Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-23

Will meet w LyHcnDuTg, u, on Apfii ou
For the Office of president. now held by
Rev. William ). Hammond, whose three
years term is expiring. the aspirants are
Rev. u. +. Benson. Of Chesapeake circuit,
Rev. J. ID. Kcnzcr aud Webster VI. Stray
or, Of Baltimore.
Hanna Calder. the female bridegroom
that recently skipped from Hartford coun-
" with u pretty girl for her Tor his) wife,
has been found Mt last at Glyndon. Balti.
more county. Mrs. Calder accompanied
the detectives To Baltimore and her father
took her hack home. She declares that
Hanna is man and that she loves him.
II is thought she will soon join her hus.
band.
The steamship Old Dominion has ar.
rived at Fort Monroe, Va, and reports
the Delaware lightslnp and the Cape
Charles liSliiship away from their stations.
The Old Dominion sighted To the south.
ward OF Cape Henry wha, appeared 10 be
II lightship in tow ola sailing vessel, mast
partly out oil water. II is IN the track OF
vessels bound in and out of the capcs.
about five miles ives, Of Cape Henry.
The prospects for crop of peaches
was never better ut the middle of March
than now. The buds are numerous, all
alive and very dormant There will he
good crop this year IL Jack Frost does no,
lay his icy hand ON our darlings during
the next sixty days. And the prospect
in other States is as good as in Delaware
IA condition with only one such prcce.
den,-last year .Maiord .Nc,rs.
Master William woolley, son Of Mrs.
Helen Woollcy. left home on Monday.
March llth, for Denver, Colorado. which
place he anticipated reaching on or about
Friday. the 18th. and where he expected
to meet his brother, Mr. Guy Woollcy,
who has hccn living in that region for
some time past Hereafter Wills home
will he in the far aud distant West. We
admire his enterprise. aud heartily bid
him God.spccl in whatever lac may un.
dcrtakc
Our farmers, who took advantage Of
the mild weather of several wcc1s ago for
blowing know now how to appreciate the
work accomplished by them. Some, we
understand, about finished blowing before
The recent rains set in, and can now res,
easy, while others, who have hardly com
menccd, feel that they will be far behind
with their work when corn planting time
comes, for il is impossible for them To do
anything in their fields while the land is.
in many instances, submerged in water.
The wreck of the bark L. l.. Pcitcn.
gill, 0fPortland. Ne, Captain &. c White.
has been found by Captain Barnard. of
the Philadelphia tug Argus,in Chesapeake
Bay. The wreck lies between the tail OF
the Horseshoe" and Cape Henry. in five
ia,homs Of water, in the track of vessels
going out and entering the capes. She Is
On her st.rl'oard beam emil Her miZxcn.
mast is gone by the deck, aud she Is rap.
idly breaking up. There is no trace Of
he crew, and there is little doubt tia, ~
men who formed il have persisted.
The dwelling house and barn on a
farm near Gilpin's Point in the lower par,
of Caroline county, belonging 10 George
W. Camper. were destroyed by fire an
Saturday morning last. The roof caught
tire from "a spark which had fallen from
The chimney aud the fire had made such
hcadwny before discovered by the tenant.
Charles W. Told. that he WAS unable to
put il out. besides the loss Of dwelling
and barn. considerable provcndcr was
burned The loss is not known. There
was no insurance.
p 7, liarnum and Adam Forcpaush
are maRing extensive preparations 10 start
"n the road with their circuscS; il
f. " of these big shows >hOdli come here
Tn, W aud should run short Of canned
goods mt some of the finest oyster
crackers Im- the world To feed the clc-
plants on. or peanuts foi both elephants
and monkeys, or if the actors should want
the very best fruit, such as bananas,
oranges, lemons, dates, cucanuts, or in
fact anything in the plain aud fancy gro.
Gerry line, they can bc supplied by e. II.
Truiti, on Bank street. lie still leads in
low prices
The jury in the case Of ]. ]. Bunting.
on trial rs mn accessory before the fact for
housc.burning at Cape Charles. the parli.
culars of which have already been pub.
lishcd in the MESSENGER. after having re-.
manned ont all night. returned To the
court room and reported that they could
not agree. and that there was no POSSIBLE.
ity of an agreement. They were then dis.
charged hy the court aud the case con-
iinucd until the April term. The jury
stood six for acquitial. an the ground Of
temporary insanity, AMI siN inr convic.
ton.
Mrs Ross, wife of Mr. George Ross.
Of Pocomokc City, died very Suddenly
al her home on Monday morning last. Her
husband ate his breakfast aud went nni in
the swamps Ia work. leaving his wife ia
her usual good health, bat before dinnera
messenger WAS sent Ia tell him oi his wifr's
sudden death. Mrs. Ross was found living
on her bed dead hy hoy who had been
sent to her house by ont of her ncighhors.
She hal been complaining for several days
with neuralgia in her heal and the Doc
tor. who was summoned by the family,
pronounced the cause of her death neural.
gi of the heart.
--lnasmuch rs We are To have u can.
ming establishment aud our citizens ARE
intending To engage more extensively in
the culture OftOmatocs. the following hints
as To the proper management Of this crop
may not be am.ss l.and must he well
titled and well manfred should lie planted