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Transportation -- Railroad - FreightTransportation -- Water - Freight

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Infrastructure -- Public - Government : Lighthouse service

Mr. Wm. G. Bell is the assistant keeper of Cherrystone lighthouse.

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - General Stores

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Transportation -- Railroad - Other

Ex-President Arthur accompanied by his private secretary and a few other friends, was a passenger over our railroad last Saturday.

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Infrastructure -- Public : SchoolsInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Taxation

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Transportation -- Road - Maintenance

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Infrastructure -- Public - Government : School administration

The following is an extract from report of County Superintendent of schools for the month ending March 31st 1885. Number schools in operation, 82; number more than one teacher, 18; number pupils enrolled, 3,852; number in daily average attendance, 2,641; number of schools visited, 37; number warrants issued, 99; amount of warrants $2,885.

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Moral -- Murder

The trial of Dr. Pitts will probably take place in Hampton in May.

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Real estate

Mr. P. W. Savage and wife sold lot 631 at Cape Charles for $400, and not $40 as reported in THE ENTERPRISE of last week.

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reprinted from Baltimore SunInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Postal serviceTransportation -- Railroad - FreightTransportation -- Water - Freight

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Real estate

Half Moon Island, off Hunting Creek has been sold by Browne, Jacob & Co., real estate agents at a satisfactory price to northern gentlemen.

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Architecture -- Courthouses

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reprinted from Onancock Eastern Virginian, August 29.Transportation -- Railroad - Personal injury

Sally Bundick (colored), in making an effort to jump a moving train at Onley station last Sunday morning, fell between two cars and was carried some distance, with her feet dragging on the rails, before the cars could be stopped. She was finally rescued from her perilous situation without serious damage.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - MusicAfrican-Americans -- Work - Other

Blind Tom, the renowned negro pianist, will give an entertainment in the Town Hall of Onancock, next Monday night.

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Mental illness