Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-30
SATURDAY, JANUARY so, 1897.
LOCAL NEWS.


during the present month.
Mr. j. \. Jarvis, proprietor of hotel
at Eastville. is in Norfolk under treat
ment of physicians in that city.
The Presbyterian Churches at Ac-
comac Court House and 0nancock
have extended call to the Rev. Mr..
NJ Inc, of Virginia.
Mr. Joseph B. Savage, of Frank
town, it is announced, will be n can
didcate for House of Delegates for
the counties of Accomac and North
ampton.
Hon. Richard r. kenney, recently
elected United States Senator by
the Legislature of Delaware, was q
teacher in Il public school in Acco-
mae in 1871.
Z. S. Wise, trustee, will sell at
public auction, on Saturday, Febru-
a-y 9th, the stock of merchandise of
Harry L. Turner, 1T his store near
Craddockvlle
i majority OF the mail routes i'll
the county at the recent letting were
secured by North Carolina parties.
Ia many instances, the bids were far
below the uctu;tl cost of carrying
the mails.
The ministers OF the Gospel will
cblige the editor OF this paper very
much by re urning promptly TO the
clerks Office the Warriage licenses as
soon as possible after performing the
ceremony.
The Board of Supervisors, at its
meeting at Accomac c. H., Monday,
February LIST, will settle with the
treasurer and his deputy, and en-
anime reports of managers of road
machines.
john W. Rogers & Bros, Only, Va,
now have in stock for sale at lowest
prices, cypress potato bed framing
material already grooved and frames
made up Farmers who want to save
money are expected to call and pur-
chase same.
\ festival will be held at the VI. (.
Church, South, Woodberry, Thurs
day night, February 18th, or first
fair night thereafter, if weather is
Indictment at that time. Ice cream,
cake and oysters will be served in the
best OF style. Public cordially in
vited
Especial attention is invited to the
advertisement of Mr.. G.. r. Mock in
this issue. He offers pumps for sale
which by new process always as
sures a good flow OF water. Write
him if You need one and you can
accept as reliable whatever he says
about them.
The cold weather prevailing in
other sections Of thu country struck
us last Sunday, followed by snow
storm on Wednesday, which con-
tinued throughout the night. At
this writing, Friday, the weather is
fine and hundreds of our people are
out in their sleighs.
Rev. H. L. Derby, late rector of st.
James Episcopal Church, Accomac
c. H., has accepted a call to the
Church of Good Shepherds, Peters
barg, Va, and will Leave for that
pace as soon as the weather permits.
He will leave the Eastern Shore with
the regrets and best wishes of host
OF friends.
The prices paid for property of B
". Mears, deceased, sold at public
auction last week at Keller, did not
dictate hard times in the county.
1t sold for more than its appraised
Value and cash was paid for the most
OF it. The sale was the largest ma ie
in the county for score of years or
more. 1t is estimated that 800 per-
sens or more We're present on the
first day.
A dwelling house of Mr.. James A.
Hall, at Hallwood, occupied by Mr.
John Northam was destroyed by
fee, originating from defective
ilne, Sunday morning. The destruc
ton of the whole town was feared
while the fire was in progress and
the good work only of the bucket
brigade probably prevented it. The
most of the furniture was saved.
Loss estimated at $4O0-no insurance.
DR.. a. Grayson Walden, a son of
the RevW. G. Walden, has settled at
Eorntown as practicing physician.
DR.. Walden is graduate of the Rich
mond University College of Medicine,
and comes to the Shore with the
strong endorsation of the faculty OF
that institution, and also with that
OF the medical corps of the Virginia
Hospital, of which institution, until
re:ently, he held the position of
resident surgeon.
One of the largest suits ever en-
tered in the United States Court in
Norfolk was instituted recently. The
style of it is Thomas S. Flood VS.. w
f. Lewis and G. r. Lewis & Co aud
the amount involved is $104 900. The