.
Mr.. Chas. b. Lilliston, a former res
ident of Accomac c. H., now of New
berne. \. c., visited friends here dur
ing the week.
New stock of fall and winter goods
lust received at l. H. MerrilFs, POGO
molle city. Read the announcement
in this issue and give him call
An entertainment Will be held al
the Good Templars Hall, Craddock-
vile, Friday. It'll inst. Proceeds will
be given to church al that place.
The Baltimore and Eastern Shore
railroad was sold at Salisbury, Md,
last Wednesday, to a rich New York
syndicate. The only bid was $500, 600.
Mrs. j. NJ. White and Miss Evelyn
Ames, of Cape Charles, are visiting
at Mr.. H. c. Whites, aud Miss Lula
White, of Parksley, al Mr.. S. G. Mel
sons.
Mr.. Geo. w. Rolph, of D. B. Tay-
lor & Co., will make a tour of the
county next week. wants the orders
of our merchants and should get u
liberal share of them.
DR.. ]. W. NJ. Williams, pastor OF
the First Baptist Church, Baltimore,
died last Tuesday in North Carolina.
He married Miss Corinthia Read, OF
Northampton county.
There will be Sunday school pic
mic on the grounds of Berea NJ. P.
Church, New Church, September
4th, beginning at 3 p. IN. Refresh
ments will be for sale on the grounds.
Rev. W. F. Hayes will preach at
Baptist Church, Accomac G. H.,
next Sunday morning, at II o'clock,
instead of at the school-house. He
will preach at Amiss Chapel, at $3.50
p. III.
Mr.. John L. Kimmerle. formerly of
this county, but for the last five
years resident of Dallas, Texas, is
home on visit to his father, Mr..
John Kimmerle, and other friends
near Melfa station.
Mr.. J. H. Feddeman viii call on
the merchants of the county next
week with his popular brands of
tobacco and cigars-Daisy tobacco
and the celebrated 107 cigars. II will
pay YOU to save an order for him.
The business OF the y. Y. P. & n.
R. R. Co. will be conducted by Mr..
J. W. Carroll, over the signature of
Vice President W. A. Patton, until
a successor to the late Superintendent
H. w. Dunno is appointed.-Head-
ight
The reputation of the Maltby
House, Baltimore, for first class ac-
commodations and low rates is fully
sustained under the present manage
ment. This fact with its central To-
cation should recommend it to all
travellers.
The fair and festival given at The
Folly on Wednesday for the benefit
of Drumondtown Baptist Church,
was brilliant success. 1t is esti-
mated that nearly zoo were in atten-
dance during the afternoon. The
gross receipts amounted to about
$3.50.
The Young Ladies Aid Society of
Oak Grove church, will hold festi-
val at the Fair grounds, Saturday
afternoon, September Sth, beginning
at l O'Clock. During the afternoon
game of base ball will be played.
Supper will be served, after which
the audience will be pleasantly en-
tertained free of charge. The public
is cordially invited.
Robert L. Wharton and Severn
Nelson, the Maryland oystermen,
convicted in our county court, for
taking oysters unlawfully in POGO
moke Sound and who appealed their
case to the Supreme Court of the
United States, were discharged last
Monday from our jail after an in
generation of about four months.
They were held in Jail for the pay
ment OF lines OF S0UU each ana COSTS
of prosecution, which, it appeared to
the court, they were wholly unable
topay.
There will be ''Fish-fry" at Ce-
dar View Wharf, formerly Buzzard
Hill Wharf, on next Wednesday,
September 9TH. a nice tea or dining
China set will be awarded on the oc-
casion to the fastest sailing boat OF
is feet and under that length, as a
prize for speed in sailing. lee cream,
lunches and confectioneries will be
in abundance on the grounds for
those who do not wish to take
lunch with them. The public is
most cordially invited.