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ATLANTIC HOTEL.
QATE ESeLIsH's,)
CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, VA.
WI MATTHEWS CO. Proprietor..


a The undersigned beg leave to inform theIi
friends and the general public that they have
leased aud refurnished the above elegant aud
eommodious house, and are now prepared to
accommodate permanent and transient guests
In drst-elass style.
Large airy rooms. Home comforts.
Fine Sea and Ray Fishing, Cunning and
Bathing, etc. The table is provided with Wild
fowl, Tenapin, Fish, Oysters, Grabs, and all
the Injuries of the season.
:. Pleasure boats of all kinds. guides, fishing
lines decoys, ponies, etc, always ready for
The use Of guests.
first-class Bar attached. Choice wines
'ors, ales beers and cigars
'engers for Chincoteague connect with
for the Island at Franklin CITY, the
If the Worcester Railroad, morning
:. Connection may also be made
hyille. All who visit the Atlantic
ed that they win receive conr-
and excellent fare.
Is respectfully solicited.
J. MATTHEWS 81 90.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-05-20
The Democratic Messenger.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY by
LITTLETON DENNIS, Proprietor
At SHOW HILL. WORCESTER co.. ND.
Subscription. s. Year in Advance.

Liberal arrangements made with clubs.
Correspondence solicited from all parts of
the county.
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Crop Reports for May.

The May report OF the Agricultural
Bureau at Washington of the condition
OF winter wheat makes the average for
the entire breadth 100, the standard of
undiminished vitality and medium
growth. The average condition IN
April was 102, which Is higher than has
been reported for many years. In
April of last year it was Sc. Only the
States If the North Atlantic coast, and
those mt the head of the Ohio Valley,
Texas and those of the Pacific coast fail
TO reach 100. while the extraordinary
vigor OF the crop IN other sections fully
c mpensates for these local deficiencies.
The Illinois Bureau of Agriculture tele-
graphs that the condition of winter
wheat is four per cent. above an aver
age. Ia the Eastern belt, represented
largely by New York an1 Pennsylvania,
the weather has been too cold aud the
ground too wet, causing uneven growth
and yellow color. Tne chinch bng IS
out in force IN large portion OF Kan
sas, Missouri and Illinois. Rye Is also
IN good condition, the general average
being 96. Three-fourths of the winter
barley is grown in California and New
York, i'll which the averages of condi-
ton are respectively 90 and 10.
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1T IS said that the course Of can
ball may be turned by conte~
shipgle. The shingle III
effect upon the bawl Of
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-05-20

UNDER THE Floor The purchaser
of an old house at Elgar's Ferry, Ky..
saw that the floor in one spGt was nailed
down far more securely than anywhere
else. Curiosity led him to remove the
sth was a small mound
Nich he dug out the
man beings i IS
si-gone occupant
1erer Of travellers.
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FAITH CURE.
Remarkable Performance OF q
Young Woman Ridden
tor Three Years.
Committee.

ERIE, July 19.-The power OF imsoi-
nation has been we'll tested here. Miss
n. Grayson, bed-ridden with spinal dis.
ease for many years, decided to try the
prayer cure, against the wishes of her
physician, who finally consented to make
arrangements for simultaneous prayer in
her behalf at 8 o'clock last Sunday night.
The lady was greatly excited but full Of
confidence in the Scripture, and believed
that the prayer of faith would save the
sick. Assembling her relatives and
friends at the hour named she bade them
stand still and behold the salvation OF
God. At 6 minutes past o'clock she
arose from her he'd. from which she had
not risen for three years, and walked in
their midst we'll woman. Two skepti-
cal sisters were Immediately converted
and fell upon their knees asking forgive
ness for unbelief. 1t happened, however,
that the doctors arrangement for prayer
miscarried and no prayers we're made.
The cure OF the lady and the conversion
OF the sisters are rejoiced at all the
same
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CAMERON ITEMS.

CAMERON OHIo. July II, 1882.
Ed. SPfRIT. We are blessed with peace
and plenty. Our farmers have got most
of their wheat in stack. and 1t is said Ia
he OF good quality.
Our merchants are dong good busi-
ness: tradesmen are busy and everything
is lively.
Mr.. William Palmer has portable
ssWmiIl and is saving large LOT OF lum.
her on Alum Run. 10 Salem township
Some weeks ago he sawed one poplar
log that made l4S4 feet of inch lumber :
the log was hauled about one-fourlh
mile by four horses on . log sled two
Of ihe horses belonged to Charles Duf.
fee and the others TO John Byer, and are
said to be small horses Now II this
can he beat in Monroe County / will
give . nickel 10 see II. Palmer, OF our
village. is q truthful man and will give
the proof Of the above statement
As Richard Henry is no GO, I will
sign, "DICK."
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CAMP MEETING.

There will be Camp Meeting held on
the Old Camp Ground near Stafford,
commencing August 16, lsS2. and con.
tiius over at least One Sabbath.
The grounds will le peautifed. and no ex.
penss omitted that will be conducive to the
comfort Of the people, or enhance the interest
of the occasion.
The best ministerial help that the East Ohio
Conference can afford has been secured, and the
Word will doubtless be dispensed eloqusntly
and with power.
A hrst-class boarding tent will be kept on
the ground, where all that desire accommuda!
ti6hs can obtain them. and at as low rates as
cah he Had at any hotel in the county.
The public is assured that abundance Of pure
cold water. free for all, will be found upon the
srotnds--enough for both man and beast.
Come brethren and sisters in Christ. Let us
lay aside the business cares Of life and spend q
few days together, in the lsafy grove, in the
worship of God and let us pray that when we
enter Upon the encampment that His eternal
Spirit. like a cloud, of mercy, may hover over
Dis. May God in His infinite goodness meet
With us and bless the people.
Admission fee I'd eents-good during m,ccei
ing. :. THOS. WILSON, SesTssarJ g.
Stafford, July 4, 1926.
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ETA remarkable trial has just ended
at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the suit of Stu.
debaker q Co., bankers, against the
American Express Company to recover
the value Of sealed package said to
contain $4,000 in bills. The nsker-up
Of the package swore to the contents -
He also swore that after he had sealed
1t the package was not out of his pos
session until he delivered it to the ex.
press company. Every clerk and mes
senger through whose hands the pack
age afterwards passed swore that It had
not been tampered with. There was
nothing to show that the package had
been opened Nevertheless when its
destination was reached the contents
were found to consist OF newspaper
clips cut to the size OF bank bills and as
carefully tied up as hank bills could have
been. In these circumstances and after
the Judge had charged that plaintiff
was hound to establish his case by pre-.
ponderance Of evidence to the salts &C.
ton Of the jurors, the jurors had no al
tentative but to 6nd for the express
company. Nothing collaterally appear
ed to impugn the integrity or good faith
OF any witness. so that the case may be
fairly regarded ss one Of the most mys.
terious cases on record
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OBITU A R Y.

DrEp-Decemher Is, 1881. near Mt.
Carrick, Monroe County, Ohio, ELItAH
McMAHoN, aged 73 years 2 months and
10 days.
He was OF Irish descent, born Oc'o.
Der 5, 1908. in OHIO County. West V,r-
ginia, -four miles east OF Wheeling. When
q youth his father rem owed with his FAM
ily to Indiana where he dwelt about two
wears, then returned and settled near
Clsrington, Monroe County. OHIO. Here.
when about 20 years Of age, he married
Miss Jane Enlow. and went into business
with Thomas Cnmmins as distiler and
remsined in 1t for ten years. Having
bought considerable real estate, near Mt.
Carrick. he then went to farming, and
dealt considerably in cattle. There be-
ing only four acres of arabic land on his
place; the remainder had to be clesre,l
up ard pus into cultivation.
Like the majority OF citizens, who form
the bone and sinew OF our country, he
was . self-made man. Having no chill
,lren Of his own he raised and provided
for several orphans.
In public affairs he held the office OF
County Assessor, was Infrmary Direc
tor 13 years, and might have been elect.
ed to higher positions had be not refused
them.
During the greater part Of his life he
was an elder OF the Christian Church ;
was honest. upright and charitable.
Of hie twelve brothers and sisters
only one sister survives him. The lune
raj was conducted by Elder Dunn.
We die, but leave an Influence behind
that survives. 1t is what q man ,oas
that lives and acts after him. Every
man is q missionary, now and forever,
for good or for evil, whether he intends
it or not. The seed sown 10 life spring
up In harvests of blessing or sorrow.
The sun sets hey md the western bills,
but the trail of light he leaves behind
guides the weary pilgrim to his distant
home, The ftee falls lii the forest, hu,
10 the lapse OF ages it is turned into coal,
and our fires now hnrn the brighter be.
cause IL grew and fell. We live and We
die, but the good or evil we do lives Of.
ter US and Is not "bulied with our 5ones.'
Living We act. and dead we speak. The
bard OF Avon Is still translated into
every tongue, The philosophy Of the
Staeirite is stiIl felt in every academy
THE blind old man of Scto's rocky
isle" still speaks. Only the pure foun.
tain btiiigs forth pure wdtef. Name
deeds live after him. -
"His suffering ended with the dsy,
Yet lived he at its close.
And bteathed the long lohg night awdy
In statds:liks repose.
But when the sin. IN oil his stats,
Illdmed the eastern skies;
He passed through glorys morning gsts.
And walked in Paradise"
ST. EWING.
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OBIT UARY.

Jesse N. Brown died with Diphtheria
June 9th, 1882, and was buried In the
new graveyard at Or .rk on June 2S,h.
Jesse was 6 years and 9 months old.
AMI had such a dsuositiOn. socially as
to attach to herself as friend almost
every one who came to know her. She
WAS loved by almost everybody in
Ozark. Her father being 8 store keeper
her bright cheerful face was daily seen
and enjoyed hY the citizens, as they
came In to trade Being Of an affec.
tionate and cheerful disposition she he,
came a real pet in the family, especially
after the sad sffi ction, which that fsmi.
" passed through in the summer and
fall OF last year.
Little Jesse was called to suffer only
for little while, after she first was ta-
ken sick. She complained on Sabbath
morning al about two o'clock, and on
Tuesday Two O'Clock p N. she was
corpse
With sorrowful hearts, mid falling
tears We laid her precious body to rest
BY the side OF Clvde and Otto who, but
a few months before were called away
to their eternal home. We sorrow, hut
thank God "soe sorro,o MT as those that
are ,sithout hope"
Jessie. thou hast climbed the golden stairs "
Where your little feet are waiting
In the realms Of perfect bliss"
". BEpAII,.
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PROBATE COURT ITEMS.


July i2.-Jane Z,siqer was appointed
Guardian Of Burnacs 2 .siger, q minor.
Bond 90 600.
July Matthew Warwick, Admir-
of the estate of Elisabeth Masters, decd.
obtained an order for apprasement Of
real estate. f X, Shankland. s. p. Geh.
hart aud P W. Brown we're appointed
appraisers. Of,ler for private sale is
sued.
Christian Diehl vas appointed Guar.
dian OF Batbars j. Kennedy, q minor
Bond 50 600
July II THE last Will and Testa-
rnsnt OF Martin voegtly. decd. was ad-
rfiit!ed to probate
July Is M. Boughner, Adm'f OF
John n Rutter, decd, reported an ap:
praisement Of real estate, and obtained
an order to q II at private sale,
W.T. Hdfd, A Alm'r Of Vim. tppin
colt, decd, reported sale sf resi ss:
tats, Shieh was ,sonfrniei.
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EA Guernsey county farmer pre-
senied a bill to the Commissioners oi
that County for sl4S for sheep damaged
BY dogs Ninety dollars OF this amount
were for general damages to his dnck
The Commissioners allowed him only
ssS, claiming that they have no power
to allow only for the sheep killed or
wounded. The farmer, nv his attorney,
gave notice that he would appeal from
their decision to the Court of Common
Pleas. This will be test cssc, and will
settle question that is Of interest to
wool growers.
The Commissioners of Monroe coun
ty took the same view Of the law-thev
refused to allow anything for "damases
to sheep caused by scsre."-ED. SPIRIT
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OBITU UAR Y.
Death of Mclchoir Berner.
". BEDAI.L


| The many friends OF Mr.. Melchoir
Borner will ba grieved TO learn that he
expired yesterday morning at 8.l6
o'clock, at his residence, 2l28 Carson
Atreet, South Side. HIS ailnent was in.
aamstion of the bowels from which he
had been suffering for about three
weeks. Although he was seventv-three
years OF age, yet, before his last Illness,
he looked hale and hearty, and did not
appear to be more than fifty years old.
Deceased came to this country from
Germany in 1886. and arrived in this
city in 1897 Being tailor by trade,
he secured employment al his occupa-
ton, and in a few years, by his industry
and frugal habits, he accumulated enough
money to GO into business for himself
ln the great fire of l845 be was burned
out, and the fruits of years OF toll de
stroyed. Not DISCOURAGED. he, in the
same year. went to the South Side, in
which part OF the city he lived during
the remainder Of his life Although be
was OF retiring disposition, and was
no politician. yet his fellow citiz.rs ha'i
such confidence in his honesty and in.
tegrity of character that they almost
forced him to accept various public po-
si,ions He represented his ward for
several terms in CIuncils.
He started in life poor boy, but by
his honesty, energy and industry he
worked himself up in his business, and
at his demise left his family compe-
iencv. He was temperate and ecnno-
mical in his habits. yet he was always
charitable and ever ready to extend
helping hand 10 the needy.
He left wife and five children, two
daughters and three cons, to mourn his
loss One OF his sons, William, is Gen.
eral Western Freight Agent Of the P !,
Ft. W. & C R R.. With his office in
Chicago. John, another son. is employ.
ed in his office. The other son is in hu-
siness in Brownstowh.
Mr.. Borner belonged to several orders,
and had host Of friends both in and
out of the city. He was highly esteem
ed by all who knew him, for his many
good qualities of head and heart. Rcs-
qSiescat in peace Pittsbsrgh Chronicle,
19th inss
The deceased was the father of Mrs
WILLIAM SMITH, of Woods6eld, who
was present and waited on him during
his last Illness ED. SPIRIT
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Liquor Law In Maine.

One Of the editors of the r gister ie
''down In Maine" examining into the
working of the Maine liquor laws A
pretty fair exposition OF the sitHa,ion
may he gathered from these tw6 para.
graphs which we clip from his letter in
the Register of Tuesday, 18Th hist,
from Lewistown:
"The city was under Republican rule
In the year 1865 Col. Waldron was ap.
pointed Marshal, and it was then tha,
the law was first enfotEed. He held the
office two years, and enforced the Law
impartially and to the best of his ability
and succeeded so well that he closed all
the rum shops on Liston street. A
large number of the dealers served ou,
long sentences in the county Jail, Others
fed the town to escape from the law,
while others were so impoverished b,
fines tha, they we're obliged to leave the
business. Even then there was much
liquor sold 10 the slum hoes of the 10 n
by persons who carried it on their per-
son or concealed it in their closets, and
this was OF the vlest quality, and only
used by the lowest people. y
The result was thst the third time he
was not wanted for Marshal
"Another man was chosen, and things
changed. Drug stores began to spring
into existence on every corner. There
were no xxx signs up, but liquors
could be obtained almost anywhere, and
as might be supposed, tho, sale OF it
went into the hands of rum ring,
which, with few smart leaders and pol
iticiaDs controlled number of votes -
4
"The year Mr.. N,ves democrat
was Marshal, his assistant was Mr. Ed
Virgins, now one of the celebrated
Boston detectives. Noyes tried his bes,
to enforce the law, but could do nothing
with the men he had on bis force One
dark night countrymsn rushed into
town and informed him that he had
passed big load of rum coming to
town, about FIVE miles away. Marshal
Moves, with two others, intercepted the
team, and at the same time found his
assistant, W:ggins; and two more of his
force plotting the load of rum to the
city. Virgins and the two assistants
were discharged in disgrace"
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The Queen City Suspeudsr Company
Of Cincinnati, are now manufacturing
and introducing their iiew Stocking Sup
portersl for Ladies' and Children, and
their uneqnaled Skirt sdspenders for
Ladies. None should be without them
our leading physicians reeotimend them
and ate loud in their praise: These
goods are manufactured by ladies who
have msie the wants OF ladies and chill
dren a study, and they ask us to refer
them to some reliabls and energetic lady
to Introduce them in this county, and
we certainly think that an earnest solici-
tatien in every household wotld meet
With ready response, and that deter
mined woman could make handsome
salary and have the exclusive agency for
this county. We advise some lady who
is in need Of employment to send to the
Company her name and address. and
mention this paper. Address Qneen
City Suspender Company, No Ito Main
Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
July 4. 1926.
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wheeling wholesale Market.
wHEEtisa. Tuesday. July is.

"sEELise. tuesday. july H.
Grain-IAe exei'etnens g Of iast week
uas sooa' oo o,eo an oa. ano sneas mas lsles h..,
" uosi 'o C'rn enn oats s''ii noia
up s' s0c ana ooc respec'ivels.
=, r.oul-Iae ns.ae, nn 's lluie higher:
Cnoice amser, : uoat oo; medium am
Mi,, oea, a.s0 0v; ~iscons'a: osan n. oosI 70;
~ ,on;. ss.a s; Ss e oyao 70, .ancy e; ~;
! 6Il,.' nn 90. zoao 20, 20 'ansy pa.en,s, u.s. . qua
s., uJ I..n ,.sa ,nsa!, psa ousnea' so soc; Ga.
mea', Iancy' per barrel, . ooa6 20;
common; s.as no . %; rye four per osrrel'
go. nav W. a.i o, -,
we.,e,n "a es ias.,ss " 0a' M p.'me
So. 80 jsio,5 E 'o sls.s ,ul Te" Iork.
I;mhSs..r Ss, &. ao0of''ng 70 qua''sy;
suaise'i saadaS rha 1.c. nsi,.. -. :. ,.h:
,,mo,hr . 5s. a,noss [ ~ ooss Do 9Hs: H'
Gtsss n. ,..oS.,a Svse. 80. ovsI ) ~ oo' 0iuo
% in,,a, iy1 wsU,, D.yas.a gas ~ ~
,onus - oO'e'a'e p''cs ;, iasi4 Per
u uas,.s. b...p.. a, "a oau
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Only q Grape on the Door.

We have jlst received a copy OF a
new motto song and chorus, called
"0nly Ctspe on the D ,nr," composed
By EDWARD J. ABR.Htx Tais is one
ofthe most touching al af,c i've songs
that ever came to our notice. II is very
easy, aud can b, plsyel o, piaa, or or.
gan.
The price OF this hsautifu' song is 40
cents per copy, or three c,pies for 81
Address ell orders to F. W HELNroK.
Music Publisher. 1S0 Elm ST., Cincinns
III O.
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Stock full and Complete With Goods
Suitable for the Season.
How to Mali Letters from Hotels.

The Postmaster General has not, as
has been repeatedly asserted, lssued an
order 10 pos;masters to disregard "res
turn requests" printed on envelopes
Mr.. Jones, who has charge Of the un-
claimed and misdrec,ed letter depart
ment Of the New York Post. Office, said
yesterday that 1t had always heen the
rule not TO return letters to hotels even
though the REQUEST to do 30 was printed
on the envelope, and the new rule, so
far from extending this custom to other
letters, provides that hereafter hotel let
ters shall be returned when written re-
quest is made on the envelope. The
term "hotel," as the Post.Office under.
stands it, is very comprehensive. 1t in
cludes hospitals, prisons, Castle Garden,
consuls' offices, colleges. and in fact any
place where number OF letters are re-
ceived for different individuals; but it
has always been customary to return
letters 10 oil these places If so requested
on the envelope except to hotels proper,
where the chances are that the guest
writing the letter has departed,-N Y.
Void, 19th ms.
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Grant ON Eespt,

PHILADELPHIA, July IS The Record
will publish an article tomorrow morn.
ing giving Gen. Grants opinion On the
Eastern question, which is. in effect. that
he sides with England in the controver-
~. He says that the people of Egypt
are ten times worse of than the negroes
Of the South, and he believes that an
English protectorate would help to de-
velop the resources OF the country and
improve the condition OF its people
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New YoRK, July 20.-The case OF
General Newton NJ. Curtis. ex-treasury
agent, convicted in the United Circuit
Court for collecting money from office
holders for political purposes. came up
again, to-day, when decision was rem:
dered bv the Court In Banc and COM
posed of Judges Wallace, Benedict and
Brown, on the motion for a new trial
and in arrest OF judgment The leci-
sion is in effect that an act OF Crngress
prohibiting Government officers from
collecting money for political purposes
is constitutional. Therefore the motion
in arrest OF judgment aud for new trial
is denied.
Curtis was sentenced to paw fine OF
$1,000. The counsel for Curtis intend
to carry the case 10 the Supreme Court.
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WOie of our exchanges reports
that the vield Of hlsekherries this yeaI
will be immense. Every little hush cling
ing to the wavside was white with
bloom. and the fruit is raidly ripening
Enough berries will grow by the road
side, the lanes and the waste places out.
side the a aids to supply ths State, and
much OF the crop will go to waste fol
the want OF hands to save It.
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EY W. p. RlCHNER having gone
South on business, all those wishing TO
protect their buildings against Light
ming with Copper Conductors can do so
by calling on or addressing GEORGE
RICHNER, at Ozark, Ohio.
July lin.