Democratic messenger., 1881-10-29
PENINsULAH ITEMS.
coSprysrD FROM oua EXCHANGES.

House building ~ Dover is SO brlsk
/ tlst euough carpenters can nor be pro-
I cured to meet the demanis Of WORK
- Malaria has run 20 strong in Wi
csmieo thar tie public school roll IS ma
ierialiy dimioi-bel on account Of It's
( pteval, uce
Seven steamboats, plying regularly
in Tai5ut waters indicate how this conn
! try has .mpeoqe3 end increased in ma
teill prosperity within tweaty years
The condition Of the Brandy~ioe
wafer now agitates the mind Of the Wa
tor Uommitte ot Council aud the mem
bers Of the Board Of Health Of Whining
ten.
ST. Michaels don't seem TO be ont
/ f the world a, all now that we are IN
telcerapbi5 communication and know
7e can hear fron any ywhero in mo-
meat Comet
- lev uieb.'s since Mrs. Knots,
widof % keal county, Md, was twice
iudeceudy assaulted IN her own house
by ao unknowo man. She escaped half
dressed to a ueigAbo. 5. Her assailaut
is at ltrg'.
Rev. Henry Y. Vooheee ,oi Princess
+ Ann Ubo bas baen taking six weeks
vacation tire n8ttu. relurbe5 last
Taue.l-y aud filed his pulpit % Sun
day moroiue His family rst1rred with
bin. They were warmly greeted by
grcGa'i9a after service.
1 was told Of well known and
0eay esteemed Talbot divine. that in
mos 0. diougtt he would never pray
orf fa.u, bowcg,r urgently his people
insisted, unti bis peacocks cried. Then
/ ue aa- sure rain was at hand. and the
prayers be then made were quickly an
swered.
A Gbestertown mar ho visited the
+ O. 3soJa al nHsauOtc paid
+ tveoty-GVe cents for reserved soat o"
sra tiefs from which 70 see tue
proee sion, aud after having SAT there
'9ur ong hours be got daWn a mad
man. The procession lad not come
within four squares Of hin.
William Il Jackson has just com
pletad in Salisbury the iinest mouse east
# fuae Chesapeake. The inside linish is
verg fue. l. is finished in hard woods
on both toe fist and second stories.-
+ Gawtaror & Brother did he rlan
bad gas buug, p1t ia the steamer, heat
er aua rss machine and choud-iierS,
ana did oh the work Of that kind IN a
most complete manner.
-Isaac Atkius died At his ho 70 at
Phillips Hill near Mili>barough o1
Thursday morning of last week OF par
alysi>, aged 73. He was Methodist
preacher of great power and for many
years be labored successfully at camp
meetings aud revivals. Tie was gener-
allY known in the country aud univer-
sally liked. His funeral took place
yesterday.
Joseph n. Tlgbman, a Young
man empioqed in Humphreys & Tilgh-
mans saw mill. about six miles from
Salisbury, had his haud badly maogled
by saw Wednesday, The wound was
DIRE ssed by Dootors Denni aad Todd,
~ Salisbury. The hand will probably
be saved but a. the teudons AMI other
tissues were so badly iacerated, be will
uevcr recover The fuIl use ofit.
-On last Monday John Mason, a
shoemaker at C'isieId had been drink
iog aud was quite Intoxicated He was
walking on tho railroad track when the
special tram hearing !he Delaware militia
"a lie Yo,ktowu ceDtenula came down.
and lie was run over aud killed He
WAS not seen a. all by any one and il
was net kuogn that he bad been Killed
until be Was found by pedestrian, who
was walking up The track about an hour
aherward. lie was horribly mutiIated
During last week Mr.. II. II Da-
.hielI, gister at allls has had the mis-
fortune . lose three ol bis horses aud
bis son, II p. Dashioll, whose driving
horse was qaar'rFed IN the same stable
lost bis also This makes quite mum
Der Of horses the, have died lately in the
cauufy. "a is SAID bv some TO te iipthe-
,ia, bg others he ep2.ofic, pink eye
&-r.. wtilc atbsrs still think that it was
the result Of improper feeding. Among
;he loses are some very valuable AMI
mals.-PrDcess Aune Marylauder.
"A correspondent Informs Us that
two Of the visitors az the camp meeting
held a Nelson's church astorished the
natives. J Z. Giljs and !. l. Hearu
.ook diuueg at the boarding tent. Mr..
ellis was not welt aud ate very light
dinner composed Of two and bali
bends If cabbage and five pounds Of
iwa, aua orhar minor articles. Mr.
( II.aro ed not like to desert . comraic.
So aIao tined himself 70 two bushels
g. pateoe7 and Eve pouads Of beef =
. biz is said to be az autheuiic fact. -
Salisbury Advertiser.
Alfred Waple., who lives near
| NLillsboro, Del had quarrel with his
mother on Saturday and, getting ,he
worst Of it, concluded % revenge his
faueed wrongs 1Y hanging himself. So
t proceeded 10 the barn took pail of