Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-11-19

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Mr.. Claude Hickman, druggist. O.
Baltimore, was home during the week
on visit to his parents, Capt. Elijah
w. Hickman and wife.
Xmas presents for old and young
in every quality and at all prices, al
J. AdelStein's, Onancock. See his
advertisement in this issue.
Call at the new store of The POGO
moke Music Co., Pocomoke City, Md,
for pianos, organs, violins, sheet
music and everything usually kept in
music store.
Accomac is represented in the Yir
GINA Conference I'll 5 week by lay
delegates, Il. j. Hyslop and Thos. c.
keilam, and the pastors of the various
charges in the county.
The next meeting of the Board OF
Supervisors will be held on Wednes,
day, December 18th, at which lime
the Board will examine the insolvenr
and delinquent lists tor the year 1897
Rev. ". C. Walden, now presiding
elder Of tie Eastern Shore District,
it is thought, will be sent by the Vir
ginia Conference, now in session at
Portsmouth, 70 the Richmond Dis
irict.
Another storehouse is soon to be in
coarse OF erection on Main ST in our
town. The style OF the new firm has
not yet beeu given 10 the public, but
Mr. Sam Bonnewell is named as one
OF il.
Cir. Walter Scott's little son. Frank.
died at the home of his father in
Brooklyn last Sunday night. His re
mains were brought to Northampton
county Wednesday morning for in>
terment
Mr.. J. B. Wise, treasurer, collected
from the n. Y. P. & n. Railroad
SIS, 100 Wednesday, this being the
amount of It's taxes in Northampton
county. The company pays about
the same amount for Accomac coun-
ty.-Light.
Joseph R. Riggs, administrator of
George Rayfeld, deceased, will sell
at public auction, Tuesday, December
9th, on his late premises near BloXom
Station, the valuable personal pros
perty of the decedent. Sale will COM
mence at 10 a. III.
An oyster supper will be served at
Lilliston Hall, Accomac c. H., under
the auspices of the IL. E. Church,
South, from . TO 10, p. m, next Tues
Gay evening. Other refreshments
also may lie expected. Proceeds for
benefit of church. Public cordially
invited.
Jas. Il. Fletcher, Jr., author ICES the
statement that the tract of land
known as Cherry Grove" situated
near Wattsville, advertised to be sold
by uin as special commissioner, on
vhe 18th day Of November, 1898, con-
tains 100 acres instead of so as stated
in the posters.
The shipments OF potatoes from the
Peninsula have already reached one
million barrels this year, aud if the
prices had only justified the ship
1nents, it is safe TO predict that from
Two hundred to three hundred tbous-
aud more barrels could have been
shipped.-Light.
The real estate OF which Sabra
Conquest Tor Custis), died seized and
possessed, situated near Accomack
&C. H., will be sold at public auction,
at the front-door of the court house,
by L. Floyd Mock, special commits
sioner, on Saturday, December Srd,
1898, at 10 o'clock a. IN. For terms
see posters.
The sportsmen of Accomac have
had fine fun, shooting patridges and
rabbits since Tuesday, and of course
they did not do it before, or game
would not have been SO plentiful.
The average gunner now bags dos
elor so birds in an afternoon and as
many old hares as he cares to burden
himself with.
The part of the Fentress farm in
Upshur's Neck owned by Miss George
r. Quinby, is offered for sale by I. B.
Ouinby, Onancock Va, at low price
and on easy terms 1t has 50 acres OF
improved high land, and % acres Of
woods land; has an exceptionally fine
water frontage on the broadwater,
and an excellent eel-grass shore.
Write to him for price and terms.
Charlottesville NJ. E. Church, South,
will be dedicated. Sunday, November
goth, by DR.. ]. W Hey Bledsoe assisted
by Rev. c. D. Crawley. There will
be two services during the day and
dinner on the grounds DR.. Bledsoe
is one of the most eminent preachers
of the State and all who can, will
doubtless take advantage of the OPP
portunity to hear him on that day.
sixteen acres of cleared land on
Kerrstreet, in Onancock, and twenty
one acres of woods land about half a
mile from Onanccck. is offered for
sale as a whole by T. B. Quinby. The