Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-02-18
NEI9HB0RHO0D NOTES.
Onamcucha

Onamcucha
Skating was good on our river on
Friday and Saturday last.
Our steamers will not be able to
run their route for many days to
come.
Capt. N. B. Rich. of the Life Saving
Service, was in town last week with
his family.
The schools of the town were closed
for the week on account of the in
clement weather.
Mayor Taylor issued an order that
on Thursday all citizens should clear
the sidewalk of snow in front of their
respective dwellings.
a number of persons who dwell on
the river front mile or so below the
town have easy access here, walking
over the ice. They we're chief among
our callers recently.
Messrs. Jos. S. Mills. s. K. Powell
and Claude Nottingham went to
Eastville on Wednesday to take part
in the marriage ceremony of Mr.
Thos. S. Hopkins to Miss Lucille Ad
olson.
On last Saturday morning the cold
reached it's lowest point here, the
Thermometer having registered one
degree above zero. This is the lowest
by eight degrees, in eighteen years
which is the length of time the writer
has noted the register.
Mrs. Mary Mears, widow Of Edward
Mears, deceased, and sister OF Mrs.
Sophia Nelson, of Accomac G. H.,
died here on Wednesday, aged about
seventy FIVE years. She was the
mother of Mrs. Louisa Nelson of this
place, and Mrs. J. P. Parks, Of near
Pupgoteague.
Mrs. Margaret S. Doughty, wife of
Mr.. W. j. Doughty, died on Saturday
afternoon. after a long illness. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. j. D. Hank, of the NJ. E. Church,
South, at o'clock p. m., on Wednes-
day, and the interment was in the
NFo-~t nollx- ooynoforC
During recent days great many of
the tender window grown flowers,
which the housewives have kept with
loving care through the months of
winter weather, have felt the touch
of the frost king and now are a mass
of sapless, withered leaves. Few were
prepared to protect them from the
extraordinary temperature.
The ice on our river is very heavy.
After several days of past ice max
ing last week came the thick coat of
snow, then an overflow by very
full tide. which froze altogether-one
mass. Upon inquiring of gentle
man, who resides on the river below
the town, as to the thickness Of the
ice, he said he did not know how
thick 1t was, that he went out over
the channel and cut in with an axe
to the length of the handle and did
not get through the mass. He said
further that he was sure he could
drive his horse on the ice to any
point. Two young men in town went
hunting on Wednesday and walked
on the ice to the mouth of the river
and said it appeared to be the same
as far as they could see on the bay.
After almost forty-eight hours of
showing, it being on Monday veri-
table blizzard, we were showed I'M
der.n Our streets were filled from
side to side. in many places the drifts
being higher than the fences. and
were practically impossible. The in
babitants were truly shut liz, scarcely
any one could be seen moving, and
all work and business were suspend
ed. Even the mail failed to come for
some days. Most persons say this is
the most snow we have had since
1857, which is probably true. The
snow of the blizzard of March. 1872,
was near this one in quantity. There
was some suffering during this long
severe weather, as some families were
not prepared with fuel enough to
carry them through. Some Of our
wood dealers worked hard on Tu es
day to relieve the situation.