Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
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Our Jones correspondent writes
that the people OF Friendship are very
much pleased with Rev. MIR. Mciar-
land. their minister. and that they have
an excellent Sunday School which is
10 he supplied with new library for
the raising Of funds To buy which a
festival will soon he held.
MIR. Muses. J. Hudson, Of Girlle-
tree, was in town on Tuesday and
handed us a dollar tor the MESSENGER,
remarking Us he did 81 that the MIS-
sENGER was II cheap paper at sl.O0 a
year and he liked it very much. He
is an old subscriber and knows how to
appreciate Il good county paper.
The Youngest child of Captain
George W. Trniit hal narrow escape
from death one day last week. caused
by its drinking chlorofom from a
hottie left on the buffet, the drug
having been used by some older men,
her of the family To alleviate ear-ache.
The little one is gradually recovering
from the effect of the powerful drug.
Some Of the tobacco dealers here
have received kilograms from city
houses with which they deal not to
license for the sale of cigarettes. AS a
consequence, cigarettes are being sold
without license. awaiting the issue of
the test case that will decide the matter
of mistake in the recent repeal Of a
section of the law regarding the sale Of
cigarettes.
james Armstrong, one OF the most
respected colored men in this county,
died last Wednesday Mt the home OF
Ambrose Armstrong. about one mile
from town, at the age Of one hundred
and four years. His remains were
inferred in tine A. NJ. +. churchynrd,
in this town, Thursday afternoon. lie
leaves four children, all over fifty years
of age.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Worcester County Agricultural
Society will he held this, Saturday.
afternoon at the office Of Mr.. A. w.
Smith for the purpose OF arranging for
races on the Society track ON June
9th. Every member Of the Association
is requested to he present, as il is desired
to make the coming races a success. and
steps to this end will he taken at the
meeting to-day.
Mr.. Vandegriit. eldest son Of DIR.
Vandegrift Of New York. who spent
last summer on his farm near Corbin
this county. drove from New York TO
Snow Hill last week. He LETT New
York on Monday afternoon the BIRD
of April and arrived here on Sunday
following. The horse which travelled
such a long distance was in town ON
Monday and hauled load Of hay ont
to Dr. Vandegrifts farm.
Mr.. III. Morgan Robinson, better
known to the general public as Prot.
Hellman, met with very serious acct
dent on Thursday last at his farm near
Cambridge. He was driving a nail
with a hatchet, and by reason OF some
glance stroke the nail flew backward
and pierced the pupil of his eye. Mr..
Robinson pulled the iron out with his
own hand. He was brought at once to
Cambridge and by advice of the doctors
here was taken to Baltimore, where,
We learn. it was necessary TO have the
eye taken out.-Cdmbridge Chronicle.
The following justices of the peace
were qualified Tuesday; NJ. U. b.
Lavender and Josiah A. Boston, Ber-
lin. for Third and Fourth districts re-
spectively; William A. Rowley, Snow
Hill. for Second district; l.. J. Jones
and Jesse $. Jones. Girdletree, and
William o. Payne. Stockton, for the
Eighth district, and Josiah ii. Carey,
tor Seventh district. Henry ]. Ander-
son was qualified as supervisor of
elections, and John II. Purnell and Jas.
=. Townsend as notaries public.
What's the matter with tel
ephone line connecting Berlin. Snow
Hill and Pocomoke City? Now that
the Bell telephone patents are expiring
and becoming the property of the pub
lie it does not cost as much to run a
telephone line as it did few years
ago; We believe Worcester county has
enough enterprising citizens To take
hold of this matter and make it a
success. While we cannot see a for
tune in il for anyone yet we believe il
can easily he made to pay ten per cent
on the Investment and running expen-
ses. II would he great public con-
venience and is worth considering.
The melancholy and monotonous
shrilling Of the locusts will he heard in
the country this summer, the insects
returning after seventeen years. al
though it seems good deal less than
that length of time since they were
here before. There are probably
different varieties. however, or they all
do not compute from the same point Of
beginning. So much strange lore is
attached To the locust. especially in the
Biblical references. that il is no wonder
superstitious forebodings arise in certain
minds when the announcement is made
that he is expected. Science has, for
the most part. disarmed him of his
terrors, however; his coming signifies
nothing. except that nature is perform
ing her routine course, and his exist
ence is in no way allied TO famine, war
ar enidpmics He simnlv nlavs his