Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-18

Auction sale every Saturday after.
noon, p IN. at c. S. Slocomb & Bros,
Onancock.
The advertisements Of Mr.. NJ. G..
Click, Onancock, always are OF inter
est to many of our readers. Read
what he has to say in this issue.
A revival meeting will begin at
Temperanceville Church, on Sunday
night, September Goth, to continue
as long as the interest will justify it.
Mr.. Thos. c. Kellam, clerk OF pub
lie schools OF Lee district, will be at
Onancock, on Wednesday, ED inst,
Ito receive signatures of teachers to
contracts
The young ladies of Bloxom will
give a picnic at the new Chapel on
the 2Sth OF September, beginning at
s:3O p. III. All are cordially invited
to be present.
The bonds and accounts, of Amer
lean Fish Guano Co, will be sold to
the highest bidder by B. 7. Gunter,
Jr. trustee, September 18th. See
advertisement.
a silver watch with gold chain at
tached was lost at Parksley on
Thursday. The finder will be liber
ally rewarded by forwarding same to
Miss Ella Scarborough Keller.
a scarcity of oysters in the waters
on the bay>ide is generally reported.
The catch the oysterlnen say, is
light and that the growth" has been
very small since the last oyster sea-
son.
An advertisement of Mr.. a. H. g.
Mears, in this Issue, is of interest to
many OF our readers. He has a SUI
perb stock of new goods and is ready
to show them, at prices which will
be interesting to you, if you want
bargains.
Miss Margaret s. Battaile, OF Blen-
helm, has been engaged by President
Cridlin of the Southside Female In
stitute AS music teacher. He could
not have done better and is to be
congratulated. She will not there
fore teach in Onancock as advertised.
The Wardtown Baptist Church will
be dedicated on next Sunday, the
third Sunday in September. DR.. A.
E. Owen will preach the sermon.
Dinner will be served free on the
grounds. The public is invited by
the pastor to be present on the occa-
sion.
The pastor of Drummondtown
Baptist Church will hold meetings,
preparatory to the evangelistic ser
vices to be held there, on next Sun
day night; and also on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
nights. Preaching to begin at eight
o'clock.
Harry 7. White, trustee, will sell at
public auction at Bloxom, on Satur-
day, October, 9th, 1897, at ? o'clock
%. IN, the land of Geo. H. Rev, and
at the same time and place L. Floyd
Mock, trustee, will sell the land Of
Andrew j. Rev and wife. For terms
&C., see posters.
Many horses are dying of meninge-
It's in the upper part of the county.
Several deaths from the disease are
reported in the neighbordood of At
lantic and jenkins Bridge. Mr.. A. j.
Taylor lost few days ago two year
old colt for which he had refused an
offer of 5000 and valued at $500 or
more.
meeting of the proposed Fair AS
ISOLATION was held at Accomac G. H.,
on Thursday according TO announce
ment. Committees were appointed
and other preliminaries arranged.
The next meeting will be held at
OnIey, Thursday, September 30, 8 p.
III. to which all interested are invited
and special invitation was extend
ed to the members of the Keller
Fair.
Especial attention is invited to the
advertisement of the New York
Clothing House in this issue. Mr..
w. S. Ashby, of this county, is con-
nected with the firm and always has
a cordial welcome for any Eastern
Shoreman. The firm is a good one
and Mr.. Ashby can be relied on in
helping you to get just what you
want and at prices that will be salts
factory to you.
The valuable real estate of DR..
John w. NJ. Hopkins, consisting of
33;33 40 acres is offered for sale at
private contract. The same will be
sold as whole, or in parcels to suit
the purchaser and on reasonable
terms. This land is beautifully 10
Gated on Nandua Creek, within two
miles of Harborton, and the site, re-
sources and quality of the lands are
not surpassed by any on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia. For terms, SC,
see or address L. Floyd Mock, Ac-
comac G. H., Va.
Messrs. Ames, Shield & Co.'S, buyer
AR. R. L. Shield, accompanied by his
wife, have gone to Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and New York, for the Sc
lection of the seasons merchandise.