Democratic messenger., 1889-06-15
TOWN, COUNTY AND PENINSULA.


Immense quantities Of hay is being
cut in this section.
The County Commissioners were IL
session on Tuesday.
How about an old fashioned cclcbra
tion here on the famous 4ih.
The fare on our railroad has been re
duced TO three cents mile.
Snow Hill needs Board of Trad,
and should have one by all means.
Mrs. John B. Mock is visiting hci
sister, Mrs. J. $. johnson, in Baltimore.
Over 1900 persons in this county sleeT
on Horse Shoe Spring Beds bought will
feathers.
About three million dollars have al
ready been subscribed for the sufferers oi
.IOhnstown.
We want every business man In Snow
Hill TO read the editorial headed "Snow
Hill" in this issue.
MIR. Y. l.. Jacobs Of ST. Martins wa,
in town on Thursday and paid the MEs.
sESGER Office visit.
doctor llouck is making preparations
To build pretty house on his lot on Fed.
eral Street. The Doctor Is in town thi,
week.
-Rey. II. W. Todd, who has been fo,
several weeks pas, suffering from an nj
cerated eye, we are glad to say is much
improved.
MIR. and Mrs Robert Lambicn, oi
Pocomoke, and Mrs. Lamb,len's parents
of Baltimore, paid visit 10 Mrs. Jess,
Aiken on Sunday last.
Rev. b. +. Jester will preach io.mor'
row Sunday as follows Snow Hill lO,a
n. M, Girlletrcc ) p. M, Children's Day
at Portersvillc sp. III.
$. q. Cameron, representative of u
q. Dun Il Co.'S Mercantile Agency lwil
mington Branch) was registered nj Mock.
Washington House last Tuesday
Hon George W. C0vinc,on imlancc,
his strawberry account one day ,hi, week
He Tippcd several thousand quarts from
" acre which neite'l him $50.
4 tCol. John W. Smiths new house for
4 nich ground has been broken and the
Foundation is being built, will bc one of
the handsomcst structures in this county
The Sunday School Of the ". =
Church of this town. will meet mex, sun
day morning NJ . O'Clock instead Of the
afternoon The Pastor desires a full a,.
tendance.
"A valuable horse belonging Ia McssrS
Richardson, Smith. Moore & Co. stuck a
nail in one of his feet badly laming him
He is now improving under treatment al
DIR. Alva Smith.
On Monday last II drop.boX was plac.
cd in the POsloilice for the purpose of al
lowing any who so desire To contribut,
money for the .Johnstown sufferers. Til,
box is still there. j. your contribution:
MIR, Thomas B. Gordy. proprietor oi
the Quaniico Hotel, Quan,ico, wicomico
county. died Monday night Of hcmorrhagc
Ills death probably marks the end of III,
well known turtle dinners which he nj
ways served
MIR. Sydney +. Nelson. u farmer resid
i1g near eown, sho, and badly pcppered u
mule belonging to Mr.. James Clark, anoih
or farmer. on Monday. Ills mulcship wa,
out of his latitude. having s,raycd int,
Mr.. N'lson's enclosure.
Captain Robert Agrcw. onc of on
oldest citizens aud the father of Mrs Mil
lie Upshur, an Ft.lay morning o
paralysis of the>Ss.in. Captain Agncw
was IS years old and-had been in poo
state Of health for number Of years.
Nearly cyci county town on til,
the Eastern Shore will celebrate III,
Fourth of July in an appropriate manner
Is il possible that Snow Hill will sleep OF
that day: Friends let US make arrange
men,s for proper celebration of III,
Fourth.
Newspapers are oi,cn criticised e.
what they print. hut il II were known how
much credit they mcri, for what they don
print, or for the nonsense they whack oul
Of what they do print. they would com
mand II much more generous judgement =
CI. Mcclure.
The following figures represent III,
amount Of money contributed for all pur
poses by All IIallows' Parish during III,
past twelve months For the Church at
large. $3i.95. For Diocesan purposes
$GsO0 For Parochal purposes. $i53G -
Total $iG3G.i9.
What is our Farmer Club. organize,
in Snow llill during last Court for tn
purpose of seeing that Worcester wa
well represented in the exhibits ai th
Maryland State Agricultural and Mcclan
ical Association, doing Isn't IT abou
time for another meeting:
From reports received from ever.
portion of the peninsula II Is safe 10 ~,
that there will he not exceeding ihir'
of crop of peaches. The June fall prom
ises To be greater than what was expected
Trees that week ago promised to hav
n fair crop, have In many ncIghborhood
scarcely any,
The many friends Of Mr.. Henry Bur
bage will be pleased 10 learn that he Is ih
valediciorian at the annual commence
ment Of the Wilmington Commercial Col
lcgc. Wilmington, Del, on Tuesday next
Mr.. Burbage has been visiting his parcn,
at Stockton and friends in Pocomok
during the past week.
"A meeting of the stockholelprs of IN