Disptach, August 7,, 1888

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Infrastructure -- Public : ChurchesTourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - ExcursionsDiseaseInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Public healthInfrastructure -- Public : Ditches and drainsTourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - FairsTourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Horse racingFields -- Crops - Sweet potatoes : Pricesfields -- Crops - Sweet potatoes : YieldProfessionals -- TeachersInfrastructure -- Public : Camp meetings

Onancock, August 5, 1888.

Rev. H. M. Wharton, of Baltimore, will begin on Tuesday the 7th instant, a series of revival-meetings at Zion Baptist Church, in the northern part of this county, to continue for one week.

The Southern Methodist Sunday-school excursion from the Eastern Shore of Virginia to Ocean City, Md., last Wednesday was a financial failure, the receipts being $50 less than the expense incurred in chartering the train.

The prevalence of typhoid-fever in and around the village of Wachapreague, on the seaside, is ascribed by the local physicians to defective drainage and contaminated drinking-water. A public meeting was held in the village several days ago, when steps were taken to have all the ditches cleaned out and the wells properly attended to.

The eleventh exhibition of the Eastern Shore Agricultural Association begins at the Fair-Grounds, near Keller station, on the 21st instant, and will continue for four days. The grounds have been improved, the race-track enlarged to twice its former proportions, and the number and value of the premiums greatly increased. The prospect for a successful exhibition is said to be better than ever before.

Accomack farmers are beginning to ship sweet potatoes in considerable quantities. Good prices are realized and less talk is heard about hard times. It is believed that the crop this year will be an average one.

The Peabody Normal Training School for the public-school teachers of this section will begin at Cape Charles on the 4th day of September and continue for two weeks, with Professor C. H. Winston, of Richmond College, as chief conductor. The outlook for a large attendance and a successful and pleasant session is said to be good.

In spite of the hot weather very large crowds attended the Turlington woods camp-meeting yesterday and to-day.