Democratic messenger., 1894-07-07
Miss Georgia Smith and her friend,

Miss Georgia smith and her friend
Miss Cecil, left Thursday for Oceal
City where they will join Col. join
Walter Smith and family in the enjoy
ment of their cottage.
MIR. William X. johnson has nc
cepted position as telegraph operator
nj Sewell. New Jersey, and left Il
assume management of the office las
Saturday. We wish him success.
The many friends of VIM. $. Nc
Master, brother OF Hon. f. W. Nc
Master, Of this county, will he glad t,
learn that Billy" has been appointed
treasurer Of Somerset county. We
have no doubt he will make an eff
clent officer.
The estimated crop of peaches fol
Kent county is $4,000 packages, on,
gentleman. Robert Wickes, on tn,
farm of MIR. Alexander Harris, of Bal
timore, being reported as having fully
half of the number, or twenty-five
thousand packages.
Bell Boyd's advance agent wa,
locked up in the Chester Jail last week
for assaulting shoe dealer from whom
Bell had bought two pairs Of shoes and
refused to pay for them. Our readers
will remember Mrs. Boyd who lectur.
ed here about year ago.
A gentleman in town one day
last week ordered eight milk shakes OF
different havors and dumping them all
in bucket and stirring them well, he
offered each of his boys and their friends
glass Of the concoction. What flavor
would You call those shakes?
Samuel J. Truitt, prominent
business man of Worcester county,
living about a half mile from the Som.
erset line, died at his home at Whites
burg last Wednesday of bilious dysen.
terry after an illness of three weeks
Tie was about 20 years of age.
Records of July weather in Balti.
more as kept at the weather bureau for
the last twenty-three years, are as
follows: Mean temperature 790
warmest July, that of 1887, with an
average of $50; coolest. that of 1881,
with an average of 72o: average pre-
cipitation 4.S9 inches.
The residence of Mr.. James Burk,
near Burk's Mill on the new Pocomoke
City road, was burned last Saturday.
Mr.. Burk was in Pocomoke when the
house caught on fire, his daughter
being alone at home, and was about
dinner when spark from the chimney
lighted on the roof which ignited. The
roof was in full blaze when the young
lady discovered it. She at once began
moving out, but had gotten very little
furniture out before the whole house
was ablaze, and she had to abandon il.
We understand that Mr.. Burk had
about 100000 insurance.
George W. Ellis, bricklayer at
work on the new planning mill of the
jackson Brothers Company in South
Salisbury, was badly injured Wednes-
day by the falling in of about twenty
feet of the roof of the mill next to the
engine room. Several bricklayers were
at work OH the top of the roof when it
fell, but Ellis was the only one who
went through to the ground. He fell
about thirty feet. breaking his left arm
in two places and receiving severe cuts
and bruises. The damage TO the mill
is considerable. Ellis is well-known
here having been employed by Mr.
Landlord on Barnes and Johnson's 5
offices.
On their way in town last TUESDAY V
Mr.. Charles w. Clayville and wife
had a narrow escape from a serious
accident They were driving along
the county road in front of Mr.. Al.
Mariners place and were passing a
four-mule-team hitched TO u wagon load
ed with lumber when the lead mules
shyed pushing Mr.. Clayville's horse
into the ditch along the roadside. Mr..
Clayville stopped his horse while the
wagon kept on till it had run into and
smashed the rear wheels and axle of
Mr.. Clayville's carriage to the ground.
Fortunately the team was stopped just
in time to save further damage, other
wise the carriage would have been
completely demolished and Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayville might have been killed,
as they were down in the ditch with
little chance of getting out of the way.
The Fourth passed off quietly in
Snow Hill, there being no public
demonstration except the picnic and
festival held on Burroughs lawn,
which was well attended, especially in
the evening. Lloyd Thomas, of New
York, addressed his prohibition adj
mirers both in the afternoon and
evening. and was listened to by large
crowd. The balloon ascension in the
afternoon was n complete failure and
the display of fireworks at night was
but little better. The object OF the
gathering, however, was to raise money
Tor campaign purposes, and in this our
prohibition friends were very successful,
the gross receipts of the day being
S200.26.
Company L., Captain Charles S.
Capper commanding. returned home
from the mining regions of Frostburg
last Sunday afternoon by special train.
The boys were delighted with their
trip but say their rations were anything
but good. They are especially pleased
ut the many congratulations received
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