Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-07-23
Personal Mention.

Presbyterians were decidedly num-
erous at Ocean City on Wednesday
Several blooming Pocomcke City
misses are visiting friends in town.
Miss Marry Franklin is visiting
friends in Princess Anne.
Hon. Z. X. Wilson and family are
domiciled in their cottage at Ocean
City.
Mrs. John w. Smith and children
will leave next week for a trip to Ra-
leigh Springs, Va.
= Congressman Covington and fami-
~ AMI Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. z. Moore
and daughter are at Ocean City.
Hon. L. T. II. Irving, Col. Hen
ry Page and Robt +. Bratten, of
Princess Anne, spent Monday in town.
Among the guests at Ocean City
is a young Partisan widow, of report
ed beauty and "untold" wealth.
A large party OF ladies and gen
tlemen from Wilmington are registered
at SCOTS Ocean House.
Col. Chaille Long will visit Ocean
City during the early part of next
month.
Miss Kate Erickson of Berlin,
has been the guest of the Misses Col
Inns during the past week.
General Passenger Agent Browns
family will spend the Summer in Maine,
whittier they have already gone.
BRO George Cotton is frequently
mistaken for Catholic priest; we be-
lleve, however, that he is of the '"pad
dy-whack" persuasion.
We regret to learn that the vener-
able wife of Justice Jas. G. Messick is
dangerously ill, and that her recovery
is considered improbable.
No Sabbath School excursion is
complete when unaccompanied by
Commodore Parker +. Wharton, of
Stockton.
I'VE haven't met girl yet who has
adopted the style of black stocking
for one leg and a red one for the
other.
Senator A.P German, Hons. Thos.
J. Heating, Jesse Hines and George
Cotton arrived at Ocean City on We'd
nesday evening, and are stopping at
the Atlantic.
A number of the colored ministers
attending the NJ. E. Conference now
in session here are being entertained
at the houses of Hon. George w. Cow
ington and DIR. Geo. w. Bishop.
Mr.. Thomas Humphreys, of the
Wicomico Bar, was visitor to our
town during the early part of the week.
During his stay he contracted for a
considerable quantity of wheat for his
mills at Salisbury.
MIR. S. w. Powell, the popular
Philadelphia commission man, drop.
ped in to see us this week. Mr.. p. has
large trade from this section, and has
the reputation of making very satisfac-
tory returns for all consignments sent
him. His long experience, native
shrewdness, and the favorable location
of his house give him decided advan-
tage over many others in his line of
business. We are pleased TO learn of
his success.
A "cruel par lent" IN Accomae OBJ
jected to the marriage IF his daughter,
Miss Margaret Harrison, to a young
man named George B. Killman but
on "Wednesday last, the young couple,
having secured the services of the Rev.
Mr.. Mullineaux, boarded the steamer
Tangier and came to this place. Hav-
ing secured the necessary license. at 7
o'clock the same evening these lovers
were happily joined in Hymen's bonds,
the ceremony being performed in the
saloon of the Tangier at her wharf in
this place, by the aforesaid clergyman
in the presence of a number of the
boats officers, and citizens of our town.
They returned to their home on Thurs.
day Good luck
MIR. Asher NJ Richardson, a ma
tive of this district, but who for sew
eral years past has resided in Texas,
was united in marriage with Miss Belle
Votaw, of San Antonio, on the evening
of July 1st The wedding, as we learn
from the San Antonio papers, was a
very brilliant affair, and the bridal
presents were numerous and costly.
The happy couple are now on visit
to Mr.. RS relatives in this neighbor-
hood, having arrived on Monday last.
On their way here they visited New
York, Saratoga, Niagara, and other
places of interest. Mr. Richardson is
engaged in stock-raising in Texas, a
business in which we are pleased to
learn he has been quite successful,
while his robust appearance is cer.ain
indication that the country in which
he resides is healthy one. He is to
be congratulated upon having secured
such a handsome, amiable and pleasant
companion for a life-partner. We
wish them all imaginable happiness.
We are now better prepared than