Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-06-18
PENINSULAR ITEMS.
CONDENSED FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Wausville, Accomac county, has
been made post Office town.
-Seveu families Of Swedes have ar
rived 10 Somerset county.
The new line of steamers between
Norfolk and CObb's island will probably
stop at Nashville.
Work has commenced on the Court
House at Princess Anne. 1t is being
repaired and improved.
The Hon. Phillip w. Downes. OF
Denton. is a candidate for comptroller
of the State Treasury.
Mr.. Seth Wilkins. farmer living
near Kingston, died at his residence on
Monday, the Both ult 10 the 18th year
of bis age.
"A new bell, weighing 513 pounds,
has been recently placed in the tower of
the Delaware College, aud its fine tone
wakes up the dull echoes OF the campas
-Seaford women are trying to find
out which is the prettiest baby in the
town. g but, like nouns and verbs, y
says the Index, I" they won't agree"
Tue valedictorian at the Conference
Academy, Dover, this year is Thos. l.
Kellum, of Dover the salutatioD, j..
W. Hazel. The graduating class num-
bers ten.
Rev. J. +. Mombray. of st. Mich
aels Rev. f. 7. Tagg. of Easton. ADD
Prof w. II. Dashiell, of Princess Auue,
are delegates to the third international
Sunday school COZ ventiou which opeus
at Toronto, Canada. June %.
The army worm is playing havoc
with the growing corn about Lewes.
and farmers are busy blowing trenches
around their fields for the purpose of
srresliug the progress OF these destruc-
tive pests
The laying of the cornerstone of
the new Methodist Protestant Church
in Cambridge, Nd, has been postpon
ed until June "a, when it is expected
there will be large attendance of the
Masonic fraternity from Baltimore and
elsewhere.
"A child in St. Michaels was poison
ed this week by chewing the green pa
per taken from fan, and which con-
tsius arsenic. The little fellow was
very sick, but medical assistance reliev-
ed it and prevented serious results
Comet.
MIR. Daniel NJ. Henry Jr of Cam
bridge, States Attorney for Dorchester
county, was married on Wednesday
evening OF last week, in Christi church,
Ess,on, to Miss Matte H. Adkins, ell
des. daughter of DR.. l. l.. Adkins,
President of the Easton National Bank.
Nj. Litlleton Smith. who owns q
fishing shore opposite where Col. Hugh
lett carried on his fab Matching opera
tious. tells US that at no time in his ex.
perience has he seen so many young
fish in the Wicomico as at present. Hc
says in calm weather the surface of the
water see ms to be alive with the little
hnuy tribe.-Salisbury Advertiser.
"A Dover youth of Is summers,
with complexion like unto charcoal
strayed away from bis gurdian. sist' I
with 10 years to her credit. When
she found him be was busily engaged 10
playing marbles with some of his white
chums. As she dragged him toward
home she was heard to say: Haven,
| prayed for your Haven't l gone to
the Lord with you? 'spect your bead
is full of bugs tell you, niggar. il
you don't keep away FROM those white
trash I'll bust your head with brick T.
=" The History aud Directory Of
Easton, Nd" has been received. This
is handsomely printed pamphlet of 63
pages, giving complete list of all the
public officers aud business meO, names
and histories of the various churches,
schools. manufacturers. newspapers and
public buildings of Eastou, the whole
compiled by S. Elwood Patchett, ESQ,
to whom the people OF Easton should
fell greatly indebted for the care and in
telligence shown 10 the general make
up of what must be to them an interest
ing publication.
The Cambridge Chronicle says that
a colored man of Dorchester county find
ing bis son in declining health consult
ed a copjurer near Philadelphia and was
advised to give the patient cod liver OIL
at the same time being assured that this
would expel from him a number of sin
gular worms that the lad bad drunk 10
cider at a corn huskiDg that at the ex-
pulsiou of the worms death would ensue.
Finding the boy would die the father
tried the remedy with the result indicat-
ed, the patient dying in commissions
soon after taking the cod liver oil. The
worms are described as being like cent?
pedes.
Superintendent Groom has drawn
and forwarded to New York for approx
al plans and Specifications for new de-
pot here. which he is very anxious to
have built soon as possible. The new
building, it is proposed. shall DE two
stories 10 hight, with a ladies' room,
gentleman's room aud ticket and tele-
grab Office on the first floor. The Sec
ond story will be divided into two rooms.
one for the President aud the other for