Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-06-15

was to make inquiry of terrapln catch |
ers and other watermen and t. visit /
the terrapin ponds or farms. He ound
near Crisfield very furnishing and
profitable tcrrapin incloSure OF five or
six acres. lie proposes to estab ish Il
terrapin farm on his own estate He |
is a wealthy New Yorker whl last |
year bought a Queen Anne's farm of
about 600 acres, originally part cf the
Hermitage grant 1t has rive and
creek water front of about five miles /
and several fine coves for terrapiI cul- /
ture. His estate is about seven miles /
from Centrevile and twenty-five from
Easton, in one of the finest sections OF
the county.
Wanted-500 men and bows to
take part in the grand masked paradc |
which will take place in Snow Hill
on July 4th, lin the morning The |
parade will form nj 9 o'clock sharp
and the procession will be headeC by
a Captain with his Lieutenants
with two bands of music to en- iven
the occasion II YOU can't come horse
back, ox-back, or mule-back don't try
to keep anyone else back. II the
town is too crowded we will have the |
limits extended. There will be three
prizes given away: for the hest costume
silver cup will he given; for the fun
niest silk umbrella, and worst of
all gets derby hat, latest style You
have rs good chance TO win ons of
these prizes as anyone else, 50 turn out
and help To swell the crowd. Will say
more next week. Masquerade Com.
mttee.
Miss Ethelinda Page, daughter of
chief Judge Henry Page has enjoyed
repeated triumphs mt the Peal ody |
Conservatory of Music in Baltimore
She enjoyed another a week ago, and
last Sunday, June 2nd, her portrait
was published on the front page of the
Sunday Baltimore american, In the
papers society notes that day, il aid
of her: "rhe lady, whose portrait
adorns the society page to day, is iIiss
Ethelinda Page, of 81 Cathedral
street. She is the daughter of Judge
Henry Page, of the First Judicial 'Cir-
cult and associate Judge of the Court of
Appeals. Miss Page is musician OF
high order. having received the en-
dOrsement of the board of examiners of
the Peabody Conservatory OF NJ, sic.
She is brunette, with perfectly cut
features and sweet disposition that
knows no change"
The summer schedule of the Bal
timore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Rail
way which will 90 into effect Saturday,
June -, provides two daily trips to
Claiborne ON the steamer Cambridge
except on Sundays. The Saturday
afternoon train will he known as the
Ocean City Flyer" as the time he
tween Baltimore and Ocean City will
be reduced 10 five hours and TIVE lty
minutes. There will he train from
Ocean City on Sundays for the CON
venence Of the Saturday excursionists.
This train will leave Ocean City ut
40 o'clock Sunday afternoon. arriving
in Baltimore at 1915 Z. = The pt b.
LEGATION of the Baltimore, Chesapeake
and Atlantic Railway Company's 0 H.
cial Bulletin has begun. The Bulletin
is an illustrated weekly paper of ten
pages and will he distributed graiu-
itouslv on all the lines OF the company. /
Commenting on the Democratic
victory in Wilmington, the Ere,y Ern.
ing, of that city, says: 1T is evident,
in the first place, that the return of
business prosperity under the Dem
ocratic tariff has satisfied workingmen
who are naturally inclined to vote he
Democratic ticket-tha; the hard tin es
were not caused by the Democra lie
tariff policy. a year ago they were
uneasy and disconnected on this point.
That discomfort has practically dis;.p-
peared and the Democracy is likely to
gain rather than lose votes on the tariff I
question in 1896. 1t is pretty plain
that Republican voters are deeI ly /
disappointed in their own party in this
State They were positive in the
opinion that great public benefit would
flow from the triumph of Delaware
Republicans. Their party had so long
promised good things that they believed
if given power il would do GOOD things.
1t has been tried and its own voters
believe that it has been found wanting.
Some OF them have absolutely lost I'LL
faith in their own party so tar as the
State is concerned Hundreds more,
while not going quite that far, have
lost all zeal for the party and no longer
care row of buttons whether it wins
or loses"
Marriage with some people is Il
decided failure at least Mr. and Mrs. /
Irving Atkinson think so, and as re-
suit of family troubles Irving now
languishes in Jail. His friends say he
does not deserve the kind Of wife lie
has and her friends are of the san
opinion as regards her choice of a
husband The MESSENGER has no
desire to air their troubles and will I
simply tell why Irving is in Jail He
and Mrs. Atkinson have not been living
together for sometime and for severl /
months she has been in Salisbury an I
he in Snow Hill. Their two little /
children, boy and a girl. were with
the father. 1t seems that the mother
claimed the privilege OF keeping the /
girl and determined on getting posse.
sion of her. She came 10 Snow Hill I
on Monday and waited for an oppol-
tunity On Thursday she visited tn,
boarding house of Mr.. Atkinson and
there found the child and took tn,
little one away with her. When tn,
father returned home from his work nj
night and found the child gone h.
Immediately set out to recover her
He went TO the house where his wife
was stopping She heard him coming.
and ran up stairs with the child he
followed her, and hot words cnsued re
suting, il is said by the neighbors il