Democratic messenger., 1892-08-20

The Worcester Republican county
convention. met in the Court House last
Tuesday and elected the following dele
gates 10 the Ocean City Convention of
Thursday c. O. Melvin, W. VI. Vincent,
Iaban 7. Quillrn. Zadok z. Wharton.
/ At the Ocean CITY convention Hon Geo
NJ Russum was nominated hy acclama-
tion ior Congress. Quite large number
of prominent Republicans from Snow
| Hill attended the convention
Maud 5 is no longer queen OF the
/ trotiing turf The proud position which
the daughter Of Harold has held So long
/ has been wres,cd from her, and Nancy
Hanks reignS in her stead Wednesday
afternoon. at Chicago. in the presence OF
1000 spectators. Budd Doble drove his
beautiful mare to beat her record of , 90
She not only beat her own record. but
lowered the worlds trolting record from
2OSf. the time of Maud :. to 2.03l
The L : postal service on Aug. 4
started 10000 pounds of gold coin, in
value 500 900. 900, from the subireasury
vaults in San Francisco 10 the subtreas-
ury vaults in New York, and accomplish
ed the task in less than II hours without
The shadow Of mishap or the loss of a dol
lar The postal authorities, the sleepless
guards and the railroads are 10 be con
graduated upon their success in rushing
such treasurer past the robbers of the
West.
William Petit. junior member of the
firm of Selby Il Petit. proprie,ors of the
Central Hotel stables, was robbed of thir
teen dollars Saturday. between midnight
and day. Mr. Petit had a number OF
teams out. and remained nj the stables in
order TO see them carefully cared for
when they reached home. lie fell asleep
in the Office. and when he walked he found
his pockei turned inside ont. and the
money gone Thirty dollars in "a hip
pocket was undsturbed
A dwelling house upon the farm of
Andrew Johnson, near Stockton. was en-
iirely cbnsuned by fire on Tuesday night
VIM. WanH colored. who lived in the
bnildins. was aroused by the roaring OF
the flameS and had barely succeeded in
arousing)his family and assisted them in
escapihg from the burning building. when
the Dbof fdll in. Ward lost all his house
hold furni ture and wearing apparel. the
family saving nothing but their night
clothing. The fire is supposed To be an
act Of an ncendiary. as there had been no
fire near or about the premises during the
previous day.
Sunday night while the colored
campmeeting at Fruitland was in full
blast two colored men, one named Sam
uel IIaney, a native OF this county, and
the other resident Of Snow Hill, got in
10 AN alteration over colorcd damsel
and the result was that lIaney was shot
in two places by the colored gentleman
iioHl SHuM lilli. VIC ul tHt bdilS tIlttE-
ed the shoulder and the other passed
between the upper and lower jaw,
through the mouth and lodged back of
the ear DR. H. w Morris was called in
and succeeded in finding the ball in the
shoulder but the one IN the back of the
ear could not be located exactly. The
fall al, ItI el.nAffnfr I-tI
IN making his escape lYicomic, -Nt,rs.
One of Snow Hills old landmarks
will shortly he a thing of the past Geo.
T. Braiten, Teller of the First National
Bank. is remodeling his house on Federal
street. which is one of the oldest houses
in the town. Ii is not known exactly
how long the building has stood II is
supposed, however, 10 be at least two
hun dred years old. The framing is very
heavy. and nearly all Of il well preserved,
not wiihstanding its age. All the wood
work is fastened with handmade wrought
nails and spikes. while the shingles upon
the laige old fashioned roof with dormer
windows, were fastened on with wooden
pegs in the place of nails. Pegs were also
used upon the building wherever it was
possible 10 do So The laihs and weather
boarding were all riven out by hand and
fastened with home made nails
We are sorry to say so, for the credit
Of Snow Hill, but we have the worst tel
egraphic facilities of any town on the
Peninsula. without a single exception. II
is not an infrcquent occurrence for per
son 10 leave message at the office one
day and il not be sent until the next
This j. no fault of the accommodating
operator, but because the telegraph wire
running through here belongs to the rail |
road company and all business must wait
for railroad messages. What We need is
a through Western Union wire 10 Balti- |
more by way of Philadelphia Telegraph
ing here is greatly on the increase and
We feel safe in saying that with such IA
clitles the business would he doubled in
one year. People who do not now use
the telegraph because they have no con.
fidence as To whether their messages will
be received any sooner than letter,
would welcome an improvement in the
facilities and patronize II literally.
The P0cOmOlle Canal.