Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-07-20

by keeping live advertisement in
live newspaper. The MESSENGER is
that paper every week in the year. No
spurts or puiis, but steady go aheadi.
tiveness.
We acknowledge receipt of an in.
vitation TO attend the wedding of Mr.
James \. Perry, of Pocomoke City, to
Miss Nettie J. Parks of Paramount,
Somerset county. The ceremony will
he performed at Paramount on We'd
nesday evening next. July oath. Mr..
Perry Is prominent shoe merchant of
Pocomoke and Miss Parks is the accom-
plished daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
W. Parks.
The members of the Ehenezer NJ.
+. Church. of this town, will hold
campmeeting in the woods adjoining
Mauls Pond. commencing on Friday,
August 2md. il will last at least ten
days, and will he Tor the spiritual and
financial upbulding Of Ebenezer NJ
i. Church. II promises to he a big
camp Tents are already going up
and in a few days will resemble some
OF our streets Just after the fire
Mr.. II. Fillmore Landlord who
has been clerk of Somerset county for
twelve years past. and was deputy
clerk six years before his election rs
clerk will not he candidate for re-
election. lie believes in routine in
office and will not allow his name to
20 before the convention next Tuesday.
Mr.. Landlord is politician, has never
been defeated. He probably sees defeat
for the republican nominee this year
IN Somerset county.
1t has been reported that the
notorious Jesse Sturgis, of Girdletree,
was burned to death last March in
hay loft which he accidentally set on
fire. 1t happens that Jesse is still alive
AMI we presume a mean rs ever. His
father was in Snow Hill on Monday
and stated to one of the editors of the
MESSENGER that he had received a
letter from Jesse within the past two
weeks, stating that he was then in
Savannah. Ga, and had shipped on
board of a steamer loaded with cotton
for Liverpool, England.
The Salisbury Oil & Coal Co.
has been absorbed nv the Standard |
Oil Co, the most gigantic trust in the
world The deal was consummated |
last week Negotiations for the sale
have been going on between the two
companies for several weeks. The |
sale covers the enclosed yard of the /
Salisbury Oil Il Coal Company incIud.
ing the building standing thereon.
The Standard Oil people will erect an
office on the premises and make Sails
bury a distributing point for the
peninsula.
The July term Of the Circuit Court
for Worcester County convened last
Monday with Associate Judge. Henry
! LLOYD. on the bench. Being non
jury term and States Attorney X. ID. !
Jones being sick. very little business Of
4 Importance was transacted. 4 verdict
in the eases Of DR. VIM 7. lIearn vs..
DIR. I. A J. Holloway for assault,
which were tried al the Nav term of
Court, was rendered. imposing fine of
$3.50 and costs IN the first case. aud
$40 and costs in the second, making in
all over $500 These cases. together
with suit for $4,000 damages brought
h. DIR. Heam against his assailant.
have attracted great deal of attention.
The damage suit will be tried next
Fall in Wicomico County. Court
adjourned Tuesday afternoon after
finishing up routine work.
Ned Duffy, demented colored
man. who was brought up TO Snow
Hill by Capt. George w. Trult last
May and placed in Jail TO prevent him
doing any harm, aud who subsequently
was sent TO the alns house, got on the |
rampage on Monday at Girdletree,
armed himself with loaded shot gun
and two shoe knives and demanded
passage on the train, saying he was
going to Ocean City. Magistrate Jones
bought him ticket and DEF utized
Capt. Taylor of Pope's Island, who
WAS passenger on the train. to take |
him To Snow Hill Jail. OF course
Duffy did not realize he was prisoner,
and when the train arrived here Capt |
TAYLOR said to him: Ned lets yet off
here and get something TO drink and |
then we will hire team and go to |
Ocean City" Ned assented, and was
piloted tn Jail, where he is now confined. |
The white potato crop is said to
be short in this county, but Judging
from the following item of news fur
nished us by our old friend. Mr. Joshua
4 Waters. OF Stockton. the fault is not in |
the weather. a claimed by those who
T have failed to raise full crop, but |
rests with the growers themselves He |
says, Mr. James H. Smack, (who by /
the way is one OF the hest farmers in
the county planted three barrels of
white potatoes from the growth of
which he has shipped aud sold one
hundred and seven barrels which paid I
him over $500 Il BARREL This shows
upon it, face that there is Il good profit .
IN growing white potatoes even when
the crop i short. 1t not only evi-
dences the truthtnlnesS OF our state /
ment that Mr. jaime, K. Smack is a
good farmer, but the fact that he ship
ped his crop by boat to Atlantic City
and thereby realized larger price
than others, is proof positive that he
knows hl> business from beginning to
end
The crab industry Of this State is
assuming immense proportions and the
Eastern Shore is the headquarters for
such The .imericm in commenting
on the subject says Some time ago an
effort was made TO find out how many |
crabs were annually caught in Chesa-
peake bay, but when il was ascerlained
/ that the number al Crisfield alone was