Peninsula Enterprise, August 30, 1883

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reprinted from Fredericksburg Standard.Moral -- MurderLaborers -- Fisheries

Frank Burkman, three times convicted of murder in King George, and whose trial was removed to Essex, was taken to Tappahannock last week on the Theodore Weems. While the steamer was lying at the wharf at Leedstown Burkman got on shore and tried to escape, but was soon caught and taken back on the boat..

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Fields -- Crops - Sweet potatoes : Prices

Sweet potatoes in the New York market were quoted by Lee B. Kellam & Co., last Monday, at $2.75 and $3.00 per barrel.

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Mental illnessMoral -- Drugs

James A. Smith, living near Hall's Store, this county, committed suicide on last Sunday by shooting himself with a pistol through the head. His death was instantaneous. He was deranged at the time by the use of laudanum, which he had taken to alleviate the pain caused by an acute attack of rheumatism. The deceased was 45 years old, and leaves a wife and seven children.

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Infrastructure -- Public - Government : School administration

We are indebted to County School Superintendent Weaver for the following extract from his report for the scholastic year ending July 31, 1883: No. schools in the county, 67; No. with more than one teacher, 7; No. pupils enrolled, 4,357; No. enrolled to each teacher, 65.03; No. in daily attendance, 2,084.67; No. in daily attendance to each teacher, 31.11; amount monthly salaries for each teacher, $29.75; cost of tuition per month, per each pupil enrolled, 45 3-4 cents.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Theatre

A company of actors from New York, consisting of six, under the management of Guinness & Abbey, are now giving entertainments of a high order of merit at various points in our county. They performed at Onancock on last Monday night to the satisfaction of all present. Tonight they will give an entertainment at the Hall on the Fair Grounds, and will be at Accomac C. H., on Monday night next. Their exercises are especially attractive to the ladies and their presence is especially invited.

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Migration

Mr. George Clayton, formerly of this county, but for the last twenty years a citizen of California, has returned to his old home to spend the balance of his days. He is now living in the vicinity of Masonville.

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Newspapers

The first issue of the Pocomoke Times was received at our office today, and we are happy to number it among our exchanges. The paper is a small one, but so sprightly and independent, it ought soon to grow in favor, and of course in size. Dedicated as it is to the local interest of the people of the section in which it is published, it cannot but receive their support.

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Moral -- Other

M. J. Lowenthal of Baltimore, was arrested in town this morning for violating law relating to sample merchants, and sent on by Justice Mears to grand jury, to answer an indictment.

THE PUNGOTEAGUE RACE.

Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Horse racing

Fastest Time Ever Made on the Shore.

On last Friday a large crowd assembled at the racecourse of Mr. McConnell, at Pungoteague, one of the handsomest courses, taken all in all, to be found in the country, with pleasant surroundings, rendered more so by the attentions of the ever courteous owners to witness the much-talked of race between Mr. George W. Powell's Lulu Bell and "Beryl," the property of Captain Silas Avery, of Fairmount, Md., for a purse of $500.

The day being a beautiful one, after a most sumptuous dinner at the Pungoteague Hotel, as "mine host" the handsome Winder, excels in getting 'em up, the now thoroughly good-humored crowd repaired to the track to view their respective favorites. Betting at once became quite animated, and friends of Lulu Bell offered two to one on her, which were readily accepted by the Northampton and Maryland boys, thus showing that where the horse "Beryl" was known he had as warm and confident friends as the Onancock mare.

After few preliminaries Capt. O. A. Browne, of Accomac, and Messrs. W. B. Wilson and Len. Nottingham, of Northampton, were selected as judges of the race. Then the clamor for the start took possession of the throng, but after scoring for some five or six times in which Lulu went off her feet several times, Adair, her driver, got her straight, and Capt. Avery, who was driving his own horse, asked for the word, although two lengths behind. "Go," was heard, and away they went, Lulu having the pole and showing a slight gain to the first quarter. At the half-mile pole Lulu maintained her start of two lengths, and this she slightly increased before the three-quarters were reached. From this point, however, Beryl began to exhibit her trotting qualities and on the home showed daylight in her favor, passing under the wire a couple of lengths ahead, in 2:29, (by outside timers) the judges not reporting it.

During cooling time and while Lulu was in the hands of attendants, she exhibited unmistakable evidence of being out of condition, and her backers began to weaken and try to "hedge," but whether more than a few succeeded in doing so is not generally known.

The start in the second heat was effected without much scoring, Beryl taking the pole and cutting out the pace, which proved too fast for Lulu and she "went up" at the first quarter, but recovering her feet, did some good trotting to the finish, never however, overtaking Capt. Avery, who landed Beryl the winner of the heat and race in 2:25, unofficial time, and the fastest ever made on our shore.