Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-27

DOaIu Vi SuperNiecre u0Oto WV
esday, May Sth.
The season for catching oysters ex-
red last Thursday.
The Eastern Shore Agricultural
air will open this year, Tuesday,
.ugust 9th and continue four days.
Strawberry checks, good for life
ime, printed at 81 90 for 500. Leave
our orders at this Office next Mon
ay.
Candidates, who wish to forward
heir notices to the Clerks office, can
;et printed form of sane at our
,ffice for the sum of ten cents.
Thieves raided the hen-house of
Mr.. Jno. E. Phillips, near Accomac
}. H.. last Tuesday night and carried
off a dozen or more of his chickens.
The card of Mr.. Joseph G. Wescctt,
announcing his candidacy for re-
election to the Office of constable in
Pungoteague district, appears i'll this
issue.
E. T. Powell and W. ID. Tunnel
will be in Onancock, Saturday, May
4th, and will start Monday, May 9th,
on their annual trip to license the
merchants of the low er parish.
The Judge of the County Court OF
Accomac authorizes us to say, that
applications for liquor license will be
heard by him on the first and second
days of the April term of the County
Court.
Advertisements of millinery goods
to which especial attention is invited,
appear in this issue as follows: Mrs.
j. A. Winder, Keller; Mrs. E. A.
Bloxom, Onley; Mrs. NJ. Payne,
Belinda.
At the United States Engineers
office, in Norfolk, the bid of Charles
T. johnson, of Cape Charles, of $1,523
for removal of sunken dredge in lower
Chesapeake has been recommended
for acceptance
The valuable tract of land situated
on Folly Greek in Custis Neck known
as the John F. Coleburn farm, twill
be sold at public auction on Satur~
day, May 4th. See advertisement
for full particulars.
Rev. 6. W. Kiracofe, of Chinco'
league, is in hospital in Philadelphia.
The surgical operation for which he
went there some weeks ago, was made
on the 10Th inst, and he is, he writes
us, doing remarkably WE'LL"
Mr.. Joseph b. Ames, as will be
noted elsewhere, has withdrawn from
the race for constable in Pungo-
league district and announces him
self a candidate for the office OF
Justice of Peace in said district.
New goods just received and offer
ed to you, as will be noted in another
column, at lowest margin OF profit,
by the following: G. s. Slocomb Il
Bros Onancock; b. T.. Nelson, Acco-
mac G. H.; Russell & Justis, Leemont.
The lands, of which Mrs. Mary
Groton died, seized and possessed,
situated on road from Daugherty to
Onley, containing 81 acres more or
less, will be sold at public auction by
the heirs, at Daugherty, to-day, 2 p.
IN.
An advertisement, of Eagleman,
the fine horse of Orwell Bros, which
appears in another column, will be OF
interest to many of our readers, who
are lovers of horse flesh, and can APP
preciate the good points in a horse
when presented to them.
A meeting of the Parksley division
of the Eastern Shore Produce Ex-
change will be held at Parksley,
Saturday, May 4th, 2 p. IN. Mr.. w.
A. Burton, the business manager,
will attend the meeting and desires
every member to be present.
s. James burlington, attorney for
the heirs of Julius @. Heath, deceas-
ed, in this issue of the paper adver-
tises for sale at public auction, at
GAINESVILLE, on Saturday, May 18th,
two tracts of very valuable lands sit
uated in Northampton County. Read
it if you wanta home or to invest
profitably your money.
A big crowd is expected at the
courthouse next Monday, court day,
and it is expected that every section
of the county will be represented
here on that day. If present expect
us to call on you for that dollar due
us on account of subscription and if
Won don't come send it, if you want
the Enterprise" continued to you.
N. b. Wescott aud g. Walter
Mapp, trustees, by virtue of an order
of the United States District Court,
entered on the Sth day of March, 1901
will sell by public auction, at
Harborton, on Wednesday and
THURSDAY, May 22d and 29d, the
valuable real and personal property
belonging to the estate of Albro j.
Morse, bankrupt. For full particu-
lars see posters and future advertise