Peninsula Enterprise, March 30, 1882

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Real estate

MR. STUART KELLAM, of Pungoteague, during last week, sold his farm containing 75 acres, located near Craddockville, to Geo. S. West, of that place, for the sum of $880, reserving the rent for this year.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Horse racing

A TRIAL of speed will be made on the 1st day of April next on McConnell's track, at Pungoteague, for $25 a side, mile heats, between H. C. Johnson's mare, of Northampton, and H. A. Wescott's horse, of Accomac.

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Laborers -- FarmMigration

Mr. A. J. Mears, of Pungoteague, who has been so successful in securing laborers suited to the wants of the farmers of our county, left by Stmr. Tangier on last Monday, with ample means to pay the expenses of conveying twenty-five more of them to the homes provided for them in the county. We are authorized by Mr. Mears to say, that under the terms of his contract with the agent in New York, every one desiring the Hungarians as farm hands, can very readily secure them by application thro' him, and for the sum of $7.50 a month.

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Forests -- Barrel factories Forests -- Sawmills

Mr. F. T. Stockley is now visiting the cities, for the purpose of purchasing a steam saw and grist mill, which he will locate near his store, in that section of our county known as the Railroad. A barrel factory in connection with the new enterprise will contribute greatly to the convenience of the truckers in the lower part of the county.

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forests_sawmills

Mr. Stanley J. Lewis has just purchased, and will locate at an early date a steam saw mill on the premises of Levin D. Lewis, near Leemont.

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Sea -- Shellfish - Crabbing : MarketsSea -- Shellfish - Crabbing : Seaside

Capt. E. Bloxom and crew, consisting of Messrs. Geo. Phillips and Levin J. Ames, of Locustville, caught and shipped to Baltimore during last week five barrels of crabs. Our readers will consider this a very good "catch" for this season of the year, but our friends report that with proper appliances at their command they could have loaded "a ship of the line." The crabs were caught on a bed of clams in Trout Channel, and they were there in such large quantities as to prevent the catching of the latter until they were removed.

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Watermen -- Personal injury

A colored man from Northampton, whose name was not reported to us, was drowned on last Tuesday in Craddock creek, while engaged in taking up oysters for Capt. Raynor, of the str. Maggie. The accident was occasioned by overloading the boat with oysters -- which sunk, and no help being at hand, was attended with results stated.

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

We clip the following advertisement from the Baltimore Sun, of the 27th inst.:

"Notice -- In obedience to an order of the County Court of Matthew's county, entered at the March term, 1882, proceed to sell at public auction, at Cricket Hill, in Matthew's county, Va., the following named vessels, forfeited to the Commonwealth, and now lying in Lane's Creek near Milford Haven: P. Kirkwood, tonnage 42.78; Alice and Anna, 49.25; Geo. W. Croswell, 47.54; Mary Tauline, 25.25; Fashion, 21.25; I. C., 20; Hamburg, 25. Persons desiring to purchase are at liberty to examine said vessels. SANDS SMITH, SHERIFF."

The New Steamboat Company.

Transportation -- Water - Steamboats

In accordance with an announcement made in THE ENTERPRISE last week, a meeting of the stockholders of the Accomac Steamboat Company was held at this place on Monday last, and the books of the company opened for further subscriptions to the enterprise. To the fund already raised several thousand dollars were added on the occasion referred to, and the capital stock of the company increased beyond the minimum amount provided by their charter. These facts would seen to indicate the success of the enterprise -- in fact it was stated by one of the stockholders at that meeting, that all the capital needed was at his command from abroad. The object being, however, to make the enterprise a home one, further efforts will be made to get the necessary funds subscribed.