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A LIST OF LOSSES

hard 10 recover.
A LIST OF LOSSES
The following stores, Offices and stocks
of goods situated on Market street, were
consumed In the conhagration:
Two.story dwelling and building occu.
pied by DIR. ID. J. D. Truitt. rs a drug.
store, belonging to Roland Z. Bcvans,
valued at $4,000. Insured 5000 also
stock Of drugs and fancy goods, valued at
$4,000. Insured $500.
Adjoining building belonging to Lloyd
& Dryden, and fgs, tloor occupied by
Townsend & Stevens, valued at $1,000
Insurance unknown. Townsend & Ste
vcns' stock OF confectionery and groceries
in same, valued at 5000. Small insurance.
POcomoke Times printing material and
presses, valued at 5000. Insured 5000.
Building occupied by Hcssel Comm. be.
longing to +. II. Dryden and Others, val.
ued at $1,000. Insurance unknown. Com.
ms stock Of general merchandise valued
at $4,000. Insurance not known.
Samuel Jones, stock Of jewelry and
building occupied by him and owned by
other parties. Total loss $4,000. lnsur.
ance unknown
Mrs Sallic Payne stock ofconfectionery
and building.
Wheaton two brick stores, one
pied by I. II. Merrill and the other by
lloyd, Dryden s. Blaine, valued together
at $4,000. Insurance unknown. I. II.
Merrill's stock of clothing and gents fur.
nishing goods In store No. I. valued at
$4,000. Insurance $1,000. Lloyd, Dry.
den & Blainc's stock Of drugs, fancy arti.
clcs and Christmas goods In store No. 2,
valued at $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
+. +. Polk & Co.'S handsome thrce-s,ory
brick store and stock Of clothing valued
at $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
Miss Jennie Matthews store house and
dwelling together with contents Of each
valued In all at 5000. Insurance $500.
Mr.. Paradise, dry goods and groceries,
together with building occupied by him,
value and insurance unknown.
Stevens & Matthe stock of dry goods
valued at $1,000. Insurance $4,000. Ledger
printing Office together with printing ma
terial aud presses, valued at $3.50. No in.
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ing TO ID.
, 3 thrcc.stOry
-. occupied by sundry
LAT 100000. insurance $i3..
:, Dickinson Il Sons dry goods.
slpying store No. I, loss $4,000, insur.
ance $4,000. +. fontaine, drugs. fancy
goods, and holiday goods. occupied store
No. ., loss $1,000. insurance $1,000. W.
II. Il \. v. Davis, hardware. loss $4,000,
insurance unknown. Record and Gazette
printing material, presses and type occu.
pied part Of the second story valued at
81 900, no insurance. Third story occu.
pied as town hall, no insurance ON iurni.
tire.
COMMERCE sTEET.
&. =. Hall Il Bro, and Vcascy & Bey.
ans already mentioned.
Mrs. l.. Wilmington confectionery !;
Isaac 7. Parsons, butcher; Capt J. ID. 4.
Robinson, butcher and groceries; Robert
Gillctt, groceries, &c, and buildings own.
ed by sundry parties. Losses and insur.
ance unknown. |. ]. Davis store house
and stock Of general merchandise valued
at $2JO0, no insurance.
WILLOW AVENUE.
} l.. II. Common, dwelling house, loss
81 800, insurance 200.
Parker's Hotel and furniture. Loss
$500. Insurance $3.50.
Hall. Bros storchouse AMI stock Of gen.
al merchandise, valued n, $1,000, in.
,snrancc unknown. Mrs Milbournc occu.
Z. second story as u residence, house.
'iiure. loss $500. no insurance.
Hall, office valued nj $i;5, IN.
qOwn.
N'r, wheclwrighi. &c. loss
.raII, n
Mills, shoe James Thigh.
WIN. latham, lrncss, loss
Unknown. Houses belong
n loss 81. 900 insurance
E% lry dwellings, loss
$780,. SnO-
Ira 7. > on, double dwelling, loss
a, 900, INSURANCE unknown.
Wilbur Mills. house, loss $sOO. insufi zee
unknown.
Lloyd 4 Dryden, dwellings occupied by
sundry parties, loss $1,000, insurance un.
known. -,
E. g. Polk, shop az v-yalue
5000. insurance unkn9
VIM. Matthews. shoe, 20
no insurance.
Mrs. MargaTe, Clarke, a
pied by Milton Pope. loss
ance unknown.
Isaac w. Dryden. dwelling AM
ter shop, loss $500. insurance UNI,
CLARKE AVENUE AND vIcISITy.N
II. II. King, livery stable. loss $3.50.
insurance.
Hamilton Ball, dwelling value $500,
no insurance.
Gordy's carriage shop owned by Hall
Il Bro, loss TO owners Of shop $500. Loss
To Gordy ei 900. fully insured.
LII. Merrill. carpenter shop. unoccu.
pied. loss $3.50.
FR0NT STREET AND VICINITY.
Clarke House. contents and buildings
attached, including store unoecupie,l, val
uesl al $4,000, insurance slO.iO0.
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From Girdletree.
Me@rs. Edi,ors =

Wfssrs. EditOFs -
What has become ~ your corrcspon.
dent at this place = We have been look.
ing out for something from him for long
time but he appears not again. We hope
however he may come again in the near
future, as letter from ones home, even
though II contains but little. news, is al.
ways appreciated Feeling that our PEG.
pie generally feel like myself on this sub.
jcct venture to send you the following
items.
Our oysiermen have commenced ship.
ping few oysters hut the prices at which
they are now selling does not make il
very profitable business 10 these engaged
in Il. When colder weather comes il il
thought both oysters and prices will be
better
Our people highly appreciate the new
school house just completed at this place.
school was called in Il for the iirs, time
last Tuesday. II is TO he hoped the boys
will he more judicious in the use of their
knives aud pencils in aud around the new
building than they were with the old one
4 big wedding is reported ~ an even,
soon to take place In this town. Cards
are not oui yet So we will keep mum.
Mrs. Vim. II. Rowlcy met with quite
severe accident few days ago, hut We
are glad to note that Il was not serious
one. While coming down stairs Mrs.
Rowley trippcd and fell To the floor with
the abovc result. We learn she Is improy.
ing and able 10 be out again.
Miss Sue Sharplcy is visiting friends In
our town. Her many friends here wei.
come her in our midst aud wish her a
pleasant visit.
The Proiracied meeting ut this place
which has been In progress for some time
in the VI. +. church Is still going on and
good results are being accomplished by
our worthy and industrious pastor. Rev.
Il. +. Jester.
Messrs. Diyerly Il Co, had n live
ly time getting one Of their bccyes To the
slaughter house few days ago. Their
force not being sufficient several Of our
citizens volunteered their services and
finally. after a number of efforts TO down
Che beef with an ax, they succeeded In
Filling him, but II was not without much
NNuble and lots Of sport for those not en-.
led In the killing Of his oxship.
TUCKER.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-11-24

SALISBURY, November lv.--News reach.
cd here to-day OF the deaf III OF Mr.. Thomas
l.. Bradley, a farmer lisins near hlver'on,
this county. last Friday. rlr Bradley was
feeding his cattle. when some OF them go,
to fighting. lie entered the pound aud at
tempted tn separate them, when The cattle
rushed nj him and mashed hi pa against the
fence. inluring him very severely inter.
nally. When he got to ID, h luse he began
to grow worse until the nfxt morning.
when lac died. Mr.. Brallei was about
sixty years old, and leave, NO children.
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nocked down by
a.. thrown from the second
81 his siorehouse, and was slightly
stunned. The merchants saved thousands
manner of dollars worth of their goods of course
ii money their were some who saved nothing Our
were pre- old friend Gus Parker and Mr. Edgar S.
Y s'"s Fountaine were among this number. Mr.
nroperiy u, $1,000 on
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Union Thanksgiving Ser

The congregations OF the Prey
Methodist Protestant aud McthS
copal churches. will hold uniJ
giving Service in the McihodY hest'
an, church Of this place, Th,Ss - Nov
s9,h. The sermon will be prIa s:lied by the
Rev. Jas Il, Campbell. Pastor nf,he Pres
byicrian church It is earnestly hoped that
all who can will attend ihis service,
Rev. Il WATT
Rgv Il n JrsTEI
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NoT{cai

Hon. Names L. Dennis, Of Princess
Anne, says tina, work don Tor Inn by me
In 1885 has given sa,isiact bon up 10 date.
Col. Henry Page says the SAME During
the past week have hce'i at work cover
ing the handsome furniture OF Mrs VIM.
Showell near Showells Station. This
week I am working for John r. Moore,
Esa.. Of Snow Hill. ANY person needing
work done before leave town VIII please
lei me know nj once
CHARLES W. llISNoN.
Upholsicrcr.
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A 40 oo-ACRE FARM.
How Agriculture is Carried on in
the Great Wheat Fields
of Dakota.
L. q. Polk
Merchant Tailor.

Of Dakota.
! Those agriculturists In New Jersey and
Long Island who fancy that their farms
are large may be interested to know the
, size Of u really big farm. The following
is description of the great Grandin farm
of Dakota, which Is the largest farm in
, America:
The big Grandin wheat farm, in Dakota.
3 comprises about 10000 acress, of which
, 1900 are under cultivation, 1900 acres
being sown in wheat. There are used on
the farm forty.five gang plows, two plows
in gang. each cutting fourteen TO fifteen
, inches. There are forty-five gang 'harrows;
these are six feet square, but are arranged
together side by side to work twenty. Jour
feet wide. One long evener draws the
four. with pair Of mules rear each end.
= One man drives both team The advan-
/ tage of this system is worn pr notice by
other farmers. II reduces the number Of
| men usually required by one.halE There
|, are forty -four broadcast sewers, Sowing
eight feet each, but two of thee are at.
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by the mcim-
|. q. of q. +. off,
before them aud visi.
address on odd Fclle-
sincerity appreciate these iokcnN
kindness and fratcrnal esteem.
Yours in +. l.. T.,
JAMES X. CAM
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AFTER THE FIRE.

On Friday yesterday morning the
town was thronged with citizens from
Snow IIill, Princess Anne. Stockton, Cir
dleirce and the surrounding county who
went TO view the charrcd timbers, topllng
walls and chimncys. and piles Of brick
and mortar marking the spo, which the
day before was the scene Of business nc.
iiyiiy.
The citizens are loud In their praise Of
the conduct of the visiting Fire Depart.
mcnts and they wish the editors Of Tux
MESSENGER To thank them through these
columns for their kindness until more
fitting testimonials can be prepared.
When the editors of the MEssESGER
lell Pocomoke yesterday morning they
were informed that a citizens meeting
would he held In the afternoon at which
the feasibility Of building temporary
structures ON a back street away from the
burnt district would be discussed and also
the widening and Strengthening OF the
streets.
Il IL hard 20 tell just now how this dis
asirous FIRE will effect the future Of POGO
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Poco1M9KE IN ASHES.
ALoss OF $500. 900.
Entire Business part Of
the Town Burned to
the Ground.
A REPETITION OF THE SALISBURY
CATASTROPHE.
The Salisbury and Crisfield Fire
Departments do Effec-
tive Work.

The entire business portion Of POGO.
moke City was destroyed by fire on Thurs.
day evening last between the hours Of 4
and 10 o'clock.
The fire had It's origin in the buildjr.s
occupied by DR.. d. J. o. Truiit rs a d
store and residence and resulted frc q
defective fluc in the kitchen part q
house. The fire had been burning n
for some time before II burst out III,
the roof. aud the buckets Of water
were quickly carried to the scene
of little use rs the flame made r
way. Il is said by those who
the fire from its origin that q, IL
burned nearly one hour bcfo, J other
buildings caught. Af,er aY { the car.
rage factory Of Mr.. CluG the rear OF
the drug store, caught I'd was soon a
mass OF flames while n .Snsend & Steven.
sons store on the OF 4 side was also in
light blaze. The( .,izcns worked with a
will and accompli med nil that men and
buckets Of water could but the FIRE con.
linued to gain and soon Piercc's Hotel
was blaze. Then |, wasthat the people
became panic stricken and tclegraphed To
Salisbury and Crisiicld for aid. Inside OF
one hour the Sudbury Fire Department,
was nj the seem aving made tbe,
from Salisbury Ncomoke,
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-*LOCALS.+-

Feathers taken as pay at the establish.
men, of the Western Renovating Co, for
renovating.
Several communications are left out
this week to make room for article on
Pocomokc fire.
Mess. Parsons Il Holland are building
aharncss room in front of their livery sta
bic on Main ST.
-Ifyou are in need of pair Of kid
Gloves and want to buy them cheap so TO
J. $. Price &. Co.'S
REV. James H. Campbell will preach
I'd. W ON tomorrow Sunday morning
and evening ut the usual hours.
We offer special bargain in Ladies'
Seal Plush Wraps at $500. Send your
order to ". 5. Dickinson & Son.
The Western Rcnovating Company
come highly recommended from Oman.
cock. Va, their last place ofOppcration.
The Western Rcnoyating Company
weigh all feathers before taking them from
you, and also, re.way when returned.
Married by Rev. B. +. Jester, at Cir.
dleirce, November Goth, 1888, Mr. VIM =.
Watson to Miss Laura Frances Tarr, both
Of this county.
The work on the Presbyterian church
is progressing finely and the handsome
towers which have been placed on it's
structure during the past week are much
admired.
DIR. lIouck, Of Baltimore, who has
been down on another cunning trip LEFT
Thursday morning for his home, taking
with him wild goose which he had killed
the day before.
The VI. p. Church at Poricrsville, one
mile below stockton, will he dedicated
Sunday, December 18th. Several able
ministers ofihc Maryland Conference will
preach on that occasion.
About 30 men are engaged in ballast
ing the u. VI. Il V. railroad between
Georgetown and l.ewcs with sand. The
same work is being done between George
town and Franklin City.
Thursday the Goth instant being sci
apar, as Thanksgiving day, is a legal holt.
day and the banks will bc closed. obi.
cations falling due on nv i'S mus, he
paid the day previous
Don't advertise ,incss IL you
are ashamed ofit{ are engaged
in reputable cal printers ink
judiciously appli, he wheels
of trade and MAXI boom n
Ex. -
Preaching at the followiN ~
mcn,s tomorrow Sunday by
Jester: Snow Hill lO.3Oa. M.
Supper will be administered
after preaching. Trinity 2.3Oi
Spring 1p.m.
N. II. Buscy, Ar,ist1
er, II: \. Charles ST., Y
heretofore been the "
tographer in the p''-/
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vcniage Of the C..
the belongings Of o,he.,.
The only remaining store
in the town are those cf blaine
James Clogg ami Robert Henry,
Every newspaper office and EVERY
store in the town Was destroyed.
Snpl. II. W. Dunno, OF the n. Y,
y II. L. sent up u special train with 4
men To assist in putting out the fire an
afterwards iclegraphcd that free transpor
iaiion would be given to any Of the CHI
zens Of Poc0mokc who desired II.
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kmporiance.-The warmes, and
Dreserying. cold resisting

preserving. cold resisting
Vs' Suit. up. Mems Overcoais
IA $500 up. Il Clothing Company
pai. adjoining liza Yer street, Baltimore,
Md w
Several merchants In syer and Kent
county have been swindle. telely by n
man al White Haven, Maryla. who or
deresi gdo.ls by letter under the Nme Of
5. q. Toad ine 4 Brother, promis.. e to
settle In ihf,,y days. Among those who
were swindl were Cowgirl 4 Green,
Henry 4. Mob Nand u. II. BAneofi'-ES.
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Resolutions of Respect.

Al the regular meeting of the Loyal
Temperance Legion, of Snow Hill, Sunday
Nov. 18th, 1883. the following resolutions
were offered and adopted:
WmEREAs.-Thc death Angel has en-
tered our ranks, calling from earthly ser.
vice to Heavenly reward our much loved
comradc, FRANK PURNELi.. therefore
R,solred.-That while with bleeding
hearts and fearful eyes We look upon tb'
vacant place. we take comfort in
though, OF Gods infinite wisdom AMI
and in the knowledge that FRANk
cd the grand army of the redecy
rcjoicins in the presence IS
c. 'st Jesus.
In h.
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moke City, but II Is thought by some
that Il Is blow from which Il will be
hard 10 recover.
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ans, HOI'IIhg IUU DUsHcIs tHCII, anu
TOUR men with four wagons drawn by
four mules each, one tank wagon at the
machine aud three on the road, take the
wheat to the elevators. This saves bags
and bagging. 1t will thus be seen that
there is force Of thirty men employed to
run a single machine.
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ac.
manner
Il money
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-19

other State can secure, it can only he
because of such citizens lack of sutfi-
Gent dignity or majesty to entitle HIM
to justice. But that is not O republican
or democratic principle. Justice Is
no respecter Of persons. The humblest
individual has an equal claim to justice
with the most powerful parsonage or
organization. A negro is now living In
West Virginia who was saved from the
gallows by the United States Supreme
Court because the State law did not adj
nit negroes on the jury which found
him guilty. II q man be not grand
enough 10 sue he is not grand enough
10 be sued. The right to sue is co-ordi-
nate with the liability to be sued. II
State enters into a contract with man
and claims the right to sue him If he
break il, with what justice can that state,
itself breaking the contract, pretend to
responsibility as a political organiza-
ton for what it did as a business con-
tractor? No such sovereignty" as
that is claimed in any constitutional gov
eminent Of Europe. The meanest citi-
zen OF England can sue the Government
of England.
In your paragraph OF April 10Th you
have partly missed my meaning. Or
course il any citizen we're enslaved he
could be liberated by hGbeas corpus;
but my illustration was serfdom. Men
can be made "serfs without bringing
into action any writ which could relieve
them. OF course it is very unlikely that
any such thing should occur, but laws
must be enacted to exclude the possible
ties Of wrong. l referred to the matter
SIS the redUctiO Gd Gbs,TdUm OF State
responsibility. Suppose State to pass
an act providing that only landowners
shall vote and that this were followed
by an act declaring that no negro shall
thereafter purchase land. How would
the constitutional provision for suffrage
without distinction Of color apply? The
individual negro must first buy land, il
any one is willing TO illegally sell 1t to
him; then he must be violently elected,
then he must have the means OF going
TO law, of appealing, before he can get
redress. And when he has got his little
lot back, it is only his individual
success it does not affect the con-
dltion of the DISTINGUISHED negroes
around him save as precedent
to be slowly applied through many
years. There may be "readjustments "
Of political as well as pecuniary fran
chises ingenious enough to leave wrongs
without practical redress. They may be
highly improbable, but they should be
impossible. Any Interpretation of law
which renders a monstrous result legal
includes all the less improbable cOrolla-
ries of the monstrosities. The more
preposterous the possibility result
ing from the responsibility of State,
the stronger the reasons for maintaining
that State is suable.
am, very respectfully,
MoNCURE d. CONWAY.
$50 wcSt Ffty-ninh street, NctC York;
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A Beautiful sight.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:

10 me EuttOT o. inc DtSpUtCH
Quite novel and beautiful sight was
witnessed a few nights ago 10y the peo-
pie who are accustomed to the grandeur
of the Blue Ridge mountains.
The ridge at this point sends out nu-
merous spurs at right angle to the main
ridge, and these spurs confront our little
valley with q cone-like face. On the
night above mentioned three OF these
gigantic faces were dotted with immune
rable lights, apparently varying in size
from a candle-hght to the glare of an
engines headlight. A golden-colored
cloud lowered above each peak, difusing
soft light over the scene below. The
night was very dark, and the scintilla-
tons from thousands of lights against
the black background of the mountain,
together with the cloud that lowered
over, presented sight seldom seen and
one which bordered on the sublime. Every
spring the mountains catch on fire, but
the fire is either in line or at one place.
Never before in the writer's recollection
has the mountain appeared as if dotted
with stars. This appearance is account
ed for in the following manner Recent
ly the pine timber has been cut from the
three faces, leaving stuInps rich in tur-
pentlne; as the wind swept the fire
across the mountains face the pine
stumps readily caught afre to burn for
several days and to furnish jewel, as it
were, for the brilliant crown at night.
FREDERICK Il. Asuss.
Alma, Va, April l6, 1888.
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Iron Ore and Coal.

In commenting upon an editorial para
graph which had appeared in this paper,
the Alexandris Gazette recently stated
that the Committee OF Ways and Means
Of the House OF Representatives had
decided not 10 disturb the tanff
upon iron ore and coal. The
same statement was made by
persons in Washington who were sup
posed to know whereof they affirmed.
So far as we are aware it was never con-
tradicted. A number OF popular
meetings had been held in Southwest
Virginia protesting against the removal
OF the tax on the articles named but
as no more such meetings we're held
after the appearance Of the statement
under consideration, we concluded it
was settled that iron ore and coal were
not to be admitted free OF duty. And
yet the telegraph in our issue OF yester-
day reports Mr.. KELLEY as follows
.Bui while processing 10 have abandoned their
purpose 70 put coal and ore on the free list IFS
trainers ingenioasly contriyed 10 mako tho I'M