Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-07-13
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Der Of friends on Thursday evening in
honor o, her guest Miss Lulu Franklin, oI
Berlin.
Misses Ella Purncll. Ella Moore,
Manic Bratlen aud Nora Dryden have
been attending the Teachers Association
at Penn Mar this week.
MIR. Thomas p. Doughty, Of Balti.
more, paid flying visit TO friends In town
this week. While here Mr.. Doughty was
the guest Of Thos. d. Purnell. Esq.
Capt. Geo. W. Truiit. accompanied
by his wife and children sailed from Chin.
colleague yesterday for Philadelphia and
other cities on E. W. McMaster's schoon.
er.
There will be no preaching in the NJ.
=. Church Of this town tomorrow. Rev.
Robert II. Powell will preach at Porters-
Vile 1890 u. m. and Girdlcircc 3 n. M, to-
morrow.
MIR. o. ID. Collins ard wife are So
journing among the mountains Of West
ern Maryland. They will visit Luray Cave
and other places Of interest during their
absence.
There are a large number Of cases Of
dyscnicry in our midst Mainly among
children, and parents should be very eau.
iious to prevent their children from eating
green fruit.
-iOr. T.. X. Wilson and George VI.
Cpsh1 and families have gone to ocean
City {, spend the summer. They will
occy B cottage which they have leased
Toy ic season.
yt;ov. jackson has appointed VIM. r.
I der. formerly proprietor Of the Princess
'Annc Hotel, justice Of the peace for the
first district Of Somerset county. vice 7.
T. Cpsher. deceased.
DIR. T. II. Lewis, Prcsiden, of West.
crn Maryland College, will preach at Cool
Spring woods meeting July 2S,h inst
Everybody is invited To- hear the pulpit
orator and learned man of the day
The Evcrding Band will hold fes,i
val in the school house yard next Thurs.
day evening. The proceeds will he used
for missionary purposes. II il rains on
that evening IL will bc held the following
day.
--Our farmers have nj last had an op.
porinniiy TO harvest their wheat crop. The
yield Is not as large as was anticipated.
and much of the crop. having been ser.
iously damaged by the heavy rain last
week, will be- disposed Of nj reduced
price.
Texas flies. which have been playing
havoc with cattle elsewhere, have attack.
cd them in this county. These pests At
tack cattle about the hOOfs and roots Of
the horns, and unlcss tar is used plenti-
fully about these parts they do much
damage.
MIR. Reese Peters, Of Philadelphia. a
brothcF Of our popular nurseryman, VIM.
NJ. Peters, has been visiting in the county
for several dfrs, Mr.. Peters has been en-.
gagged In the tn.,, ',iacturc 0f watch cases
In Philadelphia ~ is his first visit to
Worcester but he is much pleased and
says he will cong again.
-Messrs. Emmart Il Quar,ley, the well
known Baltimore decorators. have receiv.
ed the contract for frescoing the Mackenzie
Memorial Church of this place. The work
was commenced on Wednesday. En-.
mart Il Quartley have engaged our Snow
Hill artist, l.. Edward Boehm. to assist
them.
The Baltimore SuH one Of Maryland's
brightest and hest dailies has commenced
the publication ~ Il series Of articles on
Trusts anu monopolies" by the pen Of
Hon. W. l.. Wilson, of West Virginia.
These articles are interesting and their
publication will doubtless increase the
circulation Of Maryland's chamion daily.
Two of our young men, Thomas Col.
lins and Percy Hudson took q sail at
Public Landing one day this week While
out they encountered n calm and while
drifling abou. the bay they iioated M on
bar where they remained several hours.
Amer getting OF they pOled across the hay
returning hungry and tired some time
ater midnight.
On Tuesday last Our town was again
thrown into excitement by the alarm Of
fire given by the Pocomokc steam mill
whistle and in few minutes the bucket
brigade was on the scene II turned out
TO he small tenant house occupied by
one ~ the mill hands. which was, howev.
or, In close proximity To the grist mill and
several dwellings. aud had not the flames
been arrested In the start much property
might have been destroyed. The damage
was slight which was due To the hasiy re-
spOnse Of our people. Let the fire engine
or some other means Of protecting our
homes, alone friends until We meet the fate
0f some " our sister towns
Wilbur Elinson. lessee aud succrssoI
al the ChestertOwn SirawbOari Manufac
turing Company, has disposed Of the bus
iness To the American StTawbOard Com
pany oi Chicago. Ills. The original enter
prise was organized sn iss3 with n CAPT
tai stock Of S9O.OO0. all of which was held
BY Kent county capitalists The Ameri,
can Sirawboard Company has n capital
stock Of 5000. 900. and owns every larg,
mill In the United States except four. one
OF which viii pass under the management
Of the syndicate within few weeks. Til,
management Of the Cheslertown straw
board min passed inio the hands IL the
Western combination July I. when con.
tracts fnr the formal transfer were signed
Mr.. Eliason will be general manager and
q salaried olllcsr ~ the company. M
change viii be made In the hours OF meth,