Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-11
AccoMAc CoURT-HoUsE, VA.
John W.Edmonds. Editor and Owner
LOCAL NEWS

Board of Supervisors will meet on
Wednesday, March 18th.
The next fair of the Eastern Shore
Agricultural Fair Association will be
held August %, %, "a and 25.
Ten men were drowned by the
sinking of the tug James Bowen, of
Philadelphia, about four miles from
Hog Island last Tuesday.
Mr. William Sartorius, of Pocomoke
City. will be at Parksley, March 14th,
18th and 10Th for the purpose of re-
pairing watches, clock and jewelry.
Mr.. VIM. Henry Downes, well
known and worthy citizen of lower
Northampton, died at his home at
Townsend, last Wednesday, aged II
years.
The adjourned Quarterly Con :
ference for Accomac circuit NJ. P.
Church will be held Saturday after
noon March 18th, at Leemont
Church.
Mr.. L. James Hyslop, of Keller, left
Thursday for Richmond, to attend
the Sunday School Convention, of
which hi lis a member, and which
meets in that city this week.
The date of Raughley s. Twilley's
next sale in Pocomoke City, Md, will
appear in our issue of next week. If
you want reliable horse or mule,
watch for date and attend same.
The attention of our readers is in
vited to advertisements in this issue,
as follows: a. b. G. Mears, Wacha-
preague; Island Hotel, Chincoteague;
j. H. Walker, Harborton; Mutual
Life Insurance Co., New York.
l. Floyd Mock, trustee, will sell at
public auction, in front of Kellam's
hotel, Belle Haven, on next Saturday.
March 18th, p. H., an undivided one
third of all that property known as
the clown Hall property" For
particulars see posters.
The New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railroad Company is prepar
ing to construct steel bridge at
Pocomoke Station to replace the old
wooden structure which now spans
the Pocomoke river. The new bridge
will cost about $50, 900 and be COM
pleted May 1.
Cards announcing the candidacy of
the following appear in this issue.
For Justice OF the Peace, a. G.
Walker, Pungoteague district, and
Geo. w. Hope for Metompkin dis
trict. subject to the primary; for Con
stable in Pungoteague, Ohio K.
Walker, subject to the primary, and
VIM. B. Joynes, independent.
Over fifty cars of fertilizer have
been delivered at Bayview this sea-
son, and the receipts at the other
stations on the N. Y. P. & N. Acco-
mack and Northampton have been
proportionately heavy so that it is
fair to estimate that between GOO to
800 car loads Of fertilizer have been
received by our farmers this season.
Light.
The part of the Fentress farm in
Upshur's Neck owned by Miss George
R. Quinby. is offered for sale by 7. B.
Quinby, Onancock. Va, at low price
and on easy terms. 1t has So acres OF
improved high land, and rs 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.
Stewart K. Powell, substituted
trustee, in deed from Abel II. Wise
colored, and wife, for benefit OF John
Hurst, now deceased, will sell at
public auction on Saturday, March
18th, 1899, p. M, in front of Vests
hotel. Onancock. tract of land, situa-
ted near Onancock, conveyed by said
deed. containing sixty acres, more or
less. For full particulars see posters.
A handsome dwelling, situated at
Parksley, is for sale at private con-
tract and on easy terms. If you want
bargain in home, or as an invest
ment, at one of the most desirable
points on the Eastern Shore, apply
for particulars at this Office or to Mr..
James 81. Fletcher, Jr., Accomac G.
n. Several valuable building lots
are also offered at low figures and on
accommodating terms.
The hull of the New York, Phila-
delphia and Norfolk Railroads burn
ed steamer Cape Charles, now lying
at Thomas railway, Berkeley, has
been sold by the Delaware River Iron
Shipbuilding and Engine Works, of
Chester, Pa, which built the boat,
to the Standard Oil Company for a
freight steamer The New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad is
now having drawn in Philadelphia
plans for new steamer to take the
place of the Cape Charles. She is to
have speed of twenty knots per
hour.
The annual statement of The
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York showing the business
transacted by that Company for the
wear ending 1898, shows an amazing
growth. The assets were increased
S2S, 730, 1877 and the total sum now
held by this institution for the Sc.
curity of its policy-holders is $277,.