Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-05-07
PoCoMoKE CITY JOrTINGs.
FROM OUR pocoMoKE CITY EXCHANGES.
Record and Gazette. !

Record and Gazette.
Mr.. Stephen Mills unfortunately
fell one day this week and fractured
some of his ribs.
A rock fish was in town one day
this week that weighed between 90
and 10 pounds. 1t was caught by Mr..
Chas. Powell, below Puncheon Land
ing.
The many friends of Mr.. VIM.
Sartorius will regret to learn that he
has been suffering severely during the
past week from the effects of Renal
Calculi.
-Messrs. w. ] S. Clarke & Co.
say "We offer now as we always
have done TO pay cash for our merchan-
disc due bills. after deducting what the
holder owes us. We have always paid
cash for our due bills assigned other
merchants on presentation As we
before said the fuss is not made by the
mechanics who receive these bills and
who in many instances are indebted to
the merchant who gives them, but by
those who do not happen to have them.
We are informed that the congre-
CATION at the Presbyterian Pitts Creek
Church was larger on Sabbath last,
than was ever before known at an or
binary service There is also a flour.
ishing Sabbath School there, in which
the pastor takes much interest We
are glad to know that the congrega-
tions of Rehoboth and Pitts Creek APP
preciate the efforts of the pastor, Rev.
Conway, and are growing under
his ministrations.
MIR. Jerome B. Hall has commenc-
ed work on his house. We under
stand that his purpose is, to raise the
house considerably from the ground,
and fill in under the house also to
make the ceilings higher, put in new
windows, and modernize the whole
building thus adding materially to its
appearance and comfort. This is a
fault with most of our buildings
The stills are not sufficiently high from
the ground and the ceilings are too
low.
We are informed that the PENN
sula railroad company are prepared to
start at once in the construction Of a
| continuation of the road from this
place to Pungoteague, and that the
only obstacle in the way of its immed
late building is the consent of one man
who has thus far declined to give the
right OF way We also learn from the
company that they cannot pay any one
for the right of way, as it would be
impossible TO pay all, and all would
expect it if one received it. We hope
this matter will be satisfactorily arrang-
ed at once, so that work may COM
mence Immediately 1t is the purpose
Of the company to make contract for
the construction of a bridge across the
river, and while this is being complet
ed to push the construction of the road
| in the expectation that it will be at
Pungoteague and trains running upon
it by the early fall The continuation
of this road will be of very great ser
vice to this place and vicinity. 1t
would expend thousands Of dollars here
for material and labor, and would
open up our swamps, and facilitate the
getting of lumber, beside opening up
many avenues for its sale. Besides all
of this it would make us forever sure
of the advantages of railroad. To
the people below US it would be of in
estimable service. Let the work be-
gin.
(From the Herald J
Rev John ID. &. Hanna, of this
town, and Rev ]. A. Arters, of Stock
ton, will exchange pulpits on next Sum-
day night.
A company of sportsmen will go
to the beach next Thursday on an egg
hunting expedition
House building in this town is
comparatively dull this season and the
indications are that it will remain so.
The frame work Of new schoon-
er was raised at Young's ship yard this
week She is about forty five feet
| keel
Mr.. Ralph Ross has been engag
ed in making oil tanks for Capt Crock
ett's fish factory on rangier Island.
Quite lot of lumber has been
shipped from this place to Fairport,
Va TO build fish factories at that place.
We were shown one day this week,
by Mr. James Lockerman, chicken
which has four legs, four wings and
one head. A popularity about the
chicken is that it looks like two bodies
joined together, and the that back of
each has marks which resemble each
other. 1t is supposed that the chicken
was Matched from double-yolked
egg.
Reliable Evidence.