Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-09-08
GENERAL NEWS.
Sixty thousand children attend the
public schools of Baltimore.


Sixty thousand children attend the
public schools of Baltimore.
The Emperor of Austria presents
to the king of Italy every year n
package of 10000 picked Virginia
cigars.
The census reports show that the
ratio Of criminals to population IN
this country is five times greater now
than it was forty years ago.
Congressman George D. Wise, aie
ter a visit to California, will return
to Virginia and stump for the demo
cratic congressional candidates.
At Norfolk Justice Burroughs has
decided that persons who conscien-
tiously observe Saturday as the
Sabbath may sell goods on Sunday.
The cotton receipts at Norfolk for
the year ended August 81, 1894, ag-
gregated SOP 1914 bales an increase OF
204, S03 bales over the previous year.
Gen. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks,
soldier and statesman, died OF brain
trouble shortly after 8 o'clock last
Saturday morning at his home, III
Waltham, Mass.
Mr.. S. S. Lambeth, the young city
attorney Of Norfolk, who was elected
on the Prohibition Reform ticket,
will resign that position and enter
the Methodist ministry.
Congressman Meredith, of Virs
ginia, who has been quite sick at his
home in Manassas for the past few
days with Il threatened attack of
diptheria, is improving and was IN
Washington SATURDAY..
w. L. Powell has declined the
populist nomination for Congress in
The fifth district of Virginia. This
leaves the contest between Hon:
Claude 4. Swanson. democrat, and
Judge George w. Cornett, repub-
lican.
On the 10th instant there will be
notable gathering of the ladies OF the
South at Nashville, Tenn. The oh,
iect is to organize the Daughters OF
the Confederacy by the adoption OF
constitution and bylaws for the
government of the same.
Rev. DR.. John j. Laflerty, who
knows Judge H. S. X. Morrison, the
Democratic nominee for Congress IN
the Ninth District of Virginia, quite
intimately, speaks of him as one OF
the most elegant gentlemen i'll the
State. The Judge is Methodist and
q true Christian man, according TO
the Doctor. and he is possessed OF
considerable ability, and sure to
make his mark in the House.
Governor O'Ferrall said Saturday
that he had decided to enter the can
vass and make as many speeches as
he could. He saw no reason why the
Executive should not do his duty to
his party in this respect. lie mas
promised to make, if possible, sever
al speeches in the Fifth District, and
will answer the call OF the party
leaders elsewhere, whenever it may
be practicable.-Ri Richmond Dispatch.
Inc l;lSl ctusuS itl'pI L licNCS y Al
GINA next to the largest apple grow
ing State in the Union. Her apple
crop in 1889 was 1891, 425 bushels and
her peach crop amounted TO 1,O52,-
600 bushels. The report shows that
kentucky is the only State ahead OF
Virginia in her apple crop, the
WELD of that State for the same year
being 1850, $3.50 bushels.
Hereafter the fourth class post
master will have another source OF
revenue to add to the many methods
by which, in the smaller settlements,
they add to their income. He now
can act as notary public for pen
sioners and witnesses in pension cases
only and can charge the pensioners
not exceeding % cents for each