Democratic messenger., 1882-09-16
PENINSULAR ITEMS.
CONDENSED FROM OUR EXCHANGES


Castle county. Del \ have rottel for want
Of baskets 10 ship them in.
Mrs. King, an inmate of The Kent coun-
tv. Del, almshouse, hanged herself on last
Frdav night.
Perry Jones, Esq. of Princess Anne, and
Miss May Y. Snyder,of Albany, n Y, were
married on the 26th ult.
II h. Rchohoth Presbyterian Church is
now beng thoroughly repaired New siding,
an entire new root and other improvements
VIII Le added.
DR. W II. Gale, of Somerset, has re-
turned home from Mount Desert where he
spent August. Mrs. Gale will remain there
several weeks longer.
The Salisbury Advertiser, in timely
article on advertising, dscourages reading
nOtices, rs useless IN :onv eniept and All an
noyance TO resders.
--Diedat Hornto wn, Sept. 6th Louise
Villers, Youngest daughter OF Linda aud
Edward Shivers, aged one year, four months
and six days.
Eighteen new students have been sd
miited 10 Delaware College ana ten others
are expected to enter during the present
mouth. Most Of the old students have re-
turned.
The N. E. Church in Centreville is be-
| ing thoroughly overhauled. A new tower,
standing 20 feet above the original bull ding
is to be erected, and large tell will be put
in.
One wheat grower in Queen Anue's Co,
Mr. Wm. Mckinney, grew more wheat this
yeaI Than was raised in the whole of Wi
comicO county. LIS crop was IL, 900 bush
/ els
In the race at Pungoteague, on last
Thursday, between the hsrses, Mari, Bell
and Lula Bell the latter belonging 10 Mr..
Geo. W Powell, OF Unancock, WAS an easy
wimrer in TWO straight heats.
Way of the Middletown Transcript saws
Z" All The balives OF Oxford are said 10 he
web oolei owing to the fact thl, in youth
they paddle about in the water from Novem-
! ber 10 March, inclusive.
Mr. J Samuel Daft has entered the
! livery business as Il partner of Er Sene
/ II E!Chaidsun. For his age, he is the most
I &C muctUnt manager OF horses in this county
and the most cdreiul.-S llsbutr Bachelor.
The barn aud stablns on the tarm of
/ Richard 3. Baxter, Kent Island, wa5 de-
. s,r1yed by fire on Tuesday OF last week,
( with contents. II is not kao wn how tn"
! fire originated Mr.. Baxter WAS in Bali-
more hen the fire occurred
DR.. j 4. Nixon has res gucl his posi-
ton as route agent ON the Delaware rail
road between Philadelphia and Crisieli on
attCUut 81 reduction OF salary and Deia-
vale c. Nnu!rs, oi Milford, has been appo;a
ted IN his stead.
Il Caroline county colorei man attend
Cd camp meeting, aud upon returning
hcne siatCd that The longer he lived the
note SINS he would have to answer for, and
went into the barn aud hung himself until
lie w"s dead.
Can bridge is rather queer local option
city. 1t on!! rtquires prescription 10 get
all the whskoy one desires and il is said
that IL presci lption can be had at any. time
Tor l0c Ii our information is correct the
druggists are dulng profitable business
Leader.
Smyrna b.s picking esiablshmc mt
whith uses about thirty barrels OF cucum-
hors daily I"e cucumters are grown by
the iaimers near The town--twenty five acres
having been contract for. One farmer has
TWO acres uadcr caltiya.lSn
The K!s;rg san journal which clam
pionS Judge Stun? i'll The present jude III
I contest, tgu:ts u, IEat in - years c. w.
C@u'hssanh. oi lht Cecil Democrat, Siump's
opponent Tor The Democratic nomination,
has received So t)c in public patronage.
The store Of Augustus Sterling, situated
in Crisded D;slri,t, near Apes Hole, was
DESTROYED hl fire, on Thursday evening Ia ST.
The fre wos undoubtedly the wulk of nm iu-
cendiary. Who applied the torch is now
tie question The building and goods We
are informed wei- fully Insured d.--hetder.
Frank NJ Boegs, OF Accomac, has
sweet potato which shows evidence of aving
had a struggle for existence. Il grew through
small knot hole il piece OF plank and en-
laIEiuc on either Siie-the two ends hang
ing tClethoi II la Samese twias--asG resenl-
les in no small degree | Gtcut windlaSs.
Tile Eas'on Ledger saws The Re.
publican registration in Talbot County has
been we'll looked alter, aud 80 per cent. of
the Rep bllcan vote is now registered. The
Democratic registration has not been 10 oked
after, and tie Democratic Ieg gistration is far
from being co mpleie. -
The Democrats oE Accomac are invited
10 attend IL political Aeeting to he held at
the Court House on the first day Of the next
term OF the county court. The object OF
said meeting will be to effect thorough or
ganizali on of he Demo cratic party. Every
member Of the county committee is especial
ly urged 10 lie present.
The crew Of the steamer Maggie having
! reported through the Virgnian few days
ago that they had put 500 hb!s of sweet
potatoes on the steamer in So minutes, tue
lruckmen of the steamer Tangier request us
TO rel IKE them ior their tardiuess, by saying
TO item that they lut on the Tangicr during
last week at Pitts Wharf 700 bblS. in so
minutes aud were not leeling we'll either
! Enterprise.
The directors of the Eastern Shore
Steamboat Company have decided To build
ttaxy sfu ts.r H., l.,