Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-02-23
POCOMOKE.

sick list this week.
Miss Ethel Polk, of near Pocomoke
City. is visiting her cousin Miss Carrie
Polk.
Mrs. 5. Marshall, who has been suf-
fering from an attack of La Grippe,
we are glad 10 say, is convalescing.
J. f. Scott represented Pocomoke
Tribe, No. %. Improved Order Red
Men, in the Grand Lodge which met
in Hagerstown, Md, this week.
Some of our citizens are endeavor-
ing to get up Drama to he given
entirely by home talent, some time in
the near future. Success to them.
Miss Mary Bratter, of Stockton. is
the guest of her cousin. Mrs. John
Allen. She expects TO visit friends at
Hallwood. Va, before she returns
home.
The Epworth League of Salem NJ.
f. Church will hold sociable at the
residence of William Schoolfield, ON
Second street, Thursday evening next.
J. ID. King. train dispatcher for the
New York Philadelphia and Norfolk
Railroad Company. at Cape Charles.
Va, spent portion of the past week
in this city as the guest of James F.
Birmingham.
George ii. Boulder, son of Walter
II. Boulder. well known employee of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad. died this evening
after two.weeks illness from pneu.
monia. His funeral will be held on
Wednesday.
The Pocomoke river which has been
frozen over for some time is now he
ginning to clear and it is thought the
steamer Pocomoke. which has been ice
bound at Cristield, will make her APP
pearance here this Saturday, making
her regular trip to Snow Hill.
DIR. :. S. Quinn, of Pocomoke City,
has been elected Chancellor of the
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias OF
Maryland. The Grand Lodge met in
Baltimore last week and Mr.. p. S
Dryden, Of Princess Anne, represent
ed Shekinah Lodge, No. 81, in that
body.
Samuel J. Twilley, prominent
horse dealer Of this place received by
the Adams Express company Sunday
morning car load of thoroughbred
trotting horses from Lexington, Ky.
He will stable them here until the
ice i'll the river breaks up and naviga-
ton is resumed when he will take the
entire lot to Baltimore and dispose of
them in that city. Mr.. Twilley is
considered one of the best stock deal
ers on the Eastern Shore and no doubt
this is the finest lot of horses that was
ever consigned to this point.
The steam tug winfield Cahall"
which has been here since the freeze
up was put under steam this week and
plowed ice 200 yards and made her
way TO Young and Crockets railway,
where she was hauled up and is now
undergoing repairs. After being thor
oughly repaired she will return to Po-
comoke Sound after the two large bar
yes loaded with lumber for Richardson
Smith, Moore & Co., of Snow Hill.
The Rev. 5. ID. Melvin. Jr., har-
rowly escaped being drowned in POGO
moke River Friday last at Hickory
Point, about five miles from here.
Mr.. Melvin went out in the afternoon
with his gun in search of wild ducks.
One OF the fowl fell IN the ice near
the middle of the river, and he ven
tured out on the ice with his gun in
hand. As he was in the act of pick.
ing the duck up the ice gave way, and
he went down in 10 feet of water with
his gun. After Il half hour of strug-
Cling in the ice all alone, he managed
to get ashore, leaving his gun in the
river. Mr.. Melvin went out yester-
day with rake TO fish for his gun,
which he finally found. When he got
it near the surface, however, it ex-
ploded, completely wrecking it, but
fortunately for Mr.. Melvin he was not
injured.
The schooner Carrie $. Morse in
charge of Capt Isaac n. Veasey which
left this port some time ago with a
cargo of corn for Cristield is still ice
bound at the mouth Of the Pocomoke
River near Shelltown 1t is thought
that the vessel will be able to reach
her destination in few days owing to
the recent change of the temperature.
Loretto. station on the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
was totally DESTROYED by fire on Sun
day last This station had not been
built more than a month and was lust
being painted. The entire stock Of
tickets, together with other valuable