Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-09-02
LOCAL NEWS.

The Board of Supervisors meets
next Friday, Sth inst.
Parksley Baptist church will be
dedicated tomorrow.
The principals department OF
Keller public school will open, Mon
day September 4th.
The fifth annual Sunday School
Convention, Maryland Conference
will be held at Parksley next Wed
nesday and Thursday.
The sixth session of Miss Tyler's
school will open September Is, 1899
For any information apply to Miss
NJ. R. Tyler, principal, Onancock,
Va.
In the races at Timonium Tuesday.
Sport, entered by Mr.. Geo c. Walk
err OF this county in the , "a class,
won in three straight heats The
last was made in Isl.
Miss Annie Fisher will re open her
school at Accomac G. H, about the
middle of September. The terms will
be $4,000 per session, $1,000 half SEES
sion. No deduction will be made ex-
cept for protracted illness.
All persons having accounts a.
gainst the Peninsula Fair Associa>
ton will please present them to the
Executive Committee at Tasley, Va,
September 9TH, at 10 a. N.
The next session of Pungoteague
Academy opens September 18th. Miss
Margaret Battaile, as will be noted,
has been engaged as teacher in the
music department.
The Margaret Academy. lowing to
unexpected circumstances" will not
open until Tuesday, September -.
Miss Margaret Groton has been en-
gagged as first assistant in music at
the academy for next session.
The following bids were opened
Tuesday at the United States Engin-
GERS Office, Norfolk: For dredging
Nandua creek, James Caller. Norfolk,
81 cents per cubic yard; F. E. Jones,
Norfolk, 29e cents per cubic yard.
Mr.. William johnson, of Wiseville,
this county, has preserved in alco-
hol, g. freak of nature, in pig with
two bodies and eight legs but only
one head. 1t was dead when found
by.him on his premises few days
ago.
The crops OF Mr.. Harry ". GUSTS
and others in Deep Greek neck have
been badly damaged of late by the
army worm. The fodder on very
many acres of corn in that section
has been almost entirely destroyed
by them.
4 fair will be held at Bethel Bap
list church, Wednesday, September
9Th. Instructive and humorous lee
ture expected at night. A nice quilt
will be disposed of on the occasion
Proceeds for benefit of church. Fair,
if weather is Indictment, on next day.
Mr. James E. Scott, of near Acco-
mac c. Il, exhibited at the Court
house last Monday an ear OF corn,
SURROUNDED by eight smaller ones,
which be found on that day in his
field, enclosed in one shuck. Eight
Of the smaller ears were we'll filled
with grain.
Rev G E. B. Smith, who has been
summering with his brother in Cum
berland county. will meet his con-
gregation the first Sunday in Sep
tamber and on Thursday evenings
the It'll, will begin protracted meet
at Smiths Chapel, assisted by Rev.
A. A. Jones, of Norfolk.
The Horntowu Baptist church will
hold an all day fair and festival
Tuesday, September 18th. Dinner
and supper will be served on the
grounds The Mappsville band will
be in attendance Music by choir at
night, alsolthe silk quilt will be given
to the contestants that evening. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
VIM. S. Richardson, of Marion
station, Md, who has the largest
and most complete ice cream factory
in Maryland, shipped over 600 gallons
of ice cream to Tasley station from
the 18th TO 25th, of August aud it
gave general satisfaction. On July
4th, the same factory used over 20
tons OF ice in making ice cream.
Valuable real estate, known as the
''Tully w. Parker land" situated
near Bobtown, containing 10S acres,
more or less, bounded by the lands of
E. T. Joynes' children and others
will be sold at public auction at Pun
colleague between the hours of and
8 o'clock, Saturday, September 23rd,
by Ohio F. Mears and e. Walter
Mapp, special commissioners. For
full particulars see posters.
The failure of the Enterprise to
appear on time for the last two weeks
has been due to sickness Of two of
the compositors, one of them the
foreman. After this week, however,
we expect to get out the paper on
time and to catch up also with the
lob work which has accumulated In
the office. Our excuse will be accept
ed as satisfactory, we are sure, byour
subscribers.
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