Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-04-21
LOCAL NEWS.


F. Parker, Accomac G. II.
Hotel site will be sold at Parksley'
%. M, next Saturday. See adver-
tisement in this issue for full particu-
lars.
Rev. NJ. F. Sanford, of Blackstone,
Va, will preach at Zion Baptist
Church, Sunday, April 2and. at 10
q. m.
Rev. Henry L. Derby has been in
Suffolk during the week attending
the meeting of the P. E. Church, for
the South Virginia diocese.
Especial attention is invited to &C
comac Tin and Stove Works, Acco-
mac c. II. The new business fills a
long felt want in this place and
should be literally patronized.
Rev. Byron C. Clark and Mr., Will
liam Harding, Accomac c. H., have
been attending meeting OF East
Hanover Presbytery, at Holmes Pres
bvterian Church, Bay View, during
the week.
A telegram from Crisfeld, Md, an
pounces an engagement between the
oyster sunboat Chesapeake and the
MARYLAND oyster pirates at Womans
~, T,,oSdav The latter fled
pursued by the Chesapeake.
The revival services which Rev.
DR.. ]. r. Harrison, Of Bristol, Va,
has been conducting at the Drum
mondtown Baptist Church, closed
on last Wednesday night. There
were 81 conversions during the meet
ing.
Mr.. G. W. Coard has just complet-
ed for Capt. Polk Lang one of the
handsomest and staunchest batteauX
ever launched in this section. 1t is
built of Spanish cedar, is 30 feet long
and will be known as the mabel
Lewis
The schooners Vim. E Price and c.
w. Stevenson were not sold by Sher-
if Wise, last Saturday, rs advertised
in this paper. 4 telegram was re-
ceived from Governor O'Ferrall on
that day, to postpone the sale in
definitely.
The henhouse of Mr.. A. Phillips,
near Melfa. was raided last week and
about 25 chickens taken therefrom.
Merchants in that vicinity are re-
ouested by him to confer with him if
chickens are offered them for sale
under suspicious circumstances.
Sheriff John H. Wise will sell at
public auction for cash, on the steam
boat wharf at onancock ,,,asS9iRerr Sew S1lcVTr
-daE, :. \ Ae sl p gtesst, 49,
suit of sails, belonging to az d oipt1ean
bateau, forfeited for having been
used in violation of the oyster law.
The Mutual Reserve Fund Life AS
ISOLATION, of which a notice will be
found elsewhere, merits the attention
of those of our readers wanting in
surance. The prompt manner in
which it has met all its obligations
on the Eastern Shore must commend
it to their favor.
Revival services begin in the
Southern Methodist Church, Acco-
mac c. H.. on Sunday night. The
services will be continuation of the
revival which has been in progress at
the Baptist Church.-the services are
merely to be transferred from one
church to the other.
E. T. Powell, treasurer, and VIM.
d. Tunnel, commissioner of reve-
nue., authorize the announcement,
that they will start on Monday, 23rd
inst, on their usual annual tour for
the purpose of issuing licenses to
merchants and others who may de-
sire to obtain them.
At a recent meeting of the directors
of the Eastern Shore Agricultural
Fair Association, DR.. Jno. w. Kellam
was.elected president and Mr.. A. NJ.
Nottingham secretary. The fair
opens this year on the 18th of August.
The premium list in several of the
departments will be considerably
enlarged.
This parish of the P. E Church is
TO be divided, and instead of includ-
ing four churches, will hereafter con-
tain only two-St James, Accomac
G. H, and Emmanuel, Jenkins
Bridge. 1t is said that the present
rector, Rev. H. L. Derby, has agreed
to entertain call from the Oman
cock and Pungoteague Churches
John H. Hopkins, deputy treasurer,
and James w. Broughton, commits
sioner of revenue, will be at the fol-
lowing places, at times given below,
for the purpose of issuing license for
the ensuing year: New Church, Mon
day. noon, 23rd inst .-Gre9nback and
Franklin city, afternoon and night,
23rd inst Chincoteague, 9th and
Goth insts.
The barn and stables of Mr.. Chas.
B. Lilliston, now of Thurman, n. c.,
formerly of this county, were de-
s+rovad nv fire about two weeks ago.