Democratic messenger., 1892-04-02

| - Hc " ff0bttro 4Ntdfs SAYS. NhilsnuTA
has the champion egg eater of the State.
IN The person of Peanut Johnnie" who
succeeded one day last week IN eating
two dozen raw eggs without stopping.
= Mr.. Lawrence Hastings has purchas-
ed the stock Of goods offered at public
auction by X ID Jones. trustee. last Tues
day and moved the same in his store
where they will Ice sold cheap for cash or
country produce
Rev John IIcston Wiley, of the
New York Conference. while on a visit
10 his sister. Mrs Thomas =. Selbv, on
last Sunday preached in the NJ. + Church
Of this Town in the morning he was
listened Ia by large congregation.
= County Commissioner Quilen re-
ports that Taylor's mill bridge is not safe
to cross and The commissioners have had
notices posted 10 that effect. warning
travellers that they will not be RESPONSE
bile for an accidents caused thereby
- Rev. d. b. Fitzgerald and wife have
given M their rooms IN the Washington
I House and are now occupying Mr.. Fitz-
gerad's bachelor quarters in The Coving
ton flat opposite Mackenzie Memorial
Church. They still hoard AT the Wash
lngion House.
The Baltimore 4 Eastern Shore r.
X Co. is building car shop at Sails
bury where they will have il arranged So
they can run their cars of into il and
have them repaired. The company are
now at work getting everything straight
Tor the handling of their large business
this summer
The Messrs Davis. who opened the
Snow Hell Marble Works few weeks
ago. ARE meeting with success. having al.
Their advertisement appears in this issue
oi the MESSENGER. They have Ike repu-
iaiion Of being iirst-class workmen. and
thus deserve the patronage of our people.
Ilnnoiables John Waller Smith .Ie-
rome T. IIa, man. Lloyd Wilkinson and
Thomas Y Franklin went to Washing
ton last Monday in the interest of the
proposed inlet. They SAW our Represen-
iativrs in both branches of Congress and
were promised that everything possible
would be done toward securing an appro-
priaiion for the work.
All Halows Episcopal church. Fifth
sunday in Lent. Morning prayer at 10 !;
Liiany. sermon aud celebration of Holy
Communion at 10 30: Evening prayer aud
sermon al 7.30; Sunday school 230 y. m.
Daily services al 4.30 y. m. except Wed
nesdays and Fridays which have services
AT 30 p. m. FRIDAYS. lectures on Com
iirmalion. All are welcome 10 these ser
vices. Robert Scott. Rector
Mr. Frank Marvel, of Laurel. Del.
has discovered II new enemy To The peach
tree, or at least an insect unlike anything
he had ever seen before II is "a small
flat bug of drab color. something like
chinch. and IL sticks fast to the twigs and
eats off the bark. He has only found a
few Of them and may be that theY are
not prolific enough TO do any great dam
age.
Tie tools stolen from the blacksmith
shop al Milford ON the night Of the bur
glary were found ai the bottom of Mis-
pillion River by W G. Welch. from
whose shop they were taken. The find
included sledge hammer. monkey
wrench, punch aud two chiselS. 1t Is
with these implements that the safes
were cracked at Milford. the burglars
throwing them away in their flight from
the town.
MIR William T. Vincent, Of Fruiiland
Md, brother of Mr. Vincent. one of the
editors Of This paper. was married 10 Miss
Cora B Pollilt. On Thursday evening of
last week, by Rev. Mr. Arneit of Sails
bury. MIR Sanford Toadvine was the
@iNtib- bNSA Hlth anu sutSS - " WI
Graih was bridesmaid. The happy couple
will reside in Fruitland. where the groom
is engaged in business. They have our
best wishes for long aud happy welded
life
Quite large party of young ladies
and gentlemen of this town together
with several from Colbournes district,
will assist Miss Katie Timmons with her
entertainment at Purnells' Hall next
Tuesday and "Wednesday evenings. April
9TH and 9Th \ drama entitled The
Boys Plot" will be followed hy first
class negro minstrel performance in
which will appear some of our well
known negro commedians If you want
to spend AN evening pleasantly and help
along one OF our country schools. don't
fail To go TO Purnells' Hall Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings Tickets now on
sale at DIR. Halls Drugstore Reserved
Seals 35cis General admission 25cts