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Moral -- MurderSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : SeasideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Poaching

Mr. John Evans, who shot his old friend, John Gibbons, one day last week was arrested later by Sheriff S. A. Jarvis and brought here and committed to jail. Mr. Evans applied for bail and the hearing was had yesterday before the commissioner here.

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Moral -- Murder

Ernest Snead, colored, convicted at a late term of the county court of murder in the second degree and sentenced to seven years confinement in the penitentiary was taken by Eugene R. Mason, State guard, last Wednesday morning.

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Transportation -- Water - WrecksWatermen -- Personal injury

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Transportation -- Railroad - Freight

Large shipments are still reported of sweet potatoes at some points along the railroad of Accomac.

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Moral -- Property crimeSea -- Terrapin

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Weather -- Northeast stormsTransportation -- Water - WrecksInfrastructure -- Commercial - GranariesNatural resources -- Shoreline migrationInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Life-saving service

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Residential construction

One of the handsomest homes on the Shore has just been completed for Mr. L. J. Kellam, of Belle Haven, at an estimated cost of $15,000.

Captain James B. Baylor's Views on the Oyster Question.

Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : SurveyingSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : PlantingSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Legislation

He believes that Proper Legislation Would Make the Industry of Inestimable Value to the Commonwealth.

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reprinted from Cape Charles Light.DiseaseInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Quarantine, federal

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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : SeasideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Packing

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reprinted from Worcester Advocate.Transportation -- Water - Steamboats

It is rumored in steamboat circles that a big corporation headed by T. C. Platt, of New York, has been formed to operate a new line of steamers between Baltimore and the Eastern Shore. The United States Express Company is said to be behind the movement.