Norfolk Virginian, May 2, 1889

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Onancock.

A movement is on foot to move the courthouse from Drummondtown to Parksley.

A heavy rain and wind storm prevailed here the entire latter part of last week, and considerable damage was done. The roads were badly washed, and numerous washouts were made. A washout on the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad track, caused a delay of the 2:45 south bound mail train.

Judge Peek, of Elizabeth county, will preside at the trial of the Smith-Adair case, as Judge Neale, who was a relative of Smith, will consequently be ineligible.

John Wilson, white, a painter, was found Monday morning in an out-house near Belle Haven, this county, dead. No marks denoting foul play were found on the body, and it is thought that he died of delirium tremens.