Democratic messenger., 1893-08-19

ley, Va, has returned to Snow Hill.
Miss May Hubbell is closing out
.er goods saved from the fire very
heap.
MIR. VIM. Townsend, of Cape
. Charles, Va, paid Snow Hill, a visit
this week.
Prof Percy Hudson, of Chinco-
league, is visiting his uncle, Mr.. |. T.
->Matthews.
Mr.. VIM. L. Bratten, of Eliza
a City, n. c., has been here on a
slsit this week.
-Wanted.-Everybody who owes
us for subscriptions to pay up. We
need the money.
City merchants have shown their
confidence in the integrity of our mer-
chants by offering to sell them all the
goods they want.
Mrs. A. G.. Toadvine and daugh-
ter Miss Dorothy, of Salisbury have
been visitors at Hon. George w. Cow
ington's this week.
Miss Ida Houston, of Middletown,
Del, paid our town visit OH Tuesday,
she is now visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ern-
est Laws in Queponco.
Among the visitors TO town this
week were Mr.. and Mrs. II. I. Waters,
of Baltimore, and Hon. George NJ.
Upshur Of the same city.
Rev. James r. Campbell will
preach tomorrow in the nj. +. Church
of Newark at 1890 a. m., and 7.45 p.
m. At Wesley at 3 p. m.
Services tomorrow morning in the
Mackenzie M mortal Presbyterian
Church. In the afternoon at the Gun
by Memorial Church at Stockton.
-Ayars & Co., received two car
loads OF peaches on Tuesday to be
canned at their factory here. They
were brought here from Delaware.
Miss Irma johnson, who has
been visiting friends in Delaware, for
some time returned home on Tuesday
accompanied by her sister Miss Matte.
-Lost-One cane-seat revolving
Office chair which removed from my
store on the night Of the fire. The finder
will please return the same. j. S. Price.
-Drs. Dashiell & Taylor have their
dental rooms in the residence of DIR.
Dashiell on Market street nearly
opposite the residence of o ID. Collins,
Esq.
Don't forget that have good
line Of millinery and white goods at
Mr.. l.. Edward Boehm's house next to
the Presbyterian Church May
Hubbell.
Services were held in all the
churches Sunday, except All Hallows,
whose rector is in Europe, and sermons
were preached upon the calamity that
befell the town.
MIR. John I. Keas, Of Berlin,
paid our town visit on Tuesday and
our thanks are due him for delivering
our papers for us which we did not
receive on time.
The safe in the Office of the county
commissioners of Worcester county was
opened last Friday morning, and it
was found that all the papers and books
contained in it were entirely destroyed.
Preparations for rebuilding this
town are being made as rapidly as pos
sible, the principal drawback being the
'pon-arrival of insurance adiusters and
one question of widening and straighten-
/ng the streets.
Since the fire the town has been
in darkness at night, as the electric
light wires have not yet been put up,
and the only lights are those at the
courthouse and bank, where guards
are placed TO watch the vaults.
Mr.. J. j. Follerwho has been here
in the merchant tailoring business for
several years, left for Ashville, N. c.,
on Tuesday TO enter in the same bust
ness at that place. Mr.. Foller made
many friends whilst here who wish
him success in his new field of labor.
Mr.. Matthew Pusey met one of
the editors Of the MESSENGER on the
street the other day and invited him to
go to his wagon and load up with can.
teloupes for the boys. We did it and
Matt has the thanks of all hands for
his thoughtful generosity. Who'll be
the next?