Democratic messenger., 1892-11-19
Maryland and Delaware.

A Somerset county man has sold $500
worth of terrapins to one dealer.
John Lang, of Cecil county, killed 52
ducks, % of them with two barrels.
Six applicants are already in the field
for the Chestertown postmastership.
The oyercrowded condition of the
Salisbury schools has necessitated the
employment of an additional teacher
The school board has engaged Miss Dai-
sy Bell.
John G. Myers, highly respected citi-
zen of Galena, died of heart failure at
the home of J. T. Pennington at o'clock
p. M, on Sunday, Nov. 9th, aged SO
years.
J. Manko Il Sons, clothing merchants
of Salisbury, have made an assignment
Robert =. Graham of Salisbury is the
assignee. The liabilities are 10000 and
assets $4,000.
The marriage of Miss Ada Byron
Roberts and J. Fletcher Rolph, has been
announced to take place at st. Paurs =.
f. Church. Centreville. Tuesday, the Goth
inst.
Mr.. Michael Connally, living on one of
Gen. McKenney's farms In Queen Anne's
has lost five horses with peculiar disease,
thought by DIR. Hanley TO be anthrax.
State Veterinarian Ward, of Baltimore,
has been summoned
The Elkton Cornet Band reorganized
this week with between 81 and 30 men,
bers The citizens of Elkton will no
doubt be very glad that this band which
furnished them with such good music in
the past has organized under such favor
able circumstances
The hosiery factory at Smyrna took
holiday Tuesday afternoon because of
the general interest in the election, the
feeling seeming TO run as high with them
as the boys. The girls in an innocent
way bet sweetmeats on the result, and
two of them went so far as to wager their
beauy.
An enthusiastic Democrat, 72-years-old
Edgar Brawner, rode last Saturday to a
post office not far distant from Port To-
bacco to hear news of the election. When
he learned that Cleveland was elected,
he became much excited and fell, dying
without utiering word. lie leaves five
children, all grown.
Harry Roe, young man OF wyoming.
met with a serious accident a few days
ago. While coupling cars at FELTON, his
right arm was caught between the bum
pers and so completely mashed that It
had to be amputated about three inches
below the shoulder bone. Drs. Bishop,
of Dover, and Money, of FELTON,, perform
ed the operation.
George Short, who is employed at Del
bert's boat yard, Elkton. met with quite
a serious accident last week He was
under one OF the men who was caulking
boat. when the hammer of the latter
missed the caulking iron and struck
Short on the head He was knocked
senseless for some time, and 1t is now
feared that his skull is seriously injured.
Mrs. Theodore Pennypacker. of wor-
ton, met with a singular accident. She
went TO the cupboard TO look for match
and accidently struck a dynamite bomb,
which exploded and necessitated the am
puistion of the thumb and forefinger.
Mrs. Pennywacker's husband was killed
last August while fishing with dynamite,
and this was one of the bombs he had
left at home
Mrs Ohm Bryan, of Centreville, came
near having a serious accident recently.
The bride rein broke near the bit on the
brow of the hill leading to the wharf.
Mrs Bryan was thrown from the shaft
in her efforts to check the headway OF
the horse. II was thrown by the good
rein after becoming entangled in the
shaft. No one was hurt Ready assist
ance proved valuable, and the damage
was slight.
The stable of Walter s. Leatherbury,
of Middletown, Del. was destroyed by
fire Monday night. The fire alarm caus-
ed panic in the Opera Honse, at which
an entertainment was in progress. and
several persons were slightly hurt. Three
horses in the stable were burned to death.
Two carriages. several wagons and two
tons of hay were destroyed. The loss to
Leatherbury, estimated at $1,000. is par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The only son of Rev. Charles Horsey,
colored. minister at Trappe, Talbot Coun-
ty, was killed on Tuesday. election day
while cunning. He placed his gun against
the tree with the hammers set, and as
cended the same tree to shake down an
opossum. Upon decending. the gun was
discharged. the load taking effect in his
left side under the arm nearly serving it,.
He bled TO death before his companions
could get hun home.