The Countryside Transformed:

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Watermen -- Personal injury

A negro man named Thorogood Davis, in company with a boy, went out on Chincoteague bay in a sailing scow on Monday and while opposite Franklin the boat was capsized and Davis drowned. Through the efforts of Capt. Milton Young the boy was saved. The body of the drowned man has not been recovered.

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Moral -- MurderMoral -- Property crimeMoral -- AlcoholMoral -- Other violent crimeTransportation -- Railroad - Steamboats

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Infrastructure -- Public - Government : Postal service

Temperanceville after the 16th inst., will be the terminus of a mail route. After that date the mail of Atlantic and Wattsville will be sent direct from Horsey P. O.

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Moral -- Alcohol

In matter of Savage vs. Commonwealth -- last local option case, Court of Appeals decided for plaintiff.

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Infrastructure -- Public - Government : Postal service

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Moral -- Vandalism

A small tenement house near Onancock, belonging to Mr. John W. H. Parker, occupied by one Sarah Conner, colored, was destroyed by an incendiary fire on last Monday night.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Fairs

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Teackle Mears, a lunatic from the upper part of the county was lodged in our jail last Tuesday. He will be sent to an asylum shortly.

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Infrastructure -- Public : Schools

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African-Americans -- Race relationsAfrican-Americans -- Religion

Rev. H. S. Dulaney, pastor, Parksley, authorizes the following: 'That the report that we had colored persons or person in our congregation at Parksley M. E. Church, Sunday, November 11th, is wholly without foundation.

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Farmers -- Farm size and structure

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Infrastructure -- Public - Government : Lighthouse service

A bill has been reported favorable to the House of Representatives, appropriating $25,000 for a lighthouse at Tangier Island.

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Transportation -- Railroad - Litigation

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Architecture -- Other public buildingsProfessionals -- Builders

James T. Walkley, Belle Haven, is now engaged in putting slate on roof of our clerk's office. He is using only the best material and being a skilled workman the work will be done to the satisfaction of everyone.