Democratic messenger., 1894-06-30
The Baltimore 4 Eastern Shore

The Baltimore IL Eastern Shore
Railroad Company will run special low
rate excursions every Thursday from
all points on the line to Ocean City,
known as the ''cheap family Thursday
excursion" You should get up your
parties and family circles and take Il
days outing and refreshing dip in old
Neptune Good comfortable cars and
trains are furnished, and prices ex-
ceedingly low, so that all can enjoy it.
BE sure and take advantage of these
Thursday Excursions" A. J. Benja-
min, Sup't and G. p. A.
The fine fishing which has been
usual off Rehoboth for several seasons
is now enjoyed by the cottagers who 60
off with the fishermen and catch many
large trout, some weighing as much a>
s TO 10 pounds. Most of the cottages
are occupied so far, but as no hotel is
open the place is somewhat dull. 1t
is not known that the Henlopen will be
open at all, though there is report
that it will be- The Douglass House,
south of the corporation, has been open
several weeks with prospect of being
full after the Fourth of July.
Last Sunday Delaware was visit
ell by severe thunder storm. At
Georgetown many trees were torn to
splinters by the lightning. The home
of Roman Tammany, superintendent
of Sussex county schools, was struck
and badly damaged. The roof was
torn from the house occupied by James
Morris. The lightning then tore out
the end of the house and entered the
sitting-room. where Mr.. Morris, his
wife and two children were seated.
All four were badly stunned and it
was long while before one of the
children became conscious
DR.. X. NJ. Price, of Ccntreville,
who presided over the famous Eastern
Shore Democratic Congressional Con-
vention at which Senator Gibson was
defeated by Col. Page, was in Baltimore
last week. DIR. Price is an enthusiastic
supporter of A. Randolph Weldon, of
Queen Anne, who is a candidate for
the late Congressman Brattan's seat.
Mr.. Weldon will cross swords in his
own county with States Attorney =. b.
Hopper. The latter is supported by
the Brown faction, while the Heating
men are understood to be friendly to
Mr.. Weldon. The fight promises to
be an interesting one, as are all primary
contests in Queen Anne.
bicycling is one of the most health
ful and facinating OF amusements, and
the number Of those who indulge in it
in every part of the world is enormous
and probably beyond computation.
Both sexes are represented among the
riders, prejudice against women taking
amusement and exercise in this fashion
having disappeared. In cities men go
to business in the morning Oh the wheel,
returning OH the same in the evening,
and it is wonderful to see them speeding
through the streets, passing everything.
They are becoming more popular in
Snow Hill every day and the number
OF wheels is growing. o. ID. Collins,
William F. johnson and Frank VIII
liams have each purchased this week
and others are anxious to invest
A counterfeit 81 note, introducing
a new feature in making spurious mon
ey, turned up at the custom house on
Monday last. The two sides of the
note were made separately. They were
then pasted together with thin sheet
of silk-fbered paper between them. Mr..
Glenn. Goodrich, the redemption clerk
at the sub-treasury. says he never saw
a more clever piece of counterfeiting
than this is, and he believes that when
the note was new it deceived many ex-
perts. The silk paper gave the note the
soft feeling that is characteristic of gen.
uine money and which is so often alb.
sent in counterfeits. The note had
been in use some time, and its spurious
character was discovered because the
paste had become dry and the parts
separated.
William Young, .Ir.,an employees
at the mill of Richardson, Smith, Moore
Il Co., met with most severe accident
last Tuesday while at work. 1t appears
he was at the stamping machine and
wishing to throw the belt carelessly un-
der took it with his foot which was
caught in the cogs drawing his leg in
and crushing it so badly that it is
feared the limb will have to be ampu.
tated. Drs. Jones. Straughan and Ay-
delotte dressed the wound. His father
by advice of his family physician took
the boy to Baltimore where he will
be treated. The hospital physician
has advised that amputation may moi
he necessary which We hope may he
true. This and other accidents that
have occurred at the mill due to
carelessness should serve as a warn.
ing to other employees and make them
very careful when about their work.
Miss Ida l.. Hawthorne, teacher
in the public school, Sykesville, Carroll
county, was arrested some time ago fol
whipping one OF her pupils. At the
trial before the justice Of the peace she
admitted that she had whipped the
child, but claimed that the punishment
had been deserved and had not exceeded
the bounds of reasonable correction
The magistrate found her guilty, and
she took an appeal. The court reversed
the decision Of the justice last week,
and said that in Maryland the law
regarded the school teacher as the
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