Peninsula Enterprise, September 22, 1881

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Watermen -- Personal injury

On Sunday, 11th inst. Moses Warner, colored, one of the hands on the schooner Patterson & Bash, Capt. James Milliner, during a severe storm, was knocked overboard near Ocean City and drowned.

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Weather -- DroughtsFields -- Crops - Corn

Owing to the severe drought which has prevailed during the past summer, the corn crop on the Eastern Shore will be much shorter than expected, and we learn on enterprising firm in Northampton is already offering $3.50 per barrel for it, to be delivered as soon as gathered.

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Watermen -- Personal injury

The body of Mr. Edward Groton, who was drowned about two weeks ago, was found on Monday last, near the lower end of Paramour's Beach. A strange fatality seems to have overtaken this family in regard to drowning, this being the fourth member of the family whose lives have been lost in a similar manner.

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Commercial construction

The addition to the present store of Messrs. L. H. Ames & Son, of Pungoteague, is nearly finished, and when completed will be one of the largest as well as one of the handsomest in the county.

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Grist mills

Mr. Kidd, of New York, is building a large grist mill on his farm on Nandua Creek, about three miles below Pungoteague, which will prove to be a great benefit to the people of that neighborhood, and we wish him much success in his new undertaking.

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - General Stores

Accomac C. H.

Messrs. Coleburn, Wilkins & Bro. have just received from New York 12,000 pounds of salt. Our farmers and other needing salt for packing or other purposes during the coming season need have no fears of a scarcity of this article.