Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-05-04
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Mrs. John |. StnrgiS, Miss Jennie Col
Inns, Miss Clara Collins, Mrs. c. H.
Vincent and Superintendent J. :. Price.
A picture of X. T. Waters, Esq,
OF Baltimore, who is the oldest member
of Ocean Lodge, No. 81, |. o. O. +.
of this town, will be hung in the lodge
room at an early date Mr.. Waters
was Tor many years resident Of our
town. having left here for Baltimore
about % years ago, where he engaged
in the lumber business and has amassed
considerable wealth. He has kept up
his fraternal relations with the lodge
during all these years and is held in
high esteem by his brother members.
DR.. George T.. Purnell. formerly
of this town, who is practicing his pro-
tession nj Guadalajara, Mexico, now
has a view Of volcanic eruption from
his office window. A dispatch from that
city saws The Colimo volcano is again
in state of active eruption, and the
inhabitants Of the valley at the base of
the mountain have been forced 10
abandon their homes and flee for their
lives. The molden lava and ashes have
destroyed the growing crops and much
valuable property in that section. The
fire which issues from the orator pre-
sents a magnificent sight at night.
Snow Hill needs an undenomina-
tional cemetery under the care OF the
\. +. IL \. NJ or the /. o. o. f..
either of which societies would see
it kept in good order. The churchyards
of our town are being rapidly filled up
and the time is not far distant when
families, OF a necessity, will be scatter
ed-some members in one churchyard
others in another, for want of room to
lay loved ones side by.side. We have
no doubt il a suitable piece of ground
near town could be purchased at
modest figure. that enough lots could
be sold at once to pay tor it and put il
in good order
The farm lands, formerly the resi-
dence of Chas. l.. Bowen, deceased. have
been in the possession OF the family for
nearly il not quite century, and are
now 10 he sold by an order from Court
to close up the estate. They are well
known as situated in the most pictures
que and fertile part of the county and
have not only i'll times past produced
beautiful crops, but have been believed
to possess an underlying strata Of future
value from the oily products noticed in
the waters surface brought up at times
by the driven wells at the 'home place"
Attention is called 10 the advertisement
in this paper. John Farrell. 1T.
Mr.. l.. Il. Disharoon is one of our
most successful, and ii others follow his
method and manner OF farming they
will find the times are not quite so
hard as they are often thought to be.
The particular fact, in his many sue
cesssul practices in farming, to which
his friends attention is now called. is that
he shipped u lambs this week for
which he received check from his
commission merchrnt for SS9.25, an
average of s4.25 head. The lambs
we're in good condition and hence the
price received. We congratulate Mr..
Disharoon on receiving all that he ex-
pec'ed from the shipment.
From statistics gathered by the
Agricultural department during the
past ten years, potatoes pay the farmers
as well If not better than any other
crop that they can raise. In ten years
there have been imported into the
United States 80, 495,417 bushels Of
potatoes having n value of s13, 155, 49,.
80 our farmers can see from the above
that it will pay to raise this indispensa-
BILE food product The imports of
potatoes alone during the past ten years
have exceeded in value the exports by
the sum Of s9,296,345. Our farmers
should certainly be able to supply our
home market with potatoes
Oysters for planting purposes are
getting in greater demand each season,
and wide-awake planters on the Nanti-
coke have hit upon new plan to get
supply. They have taken up con-
siderable barren bottoms about Hoopers
Straits, Holland Island, and other
points, and bpon these have bedded
shells. These catch the spat like n
charm and ut the end of the first wear
are about in right condition for plant
ing. They are then removed to the
Naniicoke beds and in short time
make fine oysters. These shells, we
learn, can be sold at the end of one
year frcm being placed on the bottom,
if they catch well, for from Is to %
cents per bushel.
Since the fire il has been difficult.
for the many persons who attend court
to find convenient place to rest while
waiting for their appearance in the
court room. Before then our down stairs
office was used by many OF our subscri-
hers as waiting room, and we were
glad to have them use il. Inasmuch
as there is still no convenient place for
this purpose we have arranged for the
corner room Of the MESSENGER building
opposite the court house, where every.
body will be welcome To come and rest
during court. We will try to make it
comfortable and invite our friends. one
and all. 10 make ii waiting head
quarters during their stay in our town.
The MESSENGER is only sl.00 a year,
and if YOU are not already subscriber
you should he. and we hope you will
be, before court week is ended.
Although little has been said about
the city election to be held next Mon.
day il is nevertheless one Of much i'm
portance. The present management Of
city affairs is now and has been accep-
table to us. We fully appreciate the
circumstances under which the CITY
/ Council has labored since their election
one year ago and congratulate them
upon the successful manner in which
they have rounded out their years SER
vice In this, the services of Il. w.