Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-01-14
LOCAL NEWS.

The Board of Supervisors meets
Monday, February 9th.
There were 273 marriages in Acco-
mack county in 1898. An increase OF
81 over 1897.
Mr.. Eugene NJ. Goodwin has been
commissioned as postmaster at ASA
waman, this county.
The junior member, of the firm OF
L. E. P. Dennis s. Son, was in Acco-
mac this week, in the interest of the
firm, and welcome visitor to our
Office.
Rev. George w. Jones, of Cape
Charles, is spending this week at Ac~
comac G. H., with his wife and daugh-
ter, at the home of her father, Mr..
John D. Grant.
The pastor will preach in Presby-
terrain churches at Accomack G. II.
and Onancock as usual next Sunday,
18th. The Rev. G. E. Henderlite,
who was to have been here then. has
been detained by sickness.
1t is reported that the name of
VIM. n. Parker will be sent to the
Senate this week as postmaster al
Onancock. MIR. Miles term will not
expire for year or more as presi-
Dental postmaster.-Light.
a watermelon is on exhibition at
the drugstore OF Blackstone s. Bell,
grown by Mr. George Holland on his
farm near Accomac c. n. 1t was
pulled" in August but looks as fresh
and juicy, as if it had just been taken
from the vine.
Obituary notices and resolutions OF
respect are not inserted free in the
ENTERPRISE and our friends will
save themselves trouble in the future
if they will not send them unless they
are willing to pay for them. The
charge is i've cents per line.
Suit has been instituted in the Cir
cult Court of Accomac, by the Attor-
ney-General of the State in the name
of the Commonwealth, against Will
liam Ellinger, to recover the bottoms
around Fox Island. coded to him un-
der an act of the Legislature.
The owners, John S. Gaskins, ST..
and Henry A. Hall, will sell at public
auction, Thursday, March I'd, 3 p. NJ,
on the premises, the storehouse and
dwelling combined,situated at San
ford. 1t is valuable property, con-
venient to churches and schools and
we'll located for business purposes.
See advertisement in this issue.
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 55 acres of
improved high land, and 20 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.
Sixteen acres of cleared land on
Kerr street, in Onancock, and twenty
one acres of woods land about half a
mile from Onanecck, is offered for
sale as q whole by T. B. Quinby. The
cleared land has long frontage on
Kerr and Jackson streets, and is i'm
proved with two good tenant houses.
The woodsland is high and well
timbered. Terms will be made to suit
the purchaser.
A handsome dwelling, situated at
Parksley, is for sale at private con>
tract and on easy terms. If you want
a bargain in a 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 II. Fletcher, Jr., Accomac c.
H. Several valuable building lots
are also offered at low figures and on
accommodating terms.
An advertisement Of the Mutual
Life Insurance Co., of New York, APP
pears in this issue of the paper.
Agents are wanted by the company
and the opportunity is presented to
some active and reliable young man
of the county to make good years
work. The company is rated among
the best in the world Read the ad-
vertisement and write to Herbert n.
Fell. general agent, Wilmington, Del.
A resolution was passed by the
town council of Cape Charles last
Monday calling upon the people OF
the town. to be vaccinated, and
for an enforcement of the law,
prohibiting all children in that town
from attending the public schools
who cannot show certificate of vac
cination from a reputable physician.
that they have been vaccinated in
the last five years. The prevalence
of smallpox in "small degree" in
Norfolk, suggested this act of pru
dence on the part of the town coun-
Gil.
The names of several candidates
for the county offices this Spring
have been reported to us. In the
race for the sheriffaltY at present are