The Countryside Transformed:

To the Berry Growers of Northampton Co., Va.

Fields -- Crops - StrawberriesTransportation -- Railroad - Freight

Capt. C. S. Morgan, President:

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - ResortsInfrastructure -- Commercial - Hotels

Metompkin Hotel, situated on Metompkin Beach, by the mutual consent of the owners, will be sold at public auction, at Accomac C. H., on the first day of next February court. For full particulars see advertisement in next issue.

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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : BaysideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Surveying

The commissioners appointed by the court to examine the oyster rocks in Pungoteague Creek omitted, it was claimed in the survey of Lieut. Baylor, and reported that 245 acres were omitted and the same have been surveyed and platted by D. F. White, county surveyor.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Resorts

The Metompkin Beach Hotel is now open. The best of cooking is there. No finer surf bathing, good shooting and bathing. Boats will leave Folly Creek to carry passengers every day at any hour.

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Moral -- Other

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

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - FairsAfrican-Americans -- Society

The third annual Grand Fair of Improvement on deep Creek, near Morris Chapel, will commence August 20th and continue four days.

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fields -- Crops - White potatoes : Yield

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Real estateTransportation -- Water - Wharves

Capt. H. L. Crockett sold his interest in the "Shell Pile" and steamboat wharf at Tangier Island, on 26th ult, for $500.

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Migration

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Fields -- Livestock - Dog problem

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

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reprinted from Wicomico News.

We understand that "two wild and woolly negroes" who cut such a terrible swath around Salisbury during December, have at last left this section and taken up quarters in Virginia. Last week they were located in the brick yard of the Slemons-Lankford brick company and after they made their escape, their den was entered, and a side of bacon, cooking utensils and a bag of flour were found hidden away.