Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-09-07
FROM THE BlsANDYwINE TO
CAPE CHARLES.

A great oyster season is predicted.
Rev. Il. w. To,lds sight is improving
The track of the Dover Fair grounds Is
In fine condition.
An Odessa cannery will put up 100000
cans Of tomatoes.
4 farm in Queen Anne's county Is said
TO have no owner.
Henry He'll, a wellknown undertaken
OF Elkton, Is dead.
Smyrna VI. Il. Church has raised $4,000
for improvements.
Millions of crabs abound in the waters
ut Colchester beach.
\ dre,igc is digging out I.aTrappe Riv-
er, In Talbot county.
The Anne Arundel ddrerti@r has turn.
ed the Goth mile post.
IIailwood, Va, is shipping large quan.
titles of sweet potatoes.
Sixty.one building lines were marked
in Wilmington last month.
Mrs. Nancy Parsons, an old rcsI+leni
Of Salisbury, died last week.
The Dorchester National Bank com.
mcnccd business last Tuesday
Miss Anna VI. Drummoni, a well.knowu
lady Of Elkton, died this week.
Dr. j. ". Henry, father ofD. NJ. Henry
Jr., died in Cambridge on Friday.
Emory Temple died at his home IL Ken
ton, Del. last week, agedd)? years
The Rev W. T.. Avery is spending his
vacation at Paramount. Somerset county
John Steward, the oldest male resident
of Milford, is dead at the age Of ~ years
BIS. Pussy, of Salisbury. received seat
~ net for a carload Of waiermelons last
week
Peach. growers in the vicinity Of Mil
ford have this season realized $50 900 from
the crop.
Mr.. Asa Graham, Of Wicomico, died al
cancer ut his residence In Barren Crccl
last Saturday.
VIM. Levi Laws, of WicOmico, has beer
ON visit To his son Alfred who is cadc
ut West Point.
Over 1900 carloads Of peaches hav'
thus far passed over the Delaware Rail
ront this season.
John ". James. Of Dorchester. harvest
ed 5000 bushels Of wheat this year On hi
Horns Point" farm.
Cards are on, for the marriage Of Rev
II. W. -. johnson. of Talhot Co. To Mis-
Gcorsic Tyson. Of Cecil.
The large eyarora,ing establishment o
Veasey & Watson. at Dclmar, was dcsiroy
ed by fire Saturday night.
The Northeast pottery, lncaic,lai North
east. Cecil county. Md, was destroyed b.
fire ON saturday Loss $4,000.
Wilbur +. Burniic.. Of FELTON,. is heinz
spoken Of as probable candidate for III
Democratic Gubcrnatorial nomination,
q. +. IIublar,ls oyster house near Cam
bridge was DESTROYED hy fire an Thurstln.
of last week. Loss. 500. No lnsuranc,
A camp. meeting opens at Nazareth VI
T.. Church, y miles from Princess Anne
on the Snow Hill road. on September Goth
The steamer Helen made her trial iriI
TO Ruc's wharf, near Belle Haven. Va
on last Wednesday with gratifying sue
cess.
\ public school at Delmar is partly sit
uatcd IN Delaware and Maryland. Eacl
State furnishes its own teachers an,
scholars.
DIR. lIumphrcys.of Salisbury, has SOLE
his drugstore to DR. Rial White. u recen
graduate of the Philadelphia Pharmaccu
iical College.
Nineiy.onc iongcr's license have mei
issued already in Talbot county. i.iO'
bashels Of oysters were caught hy tn
,ongcrs on Monday.
II. G.. Naudin, of Mi,lilciown, Del, wa
struck by freight train last Saiurla!
nigh, aud had one Of his legs broken an'
was severely cut about the head.
The Mcssrs. Manko. of Salisbury, wiz
have advertised largely in the MESSENGER
in the past. are making some notable i'm
pr0vemcn,s in their store. This is willie
awake irm and thoroughly reliable.
Mr. Vim. Crockci. of New Mexico. i
an visit To- his old friends in Princes
Anne for the first time in 10 years III
is the owner of 5000 sheep and snui
fortune, MI made since he went 10 New
Mexico.
John Cannon Short. an aged farmer o
Georgetown. computes that in going Il
Georgetown three times per week durin:
the Past forty years. the distance cacl
way ieing seven miles. hc has iravclc,
y, ,:,ie miles.
The complimentary dance M the Tow
Hall. nj Onancock. Va, on Thursday night
a2nd uli. rendered by Mr., L. W. Childrcl
TO Miss l. W. BaPwcll was one of III
most pleasant affair. of the season, and at
lracicd goml part Of the soci1l clcmrn
Of Accomac. as well n number Of non
rcsi,l, MS.
The freight and passenger depot of tn
n. Y. y. Il y. u. H.. at Princess Anne
was destroyed by fire At II =. VI. Saiur
day night. The citizens OF the town dl'
all they could Ia save the buildings. Nj
]. ". Carroll, the Agent, lost some valua
BILE papers aud one Of the L :. mail pouch
es for Philadelphia was burned Thu
fire originated from locomotive spark
Loss ~ .O0O. Fully insured.
The large store and warehouse Of CO.
n Miles, ut Upper Paramount. Somcrse