Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-08-10
Our CITY by the Sea.

OcEAN CiTy, Aug. 9th, iSSJ. With all
her gayc,y, Ocean City has M, been he.
hind her sister resorts in furnishing the
reading world with series OF disastrous
acci,icnts-sO disastrous and fatal indeed
in their termination that the mpacious
man Of the public for the trouble will
well nigh bc satiatcd.
Mary ShoCklcy, one of the colorcd cx.
cursiunisiS Ia this place from Salisbury,
was run oyer aud horribly mutilatcd last
Friday while cndeavorins Ia cross the
track before hacking train Her leg
was broken nj the thigh and her left hand
crushed. She was evidently under the
influence of alcohol and will probably die.
The Life Saving stations which com
plclcly grid our whole scalnard contain u
body of men VIII" are men in the true
! sense of the word. men WI, mr." manly,
men Who hear little semi gen.
llcmamly dandy of the only
aim j. Ia present fine exterior. whose
highcs, ambition Is tn keep pace with the
latest styles. or some such rot They. in
character ~ well ~ dress arr nj antipn'lcs
with the dude who promrna'lc- the walk
ogling the girls and who is the pcrsoniti.
cations al the missing link" minus the
tail. Not afraid OF danger, hut counting
il they face death willingly iitherc lw. il,
len Of the risk. a human life Of such as
these aud the most typical Of their kind
a. the Life Saving Station At this place is
composed II l. due tn the bravery ni
two of thcsr men the Carey brothers
thai which might have hccn dreadful
calamity was diverted into nothing more
than nm exciting adventure. \ boat with
- fishing party ot live was capsilcd and
all hands would have probably been
drowned. had not these men rendered a..
sis,ancc hy swimming ont 10 the boat aud
righiing il All were saved. though IN an
exhausted condition. Those who admire
true pluck when they see IL, male up II
purse of fifty dollars which was publicly
presented Ia the two brothers lv Col
Icmucl Shovel, in the pavilion OF the
Atlantic Hotel
Despite the bad weather, the hotels M,
gradually filling up. Among some Of the
recent arrivals AT the Seaside NAV he
mentioned G. VI Ellcngcr. New YorL Mrs
Chas. \, Allarl and daughter, Baltic; Mr.
&. l.. Vincent aud family. Snow Ilill; Rev
j. ID. Hank and wife, Rev I. G. Martin.
dale and daughter aud W \ Warrington,
Thus Perry, Salisbury; T. u. Martin, lirr.
lin. AMI others.
At the Atlantic T.. Stanley Tnalvinr,
Salisbury Geo. W, purncll aud family
Snow llill; Hon. t;rorgc W Covingion
Snow Hill Judge Holland. Salisbury. and
many Others from Washington and Bal.
timOrc.
Congress Halls doing good business
even better than any one anticipated NJ
the beginning of the season.
The Hotel lie Purncll still takes the
lead as the boss feeding establishment.
TiHhhtuNthi, iht haHN l'Ni'is llhu hWl
city visit last Saturday and remained
over till Monday morning. on Sunday
might he took his seat IN front of the Ito.
tel de- Purncl and with his corncI render.
al some excellent music. which WIS great
~ appreciated by every one lie is n
blower from away.backl
We are glad Ia learn that bath houses
will have tc take hack seat n il were.
They will bc moved further up from the
beach, instead of occupying ss they dn.ihc
choice sites along the shore. Il j. not n
very pretty scene from the hotel porches
To Look oui an vast expansc Of bathing
suits hung out an clothcs.llnrs to dry