Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-10-13
LOCAL NEWS.

voters OF Accomac,at the Courthouse
Monday, October 29th, courtday.
Miss B. s. White will open a green
grocery in the old Bundick house on
Main st., Accomac G. H, to day.
Mr.. Robert L. Fletcher has sold his
livery stables at Accomac G. H, and
left Thursday to accept situation in
Baltimore.
Mr.. Sam w. Ames has been APP
pointed registrar at Pungoteague n
place of Mr.. J. H. Hebard, Jr., now a
resident of Baltimore.
Register at once, and you must on
or before Saturday, October eth, if
you wish to cast your vote for Bryan,
Stevenson and Jones.
A Bryan, Steve nson and Jones
Club was orgaaized at Marion
willie last Friday with Hon. john E.
Nottingham as president.
Mr.. Thos. ]. Powell, OF Baltimore,
sold his dwelling on Main St., Acco.
mac G. H., this week, to Mr.. Charles
W. Corbin for the sum of 81, 200
Mr.. John w. Corbin, of Baltimore,
y as been in the county for the past
ten days visiting relatives and look
ing after the interests of his firm.
The directors of the Penins ula Fair
Association will meet at Tasley,
Tuesday, October 10th, 9 p. m, for
the transaction of important bust
ness.
The open season in AccOmac and
Northampton, during which it is law
full to xiii or capture or offer for sale
or buy partridges. is from November
18th to January 10.
Several fine porkeTs have died res
Gently of cholera at the courthouse
and vicinity. Many losses due to same
disease are also reported from other
sections of the county.
Mr.. E. A. Bloxom sold his hotel
property at Bloxom station this week
to Mr.. j. W. Dickerson, of Pocomoke
city. The consideration was $4,000
and possession is to be given on 1st
day of November.
A special invitation is given you, /
in new advertisement of Slocomb
Bros, in this issue, to call on them. /
They have some bargains to show
you, which they propose to make to
your interest to do so.
The poll books of Onancock precinct |
were destroyed by the late fire and it
is important, therefore, that every |
voter at that place should register on
OF before October eth, If he wants his
vote counted for Bryan and Steven
SOD on the 9Th of November.
Horses continue to die of the un-
known disease which has taken off so |
many during the year. Three have
died near Accomac G. Il. 10 last ten |
days. Ben Coard, colored, lost one
Wednesday valued at $500 and for
which he had refused an offer of $3.50. |
Hon. n. B. Wescott will address
the farmers of upper Accomac in the |
interest of the Exchange, at New
Church, to day, Saturday, October
18th, 2 o'clock, and everyone who
likes good speech and wants to be
instructed on question so important |
to them should be out to hear him.
Mr.. E. W. Russell, of the firm OF
Russell g. Justis, has returned from
the city with fall stock of genera
merchandise and the same is now
open foe the inspection of Their Gus
TONERS. The stock is large, select
and the firm proposes to give all bar
gains 10 them who wiz call on them
Attention is called to the advertise
ment, of the fall opening of the Belle
Baven Furniture Co., which appears
in another column. A speciality with
the firm al this time, it will be noted,
is women's shoes, but the firm has a
full stock in other lines which it will
pay you to see and inspect, il you
want bargains.
In the list of awards in the fancy |
depar .ment at the fair recently held
near Norfolk, appear the following:
Miss j. G. Mister, Pungoteague, five !
first premiums; Miss Annie H. Mister,
Pungoteague, two first premiums;
Miss Gertrude A. Mister, Pungo |
league, two fist premiums; Miss j.
G. Mister, Pungoteague, two second
premiums.
Hon. A. j. Montague, the present
General of Virginia and
who will probably be the next Goyer-
nor of the State, will address the
voters OF Accomac at the courthouse
on Monday, October 2Sth, courtday.
Our people Will need no pressing in"
vitation to be present on the occa-
sion. 1t vii not be his first visit to
Accomac and having heard him
speak once they viii want 20 hear
him again.
Circuit court, in session since Tues
day of last week, adjourned Thurs
day. About 50 DEGREES were entered
during the term. The court was en-
gagged three days in hearing the case
of the Parksley Land and Improve
ment Co., VS.. d. H. Johnson and E.