Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
THE PENINSULA.

day, Oct. 9th.
Judge J. upshur Dennis. Of Baltimore
spent several days oflast week in Princess
Anne.
Dels~are has the base ball fever badly
I'll season and mos, every village has
I1,N'c-ack" club
Daniel N. Devices Of Kent county, has
hecn appointed assistant wcsghcr OF grain
by Gov Jackson.
Tuesday will he Children's Day at the
Dover Fair. All children under II will
be admitted free.
II Is reported that Frank Robbins Cir.
Gus and Wild West show vii exhibit at
Georgetown at an early date
The Delaware State Fair promises 10
be a grea; success this year. II begins
September 24th anil concludes on the Goth.
Mr. Harry Mason of Denton, picked
from his strawberry patch near town a
quantity of fine berries the second crop Of
the season
The new NJ. p. Church at Chcstcrtown
will bc dedicated about the middle Of DC.
tobcr. The cdiiicc is approaching com.
pletion rapidly.
MIR. Robert Shores and Miss Lily
Casey, both OF Deals Island. were mar
ried l>>thc N. f. Church on the Island
last Wednesday evening.
The Prohibi,ionis,s held picnic at
Fruitland, Wicomico county. on Tuesday.
W. 7. lIarman. candidate for Congress,
and RcvsA. S. Mowbray and J. A. b. VIII
son spoke
Josiah Bayley, lawyer, Pn Of Hon.
Josiah Baylcy, ofCambrid jshId, died a,
the Almshousc In Alexandria IA, about
two weeks ago. Mr.. Bayley VI eccentric.
He practiced law for years. but taught
school In Alexandria until physical mfr.
nifty threw him upon the public charity.
The two schooners built for the State
oyster navy by Train A. Bounds, Of Bar.
rcn Creek Springs, have been launched
first on Saturday and the other Monday.
The two boats will be taken from Sails.
bury soon to the Sharptown marine rail.
way for rigging, etc.
Eou,n,s n.ln,yar. w.s v;s;tn,i hv .
clyclone on Monday. II struck the new
school.housc and nearly demolished il and
did considerable damage to other property
of the town. The buildings on farm
just outside Of town belonging to Mrs.
NJ. \. Durbarrow were completely demol
ishcd.
The p, ", and B. Railroad is now erec.
ting at the depot at Centreville. u new
freight house with capacity Of ten th0us-
and bushels of grain The building is a
most substantial structure. the timbcrs
large and strong. 4 large force Of hands
are ut work on II and II will he completed
In short iime.-CsatrerNt Observer
T.. H. Burni,c. formerly Of Easton writes
toehe F'-npn Gasette ,la, he is on his way
To En- = and will probably arrive there
In fen weeks. Mr.. Burnitc early in the
summer was reported TO have committed
suicide at Salt Lake City which report
was found 10 bc untrue after II had been
published in almos, every paper on the
peninsula.
We are informed that II large tent has
been secured and will he pitched on the
vacant lot u, the corner Of Division and
Bradford streets, in which series Of re.
ligious meetings will be held by the mem
bers of the Methodist Church These
home tent meetings are much In use in our
larger cities Let all who car, lend help
ing hand In the good work. -Deia~dream
The men who catch oysters with iongs
in the lower part of the county bordering
on the Manokin river are complaining
very earnestly OF the scarcity Of Oysters,
ih tia'N AiNtis AHSg NNl Aiiitt WIN Wy
To assist him one man can barely make
$3.50 per day. The oysters have been all
caugh; from the bottom by the use of
scraperS. II this is so the outlook for our
iongcrs is quite gloomy for this season.
Mdryiandtr.
Mr. Thomas Alfred Bryan. Register of
Wills for Queen Annc's county. died al
his residence at Ccntrcvillc Landing on
Wednesday morning last at o'clock after
an Illness Of abou, six months, from can.
Ger of the stomach, age sixty five years,
My. Bryan was son OF the late Valentine
Bryan gentleman of wealth and influence
and one who occupied a prominent posi-.
tion in the affairs Of the county during
the first half of the prescn, century.
Charley Shelton, age i2 years Of wilm.
ingion, Del. While on visit in Queen
Anne's county last week playlully threw
a knife a, Andrew Bailey boy of the
same age. the knife struck the hoy in the
middle Of the breast bone and killed him
almost instantly. Earnest Kirby small
colored hoy living in the same county was
killed by the discharge of n gun which
was caused by the carriage In which he
was riding running in,o deep rut in the
road The hoy was about II years old
and much thought of
The exhibit OIL. q, Brown of wy0m.
ing at the exhibition Of the Peninsula
Horticultural Society, of fruits grown on
the Locust Grove Fruit Farm Is one of
the features Of the exhibition. In II are
eighty varieties Of apples. five plates Of
each variety. Ten varieties Of pears and
twenty OF peaches. These varieties range
from the earliest, which have been in
llart's refrigerator for months past to va.
rietics which are just ripening There are