Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-07-25

next Monday, 9th inst.
The Eastern Shore Agricultural
Fair commences this year August
25th, and continues four days.
Mrs. Jno H. Foge, daughter ard
son, OF Baltimore, are at Accomac G.
H., OF visit to Mrs. Geo. Is. Borum.
A report of the condition of The
First National Bank of Onancoch,n
to July 18th, 1896, will be found in
another column
DR.. Dorsey w. Lewis, of Parksley,
has rented an Office at Aecomac G. H.,
and will begin the practice of his
profession here in a few days.
The Gargatha and Marsh Market
base ball mines will play a match
game at Gargatha to day, 25th inst.
An interesting game is expected.
The District Conference, which
met at Harborton on Wednesday,
adjourned on Friday. Full report of
proceedings will appear in next issue.
The Kickapoo Medicine Co. ar
rived in town last Monday to remain
two weeks and are giving shows
nightly. Tooth pulling is one of the
means by which a crowd is at
tracted.
Mr.. Geo. R. Bunting. of Atlantic,
authorizes us to say, that he will de-
liver an address at Accomac C. H.,
next Monday in the interest of the
republican party at II o'clock a. m.
Rev. E. J. Winder, chairman of the
Prohibition party, authorizes the
announcement, that a Prohibition |
address will be delivered at Accomac
c. H., next Monday, court day at $50
p. III.
Chesapeake Agricultural Fair held
this year September 1, ?, 8. Write to
or call on the secretary, Mr.. j. A.
Jarvis, secretary, Eastville, for
premium list and send an exhibit to
the Fair
Judge John w. G;llet is seriously
i'll at his home at Accomac c. H., and
the gravest fears are entertained of
his condition. Dr. John H. Ayres
and DIR. Fletcher Drummond are
daily in attendance upon him.
Mad-dogs are creating a scare all
over the county just now. In addition
to those already reported, one made
things very lively at Horntown for
short time last week. He bit several
dogs there before he was killed.
Pocomoke and Sykes mines will
play match game of base ball at the
water party to be given at the Bay
Field Shore, Sykes Island, August
18th, and Crisfeld and Sykes nine
will cross bats at same place August
Stb.
Ames, Shield s. Co. have deter
mined to cut loose their immense
stock of summer goods and sell with
out reserve for ten days, beginning
July 25th. Anyone who wants bar
gains will do we'll to call on them as
they mean business.
In the races at Cedar View, on
Nandua, last week, the bateau, Free
Silver, 16 feet long, owned by Mr.
John Warren, was an easy winner.
over the bateau C. H. Bramble, built
at Crisfeld, q feet long, belonging to
Capt. Hundley, of Sluthkill Neck.
Accomac will give her usual demo
cratic majority this year for the
Presidential ticket. A few demo
cratic voters, less than dozen, per-
haps, say they will not vote this year,
but the most of them are too good
democrats not to change their mind
before the election.
E. H. Benson will be at Accomac
G. H., Monday next, court-day, with
his usual line of samples of summer
suitings, which he will close at prices
that defy competition. All persons
owing him on book account or other
wise are earnestly requested also to
settle with him that day.
The hotel property at Pungotea-
que and two tracts of lands situated |
near louisville are advertised for
sale in this issue by Judge B. Y.
Gunter, administrator of VIM. S.
Kellam, deceased. Said property, if
not disposed of at private contract,
will be sold at public auction on the
days designated.
Hundreds of barrels of sweet pota
toes were shipped to market this
week from Accomac, many of them
OF fine quality, others fair, but some
very trashy, we are advised, and I'M
fit for use. Early in the week the
prices were good. One hundred bar
rels were sold at Onancock on Mon
day for $500. Later reports are that
the trash has caused considerable
decline in prices.
Mr.. Spencer F. Rogers, trustee, will
sell at public auction, in front of the
hotel at Pungoteague, on Saturday,
August sth, 1896, about 5 p. M, the
valuable farm known as Poplar
Grove of which Egbert Bayly died
seized and possessed, situated on
Pungoteague creek, adjacent TO the
thrifty village of Harborton, contain
ing about 200 acres. For full par