Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1895-08-10
I'm w. Edmonds. Editor and Owner
LOCAL re rs.


The wife of Mr.. E. B. Swanger,
Locustville, is critically Ill.
The Eastern Shore Agricultural
Fair commences Tuesday, August
97th. and continues four days
Rev. A. ]. Reamy will preach to
morrow, Sunday, at Onancock, II q.
m; Broadway, 3 p. ~; ParksleY'
p. III.
The third annual Grand Fair of
Improvement on Deep Creek, near
Morris Chapel, will commence August
Goth, and continue four days.
Rev. Mr.. Sparks, of kentucky, now
Il student of Greek and Semitic
languages in the Johns Hopkins
University, is visiting friends in the
county.
Hundreds of barrels OF sweets are
being shipped to market daily in the
lower part of the county. The
Steamer Eastern Shore carried away
on last Tuesday, $500 barrels.
If Won want the best bicycle on the
market for the money get the *: ~.
& X. Special for $50-made by Ores
cent Works For sale by Kelly, Not
tingham Il Co. Onancock, Va.
George Dorlnan and George Walk
er. OF Crisfeld, together with their
boat. were captured by Capt Costin
for Grabbing in Pocomoke Sound, on
Thursday, and sent to our jail.
The time of the entertainment to
be held at Cape Charles by the Har
,nanson-West Camp, Confederate
Veterans. has been changed from
August 18th TO September 26th.
\ calf Of Mr.. T. ]. Kilmon, which
will not be years old until August
91th, and which gives 1 gallons OF
milk daily, will be exhibited at the
Eastern Shore Agricultural Fair.
A mass meeting of the Democrats
of Northampton will be held at East.
vile next Monday, for the purpose OF
deciding upon Il plan for nominal
ing the delegate TO the Legislature.
An advertisement Of Margaret
Academy. in this issue, merits the
attention of our readers. The corps
OF teachers for another session is an
excellent one. Send for catalogue.
At the late special term of the cir
cult court, held by Judge Hancock.
decree was entered directing the sale
Of the house and lot at Accomac @.
H., lately occupied by Judge 7. G.
Parramore.
Several new advertisements appear
in this issue, TO which the attention
of our readers is especially directed:
Anes, Shield & Co., Alfred j. Lillis-
ton, n. W. Mock, J. w. Guy, Phillips
& burlington.
Juge B. It. Gunter, accompanied by
his son, g. r. Gunter, Jr., left on last
Monday for the White Sulphur
Springs to attend the meeting OF the
Bar Association of Virginia, which
met there on Tuesday.
The revival meeting now in pro-
gress at Johnson's Hall, Parksley,
conducted by Revs. Sanford and
Reamy will be continued next week.
Services are being held daily at $3.50
and p. III. There were four con
versions Wednesday night.
Elizabeth. daughter of James H.
Fletcher, ,Ir died last Sunday, after
short illness, Of cholera infantuln,
aged one year. After funeral services
conducted by Rev. B. G. Clark, on
Monday, the remains were inferred
III Onaucock Cemetery.
Onancock an1 Salisbury mines will
cross bats, at the Margaret Academy
Grounds. Onancock, next Monday.
q y. IN. and the game promises TO be
one of the most interesting Of the
season. Both teams are well equip
ped for the play and close contest
is expected
Mrs. Mary Girjnnalds, widow OF the
late John c. Grinnalds, OF this coun
", died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Bagwell Bull, near Capeville,
last Wednesday, aged 81 years. The
remains were brought to Onley by
night train and inferred in the family
burying ground III Gusts Neck, on
Thursday.
Mr.. NJ. Marshall, commission mer-
chant, is making a tour OF the county
this week, in the interest OF his firm,
and we very cordially commend him
TO the favor of our farmers. His ia
cilities for selling produce are first
class, and his returns will doubtless
be satisfactory. He is native of
this county.
The following is authorized by the
president of the Eastern Shore Agri
cultural Fair Association: THAT
horses making records at Cape
Charles will not be barred at our
Fair''-'also that colts under 3 years
old are eligible TO and year old
classes, and colts under years old
are eligible to year old class.
DR.. Charles Smith, the foater dele
gate for the counties of Accomac and
Northampton in our last Legislature,
is Il candidate for re election, and is
out in card to that effect in the last
issue of the Headlight. The silver
question, he considers an irrelevant
one at this time, and he does not state
his position in that respect.
\ picnic under the auspices of the
Sunday school of Pocomoke NJ. E.
Church, South, will be held at Flag
Pond, Wednesday, August 2lst.