Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1896.
John W. Edmonds. Editor and Owner.
LOCAL NEWS

lueICAidht VI L iliS4Si hotuAiNA. Ads'N'S ''tA
assignment Thursday for the benefit
of creditors.
JEFF Adair, son of John w. Adair,
for many years proprietor of the
hotel at Accomac G. H., died in Balti-
more last week of Brights disease.
Misses Blake and Alice Custis left
on Wednesday for Ashland, Va, on
visit of several weeks to relatives
at that place and the city of Rich
mond
A. c. Campbell has been appointed
pos master at Bobtown in place of
G. G. Bonnewell, resigned, and Henry
Battaile at HogSs, in place of l.. 7.
LeCato, resigned.
New advertisements in this issue, of
\. h. G. Mears. Wachapreague: w.
J. Hall & Son, Belinda; McLain &
Co., Onancock, merit the attention of
those of our readers who are looking
Tor bargains.
Rev. ]. \. Speight was in Accomac
several days this week in the interest
of his paper, the Atlantic Baptist.
He preached very interesting SER
mon at Drummondtown Baptist
Church on Sunday morning.
Mr.. F. J. Rolley, second assistant
light keeper at Smiths Island, has
been promoted to chief light keeper
ON Hog Island, and Mr. George E.
Ames, OF this place, will fill the place
thus made Observation-Disclosures.
5. X. Martin & Co, Harborton,
have just received, and are Offering
at lowest market prices, 100000
cypress shingles, cypress for potato
bed frames and firsv growth of North
Carolina heart pine for rails or pick
cts.
Mr. Robert L. Ailworth and Miss
Ellen Kendall-Mr. John A. Noting
ham and Miss Columbia Scott-both
couples from Northampton. were
married Oh Wednesday, January 29th,
and left or that day on noon train
for Il tour North.
The road machine managers for
the districts of Lee, Pungoteague,
Metompkln aud Atlantic will make
their Semi-annuai reports at the next
meeting Of the Board of Supervisors,
which will be held at Accomac c. H.,
Monday, February 81.
The number of marriages in Ac
comac in the year 1895, duly au-
thorized by license from the clerk of
our county court were $50, of which
al were white and 100 were colored.
The estimate that about fifty more
took the vows, which made them
man and wife in Maryland, is prob
ably about correct.
The Ladies Aid Society of NJ. E.
Church, South, will have Silver
Tea, in Town Hall, at Drummond
town, next Tuesday night, for the
purpose of raising funds TO pay Off
church debt Oysters, terrapins and
other delicacies will be served. If
weather is inclement, same will be
postponed TO first fair night.
The notice of fine horse, DR..
Sprecker, recently brought to this
county by Mr.. Z. L. Parkes, appears
in another column. The article is
from the Republican, of PhGniXville,
Pa. and shows that he is finely bred
and among The best on the Shore.
tie is not the property of Mr.. Parkes,
as stated. but under his control and
management.
The steamer Chesapeake, of Vir-
giuia Oyster Navy, collided with the
schooner General Hancock, owned
by Capt. JEFF D. Mears, of Messongo,
near Smith Point Light, last week.
The Hancock sank Immediately, but
has since been gotten up and is now
on the ways il Great Wicomico. No
lives were lost. The 7 pairs to the
schooner will cost about 5000.
Judge Thos. B. Bond, of California
i in Accomac. on e visit to his
brother, Mr. Geo. w. Bond, of near
Accomac c. Fl. The Judge comes
here from Washington. where he was
recently engaged as leading counsel
in the argument of case involving
millions of dollars, eight millions or
more, Ex-President Harrison being
one of the counsel opposing him.
Pursuant to an order of the
county court of Accomac, John
H. Wise, sheriff, will sell at
public auction, on Monday, the 10th
day of February, 1896. at $50 O'Clock,
D. m at the store of J. c. Justis &
Co., on Hunting Creek, a certain
dead rise" batteau, about twenty
eight feet long, said to belong to one
Solomon W. Tyler, together with her
tackle, apparel, anchors, cables, sails,
rigging and appurtenances.
john E. Mapp, trustee, will sell at
public auction at Keller on Saturday,
February goth, IA valuable lot at said
station, of which Edward Kilmop,
died seized and possessed, containing
one eight Of an acre, more or less.