Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-03-12
PENINSULAR ITEMS.
CONDENSED FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

District. Talbot.
Small pox has broken out in Bay Side,
between ST Michaels and Tilghman's Island
The protracted meeting in tue ". e.
Church at Smyrna has resulted in 10 ccnyer-
sions.
The Town Commissioners of Easton
have ordered 45O feet of rubber hose for the
Fire Department.
The family of L. NJ. McCabe, Seloy-
ville's boss shoemaker, are just recovering
from The measles
A general railroad law for Delaware,
similar TO the laws in force in this Stale, is
advocated by the Milford News and other
Peninsnlar papers.
james r. Bishop eft home last Monday
for PoughEeepsie, n Y, to enter as stu
dent at Vast man S Business College. He
will be absent fer three months.
The Breakwater Light assures its read
ers that new pier will positively bs built
at Lewes, and says it will most likely be COM
pleted by the excursion season.
Delaware owns little Island in Reho-
both Bay. William II. S,cen asks the State
TO give HIM the Island. 50 that he may re-
tire upon 1t enl live alone, aner old
Selkirk's style.
MIR. b. C. Pallen, residing near Prices
Station, Queen Anne's county, has sold his
prospective peach crop from an orchard OF
500 trees for twenty-five cents backet to
Mr. Wescott Faithful.
"A movement is on foot in Princess Anne
ard Paramount TO erect mon ument to the
memory of Rev. VIM. l. Balm, whose re-
mains repose in the " E. Church-yArd =,
Princess Anne.
Mr.. Perry Parsons is the happy possessor
of gray mare that has lost her front teeth
through eating sweetmeats While the
dentist is at work on new set, Mr. Parsons
feeds his pet with bottle-Salisbury Ad-
yertiser.
Miss Phoebe Couzins, Of st. Louis, lee
tured in Dover last week, before an exceed
iogly select audience of tweniy-foGr persons.
She was introduced by Mrs Belva \ Il. Lock-
wood, the celebrated female lawyer OF Wash
ing ton.
After a struggle OF seven weeks, the
most bitter ever known in tie history OF the
Delaware Legislature, the Delaware Wes-
I, rn rail-as,1 h;Ii I,a ha.o,,. , L.. III,
new road from Baltimore to New York, it
is said, Will certainly be built by Wander
bilt and Col. McComb.
The greatest excitement prevails along
the bay shore over the immense quantity OF
timber-logs and square-scattered along
the lands OF different parties from Tilg hmau's
point TO Tilghman's island, a distance Of
nearly dozen miles. Mr.. Ned Long has
over 400 on his laad.-Free Press.
Isaac Watson, who lived near Miilsbor-
oueh. Sussex, recently cuta CASH ia his foot.
The wound grew worse, aud il was decided
that his life could be saved only by ampnta-
ton. Three doctors administered aua;he-
tics and the foot YVES cut Of. lie del under
the knife.
Bishop Bowman will pgesds at the Meth
ol.t Episcopal Conference WHICH will meet
at Lewes on the l6h instant. A successor
of the late Rev. T. E. Martindale will be
chosen, and it is expected that the confer
ence viii authorize the sale of the Whining
ton Conference Academy.
-Greenshorough is soon TO have a C rcu-
lating Library. The proceeds OF the recent
entertained and private subscriptions to
the fund briggs it up to 500. Officers were
elected last Saturday night week and taey
propose to spend that sum IN books and OPP
en- tie library atau early day.
-Chestertown has made move for a new
Town Hall Plans and drawings of the
building have been made ana subscription
books opened. The Ira nsoript thinks it very
probable that they will bave such build
ing within six months, and that it will be
the handsomest one south Of Wilmington,
hO naSNhAG ll"lt III IAtsiSU Will DC del-
icated on Wednesday, May 4th. The Grand
Lodge of Maryland will be present, and
number OF subordinate lodges, also The
dedicatory address will be delivered by
Gen. Albert Pike, OF Washington, d. G.
The committee of arrangements are d. c.
Avery, j. T. Bateman and II. ]. Triple
Ledger.
1t has been re ported TO the Gazette tina;
a hen of white Drama variety, belonging to
Dr., J. l.. Cannon. Bethlehem, Caroline
county, layed an egg, which weighed 81
ounces and measured inches in circumier-
ence. When the outer she'll WAS b roken aud
the egg enptied out, there was found anoth-
er egg of medium size and perfect
There is much talk about til 8 peach crop
throughout the peninsula, and the Middle
town Transcript has, by way of diversion,
changed the subject to the bonn ct crop 1t
says: 1--WE are Informed, on good authori
ty, that the spring bonnet crop will be full ly
up TO the average. The buds were not at al
injured by the severe weather we have re-
Gently passed through. Men who have been
hoping Tor short crop in that line will be
Disappointed