Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-04-13

drawing larger audiences M New ! OTk
than he ever did before His sermon
may I've found in the MESSENGER
every week. Ii you are Sunday
School scholar or teacher you will also
appreciate the comments ON the Sunday
School lesson by Rev. ID. VI. Stearns.
For a good. clean family newspaper
recommend this paper 10 your friends.
We are requested to notify truck
ers generally and strawberry growers
in particular that a meeting Of all who
are interested in getting the hest price
for their produce, and the lowest
freight rates from this depot, will be
held in this town ON Saturday next,
April 10Th. We would urge every
farmer in this section to be present rs
the profit in growing berries depends
largely on the freight rates and united
action on their part will avail consider
able.
Rev. DIR. l.. T. Bowen, formerly
of this county, who has been the
Presbyterian minister at Marshall. Mo,
for many years, has accepted a call TO
the Presbyterian Church of Monroe,
La, and has moved with his family 70
that place DIR. Bowen is an excellent
preacher and n gentleman of the old
school with whom it is delight to
converse. We are sure the people of
his new field Of labor will soon learn
TO love him.
The abstract from the annual
statement of the Hartford Fire Insur-
ance Company. published in another
column, shows that company t. he one
of the strongest doing business in the
State. In fact there is probably no
better fire insurance company than the
Hartford, and persons desiring policies
in that company can secure the same
at Charles ;. Richardson's Insurance
Agency, Snow Hill, Md. 1t.
On Monday evening, April 22d,
the members of Company l.. NJ. n. c.,
of this town, will have completed the
three years for which they were enlisted.
Many OF the members will not re.enlist,
but we are informed the Company will
he reorganized, and that quite a num-
Der Of desirable young men have
signified their intention Of enlisting.
Capper is still very much
interested in his command, and we
hope he will he able to keep it up.
A small tenant house occupied by
Sarah Spence, about one and a. half
miles from town, was burned last Fri.
day. All the occupants of the house
except an old blind woman were away
at the time and consequently all Of
their belongings were burned up. Ii
was with difficulty that the blind
woman was gotten from the building.
If help had been few moments longer
in going to her assistance she would
certainly have been burned up
A Westinghouse occupied by
Joshua J. Davis, about one mile below
Stockton, was destroyed by fire Satur.
day about II o'clock. The grown
members of the family were engaged
at work some distance from the house
and were able TO save only two or three
beds; the remainder of the furniture
and all of the clothing was burned. |
The house belonged TO Hon. Geo. w. |
Covington and he had no insurance
upon it. 4 liberal donation was
made by the people of the neigborhood
Tor the unfortunate family.
The suit for damages against
Worcester county instituted by George
Mcdaniel of Atkinson's District, for
injuries received by him caused by bad
OF the county road, was tried
in Wicomico last Friday and Saturday. |
Wilson * Collins and X. +. Graham
Tor Mcdaniel, Clayton J. Purnell for
he county. The jury rendered n YER
lict in favor of Mcdaniel for $4,000. /
The case excited considerable interest
md quite large number of the citizens
If this county were in Salisbury to hear
i tried.
AT the regular meeting OF Ocean
Lodge Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of this town, Tuesday night,
i was decided that the lodge hold a
festival and celebration in Snow Hill
IN the 4th Of July. Sister Lodges
from all sections of this and neighboring
counties will be invited TO participate
in this celebration and il will no doubt
be memorable event in the history OF
our town. The program will probably /
include public dedication of the new
Hall. and parade in the morning, and
addresses, music and refreshments in
The afternoon and night. OF course
fire works will be a feature of the
evening.
All Hallows Church Easter Day
MINUS Hc iViioNS FATTY ccieDT1tlOn
Df Holy Communion at Z a M, midday
services and celebration AT 1890 a. m. |
Sunday School service at 3. p. M, with
distribution of medals; evening PRAYER
and sermon at 1902. m. Celebration
Of Holy Communion ut Stockton Easter
ut 1890 a. m. The Octave
'i Easter, April Dist, the Bishop will
visit the Parish. holding service morn
ing and evening in All Hallows, and
IN the afternoon nj Stockton. Music
for Easter Day Morning; Anthem,
Christ our Passover" Mornington
r. Deume. Kellogg; JUJitate, Higgs
Oiiertorv. This is the Day." Cooke
kyric Eicison, Mendelssohn; Evening:
Magnidcat, Morley Nunc Dimittis,
Gregorian.
Letter List.
Letters remaining in Snow Hill, Md
Post office, April 18th:
.Jada llemstrain, Hester Blacke. |