Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-11-09
PENINSULA NEWS.

There is not a prisoner in Salisbury
Jail.
a telephone line i talked Of for
Cristield.
Charles Harrington, Of Milford, is
dead, aged 90.
English walnut, bring $3.50 per
bushel in Milford.
There are only thirteen prisoners in
the Kent county, Del, jail.
Baliff Boulder, OF Elkton carries
drunken men 10 Jail in a wheelbarrow
W. f. DeFord, Of Tuckahoe Neck,
Caroline county, got 1876 bushels of
wheat from 20 acres.
The Diamond Tray and Basket Co.,
of Frankford, proposes to rebuild the
plant which was destroyed By fire
A Delaware man has been put in
Jail for attempting To burn his own
house, in which his son-in-law resided.
Georgetown, according to the SuSser
.jomnat, has the poorest posiofiice
facilities OF any town lis size in Della
ware
Alan f, Benjamin. Of Salisbury, and
Miss Helen Ewing, Of Harrisburg, Pa,
will be married On Thursday evening,
November II.
Work was begun Thursday on a
new passenger station for the New
York, Philadelphia ard Norfolk Il. X.
at Salisbury.
The Rev. G. II. Sheriff has accep-
ted the cal. to the First Baptist Church
at Crisfield and commenced his pastor
ate on Sunday, Nov Bird
Mrs Mary Bryan, wife Of Isaac
Bryan, died Of pneumonia at her resi-
dence in Trappe, Wednesday evening,
October 30, aged IL years.
The town council Of Smyrna is con
templating the early passage Of an or
dinance against the further raising OF
hogs within the town limits.
The officers OF the Delaware Nation
al Guard resident in Wilmington, will
organize n gatiling gun squad from
the members Of the local companies of
the Guard.
DIR. Henry w Bryan of Whining
ton, has been appointed assistant to
Bank Examiner Francis \. Buck, who
is in charge Of the district comprising
Delaware New Jersey and Long Is
land.
MiIlingion is now infested with the
scarlet fever scourge and the public
schools have been ordered to close by
advice Of the health commissioner, DIR.
". Frank Hines, The cases now
number thirteen
William G. Satterfield, prominent
citizen of Greensboro, WAS suddenly
stricken helpless and unconscious
about o'clock Wednesday evening.
He is now III a dangerous condition.
Paralysis is supposed TO be the trouble.
The New Castle County Levy Court
Tuesday ma'c the following appro-
priationS To st. Mch;el's Day
Nursery. $500 10 the Home for
Frienale>< Children, $500: to the
Ferris Industrial School. $1,000; 10
ST. Peters orphanaee $500.
Robert NJ. Scott, treasurer of the
Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe
Deposit Company, Of Philadelphia
visited the county court houses in
Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown,
on Wednesday, for the purpose Of sat
isfying mortgage of s576, 800 held
by that company against the Delaware
Railroad
\ number Of farmers near Selbv-
vile, Del, have organized themselves
into club, for the purpose Of protect
ing game on their farms, and to allow
no treSpaSSing with gun and dog Or
gun alone on their lands for the terIn
Of two years. commencing Nov. 1st
1898. The club controls land 10 the
extent Of about 1000 acres.
Two Baltimore cyclers we're fined ON
Wednesday for riding across the Ches-
ter river bridge ut Chestertown in vio-
lation Of the law, Several years ago
DIR. Twilley was arrested for the same
oilensc and the League Of American
Wheelmen contested the case but lost
il after spending over $500. The
League will try to get this case before
the United States Court.
Fierce aud extensive forest fires have
done much damage in the upper part |
of Caroline county. Dwellings and
barns in several instances were threat
ened and it was only by heroic efforts
that they were saved At Henderson
the people were compelled to turn out
in full force in order to save the town
and property from destruction. The
mos; Of the damage is due TO the long
drouth which prevailed for several
months. The earth became dry and
the leaves were easily ignited.
At the late term Of the Caroline
court States Attorney Jump filed a
motion to debar Willard +. Taylor, Of
Baltimore. rs an attorney there. The
court passed an order ON him to show |
cause, on or before the first Monday Of
April, why his name should not be +
struck from the roll OF Attorneys. |
He is charged with making false state
ments about the Judges, council and
other officers OF the court, and with |
misconduct in other respects, while
acting aS an attorney for Marshall +. |
Price.
Howard Richardson, colored of
SMYRNA, is in Il critical condition, the
result of having been shot BY Consta-
BILE John f. Goldsborough on Saturday
evening. \ warrant was sworn out
for the arrest Of Richardson charging