Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-02-03
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1894.
LOCAL NV s.

Mr.. J. B. Savage offers for sale sew
eral varieties of potato seed IN tins
issue. See advertisement.
Mr.. w. b. Wilkins, of Accomac c.
H., has accepted position rs clerk
with Powell & NAPLES, Onancock.
Mr.. Geo. Tull, Of Delaware. died
last week while on a visit to Mr..
Il. w. Miles, near Pitts Wharf, aged
70 years.
Rev. ]. NJ. Dunaway will preach at
Drumnondtown Baptist Church
Sunday night on the Influence OF
Woman.
The post office AT Sirocco, discon-
tinued short while ago, has been
established, with J. T. Ackley as
postmaster.
Messrs. 7. T. & f. NJ. boggs offer
their overcoats and suits at cost, not
a cut of profit but actual cost until
March 18th.
Mr.. A. j. Nelson and wife, Parks
ley. have removed to Accomac c. H.,
and have secured permanent board
at Hotel Doughty.
Slocomb Bros are making clean
sweep in clothing and overcoats, and
now is the time to get nice SUIT.
before they are all gone.
y photographic concert was given
in Temperance Hall, Accomac c. h.,
"Wednesday night, for the benefit OF
the Presbyterian Church.
\ meeting of berry growers will be
held at Onley on next Tuesday, Feb
ruary 9th, p. m, TO consider the
crate business for the coming season
and other matters of interest TO
them.
An advertisement of Humphreys
X THghman's we'll known fertilizers
appears in this issue Read the
same and Gall on their agents whose
names are appended and leave your
orders.
Petitions asking Congress for an
appropriation TO improve our sea
side waterway are now being circu-
lated throughout the Eastern Shore
of Maryland and Virginia by Mr.. y.
w. Mock
An owl which had been raiding the
hennerv- of Mr.. VIM. H. Hargis, near
Accomac CHI. went once too often
and was caught one night last week.
1t measured four feet and eight
inches from tip TO Tip.
MIR. J. Wesley Coleburn, Accomac
G. H., is critically i'll with pneumo-
mia. Mrs. Horace Mock and George
Miliner and others, seriously i'll of
late in this section with same disease,
are now out of danger.
y bill introduced in the Legisla
ture for the relief OF VIM. Henry
Pierson, of Northampton, from a Ii
cense tax as photographer, Oh the
recommendation of the Finance Com
nittee has been rejected.
Rev. Vim. P. Wright, presideng
elder of the Eastern Shore district,
who has made his home in this city
for the last twelve months, has
moved his family to Cape Charles
CITY. Va.-Salisbury Advertiser.
The reputation of the Maltby
House, Baltimore, for first class &C
Communications 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 clothing of Fred Powell, four
years old, son of Mr.. Edward Powell,
living near Accomac c. H., caught
fire while he was playing with same
in the absence of his parents, and he
was burned so badly, that he died in
few hours thereafter.
Mr.. f. P. Dennis, of Crisfield, Nd,
was a visitor to the Courthouse this
week. An advertisement of the firm
of /. L. P. Dennis & Son manufac-
turers of high grade fertilizers, of
which he is member, appears in
another column and is commended
to the careful perusal of our readers.
Don't waste your fertilizers after
buying them, but confer with Mr. f.
A. Shield us TO the merits Of the Key
stone Fertilizer distributor, adver
tised in this issue, and he will tell
YOU how 10 use them to the best adj
vantage. You can save enough in
sowing three tons OF fertilizers to
pay for it.
The Ladies Aid Society of Onley
N. E. Church, South, will serve an
elegant supper in the public school
house, below the church, on Tuesday
evening, February 18th, from 6 to S
O'Clock. Lecture at s O'Clock in the
church. Price of supper 50 cents. If
that evening should be inclement
attend next fair evening.
Mr.. \. Poindexter Taylor. of Rich
lnond, and Mr.. L. w. Groton, of
Onancock. are now making can
vass of the county in the interest of
the Provident Savings Life Assur-