Sun, February 8, 1893
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Laborers -- FisheriesLaborers -- WagesSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : BaysideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Law enforcementWeather -- FreezesTransportation -- Water - Wharves
Surprising Illegal Dredgers.
Crisfield, Md., Feb. 7.
Captain Reed, of the Virginia fishing force, surprised the dredgers on Woman's Marsh today. It was supposed that Captain Reed was ice-bound in Pungoteague, but they were undeceived when he came up and fired a ball at them. One of the oystermen says the ball struck so near him that it splashed a great quantity of water on his vessel. It was interesting to see the boats fleeing across the line. The oyster-dredgers find considerable difficulty now in shipping crews. Many of the crews left for other parts during last freeze.
A captain shipped a crew today at $18 per month, but before an hour had elapsed they had struck for $21.
It is reported that the vessel commanded by the famous Gaskett sunk in the Pocomoke.
The pungy Jasper has at last been floated. She will be brought to the railway for repairs.
The wharf of the Maryland Steamboat Company at Dames Quarter has been carried away by the ice. This wharf extended into the water about half a mile, and was built at a cost of $2,000.
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Farmers -- Farmers' organizationsFields -- Crops - Sweet potatoes : Seed and slipsfields -- Crops - White potatoes : Seed and slipsWeather -- FreezesProfessionals -- DoctorsInfrastructure -- Public : ChurchesInfrastructure -- Commercial - Newspapers
Onancock, Va., Feb 7. -- The Accomac County Alliance has severed its connection with the State Farmers' Alliance. This was done, it is said, on account of the isolated position and the difference in crops and interests of the section from the rest of the State.
The present organization, or one very similar to it, however, will be retained for the purpose of fighting local freight rates and furthering the interests of Eastern Shore farmers in every way possible. From reports from different sections of both Accomac and Northampton it is feared that both the sweet and Irish potato seed are injured far more than it was thought at first.
Many farmers have lost all, and the loss is a very serious one, for if seed can be obtained at all it will be at very high prices.
The steamer Pocomoke arrived here Sunday about 2 p.m. As this was the first steamer for four weeks, she was visited by many persons in the afternoon.
Dr. John Harmanson, of Pungoteague, one of the best-known physicians of Accomac county, who has been seriously ill for some time, was taken to Richmond for treatment yesterday by his son, Dr. Charles Harmanson, of Onancock.
Bishop Randolf, on his recent visit to the Eastern Shore, confirmed eight persons at Emmanuel's Church, Jenkins's Bridge, Saturday, and two at St. George's Church, Pungoteague, Sunday.
As an evidence of the popularity of THE SUN on the Eastern Shore, as many copies of the daily are received at Onancock as all the other dailies combined.