Democratic messenger., 1889-05-11

val and during his stay in our town. Thos,
who failed to see him this time will have
another opportunity as he will I've heaI
again during court week.
Til, old and reliable mercantile agency
Off. q. Dun h Co., have established ar
office In Wilmington in charge OF G. q
Cameron. This Office will have jurisdic
tion over Delaware, the Eastern Shore ol
Maryland and Accomac and Northampton
counties Va. All wholesale dealers and
manufacturers in this territory should
consul, this agency before granting credits
The State Temperance Alliance, tho
only genuine temperance organization in
Ma ryland, held nm interesting session In
Baltimore on Wednesday oi last week
Owing TO the fact that there Is not enough
politics In the Alliance for some people
around here who call themselves "prohi
bitionists." there was very little said Of oI
concerning the meeting.
-Messrs B. l.. Gillis & son have bou CHI
the largest lot Of tobacco ever purchases,
by any firm on this Peninsula at one time
They purchased 500 boxes of the cclcbra.
ted "Old Rip from the factory, one day
last week. BY buying in such large quaint.
ties they obtained lower prices and can
now supply retail dealers with "Old Rip
at lower price than ever.
Miss Henrietta Pusey. daughter ol
Mr.. Thomas Puscy. who resides about twO
miles from Friendship NJ. =. Church, on
the road To Snow Hill. died at the resi-
dcncc of her father on saturday last. Her
remains were inferred In Friendship
Churchyard on Sunday afternoon. The
funeral services were conducted by the
Rev. Mr.. Voorhees,, Of this tOwn.-!Somer.
sd HcTaid.
The result of the Faster elections in
All llallows' Parish Is as follows: War.
dens, Geo. ". Purnell and J. j. Hurlock
vesirymcn, Geo. W. Purncll, J. j. IIur.
lock. A. ID. Irwin, Chns. w. Clnyvil,c
VIM. T. Dickerson, ]. ID. Hack, J. j. Col.
lins, j. 7. Parker, NJ. ID. Registrar. VIM
T. Dickcrson. Treasurer, VIM. +. johnson
Delegate To Convention. Sam'l l.. Benson
NJ. ID. Alternate. Oliver ID. Collins
Mr. Thomas W. Timmons, u member
Of the firm Of Fowler Il Timmons, proprie.
tors of the Ladies' Dress Goods Emporium
Of Salisbury, was in Snow Hill on Wed.
ncsday and received hearty shake from
his many friends here. flour lady readers
will write Mcssrs Fowler 4 TimmOns for
any kind Of samples Of Dress Goods these
young men will take pleasure in sending
same aud we feel sure will quote prices
lower than the large retail city houses.
DIR. IIouck, Of Baltimore. who recent.
ly purchased lot in this town with view
of improving the same, came down on
"Wednesday last bringing with him plans
and specifications Of the improve vemcnts he
proposes To make. The house will he
neat. novel and commodous and an i'm.
proyemcnt To ilia, par, Of the town where
he will pu, il. The work will he com.
mcnccd at I'M early date an this improve.
meni.
Mr. u. i. Wharton. of Stockton. was
among the number OF visitors seen on out
streets last Wednesday. We presume he
enjoys riding behind his new and hand
some horse from his frequent visits recent.
~ We are always glad To see good bust
ness men like him in our midst however
for the more they see nf our town the
more infatuated they become with il and
the m0ic satisfied Of the great advantages
il possesses for live, energetic men.
1t is now pretty well settled TINT
Princess Anne is To have u bank. II is
expected that |, will m in operation in
less than two weeks. Col Levin Woolfor rd
j. the promoter. and he is assisted In the
enterprise by several other capitalists oi
this town. We need bank in this com.
iy and there is no reason why one should
not succeed here. The lower room of III,
insurance builtling was arranged for bank
ing purposes when erected, and already
has u vault.-!Somcrsei UeTdii.
The work of the Fish Commission Is
now at its height. and thousands 0i young
shad are daily Matched al the various
Eastern Shore stations. Commissioner
Toadvinc, assisted by Thos. llughlcit, .Ir.
turned 3,O00, ,0OO young slad loose at North
East Thursday last. Gu Saturday 1O0,0Ot
were liberated in the Manokin, Mt Princes,
Anne. Monday 3,j0O,OOO were turned
out-jO0 900 in the Wicomico river
, ,OO0 900 in the Nantic0ke, and i,OO0,0Ot
in the Sassafras. = Iiiromiro News
"A competent opera company now
playing at Norfolk, Va, has bccn sccurct
by manager Morris Of the Ulman Opcr,
House. Salisbury, To play the &C ebraied
opera, "Mikado" in Salisbury next Tucs,la,
evening. Mr. Morris is 50 located lha, h,
can sccdre iirsi.class companies for on,
night. as they are returning North from
Southern tour. The "Mika,io" is wei
worth seeing and many persons from
ncighbOring towns are expected 10 witncs,
It's production in Salisbury next Tuesday
The housckccpcr may prepare to pa,
steep prices for sugar this spring. Tn,
wholesale prices have been rising for
month past, and the rciincrs say that the,
will continue To rise. Within the pas
month granulatcd sugar has advance,
steadily from : cents per pound Ia ~
This rise is attributed To the advancin,
price Of raw sugar, which in the SAM
period has gone up II cents. There ha
been some heavy buying Of raw sugar o
late by Americans. and reiincrs say that |
is To meet the actual requirements. Stock
in this country are light.