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Transportation -- Railroad - Maintenance

The N. Y., P. & N. Railroad is making its track narrower by one inch from Delmar to Cape Charles. The work will be done by the section men without interruption to traffic.

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

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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : LegislationSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Planting

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reprinted from Cape Charles Headlight.Transportation -- Railroad - Corporate

The business of the N. Y. P. & N. R. R. Co. will be conducted by Mr. J. W. Carroll, over the signature of Vice President W. A. Patton, until a successor to the late Superintendent H. W. Dunne is appointed.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Field sportsfield sports - Hunting : Personal injuryTourists and sportsmen -- Field sports - Hunting : Raccoon and opossum

Three colored boys, while out hunting last Tuesday night near Craddockville, cut down a tree to take an opossum from it. The tree fell on one of them, aged about 12 years, killing him instantly.

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Banks

The bank building at Onancock is nearly completed.

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Infrastructure -- Public : Churches

Lynch and three others, the "sanctified crowd" committed to jail recently, were released on bail last Saturday.

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Field sportsfield sports - Hunting : Personal injury

Mr. Julius C. Outen while rabbit hunting near the Maryland line with a Mr. Taylor on last Wednesday accidentally shot him in both legs. Dr. E. E. Kellam, Horntown, had picked out seventeen shots according to our latest report and was still looking for more of them. Mr. Taylor was not seriously injured.

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Transportation -- Water - WharvesInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Lighthouse service

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Natural resources -- Conservation - Game

The Eastern Shore Game Protective Association will hold their annual meeting at Drummondtown, on court day next. It is the regular meeting for the election of officers.

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Moral -- Other

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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : BaysideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Poaching

Mr. B. B. Gladding, Mearsville, who was shot several weeks ago and whose death for most of the time since has been hourly expected, still lives, and an improvement in his condition is reported.