Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-12-21

No better proof of the value o
advertising in newspaper Of large
home circulation can be given than
that furnished hv the children OF Wor
cesier county in their letters TO the
MESSENGER They come from every
section of the county and are proof
positive that the MESSENGER is the
peoples paper and is thoroughly read
by them.
Mrs Hancock. wife of DR. Eugene
Hancock Of Philadelphia and daughter
of MIR. John Scarhoro, of Girdletree,
died in Philadelphia on Wednesday
last. Her remains were brought down
on Thursday and were Inferred in
Spring Hill Cemetery Yesterday. Rev.
Tabler of Stockton ofiiciated. Funeral
Directors. Burbage ~ Conner OF thi,
town met the corpse nj the train and
conveyed il 10 the cemetery.
For the Christmas and New Year
Holidays the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will place on sale excursion
tickets between stations on It's system
east Of and including Piltsburg and
Erie and west OF Elizabeth and Sea
Girt except between the cities OF Phil
adelphia and Trenton proper, at re-
duced rates. The tickets will be sold
and good going December p, -. -,
"a, %, and 81. 1895. and january /,
1896, and will he good for return pas
sage until January :. 1896. inclusive.
\ shooting aiiray occurred near
Bishopville last Friday which has
caused considerable excitement in that
section. Jonn Hudson sometime back
bought a wrought iron range from a
man travelling through the county. On
Friday last a collector for the Com
pany, giving the name Of ClimonS, pre-
sented to Mr.. Hudson for payment a
note which he had given III payment
for the stove. Ii was collectable three
months from date. Hudson claimed
he was to have five years in which TO
pay for the stove, a certain amount to
be paid each year. Climons demand
ed immediate payment, however, and
during the conversation Hudson asked
to see the note. it was handed him,
whereupon he threw ii into the fire
and il was soon consumed. Hudson
and Climons Immediately engaged in Il
fight. Hudson's son, who witnessed
the fight ran for his gun and shot Gil
mons. His injuries were so serious
that the father and son became fright
ened and took him in carriage to
Selbyville to get DIR. McCabe to dress
his wounds. At this writing no arrests
have been made.
Our space to-day i largely taken
up with letters from the children of
our county. The invitation in the
peoples paper has been accepted by
our little friends in every section. Ii
u SUCH tHnu8utluiilc>S Nllitil HIS pop
ularized the MESSENGER and given it
such a circulation in Worcester county
as was never before enjoyed by any
other publication. 1t is always striving
to CRAFTY the desires OF the people and ii
Is ever endeavoring to give them some
thing cheerful to think about, instead
Of serving them up every week dish
of calamity bowls" What the people
want, and we have found ii out from
an experience of several years in edi-
torial servitude, is Il cheerful, sincere
newspaper, which Is not always en-.
gagged in making war on something
this is the kind Of a newspaper we have
tried to make Before another issue OF
the MESSENGER greets you the blessed
Christmas Day will have come and
gone, and we now take the opportunity
to wish for our little friends, as well n:
those who are older, happy Christmas
And with kindest regards for our con.
temporaries in the county, we wish
them, one and all, "Merry Christina,
and Happy New Year