Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-11-13

CITY this week lOoklUS up CurlSludS
goods.
Pastor J. NJ. Dunaway baptized six
persons at Harborton Baptist church
last Sunday.
Miss Matte Coard. Of our town, is in
Richmond this week, the guest of
friends in that city.
An advertisement OF a. H. G. Near
in this issue merits attention. He
has more bargains to offer you.
Mrs. DR.. Tiffany, of Baltimore, was
the guest of her cousin, Miss Sadie
Bayly, Accomac G. H., this week.
Miss Christine Walston, of East
vile, is at Accomac G. H., the guest
Of her cousin, Mrs. Thos. w. Black
stone.
An Early Rose irish potato, of the
fall crop. grown by Mr.. William j.
Ayres, this year, weighed 1 pound lii
ounces.
Ames, Shield S, Co., have just got
ten in a full supply of fine overcoats
and storm coats for men, boys and
children.
Judge ]. W. g. Blackstone, DR..
Jno. H. Ayres and Mr.. Thomas Beach
spent this week in Washington and
Baltimore.
Services in Presbyterian church,
Drummondtown, next Sunday, No
vember 14th, at $3.50 p. m, instead of
usual hour II a. III.
Rev. w. c. Walden will preach in
the new chapel at Bloxom, Sunday,
the 14th, at II a. ~, but will not
preach at night as was first reported.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Harbor-
ton Baptist Church will give unique
entertainment at Harborton Oh
Thanksgiving night. See this paper
oext week for full programme.
Rev. w. G. Walden, presiding elder
of the Eastern Shore district, will
preach the opening sermon on the
first night of the Virginia Conference,
which meets in Danville, next Wed
nesday, 18th inst.
Among the visitors to the town
this week were Col. VIM. P. GUSTS,
commission merchant of Baltimore,
and the junior member of the firm of
L. E. P. Dennis & Son. manufactur
-ers of fertilizers, Crisfeld, Md.
Valuable personal property of Geo.
E. Hoag, deceased, will be sold at
public auction by Jos. s. Bull, ad-
ministrator, on the late premises of
the decedent in Scarborough's Neck.
Wednesday, November 18th. See
posters.
A drove of fine horses and mules,
ten in number, just received by Mr.
Thos. H. Nelson, Acccmac G. H. and
he wants TO sell them. He says, ii
will be to your interest to call and
see them, if you want first class
animal at a low price.
MIR. Gilbert j. Mears, u prosperous
farmer and one of the worthiest citi-
zens of the county suffered paralytic
stroke in his right side, at his home
near Only, on last Saturday. His
condition was considered critical &C.
cording to the latest reports received
of him.
Our fourth page is full of interest
ing local matter this week. Two ar
ticles contributed by Rev. Jos. R.
Sturgis and Mr.. j. L. Phillips will
prove to be of especial interest to
our readers. That of Mr.. Sturgis,
relative to Cobb's Island, published
in the Richmond Times in May, very
appropriately finds place in our
columns, now that the Island is SO
rapidly disappearing and "a glance at
our present forest conditions contrib
uted by young man, hardly out of
his teens. son of Mr.. Jesse Phillips,
New Church, will be accepted as a
we'll written and very sensible pro-
duction
Mr.. Leroy Oldham, successful
dialect reader, will give an enter
tairment at Lilliston Hall, Accomac
G. H., on Thanksgiving night,
November 18th, beginning a. eight
o'clock, for the benefit of the Pres
byterian church. Programme
"Curios of Charactern-will embrace
such selections as: "a Tale of the
Town. Peculiar People" peter
Sorgum's Courtship," IAN Old
Sweetheart of Nine" with selections
from Tepnyson, and additional dia-
lect readings. A first class entertain
ment-a real treat. A Thanksgiving
banquet, consisting of terrapin,
oysters, salads, etc, will be served
during the evening.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher, died at her
home at jenkins Bridge, after pro-
tracted illness, of paralysis, on Satur-
". October 9Th, 1897. She was the
widow of James e. Fletcher deceased,
for many years one of the most prom
inent business men Of the county,
ald was the mother of Dr. Frank
Fletcher and VIM. T. Fletcher. of
jenkins Bridge; James H. Fletcher
Jr., attorney, Accomac G. H.; Drum