Democratic messenger., 1881-09-03
PENIEsULAR ITEMS.
coXDEysED FRou oUR ExcHANeFs

We ds0Gih Is vide spread, EN-
braciu2 o.her States beyond Mary iana -
there beng 81 actual water famine iD
some sections.
The Dover Delawarean swears 70
this: III was so bot bereabouts last
Saturday week that two apples lying in
The yard Of Mr.. J,mys S. Moon. were
.ot~aB ..y roasted"
-Mrs. Mary William Jones. a lne2l
defendant Of William Williams, a sign
cf OF the Daclaralios of Independence
irom Connecticut, died 10 Elktou, Mon
dag, aged n years.
-CMtman Cox. an aged clizen Of
Sails bury. remembers when there was
not thirty houses 10 the town, and ouly
tour that are nov standing. He is about
90 years old
The Delaware Beet Sugar Compa-
ny, Of Wilmington, are looking for and
want to purchase or reut big tract Of
! PM Ulai land m which they propose
TO cultivate sugar beets on a scale large
eoougb to meet the demands of their
mauufact3ry.
William Young, young man en-
ployed Sc the Ouancock barrel factory.
eau turn Gu, l52 barrels per day
Thursday some parties visiting The mill
timed him, aud he made single tarrel
in the ex;raordinary time Of , -. The
average time for au expert is 3 30 or
minutes
AT the Democratic primary meet
ing held at Cambridge Nd. Saturday,
the following delegates were elected 10
The county convention. to be held next
Tuesday Charles Il. Hayward, Willis
Y. Dean. Nm. p Mills. and Yerd. S.
Dali. There was no opposition ticket,
aud ibe delegate, are in favor cf Joseph
II Johnson for State senator
"A; Povellsgile. Wicomico county,
john Pratt Parsons had difficulty with
BENZ Morris, hich terminated in Nor
ris shooting Parsors, the bullet taking
fleet il The back jas' above The hip, in
almost exactly the place tie presideD,
was wounded. The irjury is considered
very dangerous. Motiis has beea loie-
ed in jail.
=" This has been a bid year for the
Peninsula said Superintendent Mills,
If The Delaware railroad on Wednesday.
The peach crop failure; the wheat
crop short corn light, drying up with
Drought; the OILY really good crop has
been strawberries Raspbcr,ies did not
turn out very well; apples are plenty,
but not bringing anything"
AT The Democratic primaries held
a Salisbury. or Saturday delegates we're
e'ee "a favorable to Eiihu L Jackson,
King Y. White and Thomas J. Twilley
f5e the Legislature The G'st two will
certainly be nominated GU September g.
There may be a contest against Twilley.
No political significance is attached to it.
any disagreement which may exist be
ing Of personal character.
"A Milford landlord went to his
tenant farm f W days ago to get some
wheat. The wife OF the tenant was at
home and refused to let him have the
wheat. When he entered the granary
she locked him in He broke out aud
was pouuced upon by the woman aud
ber daughter, the Two rapidly reducing
his clothing to rags. He FASTENED to
loft where there were three bags of
wheat. but the woman took the ladder
away, and thus treed the discounted
landlord was forced to yield.
"A special car from Pocomoke City
brought party Of Railroad magnates
tc Princess Aune on Sunday last. They
paid visit TO the Washington Hotel,
where they weI entertained in the usual
handsome style, SO natural to the pro-
prietor of that house. Among the party
sere Gen. Wm Painter, lessee Of the
Peninsula Road Oornerly called
Worcester & Somerset Il. R;) ]. l.
Bates, superintendent, and T.. &.
Gourke, Civil Engineer. Gen Painter
intends to extend his road from POGO
nuke City through the two Eastern Shore
counties of Virgins, aud we understand
that suiveyors are now engaged in map
ing cut the course. OF the road. When
bullt it will be liberal feeder 10 the
Eastern Shore Il. R.-Somerset Herald
John Hopkins. our popular clam
vonder, has novelty in the way of
claiming dog So proficient has he be-
come iu his uewly acquired profession
that a few days ago be followed his mas
ter to the FLATS" and caught re less
than three hundred clans, taking one
clam at a time aud placing them all in
one huge pile. The most curious part,
however. is lbat he can fod them under
sand. The clam sign is somewhat simi.
Tar to that Of the manninoe: little hole |
10 the sand about the size Of garden |
pea. During low water, when the fats |
are dry, the dog will search diligently |
TOR these signs, and when found dig |
with bis paws until the clam is brought |
20 light, thon, taking it in bis mouth, he !
carries 1t 70 his pile aud thus he keeps |
on uaul his master has secured clans |
enough, or the tide comes iD and pre-
vents further work -Eas,ern Vlrginian.
-0a Monday the body OF Mrs. Amau-
da Henderson was found ia the Dela-
ware and Chesapeake Canal at St. |
Georges, Delaware. She had LETT her
home, a few hundred wards distant on