Democratic messenger., 1893-12-23

LOCALS.
DR.. John :. Aydelotte new store
has very pretty front.
Mrs. Thomas Dunlap is quite i'll
at her home in this town.
MIR. John Showell, of Berlin. wa.
in Snow Hill on Tuesday.
Miss Louise Wilson came hom,
from school ON Monday TO spend the
holidays.
MIR. and Mrs. :. W. Truitt hav,
been the guests of Mrs. a. ID. Irwin
this week.
Mrs. :. H. Townsend returned
home from visit to friends in Balti
more last week.
A beautiful line OF Windsor lies,
perfectly lovely and prices low. Mrs
V. :. Townsend.
The young people OF Chincoteague
NJ. +. Church will give a cantata
during the holidays.
Professor Harry Covington OF
Princeton College is home To spend the
holidays with his father
The Maryland Building at the
Worlds Fair has been sold to a
Cincinnati party for $3.50.
John J. Collins is putting the
finishing touches To his two new store
houses on Washington street.
Capt. james Matthews. Of Chinco-
league Island. killed porker last
week which weighed 523 pounds.
The bottom has dropped out Of
the sugar market and it is now selling in
Baltimore at 81 cents per pound.
William Young has nice line Of
candies and fruits for Christmas at his
stare, eu the street leading to the depot.
Il have reduced the price ON winter
wraps and will close out my entire lot
at sacrificing prices. Mrs. V. S. Town
send.
i have n line of muhs that | am
selling at $3.50, others are asking $500
and over for the same. Mrs. V. :.
townsend.
A band of gypsies are on their
way down the peninsula. They stuck
tents at Georgetown last Thursday and
moved this way.
-Messrs J. :. Price & Co. have
been getting in big stock of goods
this week. On Monday they received a
car load Of -four.
MIR. Charles Mumford. who is in
the employ of the Neuse River Lumber
Co. in North Carolina, has moved his
family TO Snow HILL
Miss Estelle PurneIl. vino has
been quite sick for the past two weeks,
is now somewhat improved under the
care of DIR. Straughn.
Congressman Bratten, who has
been sick for some time past, is little
improved, and was able to take short
: walk one day this week.
Our builders have hal another
week of good weather and now the
masonry on nearly all the new build
ings is about completed.
Painters have been at work on
the interior of w. 3 Wilson's new
storehouse which will I've occupied by
V. PAYNE, the confcctioncr.
A beautiful line Of silk and
embroidered handkerchicfs that will
make useful Chsistmas presents may he
seen at Mrs V. ). Townsend's.
The School Commissioners were
in Session ON Tuesday last. A full
Board was present and considerable
routine business was transacted.
Cards have been sent out for an
evening party at the home of Mr.. w.
Ernest Laws. Queponco. on Thursday
evening, December 2sth. Dancing.
Mr.. George Moore has moved
into the house recently built on his
mothers farm near the depot. 1t is a
neat, new home and convenient 10 town.
"A good way to begin the new
year.-Subscrib for the DEMOCRATIC
MESSENGER. the leading newspaper Of
Worcester County. now and ever shall
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Preparations are being made in
the Sunday Schools generally for
Christmas entertainments. and the
children are rehearsing their Christmas
carols.
There is not vacant house in
Snow Hill, and we are informed that
several families desirous Of moving
here cannot come for want Of suitable
dwellings.
Large numbers Of wild geese are
reported as feeding in the wheat field,
along the Chesapeake hay shore
Both swan and geese are said 10 bt
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