Democratic messenger., 1893-05-27

one hour oh tmptylng Tie seventh glass
he fell dead. Smith leaves wife anc
six small children in needy circumstances
Mr. Charles T.. Boston, who lived not
far from Newark. died at the home of his
parents ON last Thursday morning. lie
was 90 years old. Funeral services were
held In the NJ. +. Church of Newark
yesterday afternoon. Rev. James II
Campbell officiating.
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"A great deal of trouble is going on
in Danes Quarter, Somerset county, says
the Baltimore Sun. in regard To the min
lister the Rev. McFaul. lie has been
locked out of the church. as he is not the
minister the congregation wanted There
is nothing against him personally.
The business Mems Journal publish
ed at Syracuse. y. Y, and Of which Mr..
f. c. Wimbrough. formerly of Snow Hill.
Is one of the editors. is well eiited and
well-printed journal. lis motto is; "Busi-
ness" and its - pages. well filled with
advertisements and interesting reading
matter, indicates the publishers are living
up 10 the motto.
-Purnell FOoks, of Salisbury. has a
curiosity in the shape of four legged
chicken. The chickt is well formed cx-
cept the head. which projects from the
side of the body instead of nj the neck.
The -four legs are situated AT each end Of
the body, like those of horse, and in
walking the chicken will have more the
appearance of a fourleeged animal than
of bird.
Col Edward Roberts, of Easton, mas
secured the appointment of Inspector of
public buildings. and will enter upon his
duties ON June lst. The appointment
was secured through Senator Gibson.
Col. Roberts was an applicant for this
place under President Cleveland's form
er administration, and was backed this
year by number of prominent Eastern
Shore politicians.
commencement exercises will he
held at the Snow Hill High School on
Wednesday evening. may 3lst. beginning
at s o'clock. Some of the best musical
talent of the town has been secured, and
also male quartette from Salisbury. All
are cordially invited To attend. General
admission 10 cents. Secure your tickets
at DIR. Halls Drugstore before the night
of the commencement
John Greenly.a young man of Dover.
Del. was attracted by Mary Robinson, a
pretty little girl. aged 1 years. and had
longing desire to hug her, hut the young
lady objected. In spite o: her objections
Grcenly boldly hugged her. and is now
confined in cell in Dover jail. The
young girl went before Squire Cooper
and brought charge of assault Greenly
was arranged and waved hearing. In
default of bal: he was committed TO jail.
According to ammo uncement by adj
vestisement, the real estate of the late
James Scott was offered for sale by J.
Samuel Price and VIM. T. Scott, Trustees,
last Tuesday. Mr.. Scott purchased 'Pur-
nelrs Hammock's" for $llO0 90 and Mr.
Isaac 7. Hancock bought the Georges Is
land Landing lot for $3.50 90. The bids on
the Beach property and the-two bayside
farms were not high enough 10 Justify
their being sold, SO they were Withdrawn
Charles H. Wilson and Solomon
Stevens confined IN the Georgetown Jail
on the charge of arson. have been admit
ted to S25OO bail each. II was charged
that Wilson was hired by Stevens TO fire
the house of the latter in Georgetown
twas proven that the house fired was not
the part of any other building. and did
not adjOin any other. The argument was
held under writ of habeas corpus, and
the Court admitted the two prisoners To
$2500 bail each.
States Attorney, X. ID. Jones, prob
ably has the best bred mare n the coun-
~; he purchased her from VIM. Barnes
of Pontiac, Michiga H. The name of this
animal is Lady IIolcomb. Her Official
Register certificate sho ws her TO have
been sired by Omar, he by Bay Diam ond,
he by Mambrino Patchen. Her first dam
is Half Moon by Golden Bow and her
second dam Kitty Fisk 10y Jim Fisk.
Lady lIOlcomb shows remarkable speed
already without having had any training
Charles VI. HURT. of Mil.ington,
spent last week in Chesiertown. the guest
of his brother. He Is possibly the strong
es; man in Kent county and is most pecu-
liarly built. He has double knee caps.
double shoulder blades aud his arms are
strangely formed. His feats of power as
| "a -
ly wonderful. lie lifted chair with l25
pounds on il simply by catching hold a
round with one hand. lie can handle
with ease a sack of salt and throw it over
his head as il il were bag of shot.
The steamer + astern Shore was
struck by lightning Sunday night while
off Bloody Point on her trip down the
bay The ball and top of the flag staff