The Countryside Transformed:

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Infrastructure -- Public : ChurchesMoral -- Murder

Onancock, January 1, 1889.

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Farmers -- Innovation

Eastville.

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Moral -- VigilantismAfrican-Americans -- Racial violence

Onancock.

RIDDLED WITH BUCKSHOT.

Moral -- Other violent crimeMoral -- Firearms

A Negro Dangerously Wounded by Farmer John Core -- Accidentally Shot.

[Special Dispatch to The Virginian.]

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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : BaysideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Law enforcement

Onancock, Va., March 9. -- A dredging vessel, name unknown, is reported to have been locked at Hunting Creek wharf by Capt. Gaskins of the oyster police navy, for illegal dredging.

White-Cap Foolishness -- Where Are the Constables?

Moral -- VigilantismMoral -- OtherAfrican-Americans -- Racial violenceFields -- crops - Sweet potatoes : AcreageFields -- Crops - White potatoes : Acreage

Onancock, March 13, 1889.

The Victim Dead -- Negroes Ordered to Leave the County.

African-Americans -- Race relationsAfrican-Americans -- Racial violence

[By telegraph to the Dispatch.]

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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : SeasideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : PackingTransportation -- Water - StrandingsProfessionals -- Mariners

Chincoteague.

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Sea -- Finfish - Catch : Shad and herring

Onancock.

Shad are now plentiful in the Onancock market. Fine, large roe shad are selling at fifty-five cents per pair.

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Weather -- Northeast stormsTransportation -- Water - WrecksInfrastructure -- Commercial - Granaries