Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-09-07
PENINSULA NEWS.

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A Camp Meeting, under the auspices
of the NJ. f. Church, will be held in
the grove at Perryhawking, Dublin
district, commencing September the
Goth instant.
Mr.. John Reese. residing near Monte
postofiice, was kicked by horse Sun
day night and had two fingers knocked
out of Joint, and the bone of one of
them fractured.
A mad dog turned himself loose in
Port Tobacco Saturday and was the in
direct means of materially decreasing
the canine population of that village,
before man and gun cut short his
wild career.
Miss Lillian Townsend, daughter of
Mr.. james Townsend, residing near
Marion station, met with serious ac-
cident on Monday the 18th ult. She
was accidentally shot by her brother
George, who resides at Capes Charles,
but who was on a visit to his father at
the time of the accident.
Rev. James NJ. Wilson, the we'll
known evangelist, died suddenly at
Georgetown, Va, on Saturday morn
ing last. He had been conducting
woods meeting at or near that place.
On Saturday morning he arose in ap.
parently good health. About Z o'clock
he was taken suddenly i'll with a pain
in the region of the heart and imam
hour after he was corpse.
Saturday night as the Norfolk ex-
press was speeding down the Della
ware railroad, and when near Middle
town, Del. the engine struck and in
stantly killed colored man and wo-
man. They, in company with five or
six other persons, were walking on the
railroad track when they saw freight
train approaching. The entire party
got off Of the track that the freight
train was using and took parallel
track. Just at this time the Norfolk
express rushed up, and killed two of
the party. Some OF the others made
very narrow escape.
The storm of Saturday evening last
was accompanied by lightning which
did some damage about Chestertown.
Theodore Hayds' pretty home on
Washington avenue was struck and
havoc played with the interior. Car.
pets were torn, plastering knocked
down, joists broken, flooring bmlged,
and much of the wainscoating charred
The family were at supper and saw the
ball of fire when it entered the parlor.
They state that the shock was hardly
felt by them. A straw stack on ii. Ii.
Barrels farm near town was burned
and T. r. Hubbard's factory was
slightly damaged. A colored man liv-
ing with Mr.. Alday Clements was SER
iously cut in a fracas at camp yester-
day.
4 5.yeai-old colored boy visiting
Chestertown from Baltimore was
drowned under Chester bridge Monday
afternoon. He was grabbing with his
sister and fell while leaning over the
boat. The body was found late that
night.
Henry Richardson, an insane color
ed man, who is incarcerated in the
Elkton Jail, attempted to escape ON
Monday. He dug stone from the
walk in the yard and with this weapon
battered down the door leading from
the Jail yard to the street. He was
discovered before he had gotten his
liberty.
There have been 3066 car loads Of
peaches passed through Wilmington,
Del, from this Peninsula the present
season, up to aud including last Thurs
day week, ON their way to Eastern and
Western markets.
Oxford, Talbot county, will cele-
brate its two hundredth anniversary on
September 25th. One of the speakers
of the day will he Rev. Sonathan S.
Willis, Congressman-elect from Della
ware, who was born in Oxford.
Mr.. J. II. Havemeyer of Concord
Wharf. Va, a well-known fisherman
of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, while
hauling seine Tuesday morning the
22nd, caught a fully-developed roe
shad. This is something unheard of
in the month of August, and is fully
four months before they begin to run.
The posteffice at Rising Sun, will on
the first of October be made presi-
dental office. and the salary to the
post master will be increased to $1,000.
This is due to increased receipts during
the last year.
1t is only the matter of very short
time now before Caroline will have
one of the finest court houses on the
Shore, and that, too, at the minimum
expense. The work Oh the building
is progressing rapidly. the bricklaying
being about completed. The building
committee and the taxpayers generally
have cause to be gratified at the excel
lent manner in which Messrs. Slemons
Il Landlord, the contractors, are doing
the work.-Denton Journal.
Mr.. Cleveland always sup