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Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
JOIN THE WATERS.
The Baltimore American Recon-
mends Our Proposed Canal.

AA0A00 00E GEOpObO0 O6u6ks
In the River and Harbor bill, which re-.
Gently became law, there Is provision
made for joining some bodies Of water
within and contiguous to Worcester
county. 1.-THE work Is done, certain fertile
sections Of that county will be rcvolutioni.
zed. When Mr.. Coyington was sent
Congress. knowing the value of an
provcmcnt and It's comparaiiys< ,.capncss,
he made warm fight for az ;propiiation.
keeping up his efforts 70 >sie last, and he
succce ded in getting s'seral sums for sur.
veys. Mr.. Gibson n twed the fight, and
was at last succ( lin having the ap.
preparation passed, with the proviso, we
believe, that the Secretary of War should
approve of the expenditure.
The amount. about sixty.fivc thousand
dollars, Is small compared with the benefits
which will result from H. Several in,eina
improvements, which have remained In
allegiance for some years arc dependent
on this juncturc,and will be promptly com.
pleted when the government puts Its en-
gineers and dredgers to work but they
are the least Of the good results 10 follow
should the canal he dug (if canal II can be
called), which contcmplates the removal
of small amount Of earth. Many perso,-
owning land along that lower chain y.
waters known as 81. Martins river, Isle
Of Wight and Synepuxcnt bays, are prac,i.
cally excluded from the best markets.
Their land is productive and beautifully
located In most respects. hut lying as il
docs on these cstuaries, with neither inlet
nor outlet save the rugged ocean, they
are as Theoretically sealed up from a busi-
ness standpoint as though they were in
the forests of the West
With this little canal or cut, however,
the road would I've at once open to them,
their land would be greatly enhanced in
value market would bc furnished for
their crops and the outside world would
have easy communication with one of the
finest fruit growing and oyster. producing
regions in Maryland. Indeed. so many ,ad.
vantages would flow from this small ex.
pendituie, that Il seems strange that
Congress has not before been prevailed
upon to make the necessary appropriation
There does not appear any reason for .on.
ger hesitation. Secretary Whitney. in his
long list Of items under the River and
lIarbor bill, will find very few more meri.
torious, or which would be productive of
prompter or greater good to the communi.
~. II he does not feel sure OF the aivisa.
bility Of the canal, a short trip to the scene
of the contemplated improvement, would
convince him. and he would at the same
time be made acquainted with one Of the
bes, portions of Maryland. and most
hospiiable and cultured pcople.-.imeri.
raR.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
From Spence.

Miss Annie lirimcr. of Snow Hill, is
visiting Miss Susie Jones, of this place
May her visi, he pleasant one
Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Stanford hav,
the writer's sympathy for the loss of their
little infant daughter, Oracle, which died
Sunday last.
We miss you At the morning dawn.
We miss you when the night comes on
We miss you here, we miss you there;
We miss you dear Oracle everywhere.
The weather for the pas, few weeks has
been terrible on our crops and has done
much damage l.XL
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
A Baltimore Doctors Sacrifice

a BhItlmore DoctorB SACRIFICE
baltimore, Sept. lS.-ln response Il
the call for volunteers of the Order of ih,
Red Cross, DR. William Ricket, of Balti
more, len this city on Sunday for lack
sonyi!l", Fla, where he will give hi. scrvi
ces for the relief Of the sufferers from
yellow fever. lie leaves a wife and faml
ly in this city and abandons n rcmuncra
tive practice.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
YELLOW FEVER PLAGUE
Still Growing Worse in Jackson
Vile. Many People Diving.

The latest news from Jacksonville Is
that their condition is not bcitered and IL
worse II anything.--l5G new cases and 81
deaths In "a hours Is the latest news we
have and this is an appalling state Of az
fairs when IL Is taken into consideration
that there only remains In the city abodt
one fourth part o: its citizens. The hot
sunshine on the soaked earth is very favor
able to the development Of yellow fever,
and large increase of the disease Is ex.
pected for the remainder Of the week.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

Mr. Elijah ID. Reid. a County Commits.
sioner for Somerset county died last sun.
day from lock. jaw. The Princess Anne
Herald gives the following account Of the
accident which caused his death: The
deceased had his thumb broken early on
Monday morning, the 10Th instant. Al
that time he went in to feed his Pilot colt,
the colt was laying down when he entered
the stall; he placed his right hand on the
manger and with the other hand was clean.
ing out the feetlbox, when the colt jumped
up. and surging against his right hand
broke the thumb of that hand and mashed
il 80 that the bone protruded through the
flesh. Mr. ltSid had the wound dressed
as best he could. but sent for no doctor
until the afternoon, and then not until he
was urged to do So After tile finger Was
dressed by physician he went about ten.
ding to his business, When Il was limited
that the finger better lie amputatcd Mr..
Reid seemed very much opposed TO Il.
On Friday his sufferings increased. and
Friday nigh, while drinking some lemon.
ade he discovered he had the lock. jaw he
called his son Major aud Sam'l.C .Costcn, a
young lad who was staying with him, and
told them that he hal the lock. jaw and
that he would die, as no one ever got over
il. The doctor was Immediately sent for,
but only temporary relief was given. and
his suirerings came To an end at the hour
named above. lie lived about six days
and half aitcr the accident lie was
about 40 years Of age. He leaves n wife
and three children. and many friends 10
mourn their loss"
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
Floods In North Carolina.

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. i5--Passcngcrs ar.
riving In the city on trains from North
Corolina bring information that the rivers
have ovcrll0wcd their hanks and covered
III" surrounding country with water for
miles. The Roanoke River has risen iliir.
iy.scven feet over highwa.cr mark, flood
ing Northampton and Halifax counties
and doing immense damage. The entire
corn and cotton crops in the lowlands IN
vicinity of,hc river are destroyed. Houses
are loose and are being tossed about in the
water and II Is feared that many lives have
been lost. In some Of the cornficlds the
water Is twenty feet above the top Of the
corn. The country is flooded distance
Of three miles from the river, and in many
places the tree tops alone give evidence oi
the existence Of land. Cattle have been
drowned and many carcasscs are floating
around. The people living in the vicinity
Of the Hood are panic-sirickcn and many
of them homeless The damage to crops
is estimated at from $4OOOOO to $50O.OOO
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

Hon. George NJ. Upshur, opened the
Democratic campaign at the Court House
on Thursday night In an able and dignifi.
ed speech Of more than two hours dura.
ton. The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Young Mems Democratic
Club ofthis town and was well attended,
not by boys and women, but by earnest
thoughtful voters-men who attended and
listened to Mr.. Upsbur's argument for the
bcnefi, they hoped to derive from his ex-
PLANTATION Of the tariff problem.
Mr.. Upshur opened his speech by con.
graduating the Democratic party on hav.
ing elected such noble and steadfast
man for President Of our glorious coun-
try. He challenged any man to show that
Grover Cleveland had not fulfilled the
promises he had made them before his
election and compared his Annual mes
sage with that Of the Republican Prcsi.
dents. That message was devoted to
only one subject aud that was the unjust
taxation .ofthc people and for which he
offered remedy; the Democratic party
has adopted his recommendations In that
message and now stands before the Anne ri.
can people as their champion. Mr.. Up.
shur made convincing and satisfactory
argument against the foolish theory nd.
vanced by the Prohibition candidate for
congress, who spoke so lightly Of the
,ariffquestion here last Thursday night.
Mr.. Upshur took the cue from President
Cleveland and did not deal In theories but
stubborn, undeniable facts. lie was ffe.
qucntly applaudcd during his remarks
and afler he concluded was congratulated
and thanked by members Of the Club for
his able defence Of the Democratic party.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
Did She Shoot Herself?

| Denton, Caroline county. was stirred
by most shocking sensation last week
in the suicide of u young married woman,
Mrs. Annie Anstettc. wife 0f farmer and
Gamer, living u short distance outside the
village. No definite cgusc for the suicide
has m:cn given. The only direct witness
was the husband and his testimony be-
fore the cororner's jury was as follows;
He said his wife had been cross to him
all day, and that he had gone without his
breakfast because of her ill.humor She
would not prepare his dinner until he had
sent woman TO the house to help her.
Her bitterness had grown worse, and nj
ab0nt six o'clock she asked her husband
for horse and carriage, stating that she
was going 10 leave. lie got the horse
She then asked him to bring her trunk
down stairs. lie refused 10 do this "
then walked down the land towards thc
gate, but returned and was met near the
front door by his wife, who was in rage.
She took u pistol from her clothing and
SAID; go down on your knees" lie turn.
cd and ran awaycXpecting 10 he shot rs
he went, When few yards away he
turned and saw his wife knccling ON the
gravel walk both hands clutching the re-
volver which was pointing a, her breast
lie saw the flash, heard the report, and
saw his wife reel and fall backward. Then
he ran with all his might toward Mr.
Henry Cadc's calling loudly for him. He
returned accompanied by Mrs. Muller
who was coming from the cannery. aud
found his wife on The walk and the pistol
lying about two fee, away. lIctook her
TO the front room and placed her ON u
bed. Mr. Anstcitc stated that he had
been married nine years. Ills wife had
three weeks before threatened 10 shoot
herself, but he took the pistol from her.
an'l receiving her promise that she would
never think of such thing again. She
had. he said, an ungoyernablc temper,
an, he believed that both would have
been killed had he not run away.
The jury Of inquest did not agree upon
verdict of suicide, hut rendered. the iul.
lowing indcfinate verdict Annie Ansteti
came To her death from pistol shot by
the hand of some one TO the jury un.
known" Generally gossip duplicates the
name Of Mrs. Muller, a young widow. of
whom it is believed Mrs Annstci, was in.
sancly jealous
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

EH-1OOO Cook stoves, Heaters and
llanges. see the Arlington Wrought
Steel Range and the Open Fire Double
Heater. Plumbers Supplies Of every kind.
[. W. GUNBY, sAhSRsSS,. sAhlSHSSS.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
List of Jurors.

His Honor Judge Levin +. II. Irving
was in town on Wednesday and drew the
following jury to serve at the October
Term Of the Circuit Court for this county :
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

eE-The Largest Stock Of General Hard.
ware. Irun. Steel. Nails. Blrbed Wire,
Pumps. MIL Supplies. Machinery. Sc. txc.,
aold At the lowest prices by
L. W. GUNBY, S4hSESES,. S4HIsHSES.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

tB-Just What You want-A one.
horse Wagon for ever use. Strong and
handsome. H31. Send for Circulars.
Horse Carts and Carriages. Address.
L. W. GUNBY, SARSESsb,, sAEIsPSs6,
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

eD-The Keystone Double Pas
seiiger Road Cart, one In 4 neighbOr-
hood ~ the price. no more. A perfect
wonder at S@6 To get them introduced.
[. W. GUNBY, SAhTGSE6' SAhlsPSE6'
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

We have been informed that part of
our Salisbury subscribers did not receive
any paper week before last. II seems
strange that part OF them should get Il
all righ, and others be missed, docs II not.
Those names were all written by one Of
the editors, and he completed his work
believing that every subscriber would get
his paper, and we are puzzled to know the
reason they did not We will just remark
that the MESSENGER has been printed
every Friday since January 1887, with one
exception. and that was the week we put
In our new press, so no subscriber need
think that because he does not ge, his pa
per, that II has not been printed
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

lit Is delightful work toedil paper
easy fun, very, says an old paper II gives
one something TO think about all III, time.
nights aud Sundays, aud holidays lesiics.
Letters, inquiries, suggestions. so'icita.
ti0ns-mere triiies. Calls, chats, viAits-
leaye you lots Of time. Facts 10 look up,
things to decide for others Just for diver.
sion. Advertisements to solicit, bills 10
try and collect, bills 10 pay. proofs 10 read
Try TO run the paper To suit everybody hut
yourself aud then have every fool think he
can run II beiicr than you. Papers To glance
through, enterprises Ia examine, inycn-
ti0ns 10 ln0k into and write up--in your
leisure. Yes. you can read ill your ewes
blear; write I'LL your hand IL numb. think
I'LL yonr head feels like n siOne-crusher. -
You have the society of the printer and his
devil, and every other devil. II isdellght.
fnl work but lis work. "and don't you
fhTget it."-Ex.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

With the disappearance Of the hustle an
important tendency In women's dress this
season will be TO do away altogether with
the ''full" the "boufFant" character Of dra.
perry. SEiris. while not absolutely
"skimpy," or Of the pull.hack order. will
be narrow. Cliuging Is the word. Every.
thing this season Is -going 10 cling. Is the
way the ladies' describe II.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22
Last Of Peaches.

This week will wind up the peach sea.
son. The shipments to this market have
been very large and the prices have not
been satisfa ctory to the growers. The com.
mission merchants say the fault Is largely
due to the lack ofsending good fruit. The
poorer stock should have been kept ai
home so as TO prevent an overstocking of
the market with inferior fruit, which In u
measure interfered with the selling Of the
marketable stock. Baltimore Is said 10 be
the hest peach market In The United States.
and when there Is no, an oversupply
peaches will bring better prices bere than
elsewhere The storm Of the past week
has greatly damaged the remaining crop.
On Poole's Island alone Il Is estimated
that thousands Of boxes have been ren.
dered unfit for shipment. The crop Of
Bellows Late and Salways Is said to bn
very short This crop viii he In market
In the next few days.--Baltimor Sun.
Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

The exhibit OIL. q, Brown of wyom.
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 Il 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
llari's refrigerator for months past ,o VA.
rie,ies which are just ripening. There are
600 or 700 plates. and the display Is mag
nificent one. II occupies set Of shelves
along nearly the whole right shc Of the
auditorium. Mr. Brown has 800 acres In
irui, trees, $4,000 peach trees and 6OOO
apple trees.
Mr.. Hugh J. Philips and Miss Sydney
BENJAMIN were married at eight o'clock
Thursday nigh, in the Broad Street Pres.
bylcrian Church Salisbury by Rev. Mr..
Eckels. Miss BENJAMIN Is the daughter Of
Mr.. A. J. BENJAMIN. the agent of the Balli.
more aud Ohio Railroad Company at Chcs.
ter Pa, and Mr.. Philips is the son.of Mr. j.
q. Philips wealthy farmer. The ushcrs
were McSsrs. John u. Rider aud Harry
Dennis. The couple received many hand.
some and costly presents, among wkich
was paid up life insurance policy Of g..
900 In the Washington Life Insurance
Company, of New York. After the ccre-
mony u reception was given at their new
home. The bride wore an evening cos
tune ofbrown silk
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-05

The schr Kc Au iou brought load
of fire-wood from EVA yesterday
Rough weather is reported ut Hama
kua.
The Jas A King sailed for Puget
Sound this morning in ballast.
This noon the bark G ID Bryant, schr
Ke Au Hou and schr Sarah Il Eliza
were the only vessels at the wharves on
the Queen street end of the harbor.
The Daniel Barnes, w G Irwin and @
D Bryant are the only foreign traders in
the harhor which are discharging; none
are loading on account of there being
no sugar.
The schr KauikeaoulI which arrived
from Pohoiki, Puma, yesterday, brought
a quantity of ohia wood from Rycroft's
plantation. About 1900 blocks of the
wood came for the Government and are
to be used i'll paving Fort street, be-
tween King and Hotel streets, as an eX-
pertinent. More of the block are to be
brought here at an early date. Four or
five thousand feet of ohia lumber for
wharves also came by the Kauikeaou
as well as number of railroad ties, and
a quantity of carriage wood; the last
mentioned is for Mr.. G. West.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-05
Y. M. C. A. BOYS.

There was large attendance at
the annual meeting of the Y. NJ. &.
a. boys, held Thursday afternoon
in the parlors of the Association.
The President Mrs. B. F. Dilling-
ham was in the chair. The follow
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing year;
President, Mrs. B. F. Dillingham;.
Vice President, Mr.. S. ID. Fuller.
Secretary, Master Charles Hyde.
Treasurer, Master Walter Dilling-
ham.
Mrs. Dillin CHAM and Mr.. Frank
Damon addressed the members in
appropriate terms of the work that
lay before them. 1t was voted to
support boy in the Kamehameha
schools. At the close of the meet
ing the boys were RECALLED with ice
cream and cake of the best quality
by Mr.. f. Horn. A vote of thanks
was passed him for his kind treat.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-05
HONOLULU SOCIAL CLUB.

The semi-annual meeting of the
Honolulu Social Club was held last
evening with good attendance.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing term: President, G.
Kaiser; Vice-President, +. ID. Wicke !;
Secretary, A. l.. Cron; Treasurer,
j. Mcqueen; Instructor, G. Her.
rick; Trustees, Geo. Bruins, j.
Shaw and Thos. Smith. A commit
tee was appointed to revise the laws
and another to arrange social for
the 18th inst. Other business was
transacted.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-05
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NEWS ITEMS.

The Australian press opposes re-
storation of the Pope's temporal
power.
German steamers are crowding
out British shipping at Nagasaki,
Japan.
A lately deceased Saratoga hotel
waiter left fortune of 100000.
The japanese have invented a
method of manufacturing very
strong and nearly transparent paper
from seaweed.
1t is reported that regular slave
traffic is carried on, under the
French flag, between Pemba and
Madagascar.
The English cotton manufacturers
will run their mills on short time in
order to defeat the New York cor
ner.
The chiefs reason for Moltke's re-
signation, expressed in his letter to
Emperor William is that sat my
great age | am no longer able to
mount a horse"
Eighty cooks in the kitchen of the
Sultan of Turkey at Constantinople,
struck for higher wages the other
day and were all sent into exile.
Improved sanitation in England
has led to diminution of the death
rate. Since 1881 the rate has fallen
from 20.5 to 1873 per thousand.
The Pope has issued an encyclical
letter inviting the Armenian Church
to join the Church of Rome.
Prince Bismarck's health has been
seriously impaired by the excitement
caused by the death in the royal
family.
For the first time in her royal his
tory, during her recent visit to
Glasgow, while she was responding
to the address of welcome, some one
in the back of the hall shouted to
Queen Victoria, "Speak up"
a correspondent Of the Liverpool
Mercury says that he heard some
CONTEMPLATING from a phonograph
which had been repeated more than
a thousand times, and all the notes
were as clear and distinct as ever.
In race between zebra and an
ostrich, held at Zanzibar recently,
the prize was given the rider of the
zebra, althoug hthe ostrich came in
a hundred yards ahead. The zebra's
rider claimed that his rival won on
fowl and the Judge sustained him.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-05
AN ACCIDENT,

About five minutes before two
O'Clock this afternoon, Mrs.
Schwartz was driving up Fort st.
in buggy with another lady, when
near Fort Street School, the horse
SHE'D at Il passing team and started
off at a gaIlop. The buggy was
turned over and both occupants
thrown out. The teachers and
scholars at Fort Street School heard
the noise and were soon on the spot
in body rendering all assistance
possible. Mrs. Schwartz was pick
ed up and carried TO her home on
Fort ST., and there attended by DR..
Day. She was badly shaken up
and bruised The other lady was
not hurt. The buggy was consider
bly, damaged.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-05
EXHIBITOR OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.

The competitive system, not for
the first time, is going to be ex-
tended to those distracting charms
which of all others are the most
deadly. In the middle Of next
month there is to be held at Spa a
competitive exhibition of beautiful
women, aud some lovely damsel
will find that her face is literally
her fortune; for the victorious one
will receive a prize of $500, which,
as Mr.. Trollope said of the pecuni-
airy result of his work, is comforta-
bic but not splendid. Hitherto the
judges on these interesting occa-
sions have consulted photographs
but this time the ladies will have to
present themselves in persona
much more pleasing arrangement.
The beauty is to be moral as well
as physical for, as the promoters
Of the exhibition rightly remark,
without virtue beauty is q flower
torn from its stem" The COMPETE
tors are to be lodged in luxurious
apartments with the national col
ours of each displayed in the furni-
ture." Already there are entries
from every nation in Europe, to say
nothing OF China and Japan. 1t is
to be hoped that proper arrange
ments will be made to restrain the
unsuccessful candidates from SGD
ing for" the charming creature "all
made up of loneliness" who will get
the e800.-- Home News.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-05
SPECIAL TO THE LADIES.

Mr.. N. S. Sachs cordially invites
the ladies of Honolulu to visit his
Millinery Department., on this SAT
urday, Monday and Tuesday, Oct.
9th, 8th, and 9th, when will be open
for inspection, choice lot Of sam
pie bonnets and hats, in the latest
shades, and newest designs. lO4
Fort st. Popular Millinery House.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-05
IT is RUMORED

That Engine Co. No. 2 is sure to
come out best in the competitive
drill that passenger on the last
steamer took about a thousand dol
lars away that did not belong to him
that the young boys who disturb the
services at one of the churches will
be arrested if they do not stop their
antics that the Chinese question is
played out; that the Chinese Thea
tire must be closed up, that the
watermelons grown at Pearl River
harbor are the finest in the group /;
that the competitive drill is causing
much excitement; that the winners
will be challenged by the Chinese
company.