Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-27

Accomac C. H., yesterday, Judge
Prentiss presiding.
Valuable personal property of L.
James Landlord, deceased, will be
sold at public auction, SATURDAY.,
March 9th. See advertisement.
Thieves entered the poultry house
of Mrs. Emma Wright, Accomac c.
H., Monday night, and carried away
the greater part of her chickens.
The supper given at the residence
of Mrs Garrison, Accomac G. H.. last
Tuesday evening for the benefit of
the PRESBYTERIAN Church melted S25.
The rectory at Accomac c. H, has
been rented by Hon. John S. Wise
for the spring and summer mouths of
this year His family will occupy it
during that time.
Lessons in oil and china painting
are given by Miss Mary Tyler, We'd
nesday and Saturday afternoons, at
her home in Onancock. Miss Tyler
has her own kiln for burning china.
Mr.. Henry Nelson will sell at
Drummondtown this afternoon, Sat
urday, February 9th, Immediately
after the sale of the Masonic Hail
property, good lot OF nice potato
bed frames.
Capt. George G.. Savage, of Cape
Charles, after an illness of three
months, has recovered sufficiently to
get ont again. The news will be
very gratifying to many friends in
Accomac.
DR.. Griffin w. Holland, of Eastville,
for several years pupil of Margaret
Academy, and late graduate OF the
University of Virginia, has accepted
position in the United States Hos
pital at Memphis, Tenn.
The Masonic Hall lot, situated on
Main street in Drummondtown, oc-
cupied by Mr.. W. E. Lewis, will be
sold at public auction by Benz. 7.
Gunter, Jr, trustee, to-day, 2:50 p.
~, Saturday, February 9th.
Two more carloads of race horses
arrived at Cape Charles from Chicago
last Monday for the Hollywood
stables. 1t is stated that there are
at these stables now 25 of the most
valuable race horses in the country.
County court, last Monday, was
very poorly attended on account OF
the inclement weather. Mr.. John j.
Blackstone even was not present, the
only time he has failed TO be present
on the first day of the county court
in the last forty years.
Several large shipments OF sweet
potatoes have recently been made
from this county to Messrs. A. d.
Legg & Co., commission merchants,
Atlanta, Ga, the prices for which are
reported to be much better in that
market than they are in northern
markets Headlight 24th.
The members and friends of Lee
mont NJ. z. Church will hold an
oyster supper, and also will serve ice
cream and cake at Leemont, Tues
day night, February 23rd. If weather
is unfavorable the next suitable even
ing. Proceeds to be used in cancel
ing debts against the parsonage.
Our countyman, Hon. VIM. T.
Bundick, was unanimously elected
By the State Prohibition Committee
last Tuesday, as State chairman. AS
chairman, he is expected to act as
organizer and will, it is said, make a
thorough canvass of the State, adj
dressing meetings everywhere.
Judge GilmorS. Kendall was named
by the Eastern Shore Herald, in its
last issue, as suitable candidate
for the Attorney Generalship OF the
State. He could fill the place with
credit to himself and the State, and
his nomination for the position would
be very acceptable to the people of
the Eastern Shore.
The special agent, in Cape Charles
recently to investigate charges of
offensive partisanshipn against Col
rector Ailworth, it is stated, was
we'll pleased with the situation, and
Mr.. Ailworth will be permitted, it is
believed. to serve out his full term as
collector of the port of Cape Charles.
Call at the store of a. H. g. Mears,
Wachapreague, Va, for biggest bar
gains in furniture, mattings and po-
tato bed domestics. He offers mat
ting for IA cents, which sold formerly
for IS and 30 cents and as heavy as
81 cent goods-will match any $50
oak suit for SIC 9S, 81 oak beds for
81 9S-and will sell good domestic for
potato beds for A cents to = cents,
which can't be matched for same
price.
Considerable progress has been
made in the past two weeks on the
Getty that is being constructed at
the entrance to Cape Charles harbor.
The first section of $50 feet is being
hnilt by the New York Philadelnhia