Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-01-13
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
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our young peOpio' VI io'0' nov
had gay time in sleighing and
skating
Prof. Goldie and his minstrel
troupe gave an entertainment to a
full house here Monday night.
Capt. Thomas Post, of New York.
and Bayard Morris. Of Norfolk, are
sitting friends here this week.
Mr.. Littleton d. Davis, of near Po-
comoke city, Md, is the guest of his
daughter, Mrs James T. Mason.
Winter Quarter Lightship, No As,
has returned from Wilmington where
of late, she has been undergoing re-
pairs.
Mrs. Vesta Clayville is visiting
friends in Philadelphia and Mrs.
John w. Warren is with friends in
Berlin, Md
A petition, being circulated here
asking the Government to place a
lighthouse at the outer end of Chin>
colleague shoals.
Our barrel factories are running day
and night In order to meet the de-
mand for empties. About 20 hands
- ,,,nl0uaA hu tham
Schooner Maggie Davis is loading
this week with CLANS for New York,
Schooners Thomas and Moffitt with
oysters for Norfolk and New Haven,
respectively.
Mr.. George Cherricks, a prosperous
oyster dealer, and Miss Susie Bunt-
ing, daughter of Capt Kendall Bunt
;ng, were married at the Maryland
line on the Sth inst.
Joseph Verden, contractor. and a
large number of mechanics arrived
this week from Lewes, Del, to build
a large, iron boathouse for ASA
league Life Saving Station.
Miss Annie Derickson, daughter OF
Or. Edward Derickson, paid us a visit
this week and organized a dancing
school for the amusement of our girls
and boys during the winter.
The members of our NJ. X. Church
are happy and have cause to be so.
They have handsome church edi-
flee and parsonage and raised enough
money Monday night last to pay all
debts on same.
Rev. s. U. Grimsley, pastor of Beu
lah Baptist church, Was made happy
by a pounding given him by his
members and other friends this week.
They loaded him up with groceries
and other thugs and gave him in
addition nice little sum Of money.
Our oystermen are shipping from
800 to 700 barrels of oysters daily and
on last Saturday broke their record
by sending to market 942 barrels.
The railroad agents tell us, that the
return freight also is very large and
that their receipts for same during
last month were over a thousand
dollars.
Chincoteague at present is i'll a
prosperous condition. Our oysters
are fat and selling at good prices.
Merchants. hotels and other business
places are doing flonrishing bust
ness Our churches are all new and
out of debt with one exception, and
that will be shortly And last but
not least the most of our people are
in good health and enjoying them
selves.
Arrival at Atlantic hotel this week
f. W. Byrd, T H. Mears, s Half
heimer, Baltimore; NJ. E. Selby Will
mington; j.. E Verden, W. J. Dunton,
G. s. Dunton. Lewes; E H. BeHson,
8. D. Powell, PocomOke; Miss Mollie
Rowley, Mrs. G. L. Barnes, Mrs. G.
V. Rowley, Kitty Rowley, Glrdletree,
Samuel Jones, Jno. 8. Tyler, W. E.
Fox, A. s. Kellam, Accomac; DR.. w.
A. Taylor, Stockton.
Mr. Patrick W. Taylor, of Atlantic
has moved here and opened up store
of general marchaudise at the old
stand of Mr.. Ezra 7. Adams, Mr..
James Scott and family Of near Snow
Hill, aud two other families from
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have
also moved here recently and made
this place their home So far as we
are advised not a single person from
this place has LETT to make their
home elsewhere this year.