Democratic messenger., 1892-06-25
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered From,
our Exchanges.

our Exchanges.
W. +. Clements. Of Clayton, has COW
which gives 50i pounds of milk day
Eight houses were destroyed by fire in
Sharptown, on the Nanticoke river, Wi.
comico county.
During the past week s29 carloads Of
perisI'ahle ircigh, were shipped over the
Delaware Railroad.
Nineiecn.year-o Joseph Stack mar
rowly escaped drowning in the Delaware
rive, of New Castle.
Mrs. Bell. aged one hundred and two
years died near Sclbyville Sussex county
last Tuesday morning.
Miss Sara B NAPLES, Of Lewes, has nc
ccpted position as principal Of u school
in Lancaster county, Pa.
The fruit forcing houses of VIM. Moore
near Laurel were burned down Saturday,
June llih Loss about $4,000.
j. w. Wimbrow's saw mill near Phil.
lip Hill, Sussex county, was destroyed
by fire las, Wednesday morning.
The body OF William Ca'lan, of Phila-
dclphia, who was drowned at Augustine
Pier on Sunday has been recovered.
A new steamboat is being built to run
on the Sassafras river Md She is cx-
pected TO be in service by August lst.
{. Edward ". Wilibank and Miss Delema
Russell. daughter of Edward Russell, Of
Lewcs, were married in Philadelphia
Wednesday,
The states attorney of Kent county
Is working up The evidence against the
colored men now in Jail, charged with
killing DIR. Hill.
The home of W. NJ Sa,tcriield in Nan.
ticoke hundred Sussex county, was de-
s,royed by fire last week Loss $1,000
Insured for $500
Some one maliciously broke of part of
the hand of the statue of the Archangel
Gabriel which surmounts the monument
in the Episcopal Cemetery at smyrna
4 lady in the rural district near Sharp
town picked one hundred and twenty
five quarts OF strawberries and five buck
els of peas in one day besides cooking
three meals for a family of three and
Neirs
Charles Whai,e. an areaonaut and ira
peze performer, fell about 1900 feet at
Colchester Beach, Sunday owing TO the
failure of parachute 10 open properly
lie was reported not seriously injured,
hut determined TO 'let halloonins alone in
the future"
Edgar r. Williams, young man TWEEN
" wears of age and student from Dor
chester county 10 the State Normal
School for the last two wears was acct
IDENTIFY drowned on Saturday afternoon
June llth. while bathing in the Nanii-
coke river about three miles below Fed
eralsburg.
Amelia Griffith an aged colored woman.
died at the home of w. ;. Moore. at
Fruitland. Wicomico county, Tuesday
She was about so years old. On the cman-
u,, - ell hn rof,ySaH hnr
liberty and has since lived with the Moore
family as domestic.
John w. Smith was found dead in his
he'd TUESDAY morning last AT his home a
few miles from Salisbury. Mr.. Smith had
been suffering from dropsy for some time
past. lie was about sixty years old
and had beer resident of Wicomico
county since his birth. He served one
term as county surveyor in 1875.
There is movement among the cler-
cymen and newspaper men of Middle
town, looking toward apetition To the
merchants advocating closing the stores
earlier during the summer months, but
they arc meeting with little encourage
meni, owing 10 the trade consisting
chiefly Of farmers, who are prevented
from visiting town until night
The Milford Ne,cs and Adrertiser saws :
AT an enrly hour on Thursday morning
"A crowd of young men numbering five or
six sounded the alarm of fire when near
the corner of the National hotel They
had been out all night tearing up door
steps, throwing goods boxes INTO the
street and otherwise defacing property
before the fire cry was sounded. Theii
identity is known, and second attempt
at such work will not be safe.
The prisoners who are serving sen
ience in the jsil here were taken out lasi
| Wednesday and put To work on the
streets under the act of 1892, providing
that persons convicted of crime and SEN
fenced To the county Jail should be com
PEELED TO work the streets of Easton and
the county roads whenever required by
The authorities |, was novel scene in
Easton io have lahorers at work in striped
suiis, and a crowd gathered around the
convicts To watch them work Star.
Beware of OintnncntS for catarrl
that contain Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering il through