Peninsula Enterprise, March 29, 1883
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Farmers -- Farmers' organizations
We are authorized to request a full attendance of the Pungoteague Grange at their Hall on the Fair Grounds at their next regular meeting. The shipping interests of the farmers for the present year and other matters of importance will be brought before the Grange on the occasion.
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Infrastructure -- Commercial - NewspapersTransportation -- Water - WrecksSea -- Wrecking
Chincoteague.
Area and population considered, Chincoteague stands first, perhaps, of any place on the Eastern Shore in the encouragement of newspaper literature. Every household, almost, has the weekly visits of some paper, and very many of our people subscribe to the dailies. The Enterprise has a larger circulation here than any other paper. The New York Herald stands second on the list.
The barkentine "Wolverton," before reported ashore, is a total wreck, and the effects saved by Capt. S. J. Mumford, wrecking master, will be sold at public auction on Wednesday, 18th inst. The "Wolverton" was only six months old and said to be the finest built vessel ever seen by old seamen of this Island.
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Forests -- Shipping : Water
Leemont
Messrs. James Patterson & Son narrowly escaped being frozen to death during the last week. The gentlemen undertook to carry a raft of ship timber from a point on Hunting Creek to their vessel laying out in the stream, and failing to reach it, on account of adverse winds and tides before night, had to remain on the raft until morning and barely escaped losing their lives.
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Infrastructure -- Public : LibrariesInfrastructure -- Commercial - Real estate
Onancock.
The establishment of a Public Library in our town is talked of by our young men.
Mr. A. G. Kelly purchased recently, of Mr. A. M. Rodgers several building lots on Kerr St.
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Sea -- Finfish - Methods : Purse and other netsSea -- Finfish - Catch : Rock
Saxe's Island.
Robert Marshall, better known as "old uncle Bob," caught last Friday night in three small gill nets, 119 perch and 9 rock fish.
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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Baseball
Woodberry.
A base ball club is soon to be organized here, and brethren of the bat and ball in other localities may look to their laurels.
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Laborers -- FarmLaborers -- Railroad
There were still remaining at Castle Garden to-day 150 destitute Hungarians, all of whom are agriculturists, anxiously awaiting employment as farm hands. One hundred of these men are being maintained by Count Esterhazy and other charitably disposed persons. Count Esterhazy said:
"I have collected funds for the benefit of these poor men under many disappointments and difficulties, without the aid of any society or public institution. I can say that these Hungarians are excellent farm hands, and willing to engage themselves at reasonable wages for the coming season. During the last four months a large number of these men have found employment with contractors of railroad construction works; but this was a sad experience for these poor fellows. Not only were they cheated out of their rightful wages, but when some of them insisted upon a settlement they were driven away by force without any money and were obliged to walk hundreds of miles to return here to appeal for protection. They are steady, honest and intelligent men and very anxious to find employment."
It is understood that among the contractors who declined to pay the Hungarian laborers were several engaged in constructing the New York, West Shore and Buffalo and the Pennsylvania, Slattington and New England Railroads. -- N. Y. Telegram.
The above has a place in our local columns at the request of Capt. O. A. Browne. In that public spirit so characteristic of the Captain, as soon as the information conveyed by the above article came to his notice, he wrote to engage them as laborers for our people, offering them as wages $7 per month. It now remains for our people who wish to secure first-class farm hands at fair prices, to confer with Capt. Brown at once in reference to the matter, so that arrangements may be made to bring them to our County immediately, if they consent to come on the terms offered.
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Sea -- Shellfish - Clamming : Seaside
Clams for sale at Willis' Wharf, Northampton County, Va., in large or small quantities, by Ben U. Doughty & Co.