Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....News, Feb 1891 

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           ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY. 

The Peanut Market - New Railroad Proposed. 
              The Farmers.

  WINDSOR, VA., Feb. 26-[Special.]- The 
prices of peanuts having advanced a little, 
quantities of them are now being thrown on 
the market here.  One of our enterprising 
firms bought and shipped five carloads 
yesterday.  The Alliance factory is also 
buying quite largely and the merchants are 
taking no few in trade. 
  It is already evident that the different 
positions on the Democratic ticket for 
county offices will be hotly contested this 
spring, as a large number of candidates are 
already in the field.  Eight aspire to the 
office of commissioner of the revenue. 
  Dr. C. G. Jones, of Norfolk is conducting 
a revival meeting in the Christian church 
here this week. 
  Misses Nora, Jessie and Nannie Parker and 
Miss Lulie Jordan, of Smithfield, are the 
guests of Mrs. R. A. Edwards. 
  A railroad is now talked of from Windsor 
to Smithfield.  It would doubtless be a 
profitable enterprise, since the cost of 
construction would be comparably small, and 
the route lying through a populous, fertile 
agricultural section, having no means of 
transportation without great inconvenience. 
  Windsor property is steadily advancing. 
  The farmers in this section are clubbing 
together and buying their fertilizers by 
the large quantity direct from the factory. 


"The Times" (Richmond, VA), Feb. 27, 1891 (Vol. 5, No. 17), 
   p. 2, col. 2 


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