Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-06-08

Collins, of this town.
just as William :. Wilson. Esq,
was entering town on his return home
Tuesday night from a run on his wheel,
the inside tire of the hind wheel exploded
with loud report and partially
wrecked the machine.
We are pleased TO learn that our
friend John 5. Bishop has graduated
with honors in medicine at the Univer.
sity of Pennsylvania. We congratulate
DIR. Bishop ON his success and wish tor
him prosperous future.
Gordon, the Pocomoke photogra-
pher, visited Snow Hill on Tuesday
and made quite number of pictures;
in fact he had all he could do lie Is
a good photographer and has few equals
in Baltimore or Philadelphia.
The advent of warm weather shows
that the Sunday-school excursion season
is nigh at hand. Now will the classes
rapidly fill up and the schools will be-
come popular until the annual trip to
the seashore is thing of the past.
Col. Edward I. Fowler is doing a
nice business among our best citizens
for the New York Life Insurance
Company for which he is General
Agent Ned is a good fellow and we
are glad TO know he is meeting with
success.
AS trustee, George w. Punell,
Esq, sold a part of the Bowen property
in Queponco, last Tuesday. The home
place was purchased by Mr.. John Far
rel. Sr., for $1,000. and Mr.. Edward
White was the purchaser of a part OF
the river swamp.
The board of School Commission
ers will meet next Tuesday and all
Trustees who have not taken the oath
of Office by said date will not he con-
sidered as trustees any longer and
others VIII he appointed IN their stead.
Calvin b. Taylor.
Mr. Davis, who has been in Snow
Hill for two weeks, has succeeded in
securing a sufficient membership to
organize n conclave OF Heptasophs
here. We believe the order is n good
one and are glad TO have n branch
organization of il in our midst.
Several young ladies of the Pres
byterian Sunday School gave a lawn
party in front of the church on Tuesday
night. Although the air was chilly
and damp and unpropitious for the
sale Of ices, yet they sold everything
they had prepared for TIE occasion.
MIR. l.. James Gray moved his
family to Berlin last Friday. Having
secured permanent position ON the
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic
Railroad il was necessary for him to
move from Snow Hill to Berlin. We
wish him good luck and promotion.
Rev. VIM. Swan will preach in
the Presbyterian Church in Snow Hill
Sunday morning and at Stockton in the
afternoon. Children's Day exercises
will he held in the Snow Hill Church
at night and Mr.. Swan will make an
address in keeping with the program.
"A number of people from Stockton
neighborhood attended the annual
sheep penfing on Assateague last We'd
nesday. Mr.. Atwell sailed down from
Public Landing taking with him several
from his neighborhood. The penning
was success and was largely attended
Sheriff Houston arrested Rev. @.
J.. Morrow and NJ. NJ. Nickers last
Tuesday on charge Of criminal libel
specified in an Indictment found against
them by the late Grand jury. They
were each placed under $500. bail for
their appearance ut the next term Of
court.
The latter part Of last week and
the first of this was awfully hot A
thunder squall came up in the afternoon
OF Monday and cooled the atmosphere
considerably. Along the bay a heavy
shower fell, but "narry drap" struck
Snow Hill, and il is dusty enough here
TO suit anyone fond of it.
The bicycle race to be held on the
Driving Park grounds for medals next
Wednesday and Thursday promises to
be very interesting. Ten entries have
already been made, including the best
riders on the lower peninsula. The
medals to be contested for are handsome,
and the winners may well feel proud of
them.
The Republican State Central
Committee met in Baltimore on We'd
nesday and decided TO hold the Repub-
lican State Convention at Cambridge,
August Is. This is viewed as victo-
ry for Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, the Guber-
material candidate, whose friends de-
feated the plan to hold the convention
in Baltimore.
The Maltby House, Baltimore, is
now under new management. I'm
provements are being made TO add to
the comfort Of its patrons and every
effort will be made 10 increase the rep.
utation Of this old and well known
house. The same clerical force will
still be found in the office. O. A.
Fowler Manager.
Lewis d Jackson, who recently
opened feed and grocery store in Pur.
nell's Hall, have received this week a
car load OF feed, including all kinds OF
iced for horses, cows and hogs. Their
stock Of groceries Is fresh and the hest
TO he had. Call on them when you
start out TO purchase feed for yourself
or your stock. They feed all.
Mayor William 5. Wilson say,
that Ocean City has the promise OF tn,
best season ever enjoyed. Persons from
all sections are writing for rooms anC
the great trouble will he to provide nj
who wish to spend the summer Their,
with satisfactory accommodations. Tn,
place needs more hotels and We hope
others will be erected before another
season.