Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-06-11
PENINSULAR ITEMS.
CONDENSED FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

cock.
Potato bugs bring G cents pint
at Bsyview.
The track of the J. & b. is being
put il order for the Summer travel
The Presbyterians are going to
erect church at Pennington.
-Senator Davis, OF Illinois. has been
visiting Eikton. his old home.
Joseph Stafford. prominent eiti-
zen of Talbot county. died last week.
The Democrats have elected their
local ticket 10 Accomack county.
There are eight candidates in the
field for Clerk of the Court Of Queen
Aune's county.
H. j. Hulseman has sold bis $50
acre farm in Dorchester county to Viii
liam Wiloughby for 81 600.
David Kitchens, keeper of the
Smiths Island Iifs-saviug station died
few days ago.
An Eastern Shore pig ate fourteen
eggs and swallowed a bucket-lull of
Paris green, aud still lives.
One Dollar will secure the Eastern
Vrrgiuian a whole year, the largest
weekly paper in Virginia.
Two new fish MANURE factories are
soon to be erected GU Occoha mock
creek
Tho students of Delaware College
will give grand commenceme Mt ball
on Wednesday evening, June 10, in the
Exchange Hall.
A new Methodist church is being
laid near Bethel, in Occohannock Neck.
The old church was built about 100
years ago.
Jennie Smith, whose father lives
on the read between Newark aud Elk
ton, died on the 9th ut. from blood
poisoning, brought on by an attack cf
toothache.
The Chestertuwn Transcript calls
it g freak of nature when a barrel
marked behring's" comes ashore there
from the Baltimore steamer and is found
to have something strong, Of a liquid
nature, in it,
There arc 81 stores in Cambridge,
Md. the sales of which aggregated last
year S604 500 This does not include
many other enterprises. which will swell
that amount TO nearly two million dol
lars,
Joshua Grant, the Occohanuock
colored man who has for some six
months been indulgiug tie process OF
starvation, is now reduced to mere skin
and bone. and will be exhibited at the
Grange fair as living skeleton. -Eas-
tern Virgiuian.
The special train sent to NJ ilford
on Thursday to bring the stockholders
Of the J & B. road to Georgetown to
attend the annual meeting Of the Com
pauy. Dade the run from Georgetown
sixteen miles-in fifteen minutes.
Superintendent Groom hal hold of the
throttle.
1t has been decided that the new
lighthouse at Bloody Point shall be
erected at the lower end of Kent Island.
at the entrance to Eastern bay where
black buoy No. is. Sharp's Is
land lighthouse, destroyed by ice last
winter, is to be rebuilt in tho place
where it formerly stood The plans
are now beirg perfected.
Elijah Sterling, a unatic living
about miles from Crisfeld. attacked
his wife and two young sons with knife
and Ratchet on Thursday night last,
and 80 severely injured the former that
her life is almost despaired of. GA,
angel" he said, appeared to him and
told him it was the Divine will that be
should kill bis wife He loved her but
the will of the Lord must be obeyed."
He is in Princess Anne Jail.
Mrs. Irene Jemison, the wife of
a well-to.do farmer living near Newark,
committed suicide by hanging on Satur-
day afternoon last. 4 strange fatality
seems to surround her family. Two
years ago her father killed himself v bile
temporarily insane. in Brdgefon, N. j.
Her mother dropped dead at his funer-
al. To add to this strange list Of hor-
rors. her brother shot himself acciden-
tally or while insane.
The Sussex County Index is a low
er OF the Peninsula and it strongly ad-
vises Delawareans with the Western few
er to stay at home. Says the Index:
- The climate is excellent. Eminent
writer's extol it as a most desirable To-
cality. 1t is free from those terrible
cyclones and foods that characterize the
West. with latent wealth enough 70.
all who will remain aud help develop it.
The western fever ia a delusion. as those
who are returning to their beloved Del
aware can testify"
The Cecil Wing is responsible for
a story about two prolific hens, who
have been competing with Que another
as to which shall exceed 10 egg making
They began on the 18th of September
last, and every day since have laid eth
er two or three eggs each The rule is
two eggs apiece each day. but every
third or fourth day they Law three for