Democratic messenger., 1894-09-15

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II. Selby. 1t.
The dedicatory services of the new
Roman Catholic Church in Cambridge
took place on Wednesday. The event
attracted a large attendance. many per
SONS going from other counties To par
ticipate in the ceremoni,s.
The ladies of All Hallows Church
held festival on "Wednesday evening
in the shanty formerly occupied by 7.
ID. Cottingham 4 Go. and realized a
nice little sum which was added to the
church fund.
Elder Poulson performed the cere-
mony of immersion ut Purnelfs mill
pond last Sunday morning. The
solemn rite was witnessed by only few
persons as it was not generally known.
The lady baptized was a Mrs. Timmons.
Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin Com
pany will exhibit in Snow Hill tonight
II has the reputation of being good
company and the price of admission
(25 cents will probably he the means
of attracting large audience.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the W. c. I. L., of Snow Hill, will
he held in McAllen's Hall Tuesday.
September 18th, at three o'clock p. M.
\ full attendance is desired rs delegates
to State Convention are to he elected.
Isaac B. Henry and Simpson
Tilghman, who were brought here last
week and put in Jail, charged with
insanity. have, by order of the Court,
been sent to the County Aims House
Deputy Sheriff Mock took them there
OH Tuesday.
Until further notice may be
ound at my office in Snow Hill, on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of each week. ! will he at
Ocean City all other days of each week
during the warm weather. George W
Purnell.
Col. J. & Norris served strawber-
ries to the lady guests Of the Hotel
Avon Mt last Mondays supper. They
came from Col. Norris country place
Arcola Heights where second crop OF
strawberries-the Mrs. Cleveland va
riety-is fiourishing.-Easton Ledger.
Captain Charles Capper, who has
been in bad health for a number of
weeks, sailed last week for England.
where he will visit his father with the
hopes that the trip will give him re-
newed health and strength. lie ex-
poets to return to Snow Hill in six or
eight weeks.
-Messrs. X. +. Ayars & CO., have
continued runnin e day and night again
part of this week in order topack the
tomatoes which were brought them.
Owing to the dry weather the crop is
running down a little now but the
pack already over-reaches that Of any
former season.
All Hallows Church. Regular
services. holy communion 7.30 Il. m.
Morning prayer and sermon at 1880
a. m. Sunday School at ; p m. Ser
vice and sermon at Stockton 3 p. IN.
Evening services at Snow Hill 1.30
p. m. All welcome to these services.
| Robert Scott Rector
All persons indebted To me on
book account are requested to settle
their bill at once as need the money
to buy my fall stock. by paying the
cash | can buy cheaper, hence this
request. shall go to the city soon.
therefore do not wait longer but settle
now. Mrs. V. 5. Townsend.
-Messrs. Cross Il Permar, selling
agents for the Dairy Swing Churn, have
rented the shanty on Washington street
next to McAllen Bros store where
they are exhibiting these churns. They
have already sold several hundred to
farmers of this county. See the testi-
monials in their column in the MEssEN-
GER.
A credit man of large wholesale
house in New York states that he
. always takes the newspapers of towns
where he has customers about whose
standing there is any question. 'When
they advertise freely" he said, "we feel
that they are selling goods and making
money. When they quit advertising,
we take measures to find out why."
Hereafter the fourth class post
master will have another source OF
revenue to add TO the many methods
by which, in the smaller settlements,
they add to their income. lie now
can act as a notary public for pensioners
and witnesses in pension cases only and
can charge the pensioners not exceeding
% cents for each voucher to which he
afiixes the seal of his Office.
-Maryland's gross area is 1920
square miles. OF this, $500 square
miles are land surface. The included
portion of Chesapeake Bay is 1908
square miles. The area of swamp,
marsh, or wet lands in the State, j.
$4,000 acres. The natural oyster
grounds of the State are estimated al
about 800 square miles. The present
total are:, OF land under cultivation in
the State is 2,SS5,727 acres.
--Wanamaker Il Brown, the Phila.
delphia clothiers, greet our readers with
a large advertisement in this issue
Offering 10 pay your fare to Philadel.
phia and return. This firm is perfectly
reliable, and their clothing the best.
Nh uisronrasantatiouS hut f.,;. apJ