Democratic messenger., 1888-08-25
THE PENINSULA.

J,Alex' Harris received $4,000 three
poi I'd tin cans from Leipsic this week,
and his factory will soon be In full blast
ON peaches and tomatoes. lie has put up
new buildings and machinery. introduced
the electric light and altogether has one
Of the best appointed factories In this sec.
tion.-Mltord Nens
A letter received this week from Port
land. Oregon, locates the sunken Treasure
ship, DeBraak, at least half mile In shore
from where the present expedition Is
searching. The letter Is explicit and gives
the bearings and locality with good bit
Of truth and reasoning. Another expedi.
dition Is soon TO be fitted out which Il Is
said will look for the ship somewhere In
the locality Of where she was st.-Bredk.
uater Light
1t is not generally known that we have
living In Milford the grandson Of noted
Hungaria patriot who hid Louis Kos
suth under large pile of tobacco leaves
In his cellar, and thus saved him from the
hands Of theAustrian executioncr and en-.
abled him TO escape to this country. This
patriot was Joseph Tausk OF Pirchof
Trenchin Comidot, Hungary, and hls
grandson is Henry E.wespcr, who can
Atell some interesting stories of the great
Nungarians, who some years ago created
s0Ssauch excitement in this country On
anothcx occasion when the soldiers search
cd Tausk's house and turned over the
pile Of tobacco, ,Cossuth was hidden under,
the sick bed of Wespcr's mother, then u
young unmarried girl in her fathers
house. Tausk's property was nfsca,ed
and he was thrownSpto pris Twherc he
remained until the >iA- Hungary
with the Austrian chi EKossuth es-
capped TO America, any awards sent
Tausk $4,000 to make % him the
loss he had suffered in aidins i'm to G..
cape. Milford Ners. p r.
The steamer Eastern Shore carried TO
Baltimore on Thursday of last week 1000
barrels Of sweet potatoes from Accomac
county, Va. This is an unusually large
quantity for this season of the year. The
crop which was estimated at 1,O00,O 900
barrels for Accomac county, will he u
little short owing to the black shank IN
the vines, caused by the cool, wet weather
of April and May.
The "inder' says; Finy.two iramps
were put in Dover Jail Wednesday.
With seven,y-thrcec prisoners before con-
fined there, j, makes l2s prisoners that
the county is at present compelled TO
board. The men who adopted the rcso-
luton at the peach growers meeting are
partly responsible for the horde of ftramps
that are now foraging on us.
Joseph Burchinal and e. II. B. Day,
two Dover politicians, came TO blows on
Wednesday morning of last week. Diff
crcnce Of political views and little abuse
on either side was the cause.
The assessed valuation Of real and
.personal properly in Cambridge amounts
to Si,leDjjiO0. This at 30 Gems on the
$i0O gives u levy Of $3,j,a.9s, together
with road tax Of $j5l.O0 The town
levy has been placed in the bailiir's hands
for collection. That officer has bounded
and is now ready TO proceed to business.
General Joseph b. Seth president, of the
Baltimore and Eastern Shore railroad,
has beecn c.cc.cd president OF the Wicom.
leo andPocomokc railroad. This road
was purchased by the bond holders ut
the sale In June last, TO be sold to the B.S
+. 5. railroad. II was rumorcd when the
W. d.. +. railroad was sold 1t was pur-
chased in the interest of the B. & +. 5.
railroad, ant. further, that an agreement
had been signed by which all the iron
would be furnished the company thus lcav-
ing only the cost of the ties and construc-
ton unproyidcd for. To meet this. sub.
scriptions from the counties of Talbot,
Dorchester and Wicomico, amounting To
$l2J,O 900, have been secured. Ii all these
rumors are true, We have reason 10
believe, from the election Of Mr.. Seth
president of the W Il =. railroad, that
they are, we have u reasonable hope iha,
the road will he Salisbury .idrtr.
tiser.