Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
THE PENINSULA.
What Our Exchanges See and
Hear. Interesting to All
Our Readers,

w nbJ Our G4CnhuBe6 DUO anu
Hear. Interesting to All
Our Readers.
DR. /. l.. Adkins has been improving re-
Gently so much that he has been able TO
walk and ride about. On Tuesday he
went to Cambridge, via Dover Bridge, to
attend the diocesan convention.
knowledge and Power. And no where Is
the purchase and power Of your money
greater than with us. People who require
really gOod, serviccable, long wsaringcloth-
ing should visit the Bell Clothing House,
Oehm's old Stand. Pratt ST. adj Hanover,
BALTIC. Remarkably low prices In hest
made garments coupled with style and
durability.
Al Sharptown. Wicomico county. Tues
day, Urias Baily, u very respectable farm.
or, aged scventy-five years, while unload.
ing Strawberries at the steamboat wharf,
slippc,l oil the wharf aud was drowned he.
fore assistance could he rendered. The
body was found where il had fallen about
half mn hour afterwards. Mr.. Bailey own.
ed some very good property.
A mass.mccting Of the farmers of Tai.
bot county, and all Others interested in
fruit culture, was called tO meet In the
Court House, East0n on Wednesday Ol
last week to discuss AMI consider the i'm.
portant enterprise known rs the Fruit
aud Produce Exchange. Of Baltimore city,
recently established for the more cxpcdi.
tions handling aud advantageous sale OF
fruit.
Mcssrs. Rice. I.amotte Il Co. have near
.tls.
nj their cannery nj the Chester lsivf
wharf, ChestertOwn. They hope to he
shape for Strawberries early next wecY
Among other appliances. they have q
chine for cutting corn from the cob, -ntll
il run by steam, aud has u capaci, t0f sew.
cnty ears per minute. The - has not
made any speculative nv Gases of peach
orchards, hit'proposds 10 take the run oi
the market.
Mr.. Howard Mecks, an old and well
known citizen Of Farilcc. Kent county died
Of kidneyidiseasc at twelve O'Clock Satur.
day night III the seventy seventh year
al. his age. Mr. Mecks had been In feeble
1th for some time. lie had been for
hrs u local preacher Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. and was u strong up.
holder III lis principles. lie held the po.
sition of school examiner for Kent Co. for
long period. 4 number II peach or.
char,ls in different sections Of Kent coun.
~ are reported rs affected with the peach
yellows.
Plans for the Easion Centennial are he.
ny rapidly developed and the committees
are hard at work. 4 large number o!
citizens and business men have already
expressed their willingness To assist, and
the parade on July 90 will be long rcmcin.
bercd by the people Of Eas,on aud Talbo,
county. Rye Centennial colors rs adopt.
ed are black AMI red, with which the pep
pie are requested tO decorate their resi-.
lcnccs. offices and stores, MS well rs with
the national colors. The procession will
commence about II o'clock u. M, and will
bc headed hy all the commissioners and
ex-commissioncrs Of EasiOn now living
The annual turtle dinner took place Wed.
ncs'lay ut Gorly's hotel. at Quaniico, Wi.
comicO county. The turtle dinner has
been great event in the politics of Wi.
cOmico for number of years. rs il is al
that time that the slate is general fixed M
and il always calls forth large crowd Oi
local politicians. But rs there il NO slate
to make Out this year. not 80 much was
done. except 10 talk freely of Gibson and
Cleveland md Thurman. There was q
large crowd in attendance. among whom
were Colonel Henry Page. of Somerset;
Senator Toadvinc. Sheriff White, Dr.Slcm.
Ons. :. i. Tmd.inc. j. I. Truiti, Thomas
Perry and DIR. q. ". Trniti.
Petitions are on file in the Executive
Department ut Annapolis from citizens oil
Easton asking Governor jackson Ia di.
rect the States Attorney for Tablet colin.
~ To file bill In the Circuit Court to va.
cate the charters Of the "Easton Social
Club" and the Eastern St,cial Club" on
the ground. principally. that there have
been misuse. ab,,sc and nOn.use of the
charter rights and privileges set forth In
the acts Of Incorporation. These corpor.
ations were made by the Circuit Court
uuder the general incorporation law Of
the State which has pr0vis' u for for.
fixture al charter in eases where the re.
quirements Of the act are not complied
with. The Governor will refer the mat.
ter 10 the Attorney t;,ncral.
Considerable excitement was caused in
Cambridge ut an early hour onc day last
| week by fight between two lads I'm
Italian hoy. Zen janiinc Sykes. about four.
teen years Of aye, has been here for few
days as n pc,lllcr. While vcndin. his
wares Ec was accos,ed by another boy
named johnnie Nichols. of about the
same age; son of Mr.. James Nichols, q
contractor in the city Words were
followed 10y fisicnirs. and Johnnie. Selling
brick dealt Sykes stunning blow on the
lett jaw. Sykes Is in u lad condition, hut
The wound Is not thought 10 he serious
beyond the loss of half Of his teeth. A
warrant for Nichols arrest was issued by
Squire Flint. but he has not yet bccr
found. Search is being male hut IL !,
thought hc has skipped tho town.
.CRisrIEi.D. Mn, :Junc 9th.-It is csti
mated that GD0 car loads Of strawberric,
have been shipped out of this county thi,
season. Each car averages 400 3a.quar
crates making total of 2iO.O00 crates
These will return an an average. see
per crate clear of freight, commission and
carriage. II will thus bc seen that over
half million dollars have been brought
into Somerset county To bc divided DC.
tween the growers and pickcrs.
The American Transportation cOmpan,
has made five years contract with I'll,
New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk
Railroad Company to run their refriger
ator line from Crisiicld to the Northern
market. II Is thought that the Refrigerator
ears will receive the patronage ofs0fl and
shedC:cr crab packers.