Democratic messenger., 1894-05-26

unfortunate last week in meeting will
series of troubles. To begin the
week with. he lost from disease valu
BILE work horse, very young and o
good stock; short while after this he
had one of his best mules To jump int,
Il barb wire fence, cutting and lacerat
ing its breast fearfully. 1t will be re
membered that the mate To this mule
little while after he had bought them
in some mysterious way broke lis neck
He was considered before this to have
the best pair mules in the Neck. A
day or so after his mule was injured
he lost a thoroughbred COW: and to
end the week of troubles, his little girl,
Nellie, came near being killed by an On
cart tumbling over with her, while play.
ing under shed. SEe sustained some
internal iniuries.-Symrna Times.
A slight earthquake shock was
felt here between three and four o'clock
on Monday afternoon. Mr.. Peter ID.
Cottingham and William Powell al
Cottingham's drug store felt the build.
ing tremble and picture frame was
thrown down. George :. Payne, Esq,
was doing some writing in Mr.. Horace
Payne's store when he heard the
crockery on the shelves rattling and
felt the building tremble. Other per.
SONS felt the shock distinctly. 1t has
been some time since an earthquake
shock was felt in Snow Hill and some
of our colored friends who remembered
having heard rumbling sound about
$50 o'clock on Monday, but did not
realize what it was at the time, have
since been considerably agitated over
the occurrence. believing it forbodes
"de end oh time" Our foreman just
here remarks that probably the sound
was produced by the fall of the Wilson
Bill.
MIR. Williams placed shingle
in the MESSENGER last
and on Monday he received
an answer to it from a reader at POGO
moke City. Did it ever occur to you.
that an advertisement in first class
never stops working for you.
Now the gentleman who saw the
single advertisement may become a
purchaser, and he may tell another and
make him purchaser and the second
another and make him apurchaser and
90 ON until hundred customers are
gained from one person reading an
advertisement. This is why it pays TO
to keep an advertisement the MEssEN-
GER all the year round. To take it
DLt looks like an announcement that
you intend stopping business for awhile.
John Wanamaker advertises more in
dull seasen than in busy, because he
wants business worse at that time
Keeping constantly at intelligent adj
vertising brings success.
In accordance with the law re-
incorporating our town, or city as you
may prefer, the recently elected Mayor
and Councilmen met in the Office of
DIR. +. S. Dashiell for the first time on
evening last. Mayor, John
p. Moore was in the chair, and all the
councilmen, having taken the oath Of
office, were present, except DIR. Paul
Jones, who was unable to meet with
them. The first business transacted
was to draw, as required by law, for the
short and long terms. This was done
by writing the names of each member
Of the council onstrips of paper, folding
them several times with the name in
side, and putting them in hat, shak-
ing them well, and drawing them out
Dne by one. The names were placed
in the hat in the presence of all present
and drawn out by Mr.. Moore. The
result was that Messrs. John j. Collins,
X. j. McAllen and Robert w. Town
send were drawn for the short term,
one year; and DIR. +. 5. Dashiell and
DIR. Paul Jones for the long term two
years. This being decided, DIR. +. S.
Dashiell was appointed by Mayor Moore
and treasurer, an Office which
he has held before and one which he
will no doubt fill with credit. The
was then completed by
the appointment of Mr.. Thomas Hen
man policeman. Thus the manage
ment of our town and its finances is
finally fixed for at least year. and
the people are again to be congratula-
led. This being the first meeting and
no further business of Importance ap-
pearing the Board adjourned to meet
again as required by law Oh next
evening.
"A gentleman arrived in Snow Hill
last Saturday, who by his dress and
the knapsack strapped TO his shoulders,
created no little wonder on the part of
the small boy and the men unaccus-
toned to seeing gentlemen pedestrians
equipped in up-to-date style for long
journey. The person in question was
Mr.. &. Grosvenor Dave, of New York,
subscription manager of The Reriem
Of Reriews Mr.. Dave shortly after his
arrival in town visited the MESSENGER
office and presented letter of intro.
duction from the editor of the celebra-
ted magazine with which he is connec
ted. His health several months ago
became so impaired from overwork
that he became inflicted with insomnia
and to cure himself he is taking walk
over the Peninsula. He left Phila-
delphia about the first of April and has
already done Delaware; spending sew
eral weeks in Dover, he made thorough
overhauling of the old records which
he found in the Capitol building,
bringing 10 light some very Interesting