Democratic messenger., 1889-11-16
NEWS of OUR NEIGHBORs
Condensations From Our Penin.
aula Exchanges.

The Harrington San has suspended pub.
Harry Ingram, Of Mindleiown, has been
missing for week. ttt
A Laurel, Del. man has a log which
will dress over 1000 lbs.
John II. Satterfield L. the most promi.
ncni candidate for the P0simastersliip Of
Dover.
William Elliott, a prominent citizen Of
Brandywinc hundred. Del, died on Mon.
day aged Of years.
An Elkton man Is the possessor Of q
huge radish that Is 9 feet ~ inches in cir
conference and weighs IA lbs.
The stockholders of Cecil County Agri.
cultural Society will elect new beard Of
managers on Monday 25th inst.
Miss Jennie NJ. Wade of near Appleton,
Is quite a successful farmer. She has
raised an ear Of corn Is inches in length.
Jacob Tome. Of Port Deposit, has con.
tributcd $500 towards new church at
Chanccford, York county, Pa, his native
place.
William B. Records, u retired farmer
and prominent resident Of Sussex county.
Del, died at Laurel on Sunday, aged O.
years.
Prof. Wyatt has left Laurel, where he
La. ;,,et .l;ra,to nj . ci.ea Il, tha ,rat arin of
Esther for Salisbury where he will
teach class
David Pepper prominent and well.,o
do farmer of Sussex. Co., Del, died at
his residence near Georgetown wednes-
day Of last week. aged 81.
The Mcthodists of Milford want the
Rev. J. II. Wiley returned as pastor OF
their church for the fourth year. Rcsolu'
tions 10 that effect have been adopted.
In quelling a disturbance at Colts Sta.
tion. Kent county. Nd, Constable Miller
shot three men. Two OF them are slight
" wounded. Thomas Darrcl was shot In
the arm and shoulder.
4 Milford wants canal cut from the Mis-.
pillion Creek. which runs through the
town and divides Kent and Sussex coun-
ties, to the Delaware bay, 50 that the ship.
building interests may be advanced.
A day or so ago at Bladesvillc, a suburb
of Scaford, James Lewis beat his wife and
fatally kicked their infant In the head.
lie then shot his horse and hog, and is
now AT bay in II neighboring woods.
John G. Graham, one Of tile leading
farmers of Kenton hundred. Del, was
fined 81 Monday by Squire Jester for
shooting a rabbit On his own farm. The
season for rabbit AMI quail opens on Fri
day.
The Puscy & Jones Company, of vii.
mington, will build two steel hull stern
paddle. wheel freight and passenger steam.
boats for river service in Venezuela. They
will bc respectively l?j and GG feet long,
and will be named Guanare aud Socorro.
Stephen Morphei, Of Scaford has been
placed In Jail at Georgetown, Del, charg-
ed with attempting TO burn J. W. Moorc's
carriage factory In Seaford. The fire was
discovered by two ladies' who gave the
alarm and thus prevented another big fire
in Seaf0rd.
Deputy Commander Howard, of the
State fishery force, arrested and took Ia
Cambridge. yesterday. Capt. :. Gibson
of the sloop Sea Gull, charged with taking
bcdded oysters. The sloop. Glover, Capt.
Ben Wilson. was also taken TO Cambridge
her captain having eluded arrest.
The dwelling house and barn Of Irving
q. Griffith, In Cecil county, Md, were
consumed by fire Thursday. The build
ing was situated in the second district
near Chesapeake City. The loss amounts
io about So 800. There was no insurance
The fire was caused by defective ilue.
The parade held to.night was the larg.
est ever seen In Cambridge. and but for
the distressing accident, which cast a
gloom over the whole town. the crowds
would have been more enthusiastic. The
town is brilliantly illuminated, hut the
merry scenes OF the early evening have
been turned, 10 great extent, into sad
ness.
a fatal shooting affray occurred at q
negro entertainment at Perkins Hall
Chcstertown, about II o'clock Thursda,
night. in which two negro men, Alfre,
Trusty and Edwin Brown, were shot ant
almost instantly killed, IL is charged. b,
Frank Harris, waiter on the steamer
Emma 4. Ford, of the Chester Rive
Steamboat, Company. Perkins Hall Is l
public entertainment hall. owned and con
,rolled by William Perkins, one of ih'
most widcly.known cOlored political lead
crs and restaurateurs ofthe state.