Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-04-09
ohm W.Edmonds,E Editor and Owner
LOCAL MEWS.
Board of Supervisors meets next
Wednesday, April 18th.

A mass-meeting OF farmers Will be
held at Mappsville, to-day, April 9th.
Eastern Shore Agricultural FAIR
commences this year, Tuesday,
August 23d, and continues four days.
Your patronage invited by Mr.. Roy
D. White, county surveyor, when in
need of his services. See advertise
ment in another column.
Mr.. Jones has just succeeded in
having mail route established from
Wishert's Point, on the mainland, to
Chincoteague 1sland.--Fredericks-
burg Star.
Services. conducted by Rev. H. L.
Simmerman, will be held at Jenkins
Bridge, Easter day II q M, Bloxom,
Sp. m, and at HOMETOWN Sd. Sunday
Instead of I'd, - a. III.
Mr.. Arthur D. Mapp and Miss Clara
A. Hudson were married at Belle
Haven, on Wednesday, 9th inst, Rev.
Cary Gamble, OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church, officiating.
The land, known as the Budd land
at Tasley Station, containing about
e5 acres, sold at public auction last
Saturday by B. T. Gunter, Jr., special
commissioner, was bought by Capt.
John P. L. Hopkins at $1,525.
Rev. Mr.. Kirby will give q stere-
optican exhibition and lecture in bar
rel factory at New Church station on
Wednesday night, April 18th, S O'Clock
under the auspices of the Ladies Aid
Society of Berea NJ. P. Church, or if
weather prevents at that time, the
first fair night thereafter.
III. Merrill, Pocomoke City, and
Marsh & Evans, Rarborton, through
our columns in this issue, invite your
attention. They have bargains to
offer you in the line OF goods they
carry and will give you convincing
proofs of it if You will call on them.
Read their advertisements.
A meeting of the Farmers Club of
Parksley will be held at Kent hall
Saturday, April 10th, 2 p. N. All OF
the members are expected to be pres
ent and an invitation is extended to
the farmers in the vicinity who are
not members of the Club, to be on
hand also and join the organization.
The valuable real estate Of George
s. West, situated at Craddockville, is
offered for sale at private contract
by l.. Floyd Mock, and If not sold
privately before April Goth, 1898, will
be sold at public auction on said day
AT o'clock p. M, at Charlottesville.
For terms &C., see posters or L. Floyd
Mock, attorney.
Reports from every part of the
county are to the effect, that straw
berries and other early fruit have
been damaged thousands of dollars
10y the late cold weather. 1t is even
claimed by some that the late varie-
ties of berries have been badly in
jured. The irish potato crop also in
some Larts OF the county is damaged.
Circuit court has been in session
since Tuesday aud was engaged I'M
til Thursday in the trial of the as
sault and battery case of VIM. ID.
Scott VS.. Geo. Douglas Evans ct ais.
The verdict of jury was for $125 in
favor of plaintiff. The next case
called was that of Harry T. White VS..
N. P. s. N. r. R. Co, and had not
been decided at the time of going to
press.
The attention of the ladies is invi-
ted to advertisements in this issue OF
Mrs f. A. Merrill, Onancock, and OF
Miss Clara E. Bayley and sister, Kel-
Ter. They are now ready to supply
YOU with goods in the millinery and
dressmaking line, on short notice and
at reasonable prices. Opening days
of Mrs. Merrill, next Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
The Mite Society of Mackenzie
Presbyterian Church will have on
Easter egg hunt on Monday, April
ii from $3.50 to 5 p. H., at the resi-
dence of Mr.. w. c. Coleburn. Re
.freshments for sale to raise funds to
repair church enclosure. Admission
IS cents. All are cordially invited.
Should Monday be inclement the
hunt will be held on Tuesday.
A concert will be given at Lilliston
hall on Easter Tuesday, for the bene-
fit of st. James Episcopal Church by
the musical talent OF Drummondtown
and Onancock. Doors open at 7:3O,
performance at s p. N. General ad-
mission % cents. Reserved seats 30
cents for sale at the drug store. Re-
freshments can be had after the en-
tertainment in the lower room Of the
hall
Mrs. NJ. L. Lewis, of Parksley, has
just returned from the north with a
full line of millinery and fancy goods
and cordially invites the ladies to
examine her grand display of trim
med hats, silks, dress trimmings etc,
Wednesday and Thursday, April 9Th
and 18th. She has also secured the
services of first class dressmaker
of Baltimore and solicits part of the
patronage of the public.
Mason's private school, near Blox-