Democratic messenger., 1888-10-20
From Berlin.

On Wednesday last "'ssdt 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. our town W. .rown In confusion
by two Of our p lincnt citizens. Mr.. c.
Philip Nelson and Mr.. Henry A. Godfrey,
becoming agaged In a quarrel, the par.
ticulay yof which no one knows. when hot
wosds ensued, and resulted In the shoot.
Sdg Of Mr. Godfrey by Mr. Nelson. lie
was fortunately shot only in the thigh,
but not dangerously We trust he will
soon be out again. II looks as if Mr..
Ns.son did not intend to kill him, as he
shot low. The shooting occurred In front
Of the Atlantic Hotel. All such occur.
anccs are to be deplored.
The revival meeting which has been In
progress for the past two weeks in Syne.
puxent. about three miles from this place,
has met with success far beyond the OK.
pectation Of any ofthe members of the
congregation. Already the number Of
new converts out number any meeting Of
the kind held at that place for n number
of years. think the members Of the con.
grega,ion and the elders OF the church
should feel very grca,ful to Rev. Mr..
Wyatt for the grand success which has
crowned his efforts In behalf Of the church
as he has lsbored hard and is worthy of
and entitled TO all honor and praise
Mcssrs. Sheriff " Rhoda, two apprcn.
ticcs, have opencda shoe shop in room
ON the sccondilo Of the stOrchousc form.
erly belonging TO Capt. James Brattcn,
but recently purchased by c. l.. Williams,
Esq. Satisfaction guaranteed TO all pa
irons of the new firm.
The little enterprise which was started
by l.. J. Dcrickson, Jr., in this town, as
an experiment, Is fast developing into a
business of importance, and increasing in
every way The inhabi,ants of the town
would not be without it agae under any
consideration. They find al )ivate bank
great benefit to the town and are patron.
izing II more and more all the time. Our
people should feel proud of such business
men as DR.. Dirickson, Jr., and congmtu.
late themselves on having such men in
their midst
Our old friend, Laban Cullen, has again
gone into the mercantile business and
may now be found behind the counters of
Messrs. Bell & Bowen. one Of the leading
firms in Berlin. The members of the firm
are young, entcrprising and energetic, and
spare no trouble to please their customers.
Their stock Of fall goods is second To none
either in quality or quantity while their
prices are lower than the lowest, Call and
be convinced.
DIR. James e. Dirickson left here last
Wednesday for a ten days pleasure trip
by land with apair Of pretty horses to his
carriage He prtp poses TO visit George.
town, Milton, Dover, Smyrna, Chester
town, Easton. Cambridge and return
home by way of Salisbury He was &c.
companied on the trip by his wife You
may be, the tp, or is having good time
and viii " dc thing up in style where.
MpT /ennis' young horse ran away
lasY klay and wrecked the carriage To
W nc was hi,chci Mrs. Dennis and
y Maggie Taylor We're driving The AMI.
mai when the acciicn, occurred, bu, lucki.
ly neither y: them was injured beyond
some slight scratches and "a horrible fright.
Mr. Benjamin Sclhy was returning from
Ocean City last Thursday evening when
his horse became frightened and nan away.
demolishing his carriage and throwing
Mr. Selhy and an old lady, Mrs Qrillcn,
on, and broke her wrist. The evening
was very dark and The s.Iai! was purely
N. The horse became frightened
lining in the road and jumping into a
,.ost ON the opposite side Of the road
upset the carriage with the above result
We congratulate Mr. Sclby ,ha, the result
was no, more serious
\ number ofOur people drove to Snow
Hill through the rain Thursday night of
last week TO witness the performance OF
Queen Esther by Snow Ilill talent. Their
verdict was Every good bu, no better than
Berlin"
Miss Mamie Go'.ircy, Of Brooklyn, who
has been visiting Miss Annie West for sev-
cral weeks past has won number OF warm
friends during her soiourn who will be
sorry 10 see her leave our town.
Mrs. 4. G. Curtis, who has been long
and patient sufferer with that fatal disease,
consumption, died last Thursday week
aud was buried on saturday. Her remains
were followed TO their final resting place
by host Of warm friends Mrs. Curtis
was lady Of much refinement and was
possessed Of fine conversational qualiiica.
;ions. She bore her suiFcrings with Chris.
tian foriitude and resigned in Christ.likc
faith. She leaves husband and four
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