Peninsula Enterprise, April 16, 1898

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Architecture -- Houses

The wind storm of Thursday blew Sheppard Bunting's new two story house, 26x32 feet, at Temperanceville, off its pillars and both chimneys off. His wife was in building at time, but escaped without injury.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Fairs

Tuesday, August 2nd, was agreed upon at a meeting of the stockholders of the Peninsula Fair Association as the day for the opening of the fair on their grounds at Tasley. It will continue four days.

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Farmers -- Farmers' organizations

A meeting of the Farmer's Club of Parksley will be held at Kent hall Saturday, April 16th, 2 p.m. All of the members are expected to be present and an invitation is extended to the farmers in the vicinity who are not members of the Club, to be on hand also and join the organization.

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Transportation -- Railroad - Litigation

Circuit Court adjourned Thursday, after a session of ten days. Among the contested cases heard during the term, not heretofore reported, were those of Charles W. Marsh vs. Fred W. Sparrow, for slander, resulting in a verdict of $65 for plaintiff, and of Harry T. White vs. N.Y.P. & R. R. Co., continued after all evidence had been heard because of the absence of Mr. P. T. H. Ayres, one of the jurors, detained at home by the death of his mother.

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Farmers -- Farmers' organizations

At a meeting of the farmers at Mappsville last Saturday, a Farmers' Association was organized with 26 members and a resolution introduced to dispense with agents in shipping their produce this year was unanimously adopted. At their next meeting, to be held at same place on Saturday, April 23d, other measures will be adopted in the interest of the members. A similar organization at Mappsville last year enrolled about 100 members and it is believed that the membership will be larger this year.

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Moral -- Alcohol

The "drys" won by a majority of six in the local option election held in Franktown district, Northampton, last Saturday.

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Fields -- Crops - Corn

Chesconnessex.

Messrs. David A. Marsh and Jno. W. Poulson left on Monday for Pocomoke City, to buy a load of corn.

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Infrastructure -- Public - Government : Life-saving serviceNatural resources -- Shoreline migrationTourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - ExcursionsTourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - HolidaysSea -- Finfish - Catch : SturgeonInfrastructure -- Utilities - TelephoneInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Postal service

Chincoteague.

C. E. Babbitt, Jr., has been awarded the contract to remove Cobb's Island Life Saving Station 260 yards north of its present site.

Steamer Winnie, with a party of leading citizens and pretty girls, made her first excursion of the season to this place last Monday.

Interest in Easter Sunday is growing yearly with us. More people attended church here last Sunday than ever before and the Easter styles were much in evidence both at church and on our streets.

The red flags now used by sturgeon fishermen from the North to designate the place of their nets in Tom's Cove are viewed by consternation by the crews of some of our coasting boats. Mines or some other government obstructions are suggested by them and they give them a wide berth in coming into harbor.

The Atlantic Telephone Co. has completed the work of putting up the poles on their line at this place and on Wallops Island.

A mail route is to be established July 1st from Bloomtown via Wisharts Point to Chincoteague, and bids to carry the mail by the proposed route are now being invited by the Government.

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Infrastructure -- Public : SchoolsForests -- Forest products - LumberMoral -- AlcoholMoral -- Firearms

Onancock.

Mr. Jas. G. Nock, now principal of Cape Charles City Academy, spent the holidays at his home here.

Mr. Thos. W. Taylor returned on Monday from a trip to Walkerton, Va., in the interest of his lumber business. He stopped in Richmond on Saturday and Sunday and was the guest of Prof. F. P. Brent.

Last Good Friday was a perfectly bright, cloudless day. Who ever saw one before? The writer was told by a gentleman of over sixty years of age, who had noted the weather of Good Fridays, that he had not seen a perfectly bright one before.

Mr. Wm. T. Bundick, accompanied by his wife, left on Wednesday for a lecturing tour. He will visit Norfolk and Richmond, then make an excursion to some points of interest in the Blue Ridge mountains and return by way of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.

While deputy sergeant Baily East was patrolling the town one night this week, mounted on his bicycle, he was interfered with by a dog and having drawn his pistol to shoot the offender he lost management of his wheel and accidentally shot himself in the hands.

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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Bayside

Saxis.

The oyster season, now nearing its close, has been a very unprofitable one to us.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - BicyclingTransportation -- Water - StrandingsSea -- WreckingSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : SeasideNatural resources -- Conservation - Resources

Wachapreague.

The bicycle craze is at fever heat in this town, and pedestrians are ready to vote down the wheel as a nuisance.

The four-master, Sarah E. Palmer, lately ashore on Dawson shoal, was floated during the past week by the tug North America, and taken to Norfolk.

Several sloops and schooners have loaded here with oysters during the past week. The oystermen are putting in their best licks, pending the approaching end of the season, which occurs on the 25th. The new Board of Fisheries will likely put an end to the summer-time destruction of the seaside beds.

Meetings of Oystermen.

Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : BaysideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Law enforcement

At a meeting of the oystermen of Oyster Inspection District No. 7 of Accomack County, Virginia, held at Cashville in said district April 2d, 1898.

The people in mass meeting assembled resolved:

1. That the inspectorship should be located as centrally in said district as possible,

2. That the inspector should be capable efficient and accommodating, a man who would at once attend to the best interest of the oystermen and at the same time protect the revenues of the state,

3. Believing that in H. R. Boggs, who is a candidate for that position, such a man can be found, and believing it to be the will of the majority of our citizens that he be appointed to said position, this meeting humbly petitions the Board of Fisheries of Virginia that said H. R. Boggs be appointed to fill the vacancy which will exist at the expiration of the term of the present incumbent, S. F. Rogers.

CAPT. W. C. EVANS, chairman,

CAPT. J. H. GARDNER, sec'y.

At a meeting of the oystermen held at Chesconnessex in Oyster Inspection District No. 7, April 6th, 1898.

Resolved that it is the will of the people assembled at this meeting, that H. R. Boggs be appointed to the inspectorship of district No. 7, and in order that they might present their views, do respectfully petition the Board of Fisheries of Virginia that they the said Board appoint the said H. R. Boggs to said inspectorship. The meeting was well attended and representative.

W. H. MARSH, Chairman.

FRED E RUNGE, Secretary.

Farmers' Meeting.

Farmers -- Farmers' organizationsTransportation -- Railroad - Rates and faresTransportation -- Water - Freight

At a mass-meeting of the farmers held at Modestown, April 2, L. Y. Thornton was called to the chair and S. Wilkins Matthews acted as secretary.

The chairman briefly stated the object of the meeting, which was, that inasmuch as the Railroad Co., had advanced freight rates on produce from the Eastern Shore of Va. to New York, steps should be taken at once looking to our interest on this line &c. for better rates.

After much discussion on the subject by many of the farmers a motion was made, that the chairman appoint a committee of two to wait on the R.R. officials in Philadelphia, and ascertain from them the rates they are going to charge on potatoes and other produce from Franklin City and other points on the Eastern Shore of Va. to New York, and in the event that the same rates cannot be obtained as was charged the past year the said committee was instructed to negotiate with any Steamboat Co., to run a line of steamers into Chincoteague Inlet to Chincoteague Island, on which our farmers can ship their produce. Said committee was requested to attend to this at an early day and report their success.

Chairman appointed on the committee Mr. W. L. Nock and S. Wilkins Matthews.

The meeting adjourned, subject to a call from the chairman, when the committee were ready to hand in their report.

S. WILKINS MATTHEWS, Sec'y.