Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-01-08

asmarriage ceremony any- Ibsr
hesitate. WY any nef
mas court day 1897 was . TIN N
ia t taS .ta with our county clerk. recs
aea fourteen marriage llcen~- ), =
l IS ssiSy tl.2 greatest numb "
that has ever been issued on any one
day in our clerks office.
a dwelling of MI Alfred ]. Lillis
ton on his "Hyslop Farm in Scar
boroughs Neck,was destroyed by fire
last week. 1t was accidental and
caught from spark on roof of same.
Loss about 5000 and no insurance.
The local option cases tried at the
December term of the County Court,
on appeal from the Judgment of the
Justice OF the Peace resulted in
verdicts by the jury sustaining the
Justice. The fines of 800 on each
case were promptly paid.
Judge Gunter, who has been in
Baltimore for several weeks fer
treatment, is very much improved in
health and his physicians not only
say that he is surely Improving y
but assure" his family that he will
IN tl.eir opiuion be entirely we'll" in
a short time.
Mrs. DR.. Charles l.. Harmanson, OF
Onancock, has just received from W
Atlee Burpee s. Co., the famous
farm and garden seed firm of Phila-
delphia, prize for having written
the best description of the Pink Pet
poppy, raised by her from sted fur
nished by this house.
Hon. J.. w &. Blackstone took the
.oaths of Office as judge OF Accomac
county court for the term beginning
JANUARY LIST, 1897, before VI. Oldham
Jr.. clerk OF said court, on the Both
day OF December 1897, and the quail,
tiicarion was recorded in the proceed-
ings of said court on the 51st day OF
Decem Der 1897.
Special attention is invited to fol-
lowin new advertisements in thls
issue: U. G Sturgis, card, attorney
at law; l.. Z. P. Dennis & Son, Monu-
mental Chemical Co., fertilizers;
Salisbury Shirt Co; G.. S. Reid & Co.,
Straw berry plants; w. S. Dickinson
& Son, merchandise; Thos. G. hel-
lam, dealer in carriages, paints nc.
Edward Fl. Conquest, trustee, will
sell at public auction OH Wednesday,
January, Goth, 2 p ~, at Mappsville
the very valuable farm of Walter E.
Morris and wife. situated near
Mappsville, containing 800 acres
more or less and known as the "Red
Bank Farm" it being the same
which formerly belonged to Capt.
William Fl. Green. For full pSrticu-
lars see posters.
The little daughter of Mr.. Samuel
I. NAPLES collected the most money
on the doll offered by the ladies OF
the Parksley Baptist Church and
secured the prize. Another big SUN
was also collected by The little
daughter of Mr.. Jno. D. johnson and
she was awarded doll also. The
former collected sum over sixty and
the latter over fifty dollars.
On the first day of the January
term of the county court, Judge
Blackstone will appoint Justice Of
the Peace for Pungoteague district
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Thomas g. Elliott
On the same day he will also appoint
County Surveyor to fill out the I'm
expired term of the late hon. ID
Frank White. Applicants for these
positions should send in their Lanes
recommendations, or petitions to the
Judge ON or before that date.
At a meeting of the Eastern Shore
Game Association, at Accomac Q. ID.
on court day, the old officers wer'
reelected, viz: DIR. } ohm w. Bowdoin
preside mt; Robert L. Ailworth, vice
president; Il. w. Blackstone, secre
tarv and treasurer. The directors o
same are 0. NJ. Jones, Henry &. Byrd
Frank S. Smith, Otho f. Mears ah'
Thos. 3. Smith. A resolution wa
adopted to appropriate $50 for tn
purpose of buying some wild turkey
with which to stock the forests OF tn
Eastern Shore.
Judge j, w. &. Blackstone, at tn
request of the Business Mems Assc
citation of Fredericksburg, has ap
pointed delegates TO represent thi
county in a convention to be he'll, L
that city on the 21st inst, for tn
purpose of an exchange of views
pract cal farmers relative to the Gu
ture of sugar beets. He was Request
ed to appoint six delegates, at leas
one from each magisterial distric
In conformity with this request b
has appointed the following gentle
meu: Kendall j. Bunting, ChincC
league; Levin T. Parker, Atlantic
Albert J. Rev. Metompkin; Wesle
j. watkinson, Lee; Sidney j. Hol
kns, Lee; Levin J. Hyslop, Pung(
league.